CinemaWriter

Industry screenplay formatting on iPad and iPhone. Import any format, even PDF. Write offline, sync online. Free.

Write the script. CinemaWriter formats scene headings, action and dialogue as you type, and breaks the pages where a printed script breaks them.

Formatting that stays out of the way: scene headings, action, character, parenthetical, dialogue and transitions, at the margins the industry expects. A format bar over the keyboard switches between them, and character names and places finish themselves from your own script.

Dual-column dialogue: two characters talking at once, in real columns. Split an action beat side by side the same way.

Bring your script, take it away: import from PDF, Fountain or Final Draft. Export a PDF, a Fountain file or a Final Draft file any time.

Save offline, sync online: every draft is saved on the device, with no sign-in needed. Sign in to Cinema Set Free and the same draft opens in the browser and on your other devices.

Read it on your phone: on iPhone the page turns sideways and the margins pull in, so a scene is big enough to read on set.

Find any line, jump to any scene, and set up the title page. Pick the font, the paper and the ink.

Straight into pre-production: inside Cinema Set Free, a finished draft becomes the scene breakdown, then the schedule and the call sheets.

File formats: open a script saved as Fountain (.fountain), Final Draft (.fdx) or PDF (.pdf), from Files, Mail or any app that shares one. Export a PDF, a .fountain or an .fdx file, or print.

No account needed: everything works on the device without signing in. Sign-in is optional and only syncs your scripts.

CinemaWriter is free, with no in-app purchases.