FrameDraft vs Hammer Editor

Framedraft — The Complete Comic & Graphic Novel Writing Studio Every great comic starts with a story worth telling. Framedraft brings outlining, scripting, character development, and world-building together in one beautifully designed app, so you can focus on the craft instead of juggling scattered notes, documents, and spreadsheets. PLAN YOUR STORY VISUALLY Framedraft's corkboard view lets you lay out scenes, chapters, and acts as movable cards, so you can see your entire story arc at a glance. Group beats into acts, drag and drop to restructure on the fly, and use the built-in pacing checker to spot slow stretches or rushed sequences before you write a single panel. WRITE IN A FORMAT MADE FOR COMICS The script editor understands the rhythm of visual storytelling, with dedicated formatting for panel descriptions, character dialogue, captions, and SFX. Switch seamlessly between a clean script view and a classic page layout that mirrors how your final pages will read. Focus Mode strips away distractions when it's time to write. BUILD A LIVING WORLD BIBLE Framedraft gives every character a detailed sheet — complete with a portrait, personality traits, relationships, and backstory — organized into groups for easy reference. Locations, lore, factions, and invented terminology live in a searchable World Bible that automatically links back to your script. FIND ANYTHING, INSTANTLY Search across your entire project — outline, script, characters, and world bible — and jump straight to the result. STAY IN SYNC, EVERYWHERE Your projects, artwork references, and character portraits sync automatically through iCloud, so your work is always up to date on iPhone and iPad, with adaptive layouts, split-screen editing, and full keyboard shortcut support. EXPORT PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTS Framedraft generates clean, industry-ready PDFs of your script, character sheets, and world bible — reference images included. Import and export Fountain files for compatibility with other writing tools, or package an entire project to hand off or back up. DESIGNED FOR YOUR CREATIVE FLOW Snapshots let you save versions of your script as you revise. Sticky notes and inline comments make it easy to leave reminders or collaborate. A built-in thesaurus keeps your writing sharp, and writing session tracking shows your progress over time. WHO FRAMEDRAFT IS FOR Whether you're an aspiring creator drafting your first mini-comic, a working writer managing a multi-issue series, or a small studio coordinating scripts across a team, Framedraft adapts to your process. Download Framedraft and give your story the structure, the world, and the workflow it deserves. Framedraft offers optional auto-renewing Pro subscriptions (Monthly and Yearly) that unlock premium features. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.noctua-co.com/apps/framedraft/privacy-policy

Please join our Discord to report issues! https://discord.gg/GTmgjZcupk Multi-platform This app is where ever you are. Your phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, this program can be installed and run, not simply a website-in-a-box, but instead using native client side technologies to provide the best experience possible. Offline first I was frustrated with most of the story writing software I was finding as they were using web technologies (aka: Web Page in a box) which always seems to run into problems while being used offline for long periods of time. Hammer is designed from the ground up to be entirely local, no internet connection required, ever. Transparent Data Your data is yours. It's not stored in the cloud, or some opaque database. It is stored in simple, human readable files, just using files and folders to define the project structure. You can open your OSes file browser and take a look for your self. If this program went away today you would be able to easily interact with your data. Intelligent Syncing between devices Your data can be synchronized between devices allowing you to work on your story from anywhere, and have no fear of a change on one device, overwriting a change on another device. Optional and Self hosted Syncing Syncing is entirely optional, you can install the client and use it on one device, or you can install the server and sync your data between devices.