Plot Factory on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · story planning & worldbuilding · #6 of 9
Best for: Writers who want a free browser planner that also works on phones
71.8 of 100 points = 7.2 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from Plot Factory’s own pages
- Yes: Outline board or plot cards
- Yes: Story structure templates
- Yes: Character profiles
- Yes: Worldbuilding (places, maps, lore)
- No: Timeline view (no)
- Not stated: Exports the outline or connects to a writing app (not stated)
- Yes: Sharing or collaboration
Plot Factory pricing
Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. Free trial: 14 days. The plans as Plot Factory’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Basic: Free (1 story, 1 universe, 250-word narrations per day)
- Hobbyist: $9 a month
- Hobbyist: $90 a year
- Enthusiast: $14 a month (adds plot organizer, story questionnaires)
- Enthusiast: $140 a year
- Novelist: $19 a month (adds ePub export, drafts/versioning, word analysis)
- Novelist: $190 a year
USD prices from the plotfactory.com home page pricing block (legacy version). The 14-day free trial covers the premium plans.
What Plot Factory offers
From Plot Factory’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Plot organizer: plot points grouped into acts and reordered
- Pre-made story outline templates and plot helper outlines
- Built-in or custom character sheets, with avatars and a name generator
- Universe notebook, place keeper and objects for worldbuilding across books
- Manuscript editor with chapters and scenes and per-scene viewpoint
- Novel export to Word, ePub, text, PDF or HTML
- Read-only links to share chapters or the whole novel, no account needed to read
- Text-to-speech narration and word-count goals
Runs on: web. Exports: DOCX, EPUB, TXT, PDF and HTML.
Who Plot Factory suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Writers who want a free browser planner that also works on phones.
Not confirmed on Plot Factory’s pages when we checked: timeline view and exports the outline or connects to a writing app. 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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Plot Factory alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milanote | 9.0 | Free plan; paid from $9.99 a month (billed yearly) | Visual planners who want a free tier and shared boards |
| 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 |
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Plot Factory questions
How much does Plot Factory cost?
Free plan; paid from $90 a year. Plot Factory lists 7 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does Plot Factory run on?
web, according to its own site.
Is there a free trial of Plot Factory?
Yes, 14 days.
What file formats can Plot Factory export?
DOCX, EPUB, TXT, PDF and HTML, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Plot Factory’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.