Comparison

Fountain · easy screenwriting vs monoscript

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Native screenplay editor
  • Fountain screenwriting language
  • Automatic formatting
  • Outlining tools
  • Script exporting
  • Plaintext documents
Features
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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.

About

monoscript

Features
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Screenplays are meant to be read on paper. They rarely arrive that way. monoscript takes a screenplay PDF and rebuilds it into clean, reflowable text in one continuous scroll — no pinch-zooming a shrunk-down page, no broken formatting, no losing your place every time your thumb moves. It keeps the script's own pagination. When someone says "look at the bottom of 42," page 42 is page 42. — Reformat the original, never fabricate. Margins, page numbers and structure are preserved; nothing is invented. — Highlight in four colours, add notes, and export your annotations as a formatted PDF or a plain-text digest. — Scene-by-scene navigation, a fast Find bar, four text sizes, light and dark, and a look at the original PDF whenever you want it. — Private by design. Everything stays on your device. No account, no analytics, no tracking. Nothing you read or annotate leaves your phone. — Refer back to the original PDF for comparison, anytime. Built by a working cinematographer who needed this and couldn't find it. The bundled sample screenplay is free to read in full. Imported screenplays are free to preview to page 10; a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase unlocks full reading of everything you import. Terms of Use: https://monoscript.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://monoscript.net/privacy

Screenshots

Fountain · easy screenwriting3 screens
monoscript4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fountain · easy screenwriting at none against monoscript's 3. Fountain · easy screenwriting also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.1 vs 26.5). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. monoscript sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Fountain · easy screenwriting asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fountain · easy screenwriting versus monoscript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFountain · easy screenwritingmonoscript
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlex WalkerNicolas Wong

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

monoscript

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fountain · easy screenwriting

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

monoscript

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.001 Month
  • Annual$10.001 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$25.00

Questions

Is Fountain · easy screenwriting free?
Fountain · easy screenwriting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is monoscript free?
monoscript is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fountain · easy screenwriting or monoscript have ads?
Neither Fountain · easy screenwriting nor monoscript shows ads.

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