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Talmaara compared with Bunsho
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What it doesThe only writing app where your world proofreads your book Novel writing software that tracks characters, timelines, and world rules, and catches continuity errors before readers do
StageMVP Startup
FoundedNot given 2025
Based inUS Not given
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingFree: Basic free access with 1 project, 1 world, 2 characters, 6 events, 1 book, 2 lore types. Beta: Free forever with 1 project, 2 worlds, 20 characters, 20 events, 3 books, 13 lore types. Writer: $5/month or $55/year for unlimited projects, 1 world, 2 characters, 6 events, unlimited books, 2 lore Free: editor with one project and starter AI credits. Quill: $8/month with unlimited projects, full editor, World and Planner, no AI. Storyteller: $15/month with continuity checker and monthly AI allowance. Saga: $29/month with higher AI limit for daily drafting and series work.
Key features
  • Continuity checking against your own lore with pure date math, no AI
  • Custom calendars with own months, weekdays, year lengths, and eras
  • Universal timeline across every world with events and lifespans lined up
  • Thirteen kinds of lore entry cross-linked to each other
  • Manuscript editor with scene dating and lore linking
  • Maps with vector canvas, location pinning, and journey marking
  • Family trees built from characters already in your lore
  • Campaign planning with 5e-compatible tools for tabletop gaming
  • Export to DOCX and PDF for whole book or single chapter
  • Worlds and moons with individual calendars, maps, and shared timeline
  • Continuity checker that identifies contradictions with both passages quoted
  • Plot hole checker
  • Planner with chapter cards showing intended story purpose
  • Shows how story changes ripple through manuscript
  • Free editor with no account or card required
  • Local-first with manuscript stored on user's machine
  • AI-generated prose for scenes as beat sheets requiring approval
  • Hand-editable character and world entries that become canon
What makes it different
  • Continuity checking with no AI—pure date math on your own world's facts
  • Custom calendar is the system clock for the entire app, not decoration
  • Built specifically for worldbuilders, not adapted from general tools
  • Free forever in beta with no credit card required
  • Automatically reads manuscript to populate character, place, and object tracking rather than requiring manual form entry
  • Only checks for continuity when you request it, never running in background while typing
  • Shows both conflicting passages side by side for every continuity issue found
  • Director Mode ensures AI-drafted scenes don't contradict character knowledge before prose is written
  • Manuscript never leaves your machine or used for AI training
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)25 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)2011
Citation Flow (Majestic)1124
Referring domains (Majestic)8537

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