Comparison

LPS ScreenWriter vs Linewright

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

Head to head
About

LPS ScreenWriter

This app provides industry-standard screenplay formatting on your iPhone, allowing you to write and format scripts anywhere. It offers automatic formatting for all script elements and supports export to PDF and FDX. The interface is clean and distraction-free, designed for writers.

Highlights
  • Automatic screenplay formatting
  • Write anywhere on mobile
  • Export to PDF and FDX
  • Fountain format support
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Supports various script formats
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Your next script isn't going to write itself on a laptop you don't have with you. LPS ScreenWriter brings industry-standard screenplay formatting to your iPhone. Proper sluglines, scene headings, action lines, and dialogue, formatted correctly as you type. No desktop. No subscription. No learning curve. Just write. WHAT LPS SCREENWRITER DOES AUTOMATIC SCREENPLAY FORMATTING INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY types itself. Every element, scene headings, action, character, dialogue, parenthetical, formats to industry standard automatically. You focus on the story. WRITE ANYWHERE Your phone is always with you. Your laptop isn't. LPS ScreenWriter is built for the bench, the bus, the waiting room, and the 3am idea that can't wait until morning. EXPORT TO PDF AND FDX Send your script anywhere it needs to go. Export to industry-standard PDF for sharing, or FDX for Final Draft handoff. Your work, your format. FOUNTAIN FORMAT SUPPORT Write in plain Fountain syntax if you prefer. LPS ScreenWriter reads it natively and formats it on export. CLEAN, DISTRACTION-FREE INTERFACE No clutter. No feature bloat. No toolbar archaeology. The page is the interface. Everything else gets out of your way. WORKS FOR EVERY FORMAT Feature films. TV pilots. Spec scripts. Short films. Teleplays. Stage plays. If it needs a screenplay format, LPS ScreenWriter handles it. ONE-TIME PURCHASE. FOREVER. $4.99. No subscription. No monthly charge. No "your free trial has ended." Pay once and write every script you'll ever write. The competing Screenwriter app charges $9.99. Celtx charges more every month. LPS ScreenWriter charges once and then it's yours. BUILT FOR WRITERS, NOT ACCOUNTANTS Professional formatting shouldn't cost a professional salary. LPS ScreenWriter gives every writer, hobbyist, student, or working pro, the same tool without the same price tag. Write the script. Ship the film.

About

Linewright

Features
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Linewright is a screenplay writer for 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: 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, and it comes back 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 around to restructure. 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. It never rewrites your dialogue, never suggests next lines, never produces pages. You're the writer. This is a second pass. 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. Compatibility: iPad running iPadOS 26 or later, optimized for iPad Pro and iPad Air. Also runs on iPhone with iOS 26. 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

LPS ScreenWriter4 screens
Linewright4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Linewright at Free against LPS ScreenWriter's $4.99. LPS ScreenWriter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Linewright is free to download; LPS ScreenWriter costs $4.99 up front. Linewright sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. LPS ScreenWriter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LPS ScreenWriter ships an update every 3 weeks, Linewright every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
LPS ScreenWriter versus Linewright: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLPS ScreenWriterLinewright
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZaire Harris9592 Solutions UG

In-app purchases

None

LPS ScreenWriter

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Linewright

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

Questions

Is LPS ScreenWriter free?
LPS ScreenWriter costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Linewright free?
Linewright is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LPS ScreenWriter or Linewright have ads?
Neither LPS ScreenWriter nor Linewright shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LPS ScreenWriter or Linewright?
LPS ScreenWriter ships an update every 3 weeks, and Linewright every 3 months. Most recently, LPS ScreenWriter was updated on November 9, 2026 and Linewright on November 10, 2026.

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