World Anvil Reviews 

I've used WorldAnvil for worldbuilding for about 4 years now and it has been wonderful. The features are amazing and its great for keeping track of notes, or making official pages for my characters and locations. I had a great experience with Ioanna, one of their support members, and she helped me with my request quickly and was extremely helpful!

I really wanted to like this platform. It has some fantastic features, especially the maps and NPC management, which genuinely impressed me. But the flaws seriously impact its usability, especially for in-person games. Unless everyone at the table sits glued to their phones or tablets, it feels clunky and limiting. For online play, I can definitely see its value, but face-to-face it's fallen flat.

My biggest frustration as a DM is reliability. I've lost track of how many times I've typed out detailed notes, only for an unexpected error to wipe it all out. This isn't just irritating, it's annoying and it's broken my trust. Now I find myself relying on random Word documents as backups because I can't trust the platform to keep my content safe. I originally signed up hoping for an organised, streamlined way to handle my game notes, but unfortunately, it's not delivering.

I think the developers should prioritise fixing these core reliability issues over adding new features. I've already paid upfront for a year, but given my experience, I'm now seriously considering switching to something else. The potential is absolutely there, but it needs to get the basics right first.

I set up a World Anvil account a few years ago to keep track of a world for a DnD campaign I was running. I went all out, with articles on key characters, locations, history, and a bunch of stuff for my players to look at like stats for weapons, spells, magic items, house rules etc. It was a really useful website for that purpose and let me build out a world more complex than if I had been keeping track of it all on paper.

But then a few years ago they changed how many articles you can make on a free account from 100+ to about 42. What this meant is that not only can I not make any new articles, I also can't edit any of my existing articles until I either delete over half of them or shell out for the paid version. They've essentially held all my hard work that I'd been building up for years at ransom.

It was a good service before that but I can't recommend a service that might hold your work hostage at a moments notice.

I was on a promotional offer from World Anvil for 50% off the first year, but I hadn't used the tool for a few months and admittedly spaced on the renewal.

BUT, I have a Visa, and Visa terms quite clearly state companies are required to send a notification to customers if a promotional offer is expiring. I never got ANYTHING from World Anvil at all.

After I reached out requesting they refund my money, World Anvil refused and went into full victim-blaming mode. They started by claiming that I "waived my rights" by using the site (that's not a thing, folks), that I hadn't had a promotional offer but had only "used a coupon," and finally, the CTO & Founder told me it was actually my fault I didn't get notified because I had unsubscribed from their marketing/newsletter/miscellaneous emails, so that is why the emails never reached me.

I ended up doing a chargeback through my card company because of how unreasonable World Anvil was being and got my money back due to World Anvil's failure to follow the Visa Core Rules for merchants.

Just be aware that as a company, they will absolutely lie, cheat, and steal to get money out of you, and will blame their shady practices on you.

World Anvil is a platform I've been using for the past 4 years to keep track of my universe's lore. The templates and pages provided incentivize heavy writing, and inspire ideas with the plethora of options available. In addition to their excellent customer service, it's a platform I'll be sticking with.

Extremely useful tool. Has helped me turn a mass of unorganised scraps of paper into a succinct well structured wiki of my world. There’s even API access to query data programmatically.

I want to assert that my issue was both straightforward and somewhat challenging for me. However, I am pleased to report that World Anvil's customer assistance was nothing short of exceptional. They swiftly resolved my problem within 48 hours, ensuring there was no unnecessary waiting. Their support was precise and targeted, effectively addressing my concerns. I sincerely appreciate their commitment to service; their assistance was not only fast and accurate but also provided me with much-needed peace of mind. Thank you, World Anvil, for your outstanding support!

World Anvil has made running a Dungeons & Dragons campaign so easy. I rarely subscribe to anything, but the free version was so great, I knew it was worth subscribing to them! I love th calenders and timeliness, the prompts from articles, the community suggestions and voting. The team are helpful woth enquiries, and I could go on for ages, but honestly, I use it every week and it makes World Building easy.

This is a great product with quality, friendly and prompt customer service to back it up. I've been thoroughly enjoying using World Anvil to develop my worlds for TTRPGs and personal projects alike. They are always updating and making improvements based on community feedback. It can have a bit of a learning curve, but there are features that make it easier for newbies. Highly recommend it!

Perfect response in rapid time. Thanks for the help!

Great help with billing, down to Earth.

World anvil is a fantastic tool to use, not only is there plenty of support with guides on every single thing you can do in the system, the Help team is also absolutely amazing, this has taken my DMing to the next level and would recommend anyone who wants to take their Campaigns, Homebrew worlds or even Novels to the next level use this Site, not to mention you cant beat the price for the services at your leisure-
Thank you World Anvil, and Ioanna was a amazing help

I love this websites functionality and I love the Community even more!

Their customer support replied to me insanely quickly. They were nice and professional and helped me out!

I just wanted to share how much I appreciate WorldAnvil.com and the wonderful people behind it. My husband, Master Magnus, has been using their platform for the past roughly three years to work on an anime-inspired TTRPG project, and it’s truly become his creative sanctuary. Recently, the World Anvil team left him the kindest message, giving him time to catch up. That small act of kindness meant so much to us. I’m so grateful that there’s a space where he can world build and create so freely, with encouragement and support from a community and staff that genuinely care. It’s amazing to see how hard the team at World Anvil works for creators like my husband, and it inspires me deeply. Thank you for fostering creativity and for supporting the dreams of so many.

You’ve earned lifelong fans in both of us. 💛

been using WorldAnvil for a while - mostly to have my fanfic and LARP chars under control & accessible wherever I am.
there's still quite a few features I'd like to see implemented in the future, but in general it's an awesome tool. the WA team is super responsive and super nice, too. also very quick to answer in case of issues!

World Anvil is a great comprehensive world building tool, with a wonderful community. Customer service has always been second to none when having any issues.

I've only just started to tap into all the features, but I've had a lot of fun with what I've discovered so far. Dimitris, the founder, promptly assisted with beginner issues and questions I was having.

In my early years of writing it has always been difficult to gather all my thoughts and put them in one place constructively. I’ve never liked everything in a bunch of word documents. World Anvil does it best when allowing you to gather everything together and artistically display your creation.

World Anvil's team and community are always wonderful to work with and kind. It's a great community and very useful for scatterbrains like me.