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Milanote Review: Price, Features and Score

Milanote at a glance: Free plan; paid from $9.99 a month (billed yearly), on web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and browser extension. Below are its plans, what its own site says it does for an author, its score and the products to compare it with. We did not test it ourselves; the data was checked on October 7, 2026.

Prices and data checked October 7, 2026 · Author Score computed by a published formula, not paid for

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

BookBird Author Score9.0/10 #1 of 9 story planning & worldbuilding. Worked out from Milanote’s own pages, its price and US searches for its name, not typed in. Author jobs50 pts42.9/50Each of the 7 author jobs on the story planning & worldbuilding list is worth an equal share of 50 points, and counts only when Milanote’s own pages confirm it. 6 of 7 confirmed = 42.9 points. A job the vendor does not mention earns nothing.Cost25 pts25/25A free plan, or a platform that takes no upfront fee, earns all 25 points.Adoption25 pts21.9/25Searches, 20 points: 90,500 a month for “milanote”, the most searched in this category, so the full 20. Trend, 5 points: down 12% (last three months against the first three of the year) = 1.9; a fall of half or more earns 0, no change 2.5, a rise of half or more 5. 89.7 of 100 points= 9.0 out of 10 The full method, with every product’s points →

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.

About 90,500 people a month search Google in the US for “milanote”, down 12% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).

Milanote alternatives

SoftwareScorePrice fromBest for
Campfire8.5Free plan; paid from $12 a monthFantasy and sci-fi authors building large worlds, starting on a free plan
Aeon Timeline8.1$65 one-timeAuthors with complex chronologies who prefer a one-time purchase
World Anvil8.0Free planWorldbuilders and fantasy authors who work in a browser
LegendKeeper7.8Free plan; paid from $90 a yearGame masters and fantasy writers building a shared world
Plot Factory7.2Free plan; paid from $90 a yearWriters who want a free browser planner that also works on phones

Compare: All story planning & worldbuilding · All software for authors

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.