# Final Draft Go — user reviews > 368 indexed App Store user reviews of Final Draft Go by Cast & Crew Production Software, LLC, rated 4.00/5 from 1,587 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-draft-go/id1614876398/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-draft-go/id1614876398.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,044 · 4★ 105 · 3★ 62 · 2★ 82 · 1★ 294 ## What do users think of Final Draft Go? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Decent for on-the-go ideas - 👍 Don't be scared of the bad reviews - 🚀 Saved my life! **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and annoying - 🐛 Crashes constantly - 🐛 Unusable, unprofessional - 🐛 Scrolling issues - 🐛 Typing and formatting problems - 🔒 Can't log in or change password - 💰 Paid turns into subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Constant login issues - Crashes and freezes - Scrolling and cursor problems - Formatting and editing bugs - Sync and file management issues **Most requested features** - Add Dropbox support - Improve Magic Keyboard integration - Add Beat Board and other advanced features - Unify account system with desktop version ## Newest reviews (19 of 368) ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad *2026-06-26, version 7.3.3* And I can’t edit either….my FD account and IPad app all a mess ### 3/5 — Too glitchy to be charging people *2026-06-13, version 7.3.3* This is app is way too glitchy for them to be charging people. Like fix it. Dragging to cursor to highlight text never works properly and often times it oddly quits the app. Final draft is too high caliber of a brand to have half baked software like this. Its insulting to be charged for software like this. Especially when youre forced to upgrade from the previous iOS app. Fix it. ### 2/5 — Beware! *2026-05-30, version 7.3.3* Just so you know, if your subscription expires, you won’t be able to open the scripts you have already created. ### 2/5 — Need to fix the crashes *2026-05-25, version 7.3.3* Wanted to like it but it kept crashing every time I would go to highlight text. After having it crash this way, multiple times over the course of my first hour, became a moment of instant regret purchasing the year outright. Lesson learned. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-05-23, version 7.3.3* Buggy. Not intuitive. I don’t think I could be less impressed. ### 2/5 — Poor Effort In 2026 *2026-05-20, version 7.3.2* The only thing that this “Go” version meaningfully adds since the last version, Final Pro Mobile is a monthly subscription. At this point it’s been several years since the desktop has had note card views— nothing here on mobile. Highlighting portions of text for copying and moving— sort of a crucial function — remains twitchy and annoying with the keyboard popping up intermittently and de-selecting the text. No liquid glass or any updates in ages— using it on iPad is pretty frustrating as the on screen keyboard doesn’t particularly care if you’re using an external one. It just seems like for THE premier screenwriting software… this app should be the king, and an overwhelming knockout. Twist: there are several other apps and platforms out there that can actually read and write their own .fdx format that come with an overwhelming list of awesome features and a much slicker interface, too. I just really wish they’d give this app the love it deserves. I think the most egregious bit is the entirely new version with the paywall. Seriously download the old version and tell me what’s different that deserves a monthly fee. ### 1/5 — Black screen *2026-05-18, version 7.3.2* I just get a black screen whenever I want to write anything. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t Work Between Devices *2026-05-16, version 7.3.2* This is deceptively incompatible with the Desk/Lap-Top versions of Final Draft. I had a script sent to me to revise. When I open it on my MacBook Pro in FD it is all good. When I export that version or try to open it from the cloud on my iPad using FD Go the text is not visible. I’ve changed it from Night mode to Day mode. I’ve changed it to every other display mode. I’ve deleted and redownloaded the FD Go app on my iPad. Nothing. So what I gather is unless you originate the script on your iPad with FD Go you can’t swap between mobile and desktop devices. That effectively renders this useless and you may as well stick to writing between the laptop and desktop. Very annoying and in some cases (like in a car on a road trip) it’s preferable to use the smaller more mobile iPad device for writing. This seems like a major bug. And it doesn’t seem like they are updating this regularly. Waste of a subscription if it doesn’t transfer script visibility between devices. ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-05-10, version 7.3.2* Went from a great app to a totally useless app where everything opens as a black box. DO NOT BUY ### 1/5 — Black pages. No scroll. WTF *2026-05-08, version 7.3.2* I’m not sure when this becomes a priority, but it makes using your program, which I have historically enjoyed quite a lot, nearly impossible to navigate. The interface must be the focus of your team given we are all forced to use this version of Final Draft on our iPads. The Mobile version was great, and there is no reason this one can’t be too. Please, please commit the time to solving the use problems ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-05-05, version 7.3.2* Have spent hours dealing with tech support. Final Draft is no longer the company it was, and has been living off its reputation not innovation, or even stability, for years. There are much better apps available. ### 1/5 — Horrible Interface *2026-05-05* Please fix the bugs. There’s no undo option also. ### 1/5 — still doesn’t work with FD 13’s latest *2026-05-05, version 7.3.2* pages written in FD 13.3.1 (and versions earlier than this as well) simply open up as black text on a black background regardless of dark/light mode on the ios device. the solution for this subscription-based app is to download an earlier version of Final Draft. this is their solution. the bug has existed for months, but it must be too wild and crazy to bother using Claude credits on. this is in no way an improvement from FD Mobile which was also buggy but didn’t require a subscription. oh well, imma go yell at a cloud now. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad *2026-05-04, version 7.3.2* Used to use final draft mobile and regret converting to this version. The app doesn’t work and will only show a black screen on scripts, making working on mobile devices impossible. Been waiting for an update that solves it, one that doesn’t include some big work around like downloading an old version on desktop. Would be great if the devs gave this a proper update and made it work properly. ### 3/5 — They need to do better *2026-05-04, version 7.3.2* For the industry standard it’s got a lot of bugs. Frequently logs me out and doesn’t remember that I have a subscription. More than once has overwritten changes I made in the desktop version when I opened the document in the iOS app, reverting the file to a previous draft and throwing out all the work I’d done. For this reason, MAKE FREQUENT BACKUPS. The keyboard also pops up with every little touch of the screen when you’re just trying to read through a script. ### 1/5 — Terrible, there is a bug lately where anything I open up is just black with some red dots. *2026-05-02, version 7.3.2* It’s unusable right now and it’s really frustrating. I like being able to read while I, on the train and do some proofreading as well. Now I can’t do that at all. The files just open up black. ### 1/5 — Final Draft 13 .fdx files don’t work! Among other things… *2026-04-28, version 7.3.2* I upgraded to Final Draft 13 from 12 recently, and the .fdx files I started on FD 13 don’t work on FD Go (or FD Mobile). But old .fdx files work on both iPad apps. Now, FD Go boasts that it has the “Night Mode” feature, but if you changed your “System Settings” on your iPad, then FD Mobile will also be in “Night Mode.” If Final Draft wants to charge us for FD Go on a subscription basis (FD Mobile was a one-time purchase), then they need to fix this issue ASAP. ### 2/5 — Old user *2026-04-24, version 7.3.2* I can’t view anything created since October 2025. Is there a version incompatibility? ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2026-04-16, version 7.3.2* I use the PC version all the time. Very happy. This? Has never worked. Never once. Subscription cancelled. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lame *2026-08-02, version 7.3.4* The fact that there are all these issues and the developers don’t have the balls to respond….. speaks VOLUMES!!! ### 1/5 — Can’t log in *2026-07-25, version 7.3.4* Keep getting an error message. Worked fine yesterday, now it doesn’t. ### 1/5 — WTF *2026-07-22, version 7.3.3* I was booted and can no longer sign- in even though I reset my password and it's say I'm free to explore. What is going on? I can't report that problem or contact anyone. ### 1/5 — The worst app! *2026-07-12, version 7.3.3* The app is full of glitches and it doesn’t work. Paying for an app that doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — $$$$$$$$$$ *2026-07-05, version 7.3.3* This is my first app review. Thanks, Final Draft, for making me finally feel strongly enough about something to do this. There was an app called FD mobile. It was free. You could access all of your screenplays and write them in the app, going seamlessly between the app and your computer. Now, this is a paid service. Nope. FD charges hundreds for new editions of the program that have marginal changes, and still lacks basic functionality that other, cheaper screenwriting software has (like the ability to add hyperlinks, which is a niche thing, but when you need it, you need it). Because everything else was expensive, FD Mobile as a free app made sense. It’s the least they could do, so I thought. Sure, it’s not that much money. But it’s more than no money, and it is the latest signal to me that FD has little care for the needs of its consumers. This is my villain origin story. I’m going to check out Highland. ### 1/5 — My script is gone. *2026-07-05, version 7.3.3* I used this app for scripting format, it was okay, there were many things I couldn’t do and I logged in on my phone and nothing transported. I opened the app to write and the script is literally gone. It is under no tabs, I’ve checked my files and Icloud and all my hard work and the story I loved is gone. ### 1/5 — Trash *2026-06-20, version 7.3.3* I cannot start a script ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work *2026-06-16, version 7.3.3* Well after purchasing this app two years ago - it didn’t work then. I forgot and bought it again. Surprise, it works less now. No phone numbers at final draft these days. Less work more and more. ### 1/5 — Purchase failed *2026-05-29* Purchage failed again n again ### 1/5 — Bugs make it unusable. BEWARE *2026-05-24, version 7.3.3* Everything was great until I hit about the 85 page mark, then suddenly the page started jumping like the scrolling was glitching. The cursor now jumps up or down two lines randomly. Googled and found this is a known issue with “longer” scripts (85 pages, really??) in FD Go and they have not bothered to fixed it. So FD is unusable. How you expect to stay the “industry standard” with this kind of apathetic approach is wild. There are alternatives to FD, so keep looking! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Stupid *2026-06-18, version 7.3.3* If the app isn’t free, then don’t list it as free. This is boneheaded marketing ### 5/5 — A little clicky but ultimately gets the work done *2026-03-13, version 7.3.2* A little clicky but gets the work done. A great design. ### 5/5 — For a screenwriting app it’s pretty darn good *2026-03-12, version 7.3.2* For moment when I don’t have my laptop it’s a lifesaver to get some pages in! ### 5/5 — Great app. *2026-01-26, version 7.3.2* If I had access to this as a teenager, I would have been using this a lot sooner. But I think my only gripe with this is that it's different than the other app. And I don't think my previous work can transfer over to this one. I don't know. ### 5/5 — Not bad at all *2026-01-26, version 7.3.2* I’m a up coming writer and scrolled past this app and figured I give it a try for when I’m out having coffee and it’s actually pretty good! Writing in the go has never been better! ### 5/5 — A GOLDEN NUGGET *2025-12-13, version 7.3.2* this app is soooooooooo convenient if you already use final draft. i’m writing the greatest scripts ever. ### 5/5 — Finally Useful *2025-12-13, version 7.3.2* This version is perfect for me. The element style buttons are easy to access, close to the text area. Despite minimal functionality, it does enough for on the go writing, acheiving productivity, keeping up with creative inspiration, is a fair price, and bug-free experience unlike the desktop version. ### 5/5 — Super bummed *2025-11-26, version 7.3.2* I’m not sure why this app would not save my scripts, I opened my phone this morning to find the app waiting to be reinstalled, after that all my scripts are gone. My iPhone says the scripts are there, but nope. Great way to ruin the holiday ### 5/5 — Great little program *2025-11-06, version 7.3.2* It functions as a basic document editor but with screenplay formatting. Great for making changes on the go. It could be improved with better document storing. Right now you save to iCloud and can open anywhere. With its own cloud storage, it would be easier to take documents on the go without having to worry about which file is which similar to Campfire which is for novels. Still five stars. ### 5/5 — Convenient for on the go! *2025-07-23, version 7.3.2* Love this version of Final Draft. Like everyone else, I’ve been using the desktop version for years. Sometimes, I may not want to bring my laptop with me and will opt for something smaller, like an iPad. Got myself a keyboard to go with it’s perfect for getting my writing done! I’ve also wrote entire scenes on my iPhone. It isn’t something I do often, but it’s still an incredible option. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*