App Profile: Fountain · easy screenwriting

NotTheReindeer

Rating: 5/5

The title basically says it all, this is a very nice app and it’s not even at version 1.0! I like that you can choose the default storage (Dropbox, iCloud, on device), however, I would love to see (if it’s even possible) the option to choose a custom default folder rather than the created Fountain folder. That’s certainly a nit-pick, but I like to structure my folders in a specific manner. Obviously, I can just move the document to whatever folder I like once it is created, but I’m laaaazy.

RDshovey

Rating: 4/5

This runs very smooth on my iPhone and iPad. Much better than all the high-end screenplay apps. There are a few quirks, though. It'd be nice to force a Slugline (for instance with a period before a word like "Intercut"). That's how the other apps do it. Having a full action line in all caps converts into a really long character name (It'd be helpful if it's only registered as a character if normal dialogue follows on the next line). Also, it'd be nice to be able to do Dual Dialogue by adding the ^ to the following character name. I am used to writing in fountain/mark down for screenplays, so these were pretty glaring to me. However, the writing experience is so smooth and nice, I have no problem working in this app on my iphone/ipad, then copy/pasting into my pro app on my desktop for the PDF with more features (like a full title page creation with image options and adding non-script preface pages).

Saw1124

Rating: 5/5

FINALLY. The lack of simple no-strings-attached screenwriting apps on the App Store has always been strange to me. This app is simple and does exactly what it says. And it’s FREE. I wish more apps were like this. Sure, if you want a million features and beat boards and “character analysis” (whatever that means) then by all means pay $10-$100 for something else. But if you’re ready to get writing…this app is for you