ScriptDraft vs Southwind Screenplay

ScriptDraft is a professional AI-powered screenplay editor built for writers who create on the move. WRITE ANYWHERE, SYNC EVERYWHERE Your scripts live on your device first. Write on a long-haul flight, in a remote location, or anywhere without Wi-Fi. Every keystroke is saved locally in real time. The moment you reconnect, a delta-sync engine quietly pushes your changes to the cloud — no manual saves, no lost work. INDUSTRY-STANDARD FOUNTAIN FORMAT Write in Fountain, the plain-text screenplay format trusted by professional screenwriters. Scene headings auto-complete with INT./EXT. and DAY/NIGHT cues. The element toolbar lets you switch instantly between Action, Character, Dialogue, and Parenthetical — keeping your hands on the keyboard and your mind in the story. AI WRITING ASSISTANT Stuck on a scene? Open the AI panel and describe what you need. ScriptDraft generates script-formatted continuations, rewrites dialogue, and offers character suggestions — all streamed directly into the editor at your cursor. A generous free tier is included with every account. VOICE-TO-SCRIPT Tap the floating recorder to capture a voice memo. ScriptDraft transcribes your dictation and drops the text into your screenplay, ready to format. Record offline, transcribe when connected. BEAT BOARD Plan your story visually before you write. The Beat Board gives you a 2D canvas to arrange and rearrange scenes, chapters, and acts — then open any beat card directly in the editor. EXPORT TO ANY FORMAT When your draft is ready, export to PDF, Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, or plain text. Share directly via AirDrop, email, or any app on your device using the native share sheet. MULTILINGUAL Write in any world language. Voice transcription supports all Gemini-compatible languages. Indic keyboard support included for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. --- Free: unlimited offline editing, 3 AI generations per day, 30 welcome credits. Pro: unlimited AI generations, cloud sync, audio transcription — from $3.99/month or $29.99/year. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.scriptdraft.io/privacy

Southwind is a screenplay editor that gets out of your way. Write the way the greats did — clean pages, Courier type, nothing between you and the story — while the app quietly handles the formatting. JUST WRITE Type INT. and it becomes a scene heading. Type a NAME IN CAPS and press Enter — it's a character cue, and the next line is dialogue. A "(" becomes a parenthetical. "CUT TO:" becomes a transition. You never stop to reach for a menu. GUIDED SCENE HEADINGS Start a slugline and Southwind offers the pieces: INT. / EXT. / I/E., then the locations you've already used in this script, then the time of day — DAY, NIGHT, DAWN, DUSK and more. It reads like it's holding your hand, not slowing you down. NINE ELEMENTS, ONE KEY Act, Scene Heading, Action, Character, Dialogue, Parenthetical, Transition, Shot, Text — switch with Tab or jump straight there. Proper margins, proper case, proper page breaks, automatically. A LIVING CAST & WORLD Every character and location is pulled from your script as you write — with line and scene counts, and day/night tallies. Give anyone a photo and a few notes: who they are, what they want, the contradictions underneath. Your story bible builds itself. YOURS, AND OFFLINE No account. No sign-up. No tracking. Your screenplay lives on your device and nowhere else. Southwind works with no connection at all. OPENS AND SAVES REAL FORMATS Import and export plain-text Fountain — the open screenwriting standard — so your work moves freely between tools. Or save the full .southwind file with your cast and world notes intact. Print or export a clean, industry-standard PDF with a title page. BUILT TO GROW Southwind is the first tool in RATE, a pipeline that carries a story from the page toward the screen. It starts here: the draft. Write like it's 1972. Let the machine keep the margins.