Comparisons, checked 17 October 2026
Onwarder vs Campfire
A worldbuilding and writing suite of eighteen modules, from characters, maps and timelines to magic systems and languages, with a manuscript editor.Source [1]Source [3]Source [5]
Campfire offers worldbuilding modules and a manuscript editor; Onwarder records what happens in the story and checks each scene against it, free and without a word cap.Source [3]Source [5]
Side by side.
| Onwarder | Campfire | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free for good, with no account. Cloud is $10 a month or $99 a year. | A free plan capped at 25,000 manuscript words and 10 characters; Standard is $12 a month.Source [1] |
| Runs on | On the web, Mac, Windows and Linux, with iPhone in beta, and Android coming. | Browser, Mac and Windows apps, and iPhone and Android apps.Source [2] |
| Writing with no connection | Books kept on your device open and save with no connection in the desktop and phone apps. | The desktop app has an offline mode for writing.Source [2] |
| Story bible linked to the book | Characters, places, factions and items, a click from the page. | Characters, locations, lore, maps, calendars, languages and relationships, tagged in the manuscript.Source [1]Source [3] |
| Checks the book against your notes | Built in, no AI: warns when a dead character acts or a lost item turns up again. | Tags and cross-references help by hand; no automatic check found.Source [3] |
| Ebook and paperback files | EPUB, Word, Markdown and PDF, and paperback interiors at three trim sizes. | Compiled manuscript as EPUB and print-ready PDF.Source [1]Source [5] |
| AI, and training on your writing | Optional and off for every book. Bring your own. Never used to train AI. | No generative AI found; no statement on training found.Source [6] |
| Getting your work out | Every book exports whole, at any time, on any plan. | Projects live on its servers; export elements and the manuscript.Source [4] |
Which to choose
Where Campfire is better
- Modules for magic systems, languages, calendars and relationship webs.Source [4]Source [5]
- Sharing with view, comment and edit permissions, and custom templates.Source [4]Source [5]
Choose Campfire if
- Your world is the project, and you want a module for every part of it.Source [4]Source [5]
- You share a world with co-writers or a game group.Source [4]Source [5]
Choose Onwarder if
- You want the story bible, recorded story events and a continuity check beside the manuscript, with no AI needed.
- You want everything for writing free, on any computer or phone, with no account and no time limit.
- You want the ebook and the paperback interior from the same place you wrote the book.
Questions.
Can I move my book from Campfire?
Export it as a Word document and import that into Onwarder; it keeps chapters, headings, bold and italics. Start with a copy of one chapter, and keep your original until you are happy. We do not promise to carry over every other tool's notes, links or formatting.
Do I need AI to use Onwarder?
No. Writing, planning, the continuity check and Finishing all work without AI. If you connect your own AI, it is off for every book until you allow it, and Onwarder never uses your writing to train AI.
What does Onwarder cost?
Free for good, with no account. Cloud is $10 a month or $99 a year.
Sources, all opened 17 October 2026
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