Scenarist vs Script Pilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scenarist
This app provides professional screenwriting tools with smart auto-formatting and on-device speech recognition. It offers unlimited script creation and export options, with an optional Pro upgrade for advanced features like revision tracking and production reports.
- Smart auto-formatting
- On-device speech recognition
- Unlimited script creation
- PDF and Fountain export
- iCloud sync
- Revision tracking (Pro)
- Script statistics (Pro)
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Scenarist is the screenwriting app built for writers who take their craft seriously. Whether you're drafting your first short film or polishing a feature-length screenplay, Scenarist gives you industry-standard tools in a beautiful, distraction-free interface. WRITE WITH CONFIDENCE Smart formatting automatically applies proper screenplay structure as you type. Scene headings, action, dialogue, parentheticals, transitions — everything lands in the right place without manual formatting. Just write, and Scenarist handles the rest. BUILT FOR FULL-LENGTH SCRIPTS Scenarist stays responsive as your script grows. A hundred-page feature keeps up with your typing, scrolls smoothly, and jumps between scenes instantly. DICTATE YOUR SCRIPT (PRO) Speak your screenplay and watch it format itself. Say "new scene," "character John," or "cut to" and Scenarist builds properly typed elements as you talk — entirely on-device, no account, no cloud. Voice commands recognize English only. FREE FEATURES — NO LIMITS Unlimited scripts with full editor access Smart auto-formatting for all screenplay elements Auto-complete for scene headings and characters Dual dialogue Scene numbering and page breaks PDF and Fountain export iCloud sync across all your devices Find & replace Focus mode for distraction-free writing Notes and bookmarks on any element Dark mode support Keyboard shortcuts for iPad Recently Deleted — restore any script within 30 days Full interface in English, Italian and German SCENARIST PRO — UNLOCK EVERYTHING Upgrade to Pro for the complete professional toolkit: Final Draft (.fdx) export for production workflows Voice to Script — hands-free dictation with spoken formatting commands Teleprompter — full-screen auto-scrolling reader for filming and table reads Revision tracking with industry-standard color coding Script statistics and pacing analysis Character dialogue reports Read aloud — hear your script element by element Script validation for formatting issues Title page editor with contact info Index cards for visual story structure Print-ready script preview Color-coded markers for review FOR CONTENT CREATORS Scenarist isn't only for features. Switch to YouTube or short-form mode and you get element types built for video: hooks, B-roll notes, on-screen text, ad placements, sponsor reads, and timestamps. Pair it with the Pro teleprompter and you can write a script and shoot from it on the same phone. PRO PRICING Choose what fits: a monthly plan, an annual plan that saves you over 60%, or a one-time Lifetime unlock with no subscription at all. Monthly and annual plans start with a 7-day free trial. Prices shown in your local currency below. YOUR SCRIPTS, YOUR DEVICE All scripts are stored on your device and optionally synced through your personal iCloud account. We never see your work. No account required. No data collection. No ads. EXPORT ANYWHERE Share your screenplay in industry-standard formats: PDF — perfectly formatted, ready to print or submit Final Draft (.fdx) — the production standard (Pro) Fountain (.fountain) — plain-text screenplay format Built by a filmmaker, for filmmakers. Terms of use https://scenaristapp.com/terms.html
Script Pilot
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Script Pilot formats the page while you type, so a screenplay looks like a screenplay from the first line and you never touch a margin again. FORMATTING ON AUTOPILOT Type INT. and the line becomes a scene heading. Type a name in caps and it becomes a character cue; press return and you are in dialogue. Tab cycles all eight elements, and the app handles every indent, every margin, every convention a reader expects. TRUE PAGES Real 8.5 x 11 sheets on screen, numbered and broken exactly the way your PDF breaks: Courier 12pt, industry margins, 55 lines to the page. Page 26 on your phone is page 26 in the export. One paginator runs the screen, the page count on your shelf, and the PDF, so nothing can quietly disagree. FLIGHT MODE Pick a destination -- one page, three, five -- and take off. Everything behind you locks until you land on the page count. No edits, no undo, no scrolling back to fix a line. It is the fastest way through a first draft, and the report at the end tells you how far you actually flew. THE BEATMAP A visual board for your structure, built into every script. Drag beat cards, wire them together, or start from Three-Act, Save the Cat, or the Hero's Journey. Beat sheets are documents of their own too, if you would rather work the structure before the pages. THE DEV BOARD Photograph the whiteboard, the napkin, the handwritten page. The Dev Board keeps the real-world material an idea came from, with dates the app stamps itself, so a script carries the record of where it started. AN ASSISTANT YOU POINT AT THINGS The writing assistant only works on the part of the script you aim it at, and it proposes -- you accept or reject every change. It never rewrites your draft behind your back. OUTLINES, TREATMENTS, NOTES Not everything is a screenplay. Outlines, treatments and notes live on the same shelf, in the same account, with the same sync. YOUR SHELF, EVERYWHERE The phone and scriptpilot.film are one account. Start a scene on a laptop, finish it on a train. Every keystroke syncs, and pulling down on any screen forces a refresh when you want to be certain. FREE DURING EARLY ACCESS Every feature, unlimited scripts, no purchases inside the app. You can delete your account, and everything in it, from inside the app at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Script Pilot at none against Scenarist's 3. Script Pilot also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). On price, ads 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. Scenarist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Script Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Scenarist | Script Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mykola Viunyk | Short Bread Apps LLC |
In-app purchases
Scenarist
- Name: Monthly$6.991 Month
- Annual$29.991 Year
- Scenarist Pro Lifetime$49.99
Script Pilot
No in-app purchases









