Final Draft Alternatives

Final Draft is described as 'Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Final Draft for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Final Draft alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Manuskript or Story Architect (STARC). Other great apps like Final Draft are Fade In, Hemingway Editor, Untold Novel and Aevon.

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  1. WriterDuet icon
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    Collaborative screenwriting for everyone*

    *Great for solo writers as well!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    SO intuitive, real-time collaboration, integrated outliner, unlimited revision tracking, access from anywhere, online and offline writing, perfectly standard (can't tell the difference from a Final Draft PDF), compatible with basically all filetypes, and my favorite thing: see full line history and all line comments in one click, next to every line.

    • WriterDuet is Freemium and ProprietaryFinal Draft is Paid and Proprietary
    • WriterDuet is a Text Editor Final Draft is a Novel Authoring Tool
  2. Free Novel Writing Software: binder hierarchy, corkboard, rich text editor, and compile to PDF, DOCX, and ePub, free in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Persona is an innovative character development tool for fiction writers. Persona aids you in crafting archetypal themed characters and plots by using time-honored psychological principles to describe the motivations and interactions between different characterizations of people.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. Slugline icon
     3 likes

    A minimal, distraction-free environment for screenwriting.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. InkBreaker icon
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    Inkbreaker is a full writing platform for your whole writing practice. Draft and publish in a real editor, build a body of work, and grow alongside a community of working writers. It supports fiction, nonfiction, poetry, copywriting, journalism, technical writing, screenwriting...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Typerino icon
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    A warm, focused desktop app for screenwriting and playwriting, with industry-standard formatting for film, TV, and the stage.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Wriffen icon
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    A browser-based screenwriting app with industry standard-formatting and Final Draft (FDX) import/export.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  8. First Draft icon
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    First Draft, developed by a 15-year professional writer, is an offline, artificially intelligent writing tool that assists a huge number of literary tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Outcome icon
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    Outcome is a desktop writing and creative workspace designed to help writers, researchers, creators, and organizations manage complex content in a structured environment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. The Scriptwriter is a free editor built specifically for writing stage plays. It runs as a single HTML file in any modern browser, installs as a desktop app via PWA on every major OS, and works fully offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Studiovity is a screenplay software designed to enhance the writing process for screenwriters. It offers many features tailored to streamline the creation of scripts for film, television, and other visual media.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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