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All show Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897, public domain) — the same board that's in the live demo. Right-click to save the full-size images; no credit required.
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| What it is | A visual story-plotting app for novelists — the whole novel on one board: timeline, plotlines, beats, characters, relationships, places, notes. |
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| Price | $49 one-time during early access; $59 at 1.0. No subscription, ever. Tax included in the sticker price; 14-day no-questions refund. |
| Platform | Windows 10 & 11 desktop app. macOS and Linux after 1.0. |
| The model | Buy once, own it. No account, no sign-in, no server. Projects are portable files on the writer's own machine; the app works fully offline, forever. |
| Privacy | No telemetry in the app, no third-party trackers on the site. The licence key is verified locally — if Plotloft vanished tomorrow, every copy would keep working. |
| Try it | plotloft.com/demo — the full app in the browser, plotting Bram Stoker's Dracula. No signup, no install. |
| Timeline | Early access opened July 2026. Version 1.0 ships November 2026. |
| Who makes it | An independent, one-person company: a working novelist who wanted a plotting board that didn't rent itself back to them every month. |
| Contact | hello@plotloft.com |
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One line. Plotloft is a story-plotting app for novelists — the whole novel on one drag-and-drop board, bought once, saved as files the writer owns.
Short paragraph. Plotloft puts a novel's structure on a single board: plotlines across, scenes down, beats where they cross, with characters, relationships, and places computed straight from the story. It's a one-time purchase ($49 in early access, $59 at 1.0) with no subscription and no account — projects are portable files on the writer's own machine, and the app works fully offline. A full in-browser demo, plotting Bram Stoker's Dracula, is at plotloft.com/demo.
Roundup-article entry (the format most "best writing software" lists use):
Plotloft — Visual plotting board for novelists: timeline,
plotlines, and beat cards on one screen, with character and relationship
pages generated from the board itself. Strongest for writers who re-plot
constantly — dragging scenes and beats around is the whole point. One-time
purchase, works offline, stores everything as files you own. No prose editor;
it's for planning the book, not typing it.
Price: $49 one-time (early access; $59 at 1.0) ·
Platforms: Windows (macOS after 1.0) ·
Free option: full in-browser demo, no signup.
Yes, "no prose editor" is a real limitation and you should say so — honest entries age better, and so do we.
All show Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897, public domain) — the same board that's in the live demo. Right-click to save the full-size images; no credit required.
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