ChatMapper vs Visual Novel Maker
ChatMapper
chatmapper.comVisual Novel Maker
visualnovelmaker.comSide by side
| Figure | ChatMapper | Visual Novel Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 2 |
| Spec score · Game Narrative Design Software | 9.4 (#2) | 7.4 (#22) |
| Support | The Enterprise plan lists onboarding, an SLA, and commercial support; the Team plan lists priority support. | The maker’s site links to RPG Maker Web forums and Steam forums as community destinations. |
| System requirements | ChatMapper Cloud runs in current Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari; Desktop 1.9.1 is Windows-only. | The Steam listing specifies 4 GB RAM and 3 GB available storage for its Windows and macOS minimum requirements. |
Plans
ChatMapper
- Desktop PersonalFree
- FreeFree
- Creator$19 a month
- Creator$19 a month
- Desktop Commercial$35 a month
- Team$79 a month
- Team$79 a month
- Desktop Team$110 a month
- Enterprise & OEMPriced on request
Visual Novel Maker
- Visual Novel Maker$59.99, paid once
- Visual Novel Maker + Live2D$69.99, paid once
In their own words
ChatMapper
ChatMapper is a browser-based workspace for designing, simulating, validating, and delivering branching conversations. Its visual graph handles dialogue, choices, actors, variables, conditions, scripts, media, and links across conversations. The simulator runs Lua logic and checks for broken links, dead ends, and undefined variables. An AI collaborator can suggest structured edits for review, with accepted changes saved as revisions. ChatMapper imports.cmp, XML, Arcweave, Twine, articy:draft, and CSV, and exports JSON, Unity XML, SCORM, xAPI, Yarn, HTML, and LearnBrite. Its canonical JSON can be used with Unreal, Godot, and custom engines; the maker also describes Unity and Yarn exports. Use cases include games, interactive stories, learning, immersive experiences, and AI character roleplay. The free plan allows one editor, three projects, and 300 nodes per project, with core exports and commercial use permitted. Paid plans start at $19 a month, billed annually. ChatMapper Cloud supports current Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari; the separate offline Desktop 1.9.1 app is Windows-only.
Visual Novel Maker
Visual Novel Maker has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.