Genuinely impressed

Ive not used Final Draft in a few years because I disagree with pricing it so high and then charging for upgrades. Its a dated model, and there are many apps compatible with .fdx now. However, for iOS this is by far the best solution for one reason: pagination. You can see the pages as youre writing and you can have the confidence in knowing the page count is correct, which is the most important thing when it comes to screenwriting software. $15 is steep, yes, but I have to admit its been worth it.

Ive only given three stars because of their syncing methods and a couple features that should really be included. I synced a file from desktop and opened it in Writer. Worked great, wrote about ten pages on a flight. However, when I connected to wifi to sync it, it synced the previous version back to the iPad, posing ten pages of work. Luckily, Writer store backups and I was able to get the pages back. The only way I can work offline now is by syncing the file using Dropbox, opening it in Writer, clicking in sync so it is a local file, making changes, then clicking sync and overwriting the original file in Dropbox.

Please please please, Final Draft, please make it so that we can work offline and the app seamlessly updates the cloud version.

Two more features would make this so much more worth the $15. First, please add support for iCloud Drive. This would make so many customer happy. Secondly, I would love to see index cards available on the Writer app. To be able to index card the entire screenplay, then begin writing from within the same app would be amazing. Scrivener are likely never going to release their iOS app, and having index cards on the iOS app would rally make me think again about buying the desktop software.

Conclusion: fantastic for writing and revising screenplays. Dropbox syncing is a little unusual, and iCloud Drive would be appreciated. No index cards yet, so not the full solution for the writers journey. Story Skeleton is good for that, but being able to stay within the same app and FDX file would be wonderful.

JoePeterWilson about Final Draft Mobile