Scrivener is described as «Typewriter. Ring-binder. Scrapbook. Scrivener combines everything you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop» and is a very popular Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Scrivener for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Online / Web-based and iPhone. The best alternative is Manuskript, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scrivener are bibisco, yWriter, Zettlr and Microsoft Word.Scrivener alternatives are mainly Novel Authoring Tools but may also be Note-taking Tools or Word Processors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Scrivener.
