Campfire on the BookBird Score
BookBird Score · writing software · #1 of 12
Best for: Worldbuilders who want characters, maps and timelines next to the draft
- Plans (USD)
- Free (limited modules: e.g. 25,000 manuscript words, 10 characters, 2 maps)
- Standard Monthly: $12 a month (list price $19)
- Standard Annual: price in USD not confirmed
- Standard Lifetime: price in USD not confirmed
- Build Your Own: price in USD not confirmed
- Free trial
- Free plan instead
- Platforms
- web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
- Exports
- PDF, EPUB
- Checklist
- Outlining or plotting, Notes and research beside the draft, Collaboration
- Trustpilot
- No profile
- US searches a month
- 2,900 (“campfire writing”)
Reputation is left out: there is no Trustpilot profile.
Campfire pricing
Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. Free trial: not needed, the free plan stays free. The plans as Campfire’s own site listed them on October 2, 2026, in US dollars:
- Free (limited modules: e.g. 25,000 manuscript words, 10 characters, 2 maps)
- Standard Monthly: $12 a month (list price $19)
- Standard Annual: price in USD not confirmed
- Standard Lifetime: price in USD not confirmed
- Build Your Own: price in USD not confirmed
What Campfire offers
From Campfire’s own pages, checked on October 2, 2026:
- Manuscript editor
- Worldbuilding modules: characters, timeline, maps, calendar, encyclopedia, magic, languages, species, cultures
- Relationship webs and arcs
- Unlimited collaborators (view, comment, edit)
- Unlimited storage
- Custom themes, templates, corkboard notes
- Print-ready PDF or EPUB export
- Free mobile app (CF Creators) and offline desktop app
Runs on: web, Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. Exports: PDF and EPUB.
Who Campfire suits, and what its pages do not list
- Best for: Worldbuilders who want characters, maps and timelines next to the draft.
Not on Campfire’s feature list when we checked: cloud sync or backup and writing goals and stats. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being listed, and the score only credits what is.
Reviews and search interest
Campfire has no Trustpilot rating we could use, so its score is calculated without Reputation. G2 blocked our requests, so its ratings are not used.
About 2,900 people a month search Google in the US for “campfire writing” (Google Ads data via DataForSEO). That search interest is the Demand part of the score.
Campfire alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrivener | 7.6 | $59.99 one-time | Long manuscripts written in pieces, then compiled to Word, EPUB or PDF |
| Reedsy Studio | 7.3 | Free plan; paid from $52.99 a year (add-on) | Drafting and typesetting a book in the browser, free |
| LivingWriter | 7.2 | Free plan; paid from $15 a month | Outlining and drafting on every platform, with optional AI |
| Atticus | 7.0 | $147 one-time | Writing and formatting in one app, paid for once |
| Plottr | 6.9 | $150 one-time (lifetime) | Planning a plot or a whole series on a visual timeline |
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Campfire questions
How much does Campfire cost?
Free plan; paid from $12 a month. Campfire lists 5 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
Is there a free trial of Campfire?
No trial is needed: the free plan stays free.
What devices does Campfire run on?
web, Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, according to its own site.
What file formats can Campfire export?
PDF and EPUB, according to its own site.
How the BookBird Score is computed: the formula. Prices, features and ratings were read from the vendor’s site and Trustpilot on October 2, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.