Other writing apps charge you separately for planning, AI, formatting, and collaboration. Auctore includes all of it — at no cost during beta.
Every feature below is locked behind a paywall on a competing service. On Auctore, it's included — free.
The old guard. Desktop-only, no AI, no cloud sync, no collaboration.
Cloud-based writing with basic AI. Lacks deep world-building and publishing tools.
World-building focused. No writing editor. You still need Scrivener or Word to actually write.
Visual story planning only. No writing editor, no AI. You pay Plottr and still need another app to actually write.
AI writing assistant only. No planning, no world-building, no formatting, no publishing. Just AI.
Grammar and style checker only. $20/mo for a tool that does one thing Auctore does as a small part of a much larger suite.
A formatter. That's it. $147 one-time for what Auctore includes as one feature among dozens.
You'd be paying for 6 different apps, none of which talk to each other, switching between windows to write a single chapter.
*Scrivener $59 one-time + Dabble $20/mo + Sudowrite $19/mo + Campfire $9/mo + ProWritingAid $20/mo + Plottr $25/mo + Atticus $147 one-time
✓ = included — = not available $ = paid add-on
| Feature | Auctore | Scrivener | Dabble | Campfire | Sudowrite | Plottr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | ||||||
| Story Wizard (AI) | ✓ Free | — | Basic | — | — | — |
| Corkboard / Scene Cards | ✓ Free | ✓ $59 | — | — | — | ✓ $25/mo |
| Plot Grid | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | ✓ $25/mo |
| Visual Timeline | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | ✓ $25/mo |
| 52 Story Templates | ✓ Free | — | Few | — | — | — |
| Write | ||||||
| Full Writing Editor | ✓ Free | ✓ $59 | ✓ $20/mo | — | AI Only | — |
| Binder / Folders | ✓ Free | ✓ $59 | Basic | — | — | — |
| Focus Mode | ✓ Free | Basic | ✓ $20/mo | — | — | — |
| Revision Layers | ✓ Free | ✓ $59 | — | — | — | — |
| Split Editor | ✓ Free | ✓ $59 | — | — | — | — |
| World-Build | ||||||
| World Bible (14 types) | ✓ Free | Notes | Notes | ✓ $29/mo | — | — |
| Interactive Maps | ✓ Free | — | — | ✓ $29/mo | — | — |
| Moodboards | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relationship Webs | ✓ Free | — | — | ✓ $29/mo | — | — |
| AI | ||||||
| Story-Aware AI (Codex) | ✓ Free | — | Basic | — | Partial | — |
| Beat Extractor | ✓ Free | — | — | — | Similar | — |
| Sensory Rewrite | ✓ Free | — | — | — | Similar | — |
| Author DNA | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chapter Health Score | ✓ Free | — | — | — | Similar | — |
| Book Trailer Generator | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Publish | ||||||
| Book Formatter (20 themes) | ✓ Free | Basic | — | — | — | — |
| True EPUB3 Export | ✓ Free | Basic | — | — | — | — |
| KDP-Ready Export | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cover Designer | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Query Letter Generator | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Read to Me (52 voices) | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manuscript Translation | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Collaborate & Track | ||||||
| Real-Time Collaboration | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| Beta Reader Portal | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
| NaNoWriMo Mode | ✓ Free | — | ✓ $20/mo | — | — | — |
| Works Offline (PWA) | ✓ Free | ✓ $59 | — | — | — | — |
| Multilingual (EN/PT-BR/ES) | ✓ Free | — | — | — | — | — |
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