Fountain · easy screenwriting vs Script Sides
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fountain · easy screenwriting
This app provides a native writing and editing experience for screenplays on Apple devices. It utilizes a simple, natural writing language that handles formatting automatically, allowing users to focus on their story. Export scripts in various formats with ease.
- Native screenplay editor
- Fountain screenwriting language
- Automatic formatting
- Outlining tools
- Script exporting
- Plaintext documents
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Fountain is a fully native screenplay editor purpose-built for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, loaded with deceptively powerful editing, viewing, outlining and exporting tools. It uses the Fountain screenwriting language, a flavor of Markdown which lets you write naturally, without worrying about formatting. FAST · Fully native, from parser to editor. Translation? No slowdowns or hiccups. Just you and your script. FOCUSED · The tools you need to hit your flow without clutter. LEAN · Sips battery life thanks to a custom parser built on the latest macOS, iOS & iPadOS technologies. PORTABLE · Uses standard plaintext documents which you can read from (or write to!) with any text editor. Your data is yours. I'm an indie developer and fellow screenwriter, so your feedback is super important! Reach out to me at fountainappdev@gmail.com anytime with feedback, questions or ideas.
Script Sides
This app allows users to select specific scenes from their scripts and export them as clean PDFs. It supports various import formats and offers customization options like watermarks and revision colors. The entire process is offline, ensuring data privacy.
- Import Fountain, Final Draft (.fdx), and PDF
- Page Per Scene or Continuous layout
- Export combined or per-scene PDFs
- Circled scene numbers
- Custom watermarks
- Revision colors
- Fully offline operation
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Select your scenes, export a clean PDF. FEATURES - Imports Fountain, Final Draft (.fdx), and PDF files. - Custom watermarks (CONFIDENTIAL, actor name, draft date, etc.) - Page Per Scene or Continuous (cross-out) layout - One combined PDF, or a separate PDF per scene - Circled scene numbers - Revision colors MADE FOR ADs, production coordinators, script supervisors, casting directors, and actors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Script Sides at free against Fountain · easy screenwriting's paid. Script Sides also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Fountain · easy screenwriting's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (30 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Script Sides holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fountain · easy screenwriting has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fountain · easy screenwriting ships an update every 3 weeks, Script Sides every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fountain · easy screenwriting | Script Sides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Walker | Davin Nguyen |
Customer experience
Fountain · easy screenwriting
Script Sides
Bugs and requests
Fountain · easy screenwriting
Reported bugs
17 issues- Constantly changes file name back to Untitled
- Stopped saving
- Deleted work when changing document title
- No version history
- Text continues behind the keyboard and is inaccessible
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- Crashes frequently
- App closes unexpectedly while writing
- Loses progress after crashing
- Crashes when adding a period with double-tap space
- Formatting while writing not as pictured
- Boots user off the app
- Lyrics not handled well
- Last line on each page lost on PDF export
- Non-removable 'Made In Fountain' + QR Code watermark on exported PDFs
- No paginated view until PDF export
- Dialogue breaks lines unexpectedly in the middle of words
- Character names break lines unexpectedly
Requested features
13 requests- Autocomplete for commands (e.g., INT.)
- Light mode option
- See page breaks within the app
- Title page creation
- Option to change text size
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- Support for research notes
- Drag and drop for rearranging sections/beats
- Force a Slugline (e.g., with 'Intercut')
- Improve character name recognition
- Dual dialogue support (^)
- Custom default folder option
- Clarification on AI-generated icon
- Icon change
Script Sides
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fountain · easy screenwriting
No in-app purchases
Script Sides
No in-app purchases
Questions
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