ChronoGrapher AlternativesNovel Authoring Tools & World Building Games like ChronoGrapher

ChronoGrapher is described as 'Extremely flexible worldbuilding tool for writers, worldbuilders and game masters. It boasts a freeform notetaking wiki, interactive maps, tile map editor, extensive time and history tracking features and much more' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ChronoGrapher, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best ChronoGrapher alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Fantasia Archive or Fortelling. Other great sites and apps similar to ChronoGrapher are Campfire Write, Plottr, NovaScriber and World Scribe.

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  1. Scrivener icon
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    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within reach for efficient work.

    121 Scrivener alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
     
    • Scrivener is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to ChronoGrapher.

    • Scrivener is the most popular commercial alternative to ChronoGrapher.

    • Scrivener is Paid and ProprietaryChronoGrapher is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Free offline worldbuilding and story creation tool with dozens of templates, complex tagging options, document linking, and project-wide search. Template examples: characters, places, events, religions, currencies, magic, species, languages.

    29 Fantasia Archive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Fantasia Archive is the most popular Linux alternative to ChronoGrapher.

    • Fantasia Archive is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ChronoGrapher.

    • Fantasia Archive is Free and Open SourceChronoGrapher is Paid and Proprietary
    • Fantasia Archive is LightweightChronoGrapher is not according to our users
  3. Fortelling icon
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    Fortelling provides the tools you need to plot & write your book.

    54 Fortelling alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Fortelling is the most popular Web-based, Android & Android Tablet alternative to ChronoGrapher.

    • Fortelling is Freemium and ProprietaryChronoGrapher is Paid and Proprietary
    • Fortelling is LightweightChronoGrapher is not according to our users
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    Campfire provides a one-stop-shop for novelists: organizational and writing tools (Campfire Write), a hub of writing resources (Campfire Learn), & a writing and reading platform for building an audience and sharing your work (Campfire Explore).

    69 Campfire Write alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Campfire Write is the most popular SaaS alternative to ChronoGrapher.

    • Campfire Write is Freemium and ProprietaryChronoGrapher is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Plottr icon
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    Visual story plotting software for planning novels with drag and drop scenes, timeline and outline views, centralized notes, features for making characters and locations, color coding, tagging, syncing across devices, and exporting to multiple formats.

    40 Plottr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  6. NovaScriber icon
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    A most awesome tool to outline and write novels, stories, scripts and keep track of all your characters, locations, notes and ideas.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. World Scribe icon
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    World Scribe eases the creation process by letting you keep track of every important element in your fictional setting, including the ways in which they're connected.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. kanka.io icon
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    Kanka is an easy and flexible tool to worldbuild and manage your RPG campaign online. Create and organize people, places, organizations, events and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. DocxManager icon
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    A document manager and site builder/generator for Word users. You can open Word documents in tabs, manage documents on a project basis, full-text search documents across multiple project folders, attach tags, notes, stars, and so on to the documents.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The new version of Character Story Planner, planning and building a story cannot be easier with the help with this app. It helps the writer to plan the building of character, relation, group, race, creature, etc with the new template system which let the user fill the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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    An integrated overland hex mapper for worlds or regions; settlement vector mapper for cities or villages; and square battle mapper for dungeons.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Java
     
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