Byword VS World Anvil

Byword

The easy way to write Markdown and rich text on your Mac and iDevices

World Anvil

World Anvil is a worldbuilding tool for Authors, Storytellers and worldbuilding lovers.

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2018-09-30

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2023-09-13

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Category Popularity

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World Anvil

Markdown Editor

100 100%

Markdown Editor

0% 0

Note Taking

0 0%

Note Taking

100% 100

Text Editors

100 100%

Text Editors

0% 0

Writing

28 28%

Writing

72% 72

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Byword Reviews

7 minimalist alternatives to CherryTree

All your documents, on all your devices. With iCloud and Dropbox, you can create documents in Byword on your Mac and access them on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. And vice versa. You can edit them from anywhere, on any device you use.

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, World Anvil seems to be a lot more popular than Byword. While we know about 17 links to World Anvil, we've tracked only 1 mention of Byword. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Byword mentions (1)

Publish from Mac to Wordpress self-hosted site.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Byword? Source: almost 3 years ago

World Anvil mentions (17)

Need tool for world building.
There's always World Anvil. They have a free member tier that includes decent basic tools/features. But I just checked the site, the lowest paid tier has a few improved features and its $54/yr USD plus they have a 50% coupon for the next day or so. Source: about 1 year ago
Was there a dataleak in worldanvil's database ?
Always: when in doubt: change password asap and make sure to reset via the original site, not a link in your email. (worldanvil.com looks like worldanviI.com but it is not. Some fonts don't show any difference.). Source: over 1 year ago
Can one create different worlds with a single account?
Hi there! To create a new world, go to the global dashboard (worldanvil.com, or click the World Anvil logo on the top left), go to the "Your Worlds" tab and click the create world button on the right. Freemen, as the other commenters said, can have two separate worlds. Source: over 1 year ago
I am trying to create a small writing group, anyone interested?
Such an engine already exists at worldanvil.com, including a discord channel for just such an enterprise. I am a lifetime Sage there, so if you end up using it, let me know. I can help you get the project together. Source: over 1 year ago
Darandra's Thrill the Gambling Riverboat of Tirah the Shark
Per sources from worldanvil.com, Darandra's Thrill is a keelboat which Tirah the Shark uses for smuggling. I adjusted Darandra's Thrill to fit my campaign and turned it into a gambling riverboat. This map represents the main gambling hall where visitors descent from the main deck. Despite being a gambling hall, the room emanates calm spiritual aura and many visitors chill here, smoking from waterpipes, listening... Source: over 1 year ago