How Loomwork compares.
We built Loomwork because existing tools forced writers to choose between power and simplicity. Here's how it stacks up.
| Feature | Loomwork Free | Loomwork Pro $12/mo | Scrivener $49 once | Ulysses $5.99/mo | Google Docs Free | Word $6.99/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop-native app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (Mac only) | ✗ (web) | ✓ |
| Works fully offline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multiple writing views | 5 views | 5 views | 3 views | 1 view | 1 view | 1 view |
| Manuscript structure (chapters/scenes) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Corkboard view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Graph/relationship mapping | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Timeline view | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI writing assistant | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (basic) | ✓ (Copilot) |
| Continuity checking | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Character/entity extraction | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Thread/plot tracking | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Prose linter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (grammar) | ✓ (grammar) |
| Read aloud / TTS | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Syllabic flow analysis | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Writing goals & streaks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Export to Word/PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard manuscript format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Manual |
| ePub export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Screenplay formatting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Fountain / FDX export | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Track changes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (snapshots) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inline comments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Style sheet / house rules | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Compile system | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Front/back matter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chapter word goals | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Import Word / Markdown / RTF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (plain text) | ✓ (Word only) | ✓ |
| Dark mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Local-first (data on your device) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (iCloud) | ✗ (cloud) | Partial |
| No account required | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Price | Free | $12/mo | $49 once | $5.99/mo | Free | $6.99/mo |
Loomwork Free
Free- ✓ Desktop-native app
- ✓ Works fully offline
- 5 views Multiple writing views
- ✓ Manuscript structure
- ✓ Corkboard view
- ✗ Graph/relationship mapping
- ✗ Timeline view
- ✗ AI writing assistant
- ✗ Continuity checking
- ✗ Character/entity extraction
- ✗ Thread/plot tracking
- ✓ Prose linter
- ✗ Read aloud / TTS
- ✗ Syllabic flow analysis
- ✓ Writing goals & streaks
- ✓ Export to Word/PDF
- ✓ Standard manuscript format
- ✓ ePub export
- ✓ Screenplay formatting
- ✓ Fountain / FDX export
- ✓ Track changes
- ✓ Inline comments
- ✓ Style sheet / house rules
- ✓ Compile system
- ✓ Front/back matter
- ✓ Chapter word goals
- ✓ Import Word / Markdown / RTF
- ✓ Dark mode
- ✓ Local-first
- ✓ No account required
Loomwork Pro
$12/mo- ✓ Desktop-native app
- ✓ Works fully offline
- 5 views Multiple writing views
- ✓ Manuscript structure
- ✓ Corkboard view
- ✓ Graph/relationship mapping
- ✓ Timeline view
- ✓ AI writing assistant
- ✓ Continuity checking
- ✓ Character/entity extraction
- ✓ Thread/plot tracking
- ✓ Prose linter
- ✓ Read aloud / TTS
- ✓ Syllabic flow analysis
- ✓ Writing goals & streaks
- ✓ Export to Word/PDF
- ✓ Standard manuscript format
- ✓ ePub export
- ✓ Screenplay formatting
- ✓ Fountain / FDX export
- ✓ Track changes
- ✓ Inline comments
- ✓ Style sheet / house rules
- ✓ Compile system
- ✓ Front/back matter
- ✓ Chapter word goals
- ✓ Import Word / Markdown / RTF
- ✓ Dark mode
- ✓ Local-first
- ✗ No account required
Scrivener
$49 once- ✓ Desktop-native app
- ✓ Works fully offline
- 3 views
- ✓ Manuscript structure
- ✓ Corkboard view
- ✗ Graph/relationship mapping
- ✗ Timeline view
- ✗ AI writing assistant
- ✗ Continuity checking
- ✗ Character/entity extraction
- ✗ Thread/plot tracking
- ✗ Prose linter
- ✗ Read aloud / TTS
- ✗ Syllabic flow analysis
- ✓ Writing goals & streaks
- ✓ Export to Word/PDF
- ✓ Standard manuscript format
- ✓ ePub export
- ✓ Screenplay formatting
- ✗ Fountain / FDX export
- ✓ Track changes (snapshots)
- ✓ Inline comments
- ✗ Style sheet / house rules
- ✓ Compile system
- ✓ Front/back matter
- ✗ Chapter word goals
- ✓ Import Word / Markdown / RTF
- ✓ Dark mode
- ✓ Local-first
- ✓ No account required
Ulysses
$5.99/mo- ✓ Desktop-native app (Mac only)
- ✓ Works fully offline
- 1 view
- ✓ Manuscript structure
- ✗ Corkboard view
- ✗ Graph/relationship mapping
- ✗ Timeline view
- ✗ AI writing assistant
- ✗ Continuity checking
- ✗ Character/entity extraction
- ✗ Thread/plot tracking
- ✗ Prose linter
- ✗ Read aloud / TTS
- ✗ Syllabic flow analysis
- ✓ Writing goals & streaks
- ✓ Export to Word/PDF
- ✗ Standard manuscript format
- ✓ ePub export
- ✗ Screenplay formatting
- ✗ Fountain / FDX export
- ✗ Track changes
- ✗ Inline comments
- ✗ Style sheet / house rules
- ✗ Compile system
- ✗ Front/back matter
- ✗ Chapter word goals
- ✗ Import Word / Markdown / RTF (plain text)
- ✓ Dark mode
- ✗ Local-first (iCloud)
- ✗ No account required
Google Docs
Free- ✗ Desktop-native app (web)
- ✗ Works fully offline
- 1 view
- ✗ Manuscript structure
- ✗ Corkboard view
- ✗ Graph/relationship mapping
- ✗ Timeline view
- ✓ AI writing assistant (basic)
- ✗ Continuity checking
- ✗ Character/entity extraction
- ✗ Thread/plot tracking
- ✓ Prose linter (grammar)
- ✗ Read aloud / TTS
- ✗ Syllabic flow analysis
- ✗ Writing goals & streaks
- ✓ Export to Word/PDF
- ✗ Standard manuscript format
- ✗ ePub export
- ✗ Screenplay formatting
- ✗ Fountain / FDX export
- ✓ Track changes
- ✓ Inline comments
- ✗ Style sheet / house rules
- ✗ Compile system
- ✗ Front/back matter
- ✗ Chapter word goals
- ✓ Import Word / Markdown / RTF (Word only)
- ✗ Dark mode
- ✗ Local-first (cloud)
- ✗ No account required
Microsoft Word
$6.99/mo- ✓ Desktop-native app
- ✓ Works fully offline
- 1 view
- ✗ Manuscript structure
- ✗ Corkboard view
- ✗ Graph/relationship mapping
- ✗ Timeline view
- ✓ AI writing assistant (Copilot)
- ✗ Continuity checking
- ✗ Character/entity extraction
- ✗ Thread/plot tracking
- ✓ Prose linter (grammar)
- ✓ Read aloud / TTS
- ✗ Syllabic flow analysis
- ✗ Writing goals & streaks
- ✓ Export to Word/PDF
- Manual standard manuscript format
- ✗ ePub export
- ✗ Screenplay formatting
- ✗ Fountain / FDX export
- ✓ Track changes
- ✓ Inline comments
- ✗ Style sheet / house rules
- ✗ Compile system
- ✗ Front/back matter
- ✗ Chapter word goals
- ✓ Import Word / Markdown / RTF
- ✓ Dark mode
- Partial local-first
- ✗ No account required
Why writers choose Loomwork.
Over Scrivener
Scrivener is powerful but hasn't evolved in years. Loomwork offers the same structural tools with a modern interface, AI intelligence, and none of the learning curve.
Over Ulysses
Ulysses is beautiful but limited to plain text and Apple devices. Loomwork gives you rich prose editing, five views, and intelligence features — with Windows coming soon.
Over Google Docs
Google Docs is great for collaboration but terrible for manuscripts. No chapters, no structure, no offline reliability. Loomwork is purpose-built for long-form writing.
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