Comparison

Screenplay Studio vs Linewright

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

Head to head
About

Screenplay Studio

Features
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Screenplay Studio is a focused writing studio for iPhone and iPad, designed to keep you fast, clean, and in flow. Beyond film and TV screenplays, it includes format-friendly modes for different types of writing: Standup, Commercial, Podcast, and Theatre. Pick the mode that matches your project and write with a structure that feels stage-ready and easy to follow. The distraction-free interface helps you stay locked in on the words, not the tools. Save your project’s title and cover details, generate a professional-looking cover page, and turn your text into a shareable output in a few taps. With PDF export, you can quickly send your script or manuscript to producers, performers, collaborators, or friends for feedback. Full iPad support makes writing, reading, and revising far more comfortable on a larger screen. Screenplay Studio is ideal for screenwriters, comedians, podcasters, theatre writers, and creators who want speed, simplicity, and a smooth writing experience.

About

Linewright

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Linewright is screenwriting on iPad that opens, works, and stays out of your way. Write your script in Fountain plain text or import a Final Draft (.fdx) file. The editor auto-formats as you type β€” sluglines, action, characters, dialogue, parentheticals, transitions. Sluglines stay in caps. The dashes stay where you put them. The script is a .fountain file. It opens in any text editor. It always will. When you're ready, export a production-correct PDF in US Letter or A4 with every MORE and CONT'D in the right place. Or send it back to Final Draft as .fdx β€” round-trip clean. Watermarking, Revisions, Cast all preserved. Real iPad-native. Built for iPad Pro and iPad Air. Apple Pencil for read-pass annotation. Multi-window for two scripts side-by-side. Stage Manager works the way you expect. iCloud Drive syncs your folders without garbling the file. Outline mode with index cards. Drag scenes to find the shape. Save the Cat beat sheet template if that's your thing. Scene navigator. Find and Replace that doesn't render off-screen. A title page editor that doesn't lose your contact info. About the AI: Linewright includes a Character Voice Check that reads your character's dialogue across the whole script and tells you when their voice drifts. It runs on Apple Foundation Models, entirely on your iPad. Nothing leaves your device. It gives craft feedback β€” never rewrites your dialogue, never suggests next lines, never produces pages. You're the writer. This is a second pass. Honest about scope: v1 ships with Character Voice Check. Scene Summary, Scene Card Brainstorm, Character & Location Index, and Table Read TTS are coming in v1.1 β€” free, because you already bought it. Made for screenwriters who actually write on iPad. The ones who've tried Final Draft Go and gone back to Notes. The ones writing on the couch at 10:47pm. The ones who don't want to subscribe to something that keeps shipping bugs the incumbent has known about for years. Buy once. Write forever. One-time purchase. No subscription. Lifetime updates. β€” Compatibility: iPad running iPadOS 26 or later. Optimized for iPad Pro and iPad Air. File formats: .fountain (native), .fdx (Final Draft import/export), .pdf (production-correct export). Privacy: Linewright has no account. There is nothing to log into. Scripts are stored locally and sync via your own iCloud Drive. Analytics events are anonymous and never include script content, character names, or dialogue. Acknowledgments: Bundles Courier Prime, used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Screenshots

Screenplay Studio4 screens
Linewright4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Linewright at Free against Screenplay Studio's $0.99. Screenplay Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Linewright is free to download; Screenplay Studio costs $0.99 up front. Linewright sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Screenplay Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Screenplay Studio versus Linewright: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenplay StudioLinewright
Price$0.99Free β€” better
Update frequencyβ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size29 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBatikan Bozkurt Kursat9592 Solutions UG

In-app purchases

None

Screenplay Studio

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Linewright

One-time2
  • Unlock Linewright$19.99
  • Linewright Pro Tools$29.99

Questions

Is Screenplay Studio free?
Screenplay Studio costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Linewright free?
Linewright is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Screenplay Studio or Linewright have ads?
Neither Screenplay Studio nor Linewright shows ads.

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