Milanote on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · story planning & worldbuilding · #1 of 9
Best for: Visual planners who want a free tier and shared boards
89.7 of 100 points = 9.0 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from Milanote’s own pages
- Yes: Outline board or plot cards
- Yes: Story structure templates
- Yes: Character profiles
- Yes: Worldbuilding (places, maps, lore)
- Not stated: Timeline view (not stated)
- Yes: Exports the outline or connects to a writing app
- Yes: Sharing or collaboration
Milanote pricing
Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. The plans as Milanote’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Free (no time limit; 100 notes, images or links; 10 file uploads; unlimited shared boards)
- Pro (per person): $9.99 a month (billed annually)
- Pro (per person): $12.50 a month (billed monthly)
- Team, up to 10 people: $49 a month (billed annually)
- Team, up to 50 people: $99 a month (billed annually)
USD prices from the plans page. Per the help centre, the free plan is the trial: same features, capped at 100 cards.
What Milanote offers
From Milanote’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Free-form boards that mix notes, images, links and video
- Story outline as drag-and-drop cards, like an index-card wall
- Creative-writing templates: Three Act Structure, Hero's Journey, Story Outline and Novel Plan
- Character Profile, Character Relationship Map and World Building templates
- Mind maps for exploring ideas
- Real-time collaboration with comments, free plan included
- Board export to PDF, PNG, Word, Markdown or plain text
- Web clipper saves text, images and links along with their source
Runs on: web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and browser extension. Exports: PDF, PNG, Word, Markdown and TXT.
Who Milanote suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Visual planners who want a free tier and shared boards.
Not confirmed on Milanote’s pages when we checked: timeline view. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
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Milanote alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campfire | 8.5 | Free plan; paid from $12 a month | Fantasy and sci-fi authors building large worlds, starting on a free plan |
| Aeon Timeline | 8.1 | $65 one-time | Authors with complex chronologies who prefer a one-time purchase |
| World Anvil | 8.0 | Free plan | Worldbuilders and fantasy authors who work in a browser |
| LegendKeeper | 7.8 | Free plan; paid from $90 a year | Game masters and fantasy writers building a shared world |
| Plot Factory | 7.2 | Free plan; paid from $90 a year | Writers who want a free browser planner that also works on phones |
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Milanote questions
How much does Milanote cost?
Free plan; paid from $9.99 a month (billed yearly). Milanote lists 5 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does Milanote run on?
web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and browser extension, according to its own site.
What file formats can Milanote export?
PDF, PNG, Word, Markdown and TXT, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Milanote’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.