Highland Pro

Highland Pro

A better screenwriting app

27 ratings
144 reviews
Free
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Released
March 4, 2025
Updated
November 3, 2026

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This writing application offers a streamlined and distraction-free environment for crafting screenplays, scripts, and novels. It provides innovative tools for organization, research, and formatting, ensuring a focus on creativity. Available across Mac, iPad, and iPhone, it supports professional writing workflows.

✓Distraction-free writing environment
✓Integrated lookup for quick research
✓Organize notes and ideas with The Shelf
✓Professional title page and custom page creation
✓Overview of entire document structure
✓Grammar and character highlighting
✓Import/export Fountain, Final Draft, and PDFs
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What's New in Highland Pro

3.4.0

November 3, 2026

New: - Card View shows your script as index cards, with all your scenes, beats, and sections. Card View is fast and flexible, designed for both planning and reorganizing your writing. It’s not a separate outline; it’s your actual script. Try it now! - All-new Find & Replace on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Use built-in Recipes for common fixes like renaming characters. Power users can match patterns, including with regular expressions. One Undo puts everything back. - Redesigned iPhone app. The toolbar is now at the bottom of the screen, the Navigator and Shelf open as cards you can swipe away, and a bar above the keyboard has bold, italic, notes, and Undo. - Themes on iPhone and iPad, with the same choices as on the Mac. Make your own, share them with a code, and use them on all your devices through iCloud - Open Movie Magic Screenwriter scripts on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. - Characters card on the Shelf lists everyone who speaks in your script, and jumps to each character’s next line. - Character Highlights now on iPhone and iPad, and Gender Analysis on iPhone. - Hide synopses so they don’t break up the page. Each one shrinks to a small = in the margin until you click or tap it. On the Mac, View > Hide/Show Synopses. On iPad, turn on Hide Synopses in Settings. - Jump to Page on Mac (Tools > Jump to Page). - Two-Up in Overview on Mac, showing two full pages side by side. - Export a scene or act as its own document by right-clicking it in the Navigator and choosing Export. - Improved template chooser on iPhone and iPad includes sample pages. Fixed: - Fixed several syncing bugs. - Fixed long scene headings wrapping too early. They now fit the standard 61 characters. - Fixed several rare crashing bugs and freezes. - Fixed iPhone and iPad not telling you when a document couldn’t be saved. - Fixed Undo on Mac, iPad and iPhone. - Fixed scroll matching between Editor and Preview. - Fixed title pages and front matter losing information. - Fixed various image bugs. - Fixed various bugs around Final Draft imports and exports. - Fixed Word (.docx) exports, including opening as damaged when the script has a forced page break. - Fixed Highland 2 import, preserving the original document’s template, milestones, and sprint history. - Fixed student licenses switching to read-only when offline or on a school network. - Fixed Navigator bugs on iPhone and iPad. - Fixed iPhone and iPad scrolling bugs when the keyboard is shown. - Fixed character highlight bugs on iPhone and iPad. - Fixed the title page preview, header and footer previews, and page counts using screenplay formatting no matter which template you chose. - Fixed Fling delays and messages, including connection issues. - Lots of smaller fixes, including better VoiceOver support.

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User reviews

Good, but not great.

Been using it for almost a year. It is good for writing straightforward (if that is all you need) and you don’t want to be distracted by formatting. The “Sling” feature doesn’t work so you can’t actually share and collab. No dual dialogue option. When exporting, the formats don’t always come out correctly. If you are writing more than one script a year and need a software that is consistent across the board go with a different app. Definitely wanted to love this…will be canceling my subscription today.
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Need help

I am loving the interface so far but I am having trouble adding dialogue. I am on the mobile iPhone version. Is there something specific I tap to add a dialogue and save character names?

Broken

Undo doesn’t work, navigation sometimes, and god help you if you accidentally drop a snippet into itself.

great for a time, virtually unusable now

I’ve used Highland for years now and I was excited about the Pro release. But as time has gone on, it’s been bogged down with new features and clunkiness that have taken away from the simplicity of the program that I’ve loved. Not to mention, Highland Pro is consistently giving me the beachball to where it’s nearly impossible to write at all. So I’m reverting back to Highland 2, but I was really bummed it got to this point. :(
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Paid then it went obsolete

I bought this to replace FD and it worked fine. Then they switched it to an online app and when I upgraded my macbook I found I could no longer use the old app, and would need to pay for the new subscription only version. Found a free alternate that works just as well.

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Sync deleting draft documents

Bug

Preview mode not remembering last position

Bug

Crashes and data loss on iPad

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Requested Features

3 requests

Customizable color themes

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Export options beyond PDF

Feature

Retain free version for students

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FAQ

What is Highland Pro?

Highland Pro is a writing application designed for screenwriters and novelists. It offers a clean, distraction-free interface with innovative tools to help users focus on their story and formatting.

What devices does Highland Pro support?

Highland Pro is available on Mac, iPad, and iPhone, allowing for seamless writing and syncing across your Apple devices.

What file formats can Highland Pro import and export?

Highland Pro supports importing and exporting Fountain, Final Draft (.fdx), and PDF files, making it compatible with professional studio workflows.

Does Highland Pro have ads?

No, Highland Pro is ad-free, providing an uninterrupted writing experience.

What are the subscription options for Highland Pro?

Highland Pro offers monthly and yearly subscription plans, both including a 1-month free trial. The monthly plan is $9.99/month, and the yearly plan is $59.99/year.

How often is Highland Pro updated?

The latest version of Highland Pro is 3.4.0, last updated on November 3, 2026. Updates typically include new features and improvements.

What are some common user complaints about Highland Pro?

Some users have reported issues with the subscription pricing model, occasional sync problems leading to data loss, and stability issues like app crashes.

What are the benefits of using Highland Pro?

Users praise Highland Pro for its intuitive and simple design, streamlined writing experience, helpful in-app lookup tool, and clean, distraction-free interface.