Paid Final Draft AlternativesTop Novel Authoring & Story Writing Tools like Final Draft

The best paid alternative to Final Draft is Scrivener. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Final Draft and many of them is paid so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting paid alternatives to Final Draft are Fade In, Untold Novel, Hemingway Editor and Storyist.

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  1. Scrivener icon
     264 likes

    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within reach for efficient work.

    136 Scrivener alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
     
  2. Fade In icon
     6 likes

    Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software is a complete application for writing motion picture screenplays, including tools for outlining, organizing, and navigating, plus extensive screenplay formatting and robust tools for managing rewrites and revisions.

    20 Fade In alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Does everything Final Draft does and more for a much lower price, plus they don't charge for updates.

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    Less expensive than Final Draft with all of the same features, fully compatible with the .fdx format, and full Linux support.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Supports every major format. Distraction free screenwriting.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Fade In is Paid and ProprietaryFinal Draft is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. Untold Novel icon
     4 likes

    Untold Novel is a fresh new approach to planning your next bestseller. It helps you keep all your notes, ideas, characters, locations, and much more organized in one convenient place.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Storyist icon
     11 likes

    A powerful writing environment for novelists and screenwriters

    Do you have a story to tell? Unlike conventional word processors, Storyist helps you track your plot, characters, and settings, and keeps all of your writing organized and accessible—so you can focus on telling your.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. Bookwiz icon
     2 likes

    Got a story in mind, but not sure how to write it? Bookwiz's AI creates your entire book, step-by-step, from synopsis to chapters. We lay out the roadmap; you steer the course.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Story Planner is a focused, flexible app to outline all kind of stories. Used by writers, screenwriters, producers, directors and all kind of story tellers, Story Planner has quick and easy-to-use story organization, with sync on all your devices and export options to help you...

    66 Story Planner for Writers alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. A feature-packed Notion template built to help novelists, screenwriters, video game writers, and other storytellers flesh out their worlds, stories, and characters.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Notion
    • Web Browser
     
  8. Dabble icon
     8 likes

    Craft your story. Write your novel. Dabble is software for writing novels for the desktop (Mac and Windows) and browser, syncing between computers.

    77 Dabble alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  9. DocxManager icon
     7 likes

    A document manager and site builder/generator for Word users. You can open Word documents in tabs, manage documents on a project basis, full-text search documents across multiple project folders, attach tags, notes, stars, and so on to the documents.

    119 DocxManager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. SceneOne.app icon
     2 likes

    A web-based writing app. It is designed by novelists to have the tools and workflows they need yet be simple to use, and runs on every device (Windows, Mac, phones, etc).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Outline 4D icon
     5 likes

    Outline 4D is an outlining and writing program that lets you brainstorm, create, structure and organize your ideas. In addition to a traditional vertical single-pane outline format, Outline 4D has a horizontal timeline format that is an alternative to index cards, blocks, and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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