Comparison

EpicDraft vs Scripts Writer

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

Head to head
About

EpicDraft

Features
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EpicDraft is a screenwriting app for writing, formatting and organizing screenplays. It handles industry-standard Fountain, Final Draft and PDF formats, keeps scenes, characters and locations linked to the script, and works offline. Write anywhere. The same screenplay on your phone, your tablet, your computer, or in any web browser. Start a scene on the bus and finish it at your desk. Formatting that stays out of the way. Industry-standard screenplay formatting, applied as you type. Autocomplete for characters and locations, keyboard shortcuts for every element, and a distraction-free mode for when you want the page and nothing else. A Library beside the script. Your project's wiki: loglines, synopses, treatments, characters, locations, storyboards and scenes in the same place as the screenplay instead of in another app, each one linked to the pages it appears on. Character and location pages grow into full sheets with reference lookbooks, and storyboard panels anchor to the scenes they belong to. Import and export. Open Fountain, Final Draft and PDF files, including scanned PDFs through built-in OCR. Export and print watermark-free PDF and Final Draft files. Coverage, built in. When a draft is ready for notes, EpicDraft Pro lets you share a secure read-only link and collect script coverage: structured, page-by-page feedback from your readers, gathered into one dashboard. Readers open the script in their browser and review it free, without installing anything. Real-time collaboration, per-script roles and team chat keep a whole writers room on the same pages. A full AI toolkit, on your terms. EpicDraft Pro adds a writing assistant for chat, research, loglines and in-place rewrites that knows your whole story, plus image generation for storyboards and concept art. Turn it loose on the whole project for an autonomous coverage report or consistency check. It runs on local models by default, so your pages never leave your machine. Bring your own account with a hosted model provider only if you choose, and give the assistant extra tools by plugging in your own MCP servers. Your files, on your hardware. Screenplays are stored locally by default and are never mined or used to train AI models. Cloud sync is there when you want it and stays switched off until you turn it on, and Pro can keep your own devices in sync peer to peer, with no cloud in between. Free to use. The editor, unlimited screenplays, import and export, 29 interface languages and every platform are free, with no watermarks and no quotas. EpicDraft Pro adds the AI writing assistant and image generation, script coverage reports, device sync, real-time collaboration, team chat, file history with restorable checkpoints, and file encryption.

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Scripts Writer

Features
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Write screenplays that look the way the industry expects — on your phone. Scripts Writer formats as you type. Pick a scene heading, action line, character, dialogue or transition and the app handles the margins, capitalisation and spacing, so you can think about the story instead of the layout. WRITE IN PROPER FORMAT • Scene headings, action, character, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions • Formatting applied as you type — nothing to style by hand • Optional warnings when an element lands out of its usual order • Decide what happens at a page break: ask each time, keep it, move it, or split it ORGANISE YOUR WORK • A library of every script, ready to rename, duplicate or delete • Change history, so you can see how a draft developed • A built-in notepad for ideas that aren't scenes yet • Reference images dropped in beside the pages that need them HEAR IT BACK • Play your script aloud from any point to catch the lines that read awkwardly SHARE IT • Export to PDF • Print straight from the app • Download all of your scripts whenever you want them BUILT FOR WRITING ON A PHONE • A keyboard lock that keeps the keyboard up while you work • Zoom control for reading pages comfortably • Light and dark themes • Adjustable font, font size, line spacing and page size Your scripts are saved to your account, so they are waiting when you come back.

Screenshots

EpicDraft4 screens
Scripts Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scripts Writer at none against EpicDraft's 3. EpicDraft's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. EpicDraft sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 3 months. Scripts Writer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EpicDraft ships an update every 3 weeks, Scripts Writer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
EpicDraft versus Scripts Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpicDraftScripts Writer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEpicDraft, Co.Wesley Smith

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EpicDraft

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Quarterly$19.993 Months
  • Pro Annual$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99
None

Scripts Writer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EpicDraft free?
EpicDraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scripts Writer free?
Scripts Writer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EpicDraft or Scripts Writer have ads?
Neither EpicDraft nor Scripts Writer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EpicDraft or Scripts Writer?
EpicDraft ships an update every 3 weeks, and Scripts Writer monthly. Most recently, EpicDraft was updated on October 30, 2026 and Scripts Writer on October 31, 2026.

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