Fountain · easy screenwriting vs SaneBrowse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fountain · easy screenwriting
This app offers a streamlined approach to writing screenplays using a simple, Markdown-based language. It provides essential editing, viewing, and exporting tools for writers on Apple devices, focusing on speed and a clutter-free experience. Your scripts are saved as standard plaintext files, ensuring portability and ownership.
- Fountain screenwriting language support
- Native iOS, iPadOS, and macOS editor
- Fast and responsive performance
- Clutter-free writing interface
- Plaintext document export
- Outline and export tools
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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.
SaneBrowse
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SaneBrowse helps you control what you see on social media using local AI filters, personal rules, and community-maintained Block and Follow Lists to reduce unwanted accounts, words, topics, and videos. Browse supported services—including X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit—through a focused browsing layer designed to reduce unwanted, repetitive, and distracting content. SaneBrowse lets you: • Hide unwanted accounts, posts, and videos • Filter words, phrases, hashtags, and other text • Use local AI filters for topics and concepts that keyword filters may miss • Create your own Block Lists and Follow Lists • Discover, copy, and use community-maintained lists • Bulk-block or follow accounts on supported services • Set daily usage limits for social networks • Keep many filtering decisions local to your device AI filtering runs locally on your device, so feed content does not need to be sent to SaneBrowse servers to decide what should be hidden. Community features are optional. You choose which lists and filters to use, what to share, and what stays local. SaneBrowse is not a general-purpose web browser. It is designed specifically to give you more control over social feeds and reduce distractions from ragebait, clickbait, spam, bot networks, and repetitive content. Your Feed. You Decide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fountain · easy screenwriting at every 3 weeks against SaneBrowse's every 6 weeks. SaneBrowse's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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.
Fountain · easy screenwriting ships an update every 3 weeks, SaneBrowse every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fountain · easy screenwriting | SaneBrowse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alex Walker | Nishit Das |
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
SaneBrowse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fountain · easy screenwriting
No in-app purchases
SaneBrowse
No in-app purchases
Questions
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