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The Novel Factory vs Dabble: catalog facts
The Novel Factory	Dabble
Paid Paid software with a 30-day free trial that needs no payment details.	Paid Paid subscription after a 14-day free trial.
Web	Web
Guided roadmap for planning a novel step by step Corkboard view of scenes and plot structure	Plot, notes and manuscript kept in one place Word count goals for a daily writing habit
Paid after the trial Prescribes a particular planning method that may not suit every writer	Subscription required after the trial Focused on fiction rather than other kinds of writing
Web application	Downloadable app, Web application
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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