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Mataroa vs Pendraic

Mataroa

mataroa.blog

Pendraic

pendraic.com

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FigureMataroaPendraic
Price from$0.75/mo$14.99/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published26
Spec score · Writing Apps8.1 (#62)9.2 (#7)
ExportsUsers can export a blog as Markdown, EPUB, a printable page, Zola files, or Hugo files, and can redirect a retiring blog to a new domain.Pendraic exports manuscripts as Markdown, DOCX and EPUB while preserving chapter and scene structure.
Free planYesYes
SupportUsers can contact support by email, and the site says dissatisfied users can request a refund by email.Premium includes priority support, and Pendraic lists [email protected] for questions.

Plans

Mataroa

  • FreeFree
  • Premium$9 a year

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Pendraic

  • FreeFree
  • Essentials$14.99 a month
  • Premium$24.99 a month
  • Desktop$99 a month
  • Pendraic Desktop$99, paid once
  • Pendraic Desktop$99, paid once

Pendraic pricing →

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Mataroa

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Pendraic

Pendraic is a long-form fiction writing tool for keeping a book's characters, world, voice and story details together. The editor provides prose, outline and arcs views, with optional panels for character lookups, voice consistency, beats and unresolved threads. Planning and revision are organized into eight areas: Promise, Engine, Nexus, Dynamics, Registry, Anchors, Iterations and Closure. Its World Builder links maps, family trees, calendars, languages, timelines and encyclopedia entries to the prose. Listed AI options include Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and OpenRouter, using either a user's account or a Pendraic Managed AI wallet. When a user starts an AI generation pass, the prompt and needed context go to the chosen provider under that provider's terms. Pendraic says saved files are encrypted in transit and at rest, and that it does not train models on users' writing or sell their content. The Free plan supports up to three active books and includes Word, Markdown and plain-text exports. Pendraic runs on macOS, Windows and the web; paid plans start at $14.99/mo.

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