When comparing Quoll Writer vs Twine, the Slant community recommends Quoll Writer for most people. In the question“What are the best tools/sites for self-publishing books?” Quoll Writer is ranked 3rd while Twine is ranked 4th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Automatic chapter save
Pro Open Source
Pro Frequent updates
Pro Image attachment
Pro Organizing-friendly
Pro Encryption
Any project can be encrypted with a password.
Pro Distraction-free mode
Pro Problem Finder
The Problem Finder helps you to identify issues with your writing.
Pro Import from Microsoft docx
Pro Export projects to docx, epub and html
Pro Achievements
Achievements are aimed at helping you get to know Quoll Writer and providing rewards for writing (after all no one else will be doing it).
Pro Cardboard
Pro Customizable
It's possible to change several aspects from displaying to character's datasheet.
Pro Statistics
Pro Easy to understand
The basics are very easy to grasp, and you can have a basic story up in minutes.
Pro Free for commercial projects
Twine is based on a GPL licence. You are free to download, modify and publish derivatives - even commercially.
Cons
Con Windows only
Although it should be possible to make a multi platform version as Quoll is written in Java.
Con No mobile app
Con No cloud support
Unfortunatelly, there's no cloud support, which is very important nowadays.
Con Limited to interactive fiction
Twine is specialized to decision-based interactive fiction. Under the hood, a Twine game is just a flowchart for page transitions; the only way to add more complex behavior is to code it from scratch in JavaScript.