editor that uses the Ink narrative scripting language and allows you to play and test your interactive (game) narrative stories on the fly.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United Kingdom
Writer's Cafè Alternatives
Writer's Cafè has been discontinued. Similar apps include Manuskript, which is free and open source. Other options are Scrivener, Pinery, novelWriter and Story Architect (STARC). Novel Authoring Tools like Writer's Cafè are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, the web, Linux and iPad.
Alternatives list
Skribisto is born from the ashes of Plume Creator , keeping the goals while adopting more recent ways to think an application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
France
EU
91 Final Draft alternativesUse your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- iPhone
- iPad
United States
+9
52 Ink by Inkle alternativesink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United Kingdom
86 Storyist alternativesA powerful writing environment for novelists and screenwriters
Do you have a story to tell? Unlike conventional word processors, Storyist helps you track your plot, characters, and settings, and keeps all of your writing organized and accessible—so you can focus on telling your.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- United States
+4
119 Campfire Write alternativesCampfire 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).
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Windows
- Mac
- iPad
- Android Tablet
- United States
+9
76 ExcellentWriter alternativesExcellentWriter is supposed to be a tool which lets you organize, write and format your novel inside Excel and in the end lets you use the power of Word to do the finishing touches.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
+7
Looking for a suite of tools for writing your book? This is not just a text editor it does so much more. Organise your story using timelines, planning boards and the snowflake tool, all integrated to make writing intuitive and fun.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- United Kingdom
+8
Got a story in mind, but not sure how to write it? Bookwiz's AI creates your entire book, step-by-step, from synopsis to chapters. We lay out the roadmap; you steer the course.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- United Kingdom
85 bibisco alternativesOffers novel writers an organized workspace to structure chapters, develop characters, manage locations, arrange scenes, track timelines, add notes, conduct narrative analysis, and export manuscripts, with mobile support and cloud synchronization features.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Italy- EU
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Quest 6 is a full re-write of Quest, an interactive fiction app, to pure JavaScript. It's a framework for creating parser-based text adventures.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United Kingdom
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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