No index cards, no automatic syncing

It is very nice to see this app finally released on the App Store after years of delays. For $30 (soon to be $50) it doesnt offer much you cant already get from other screenwriting apps.

The Storyist app offers a one click sync with Dropbox and Final Draft index cards. Index cards, an easier sync method and a scene view should be available in this expensive app. Better sync should be at the top of their list. They could solve this with one button as Storyist does. You hit sync, and it looks to see if there is a more recent version in the Dropbox folder for it. In Final Draft Writer, one has to navigate to their Dropbox app, open a .fdx file in Final Draft Writer, delete the old version, then copy it to Final Draft just to round trip it with their desktop version of Final Draft. This is clumsy and a waste of time.

Production features and revisions are nice to have, but what is the point if you cant reliably and conveniently round trip a script? And what is the point if you cant even use the powerful outlining tools in the desktop version such as colour coded index cards and scene view?

Hopefully an update will address these shortcomings soon and make this app worthwhile and worth the wait.

Torontofilmmaker85 about Final Draft Mobile, v1.0