43 Like bibisco Good alternative? YES NO bibisco is a free and open source software for writing novels. With bibisco you can organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export novel in pdf or rtf, and... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Java No installation Add a feature It is actually a better alternative to Scrivener because of its clear, organisation features. I wish I would have discovered this before I purchased Scrivener. Bibisco is much easier to use: You don't need lengthy tutorials to read just to get started. Hands down this is better. callyw • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Laughably bad. Scrivener has the good sense to stay out of your way when you know what you're doing bibisco not only got in the way constantly (no, follow OUR tutorial!) it also insisted on doing it in, I kid you not, two inch caps. Is this some kind of joke? Guest • Nov 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree simple and very useful to know your characters! laurafecco • Nov 2016 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Bibisco is free, has a very good design and structure that help to create a fiction book outline . The text editor is quite simple and working is quite intuitive. Guest • Dec 2016 Disagree Agree
47 Like yWriter Good alternative? YES NO yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not... Free Windows Linux Wine No features added Add a feature it's free, it's easy to use and intuitive. The only thing that would make ywriter better is if it had an option to sync to other devices or such. Seriously, this is so much better than scrivener! isahbellah • Mar 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
38 Like Ulysses Good alternative? YES NO Ulysses is a text editor for creative writers. Used by bloggers, poets, students and published novelists all over the world, it offers an integrated environment to... Commercial Mac iPhone iPad Distraction free writing Sync with iCloud MarkDown support Export to ePub ... Export to PDF Tabbed interface Add a feature Primarily oriented towards "scripts" for film, play, etc. Might be useful for (non)fiction writing but does not share the wider array of tools found in Scrivener. ndas1 • Oct 2017 Disagree Agree
36 Like Gingko Good alternative? YES NO Write and organize your ideas in Gingko tree documents. Whether building a business or writing a bestseller, Gingko lets your ideas flow naturally into place. ... Freemium Web Collaborative writing Support for LaTeX Real time collaboration Add a feature It can't show only the current document, there's no distraction free mode. It always has these columns that drill down. It doesn't have a cork-board mode or anything similar. Gingko is closer to mind mapping software, like Scrapple. Guest • Oct 2017 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
30 Like Manuskript Good alternative? YES NO Open-source tool for writers. With outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Distraction free writing Export to ePub MarkDown support Export to PDF ... Wordpress integration Add a feature There are many similar layout features compared to Scrivener. It also has a few features Scrivener seems to be missing or doesn't define clearly such as an outline process. However, it is very early development and has many bugs to work out. Guest • Jan 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
26 Like Hemingway Editor Good alternative? YES NO Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. The Hemingway Editor for Mac and PC highlights common errors. Use it to catch wordy sentences, adverbs, passive voice... Commercial Mac Windows Web Automated proofreading Distraction free writing Distraction-free UI Works Offline ... Readability integration Spell checking Add a feature
21 Like Bear Good alternative? YES NO Bear is a beautiful and flexible writing app for note-taking and prose, both on the go for iOS devices and for the Mac OS desktop. KEY FEATURES - Stay organized by... Freemium $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad Sync with iCloud Add a feature
23 Like Organon Good alternative? YES NO Organon is a plugin for LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Organon allows to split up large texts into parts, allows tagging and opening parts of the project in new tabs. ... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux LibreOffice Apache OpenOffice Libre Office Integration Tabbed interface Add a feature Essentially an advanced tree structure for an ongoing manuscript project. Possibly glance-base assistance to find sections but does nothing to contribute to the creative process. ndas1 • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
14 Like Quoll Writer Good alternative? YES NO Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are... Free Open Source Windows Distraction free writing Fullscreen support Export to ePub Export to PDF ... Tabbed interface Add a feature Shares many features, but little of the clutter. Guest • Sep 2016 Disagree Agree - free -clean, uncluttered interface - easy and intuitive to use Guest • Sep 2017 Disagree Agree
3 Like Novlr Good alternative? YES NO Online word processor and organizer for novel writing. Includes detailed, novel-specific statistics, chapter reorganization, and the ability to export your novel. Commercial Web No features added Add a feature
8 Like True Novelist Good alternative? YES NO Writing a novel is a large undertaking. True Novelist was created to make the process as easy as possible for authors. Free Web No features added Add a feature True Novelist works just like and looks almost identical to Scrivener (making it so there is no learning curb to using it), is purely online so there is no software to download, it is free, gives stats for chapter, entire document, and daily, allows for the setting of daily writing goals, saves automatically and also has snapshots, it has a distraction-free mode, and a night time setting dark theme. True Novelist is truly amazing. Guest • Apr 2017 Disagree Agree
13 Like Plume Creator Good alternative? YES NO With Plume Creator, organize your writing projects ! Scenes, notes, characters,... Rich Text editing, full screen editing and multiple projects … Plume Creator gives... Free Open Source Windows Linux Distraction free writing Add a feature
29 Like UV Outliner Alternative? YES NO UV Outliner is a small and powerful single-pane outliner. It is intended for creating, organizing, and collecting information. With UV Outliner you can create plans... Free Windows No features added Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.4.4, released in October 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
8 Like oStorybook Good alternative? YES NO oStorybook is a free, open source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Text editing Add a feature
12 Like Writer's Cafè Alternative? YES NO A powerful but fun writers environment that includes the StoryLines structuring tool, a notebook, journal, writing quotations, scrapbook organiser, a 60-page e-book and... Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
