Kanka vs LegendKeeper
Kanka
kanka.ioLegendKeeper
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| Figure | Kanka | LegendKeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.74/mo | $0.63/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 2 |
| Spec score · Game Wiki Software | 8.9 (#2) | 8.0 (#6) |
| Audience | The service is aimed at game masters, tabletop players, authors and worldbuilders. | The product is aimed at game masters and also described as suitable for writers, game designers, and worldbuilding hobbyists. |
| Maps | Users can upload maps, add layers and pins, and control pin visibility for players. | Users can nest maps, link them to wiki articles, and upload maps up to 14K pixels and 100 MB. |
| Mobile | Kanka says it has no dedicated mobile app, but its interface adapts to smaller screens and features work on mobile devices. | The FAQ says there is no mobile app yet and that mobile-web improvements are planned before native mobile apps. |
| Support | The team says it handles user emails and Discord messages, and its knowledge base directs bug reports and user help requests to Discord. | LegendKeeper directs users with questions to its Discord community and billing contact form. |
| Timelines | Timelines organize history into eras whose text elements can link to campaign entries. | Timelines include chronicle, Gantt chart, and calendar views, custom calendar systems, and linked timelines. |
Plans
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
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.
LegendKeeper
LegendKeeper is a web-based collaborative workspace for worldbuilding and RPG campaign management. Its wiki supports nested pages, rich-text editing, auto-linking, templates, tags, and shortcuts. Maps can be nested and linked to wiki articles, with uploads up to 14K pixels and 100 MB. Timelines offer chronicle, Gantt chart, and calendar views, plus custom calendar systems and linked timelines. Collaborative whiteboards support sketches, flow charts, DM screens, and pointcrawls connected to project pages. Projects are private by default and allow real-time collaboration, public sharing, granular permissions, and secrets. Users can import Markdown, Obsidian, WorldAnvil, Google Docs, and other formats, then export projects. The browser app stores wiki and atlas edits locally for later syncing, but unsynced offline changes can be lost if browser data is cleared. LegendKeeper is not a virtual tabletop and is intended to be used alongside tools such as Foundry or Roll20. It is described as being in open beta, with some core features still planned. Basic is free; Pro costs $7.50 per month billed annually.