Dabble vs Sudowrite

Dabble

• Novelists who want plotting, notes and the manuscript in one place
• Writers who move between a computer, a tablet and a phone
• Co-authors working on the same manuscript
• Writers who want a tool without generative AI

Sudowrite

• Novelists who want AI help drafting and revising fiction
• Planning a book from premise to a chapter-by-chapter outline
• Writers who want to choose between fiction-tuned and general AI models

Dabble

• There is no free plan. Without a subscription, projects stay viewable and exportable but become read-only.
• Comments, track changes, sticky notes, advanced grammar checks and Read-to-Me need the Author plan at $29 a month or higher.
• On phones and tablets Dabble is a web app added to the home screen from the browser; it is not in the App Store or Google Play.
• The pricing page lists monthly prices only and says annual billing saves 20%, without showing the annual amounts.

Sudowrite

• There is no free plan. Without a paid plan the AI features stop, though projects stay accessible and exportable.
• Use is metered in credits rather than words: the docs say 1 million credits may produce anywhere from 50,000 to 500,000 AI words.
• Unused credits expire monthly on Hobby & Student and Professional. Only Max rolls them over, for up to 12 months.
• The mobile apps are companions: series management and several other web features are not available in them.

Dabble

Plot Grid

Lays out plot lines and plot points against scenes so a story's structure can be planned as fully or as loosely as wanted, with the editor open alongside the plan.

Story notes and characters

Keeps character profiles, worldbuilding details and research beside the manuscript, and can share characters, locations and lore across the books in a series.

Manuscript editor and goals

Scenes and chapters are numbered and formatted automatically and reordered by drag and drop, with focus mode, daily word-count goals, stats and a writing timer.

Editing tools

Comments, sticky notes, highlighting, track changes and Read-to-Me, plus grammar and style checks powered by ProWritingAid. These start on the Author plan.

Co-authoring

Invited co-authors work on the same manuscript in real time. Writer allows 5 collaborators per project; Author, Bestseller and lifetime plans allow 100.

Offline-first sync

Every edit saves to the device first and syncs to the account once a connection is available, so writing continues offline on any installed copy.

Sudowrite

Write

Reads the characters, tone and plot so far and suggests roughly the next 300 words in the author's voice, with more than one option to pick from.

Story Bible

Works step by step from an idea through synopsis, characters, worldbuilding and outline to chapter beats, then drafts scenes from them in the author's style.

Describe, Expand and Rewrite

Describe adds detail that places the reader in a scene, Expand builds out passages that feel rushed, and Rewrite revises a selection to the direction given.

Feedback

Reads a draft and returns areas to improve. The docs list Feedback, covering developmental edits, line edits and beta reads, as exclusive to Professional and Max.

Chat and plugins

A chat assistant aimed at novelists handles brainstorming, research and edits, and a library of more than 1,000 plugins adds other tasks. Users can build their own plugins.

Mobile companion apps

iOS and Android apps centered on Smart Dictation and chat, with Write and Rewrite included. Projects sync with the web app and credits are shared.

Dabble

• Writer$19

  per month, billed monthly (20% less when paid annually)

  Unlimited manuscripts, cloud backup and sync, Plot Grid, story notes and character profiles, goals and stats, co-authoring and versioning.

• Author$29

  per month, billed monthly (20% less when paid annually)

  Adds comments, track changes, sticky notes, text highlighting, advanced grammar and style checks, Read-to-Me, and priority support by chat and email.

• Bestseller$49

  per month, billed monthly (20% less when paid annually)

  Everything in Author plus DabbleU Academy: live monthly workshops, a library of courses and more than 70 hours of workshop recordings.

• Lifetime Author Access$699

  one-time payment

  All Author features permanently, including future Author updates and features. No additional discounts apply.

Sudowrite

• Hobby & Student$10

  per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)

  225,000 credits a month with the writing tools, chat and every model, but not Feedback. Unused credits expire each month.

• Professional$22

  per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)

  1,000,000 credits a month (the pricing page also displays 450,000 beside it), plus Feedback: developmental edits, line edits and beta reads.

• Max$44

  per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)

  2,000,000 credits a month, and unused credits roll over for up to 12 months while the subscription stays active.

Dabble

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Dabble's pricing page says paying annually saves 20% compared with the monthly prices of $19, $29 and $49.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Author Access for $699

  A one-time payment of $699 gives every Author feature permanently, which Dabble describes as about the price of two years of Author. No other discounts apply.

• Education

  30% off for teachers and students

  Teachers and students with an academic email address can save 30% by applying through Dabble's partner, Student App Centre.

Sudowrite

• Annual discount

  Up to 50% off with yearly billing

  Paid annually, Hobby & Student is $10 a month against $19 monthly, Professional $22 against $29 and Max $44 against $59. The pricing page labels yearly billing as up to 50% off.