Writing Outliner Alternatives

Writing Outliner is described as 'Outliner that's seamlessly integrated with MS Word' and is a Note-taking tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Writing Outliner for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Writing Outliner alternative is Workflowy, which is free. Other great apps like Writing Outliner are Manuskript, Dynalist, Scrivener and bibisco.

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  1. Fira icon
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    Manage tasks with markdown + boards — runs on your terms. Work offline, own your data, export anywhere. Git-friendly task management that lives with your code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Fira is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Writing Outliner.

    • Fira is Free and Open SourceWriting Outliner is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Dashword icon
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    Dashword is by far the most convenient and user-friendly tool for creating any semantic network, be it your business idea, an abstract of a lecture on computer science, a script for a movie or a recipe for your favorite dish.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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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.

    34 Notion Story Wiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Notion
    • Web Browser
     
  4. OutlineEdit icon
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    The beautifully crafted outliner for your Mac. Keep ideas structured and collected every day.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Squibler is an online book writing tool built to enable you to write books faster with a highly focused, minimalist editor and writing prompt generators to help you get ideas recorded fast.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    SmartEdit Writer (formerly Atomic Scribbler) is a project management and writing environment for novelists and short story writers working on Windows PCs. Writers use the software to plan their novels, prepare and maintain research material, and then write that novel chapter by...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Dabble icon
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    Craft your story. Write your novel. Dabble is software for writing novels for the desktop (Mac and Windows) and browser, syncing between computers.

    68 Dabble alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  8. DocxManager icon
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    A document manager and site builder/generator for Word users. You can open Word documents in tabs, manage documents on a project basis, full-text search documents across multiple project folders, attach tags, notes, stars, and so on to the documents.

    117 DocxManager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Plot Factory icon
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    A tailor-made writing application for fiction writers that lets you plan, organize, and write stories and series. You can create story outlines from pre-defined templates, create and manage rich and interesting characters, build immersive fictional worlds and more.

    76 Plot Factory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    The Novel Factory is software specifically designed to help in every aspect of novel writing, from conception to publication.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Bike icon
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    Bike is a macOS (11 and later) native outliner. Bike has good performance on big outlines. Bike uses open file formats and is scriptable too. Use Bike to record and process your ideas.

    45 Bike alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Outspline icon
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    Outspline is a free and open-source modular outliner whose functionality can be extended with addons. The most important addon is Organism, which adds advanced time management features and turns the application into a personal organizer, perfectly suited for working with todo...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Python
    • wxPython
     
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