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 25 games similar to World Anvil for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Android and Linux 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 Aevon, kanka.io, Fortelling and LegendKeeper.

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  1. Scrivener icon
     266 likes

    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.

    174 Scrivener alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
     
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    Scrivener vs World Anvil Comments
    distantignition
    Positive
    0

    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.

    • Scrivener is Paid and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. 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.

    55 Fantasia Archive alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Fantasia Archive vs World Anvil Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Free, open-source and good performance

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It's offline and totally free.

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

    Aevon is the all-in-one workspace where authors manage manuscripts, characters, maps, lore, and items — all connected and always in sync. Now with comics!!!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
     
  4. kanka.io icon
     5 likes

    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.

    40 kanka.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    kanka.io vs World Anvil Comments
    karuga
    Positive
    1

    I find it more useful than WA for handling my TTRPG campaigns

    Ufthack
    Positive
    1

    Its the best, its constantly updated and really customizable for whatever weird needs you need for your original world

    • kanka.io is Freemium and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • kanka.io is a World Building World Anvil is a Novel Authoring Tool
    • kanka.io is LightweightWorld Anvil is not according to our users
  5. LegendKeeper icon
     7 likes

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

    24 LegendKeeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    LegendKeeper vs World Anvil Comments
    Bobby Walamack
    Positive
    1

    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!

    • LegendKeeper is Paid and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
    • LegendKeeper is a World Building World Anvil is a Novel Authoring Tool
  6. 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).

    108 Campfire Write alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
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    Campfire Write vs World Anvil Comments
    Lalo Martins
    Negative
    0

    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.

    • Campfire Write is Freemium and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is also Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Plottr icon
     8 likes

    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.

    73 Plottr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    Plottr vs World Anvil Comments
    Lalo Martins
    Negative
    0

    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
    Positive
    0

    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.

    • Plottr is Paid and ProprietaryWorld Anvil is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Plottr is CustomizableWorld Anvil is not according to our users
  8. World Scribe icon
     7 likes

    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
     
  9. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Notion
    • Web Browser
     
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