Notebook.ai AlternativesOnly apps categorised as World Building Games

The best World Building alternative to Notebook.ai is Lore Forge, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Notebook.ai and 12 are World Building Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting World Building Game alternatives to Notebook.ai are Plottr, Chronicler Pro, Notion Story Wiki and Toyhouse.

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  1. Lore Forge icon
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    The only app you'll need to write your novels and build your worlds. Organize your thoughts and cross-reference anything at any time.

    45 Lore Forge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Lore Forge is the most popular Web-based alternative to Notebook.ai.

    • Lore Forge is Free and ProprietaryNotebook.ai is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Lore Forge is Lightweight and Privacy focusedNotebook.ai is not according to our users
  2. 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
     
    • Plottr is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Notebook.ai.

    • Plottr is the most popular commercial alternative to Notebook.ai.

    • Plottr is Paid and ProprietaryNotebook.ai is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Plottr is CustomizableNotebook.ai is not according to our users
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    A versatile, cross-platform worldbuilding app that can be used as a simple note-taking app, a private local wiki, a writing tool for a novel, or a TTRPG campaign manager.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    A feature-packed Notion template built to help novelists, screenwriters, video game writers, and other storytellers flesh out their worlds, stories, and characters.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Notion
    • Web Browser
     
  5. Toyhouse icon
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    A community for collaborative character creation and trading, worldbuilding and roleplay. Toyhouse is invite-only and only premium users can give out invites.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. 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
     
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    Comments about kanka.io as an Alternative to Notebook.ai
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    price, features, access, member control, viability. it scores highest in all these catagories in my opinion. fk $150 price tags for playing with friends.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • kanka.io is Freemium and ProprietaryNotebook.ai is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • kanka.io is LightweightNotebook.ai is not according to our users
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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
     
    • Character Story Planner 2 is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Notebook.ai.

    • Character Story Planner 2 is Free and ProprietaryNotebook.ai is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. World Anvil icon
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    Write articles to detail and keep track of everything in your world! Choose from over 25 templates designed to inspire you with prompts and deepen your worldbuilding! Embed your maps, and include images, music and sound effects, and even secrets and spoiler markers, for an...

    24 World Anvil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    It's a good alternative because it's free and it has a Twitter-y feel to it. They're very similar, in designing characters, but Notebook.ai has a broader range and an easier way of doing things. However, both are good for novel worldbuilding.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • World Anvil is Freemium and ProprietaryNotebook.ai is also Freemium and Proprietary
  9. ChronoGrapher icon
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    ChronoGrapher is an 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.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Chronica icon
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    A campaign planner and manager with loads of world building tools. The online campaign manager has system flexibility with features include:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Scabard icon
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    Scabard is a rules neutral RPG campaign manager and planner. We have campaigns for D&D (various versions), Pathfinder, Traveller, Savage Worlds, Warhammer, and a host of others.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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