Comparison

Script Sides vs Final Script AI

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

Head to head
About

Script Sides

This app allows users to select specific scenes from their scripts and export them as clean PDFs. It supports various import formats and offers customization options like watermarks and revision colors. The entire process is offline, ensuring data privacy.

Highlights
  • Import Fountain, Final Draft (.fdx), and PDF
  • Page Per Scene or Continuous layout
  • Export combined or per-scene PDFs
  • Circled scene numbers
  • Custom watermarks
  • Revision colors
  • Fully offline operation
Features
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Select your scenes, export a clean PDF. FEATURES - Imports Fountain, Final Draft (.fdx), and PDF files. - Custom watermarks (CONFIDENTIAL, actor name, draft date, etc.) - Page Per Scene or Continuous (cross-out) layout - One combined PDF, or a separate PDF per scene - Circled scene numbers - Revision colors MADE FOR ADs, production coordinators, script supervisors, casting directors, and actors.

About

Final Script AI

Features
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Final Script AI is a professional screenwriting app for iPhone — industry-standard formatting, a beat board, structure templates, production revisions, and an AI writing room powered by Claude. WRITE LIKE A PRO • Auto-formatting editor with smart return, type cycling, and smart-type autocomplete • Scene headings, action, character, parenthetical, dialogue, transitions, dual dialogue • Live page count and runtime estimate • Beat board with index cards in act columns • Structure templates: Three-Act, Save the Cat, Hero's Journey • Outline view with beats and scene list AI WRITING ROOM (BYOK) Bring your own Anthropic API key — stored securely in your Keychain, never on a server. Powered by Claude: • Continue Scene — draft the next lines in your established voice • Punch Up Dialogue / Tighten Action — craft-level rewrites • Coverage Notes — an honest reader's report with logline, strengths, concerns, and next steps • Generate Logline / Synopsis — pitch material from your script • Brainstorm Beats — unstuck ideas with real range • Check Character Voice — flags off-voice lines using the character bible • Suggest Names / Analyze Tone PRO EXPORT • Import and export Fountain (.fountain) • Export Final Draft (.fdx) — Pro • Export print-ready PDF (US-Letter Courier) — Pro PRODUCTION READY • Production revisions with WGA color order (blue, pink, yellow, green, goldenrod, buff) • Locked pages and revision drafts • Character bible with voice notes PRICING Free: unlimited projects, full editor, beat board, Fountain I/O, 10 AI assists per month. Pro ($24.99/year): unlimited AI, Final Draft + PDF export, production revisions, character bible. Your screenplays never leave your device. Your API key is stored only in the iOS Keychain. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mvalasek77-droid.github.io/finalscript-ai-privacy/

Screenshots

Script Sides4 screens
Final Script AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Script Sides at none against Final Script AI's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. Final Script AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. Script Sides asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Script Sides versus Final Script AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScript SidesFinal Script AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavin NguyenMike Valasek

In-app purchases

None

Script Sides

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Final Script AI

Subscriptions1
  • Final Script AI Pro$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Script Sides free?
Script Sides is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Final Script AI free?
Final Script AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Script Sides or Final Script AI have ads?
Neither Script Sides nor Final Script AI shows ads.

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