RaptorWrite on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · aI writing tools for fiction · #4 of 4
Best for: Authors comfortable paying per use for AI through OpenRouter
64.6 of 100 points = 6.5 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from RaptorWrite’s own pages
- Yes: Built for fiction
- Yes: Remembers your characters and world
- Not stated: Drafts from your outline (not stated)
- Yes: Rewrite, expand and describe tools
- Yes: Choice of AI model
- Not stated: You own the text, not used for training (not stated)
- Not stated: Clear word or credit allowance (not stated)
RaptorWrite pricing
Free. There is a free plan. The plans as RaptorWrite’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- RaptorWrite Plus: Free (the software is free; you pay your own AI costs through OpenRouter (at least $5 in credit to start))
Access requires signing up for a Future Fiction Academy course; the free course is enough. AI usage is billed by OpenRouter or another provider per token, not by the vendor.
What RaptorWrite offers
From RaptorWrite’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- AI continues writing from the cursor on a hotkey, and you accept or reject
- Revise highlighted text with bracketed instructions
- Per-document toggles decide which notes, such as characters, setting and style, go into each prompt
- Prompt library with reorderable prompts on hotkeys 0-9
- Any OpenRouter model, plus curated 'FFA Top 10' and unfiltered model lists
- Your own API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI and others
- Cloud sync of projects, folders and documents
- Save as plain text, Markdown or DOC
Runs on: web. Exports: TXT, Markdown and DOC.
Who RaptorWrite suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Authors comfortable paying per use for AI through OpenRouter.
Not confirmed on RaptorWrite’s pages when we checked: drafts from your outline, you own the text, not used for training and clear word or credit allowance. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
About 210 people a month search Google in the US for “raptorwrite”, down 43% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).
RaptorWrite alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novelcrafter | 8.0 | $4 a month | Fiction writers who want AI with their own model choice |
| Squibler | 7.9 | Free plan; paid from $15.83 a month (billed yearly) | Writers wanting AI to generate full drafts from an idea |
| Sudowrite | 7.8 | $10 a month (billed yearly) | Novelists who want AI drafting guided by a story bible |
Compare: All aI writing tools for fiction · All software for authors
RaptorWrite questions
How much does RaptorWrite cost?
Free.
What does RaptorWrite run on?
web, according to its own site.
What file formats can RaptorWrite export?
TXT, Markdown and DOC, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from RaptorWrite’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.