Comparison

Linewright 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

Linewright

Features
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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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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. — 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.

About

Final Script AI

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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

Linewright4 screens
Final Script AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Final Script AI at 17.0 against Linewright's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Linewright sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Final Script AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Linewright versus Final Script AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinewrightFinal Script AI
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer9592 Solutions UGMike Valasek

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Linewright

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

Final Script AI

Subscriptions1
  • Final Script AI Pro$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Linewright free?
Linewright is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Final Script AI free?
Final Script AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Linewright or Final Script AI have ads?
Neither Linewright nor Final Script AI shows ads.

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