Plottr is a well-made visual outliner: scene cards on a timeline, plotlines, series planning and dozens of plot templates. When the plan is done, you export it and write somewhere else. Loomworld is for writers who would rather plan and write in one place, so moving a scene moves the prose, and the story bible is linked to what is actually on the page. Here is where each one is the better choice.
Plottr is for outlining. You export the outline to Word or Scrivener to write, and there is no live link between the two: when the book changes in ways that affect the plan, you update the plan yourself.
Plottr has a 30-day free trial, then US$60 a year or US$150 for a lifetime licence. The browser app and cloud sync need Plottr Pro, from US$9.99 a month.
In Plottr you attach characters to planned scenes and filter by them. But the plan is not connected to the text you write elsewhere, so how often someone really appears and speaks is yours to track.
Chapters and scenes sit as cards in the chapter outline, right next to the draft. Drag a scene card to another chapter and its text moves with it, with no copying and pasting between a planner and a word processor.
When dialogue is written as character lines, the character module counts each person's scenes, lines and shared scenes from the text itself. The relationship canvas shows the whole cast, and the appearance heatmap on the Beats page shows who turns up in which chapter.
Loomworld's timeline shows story time and reading order together, so flashbacks and parallel storylines stay straight. You can link each event to the chapter and scene where readers meet it.
The Foreshadowing Manager draws every setup, reminder and payoff as a span across your chapters and warns when a thread has gone unresolved for too long. You mark the threads yourself; it does not find them for you.
Stay with Plottr if you plan whole series across many books, rely on ready-made plot templates such as the Hero's Journey or the three-act structure, export your outline into Scrivener, outline together with a co-writer, or want a tool with no AI in it at all. Plottr also offers a lifetime licence. Loomworld does not import Plottr files and does not have built-in plot templates.
Export your outline from Plottr to Word to keep beside you, and save your manuscript as a DOCX or TXT file.
Attach the file and choose “This is my draft”. Quill sorts it into chapters, scenes and dialogue without changing your words, then proposes bible cards for you to confirm in batches. The analysis uses AI credits from a paid plan.
Plottr's cards and plotlines do not carry over. Lay out scenes and their goals in the chapter outline, and connect names in the draft to their cards with right-click → Connect to…
Based on each product's public pricing and features pages. Prices in US dollars.
| Capability | Loomworld | Plottr |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, without AI | 30-day trial |
| Paid plans | $4.99–$19.99 per 30 days | $60/year or $150 lifetime; Pro from $9.99/month |
| Billing | Fixed 30-day terms, renewed by hand | Subscriptions renew automatically; lifetime is one-off |
| Write the manuscript in the same app | Export to Word or Scrivener | |
| Drag-and-drop scene cards | ||
| Built-in plot templates | — | 30+ |
| Series planning across books | — | |
| Timeline | Story time and reading order | Plotlines and scene order |
| Foreshadowing board with overdue warnings | Not built in | |
| AI assistant | Paid plans; you approve each change | None |
| Collaboration | — | Pro plans |
Checked 22 October 2026 against plottr.com/pricing and plottr.com/features. Tell us at [email protected] if something has changed.
If you want to plan and write the book in the same project, keep a story bible that counts from the draft, or track story time and foreshadowing, yes. If you plan long series across many books, rely on plot templates or want a tool with no AI at all, Plottr fits better today.
Loomworld's free plan keeps the editor and every story bible module free with no time limit, with projects saved on your device. Quill, the AI, needs a paid plan, and so does the AI-assisted import of an existing draft.
No. Export the outline from Plottr to Word to keep as a reference, and bring your manuscript into Loomworld as a DOCX or TXT file. Plottr's scene cards and bios do not carry over; Quill proposes bible cards from the manuscript itself for you to confirm.
No. Loomworld has no built-in plot structures such as the Hero's Journey. You lay out chapters and scenes yourself in the chapter outline.
No. You can write and keep the whole bible by hand. On paid plans, Quill changes your draft or your bible only through proposals you approve, and applied proposals can be undone. Background upkeep refreshes summaries and profiles, never your text, and can be switched off in project settings.
Start a free project, paste in a chapter of your current book, and lay out its scenes in the outline. See whether planning next to the draft suits you.