Arc Studio Screenwriting vs One Exterior Day
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arc Studio Screenwriting
This app streamlines the entire screenwriting process, from initial idea generation to a polished script. It offers automatic professional formatting, advanced outlining tools, and real-time collaborative writing features. Worry-free editing with version history ensures your work is always safe.
- Automatic industry-standard formatting
- Advanced beat-board for story visualization
- Real-time collaborative writing
- Intuitive outlining and story structure tools
- Version history and worry-free editing
- Import/export Final Draft, PDF, Fountain
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Arc Studio Pro supports your screenwriting process from idea to finished script: * Format your script according to professional industry standards without even thinking about it * Write with flow, thanks to distraction-free, thoughtful design * From idea to story: Outline and visualize your story-structure with the most advanced beat-board available * Collaborate: Write with others in real-time, receive feedback and margin notes directly in your script PROFESSIONAL FORMATTING Arc Studio Pro automatically formats your screenplay to industry standards, even if you don’t know what they are. It’s super-easy to use for beginners and fully-customizable for pros. * Fully automatic, industry standard page layout and text formatting * Import and export Final Draft, PDF, and Fountain * Use intuitive shortcuts to format your text perfectly and effortlessly * The most advanced autocompletion on the market: Character names and sluglines automatically completed for you, for faster typing and consistent naming. * Elements are chosen for you based on what's most likely, and can be configured. KEEP IT FLOWING Stay focused thanks to state of the art design. Write with ease and only think about your story, not the page margins or when you saved the last time. * Intuitive interface * Autosave and automatic backups for worry-free writing * Super-pretty night mode CRAFT YOUR STORY Arc Studio Pro takes you beyond just formatting, and helps you build your story with the most powerful outlining features on the market. * Build your story from basic elements: plots, characters, and locations * Add beats and organize them in acts or sequences * Rearrange your story with intuitive drag & drop * Tag your beats with plots and characters, for intuitive color coding * Highlight certain storylines and characters to see their arcs at a glance TEAM WORK Arc Studio Pro is the screenwriting app that focuses most on collaboration. Screenwriting is often teamwork, so we want to make it as easy as possible for you to work together - that’s why we offer the most sophisticated collaborative writing tools on the market. * Write at the same time in the same document in real-time * Invite collaborators with one click via email * Comment directly on the script * Request reviews and send read-only excerpts WORRY-FREE EDITING Tying to find a certain scene or deleted dialogue? Miss a bit of text? Arc Studio Pro keeps track of all your edits and makes it easy for you and your collaborators to recover previous versions. Never search through piles of papers, different documents or endless emails again. * Search and manage your history with ease * Track your own changes * See who what others changed – who and when * Delete and recover whole scenes thanks to sophisticated history features PAY-AS-YOU-GO Arc Studio on iOS and iPadOS requires an annual Pro subscription. A 7-day free trial is included. PRIVACY AND TERMS Privacy policy: https://www.arcstudiopro.com/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://www.arcstudiopro.com/terms
One Exterior Day
This app reads screenplays aloud, distinguishing between dialogue and stage directions. It offers secure, offline processing using native device voices or optional cloud AI for enhanced quality. Import PDF scripts from email attachments for hands-free listening.
- Reads screenplays aloud
- Distinguishes dialogue and stage directions
- Secure offline processing
- Optional cloud AI voice enhancement
- PDF import from email
- Industry lingo interpretation
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DESCRIPTION It's 5:30am and you're heading to set. Your inbox dings with freshly distributed triple golden-rod pages. This app will read them to you while you drive in. FEATURES OneExteriorDay will read a screenplay to you using two distinct voices, one for dialogue and one for stage directions. It intelligently scans the screenplay and interprets formatting and industry lingo so it is easily understood by the listener. Simply import a pdf screenplay from an email attachment and hit Speak. No other setup is required. This app was designed to provide a secure option which only uses the native voices installed on your iOS so that no part of the screenplay is transmitted from your device to cloud services. If you have signed an NDA for your production you can rest assured that you will not be violating your agreement by using this app using the built-in voice engine. Additional voices can be downloaded in your iPhone settings under General > Accessibility > Speech > Voices. You also have the option to use the power of cloud A.I. computing from Amazon and Google to improve voice quality. This method will send your script one page at a time to be translated. This optional method requires a constant internet connection. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://hoppinreindeer.com/oneexteriorday/legal-iOS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: One Exterior Day at 100% against Arc Studio Screenwriting's 39%. One Exterior Day also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Arc Studio Screenwriting's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (85 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Arc Studio Screenwriting sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.99 per year and One Exterior Day sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Arc Studio Screenwriting holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arc Studio Screenwriting has 85 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Arc Studio Screenwriting's written reviews are positive against 100% of One Exterior Day's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Arc Studio Screenwriting ships an update every 3 weeks, One Exterior Day every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arc Studio Screenwriting | One Exterior Day |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (85 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arc Studio Labs, Inc. | Hoppin Reindeer Entertainment Inc |
Customer experience
Arc Studio Screenwriting
One Exterior Day
In-app purchases
Arc Studio Screenwriting
- Pro$99.991 Year
One Exterior Day
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- 1-Year Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Year
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