Campfire vs Kanka
Campfire
campfirewriting.comKanka
kanka.ioSide by side
| Figure | Campfire | Kanka |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | $1.74/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 8 |
| Spec score · Game Wiki Software | 9.1 (#1) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Collaboration | Users can invite as many collaborators as they want to view, comment on, or edit a project. | Campaign owners can invite members, assign roles and preview the campaign from another member's perspective. |
| Founded | 2018 | 2017 |
| Support | Campfire directs users to email support, its Discord community, tutorials, and a feature-request site. | The team says it handles user emails and Discord messages, and its knowledge base directs bug reports and user help requests to Discord. |
Plans
Campfire
- Try For FreeFree
- Standard Monthly$19 a month
- Try For FreeFree
- Standard MonthlyPrice not published
Kanka
- KoboldFree
- KoboldFree
- Owlbear$4.16 a month
- Wyvern$8.33 a month
- Elemental$20.82 a month
- Elemental$20.82 a year
- Owlbear$49.92 a year
- Wyvern$99.96 a year
In their own words
Campfire
Campfire brings together writing software, a mobile writing app, an online eBook store and a reading app for authors, publishers and readers. Its Manuscript Module supports drafting, chapter organization on a digital corkboard, Index Card View, word-count goals and writing statistics. Worldbuilding tools include modules for characters, cultures, items, locations, philosophies, religions, species, systems, an encyclopedia, magic, maps, research, timelines, arcs, calendars, languages and relationships. Users can invite as many collaborators as they want to view, comment on or edit a project. Campfire states that storage is unlimited across its apps, and manuscripts can be exported as PDF or EPUB. The free desktop app for Mac and Windows supports offline writing. The iOS and Android mobile app requires internet access and omits some modules; free-plan element limits apply in browser and desktop access. Campfire says it backs up work with Amazon servers and keeps projects limited to invited people until sharing or publication. Authors can publish eBooks and digital bonus content and connect Stripe for royalties and sales analytics.
Kanka
Kanka is a web-based worldbuilding service and RPG campaign manager for organizing ideas, creations, and campaign settings. It is intended for game masters, worldbuilders, players, writers, and content creators, and can be used with any tabletop RPG system or without one. Campaigns can organize material across about 20 categories, including characters, locations, items, quests, journals, calendars, events, and abilities; owners can disable categories they do not need. Members can receive roles that control what they can see and do, and owners can preview a campaign from a member’s perspective. Worldbuilding tools include linked relations, timelines, custom calendars, layered interactive maps, and a rich-text editor with @mentions. The REST API is available to all accounts and can support scripts, backups, bots, dashboards, VTT integrations, and data synchronization. Kanka has a free plan and annual paid plans from $4.16/mo. It can also be self-hosted, though premium features are unavailable there and the team does not provide self-hosting support. There is no dedicated mobile app, but the interface adapts to smaller screens.