World Anvil AlternativesTop Novel Authoring Tools & World Building Games like World Anvil

World Anvil is described as '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' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to World Anvil for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Android and iPhone apps. The best World Anvil alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Fantasia Archive or Lore Forge. Other World Anvil like games are kanka.io, LegendKeeper, Fortelling and Campfire Write.

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  1. Scrivener icon

    Scrivener

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
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    Comments about Scrivener as an Alternative to World Anvil
    distantignition
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    Scrivener isn't trying to be the end-all, be-all source for planning out a story. It's a place to organize thoughts, search for stuff easily, and format manuscripts or other output types. If Scrivener is missing some template, just grab it off the internet.

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    • Some users think Scrivener is a great World Anvil alternative, some don't.

    • Scrivener is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to World Anvil.

    • Scrivener is the most popular commercial alternative to World Anvil.

    • Scrivener is Paid and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Fantasia Archive

     17 likes
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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Fantasia Archive as an Alternative to World Anvil
    Guest
    Positive
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    Free, open-source and good performance

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    It's offline and totally free.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Fantasia Archive is a great World Anvil alternative.

    • Fantasia Archive is the most popular Linux alternative to World Anvil.

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

    • Fantasia Archive is Free and Open SourceWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Fantasia Archive is LightweightWorld Anvil is not according to our users
  4. Lore Forge icon

    Lore Forge

     18 likes
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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.

    46 Lore Forge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    • Lore Forge is Free and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Lore Forge is Lightweight and Privacy focusedWorld Anvil is not according to our users
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    kanka.io

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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.

    19 kanka.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Comments about kanka.io as an Alternative to World Anvil
    karuga
    Positive
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    I find it more useful than WA for handling my TTRPG campaigns

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Ufthack
    Positive
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    Its the best, its constantly updated and really customizable for whatever weird needs you need for your original world

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think kanka.io is a great World Anvil alternative.

    • kanka.io is Freemium and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • kanka.io is LightweightWorld Anvil is not according to our users
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    LegendKeeper

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    LegendKeeper makes it easy to build immersive worlds for stories and RPG campaigns.

    14 LegendKeeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Comments about LegendKeeper as an Alternative to World Anvil
    Bobby Walamack
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    It makes being a dungeon master 10 times easier in how it auto-links pages for you and you can share it with your players so they can see the whole world you're building together!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks LegendKeeper is a great World Anvil alternative.

    • LegendKeeper is Paid and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Fortelling icon

    Fortelling

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Fortelling is optimised for both a smal and a large screen.
     

    • Fortelling is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to World Anvil.

    • Fortelling is Freemium and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Fortelling is LightweightWorld Anvil is not according to our users
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    Campfire Write

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    Comments about Campfire Write as an Alternative to World Anvil
    Lalo Martins
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    This is for writing a book, World Anvil is for creating a world (for a book, series, RPG, game, or any other reason). There's some feature overlap but not much.

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    • Campfire Write is the most popular SaaS alternative to World Anvil.

    • Campfire Write is Freemium and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Plottr

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Comments about Plottr as an Alternative to World Anvil
    Lalo Martins
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    This is for writing a book, World Anvil is for creating a world (for a book, series, RPG, game, or any other reason). There's some feature overlap but not much.

    Ryan Zee
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    Plottr also providing world building tools like Characters & Places, among a host of other features for organizing your writing and helping your plan a book.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Plottr is Paid and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Plottr is CustomizableWorld Anvil is not according to our users
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    Story Planner for Writers

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    Story Planner is a focused, flexible app to outline all kind of stories. Used by writers, screenwriters, producers, directors and all kind of story tellers, Story Planner has quick and easy-to-use story organization, with sync on all your devices and export options to help you...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    World Scribe

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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

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    • Android
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    NovaScriber

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Write your story
     
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    Comments about NovaScriber as an Alternative to World Anvil
    Lalo Martins
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    This is for writing a story, World Anvil is for creating a world (for a book, series, RPG, game, or any other reason). There's some feature overlap but not much.

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    • NovaScriber is Free Personal and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
  15. Chronicler Pro icon

    Chronicler Pro

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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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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