Scrivener

App is great. It allows you to contain all of your research, thoughts, hypotheticals, etc. Into one document. Being able to flip through back and forth and organize it is extremely intuitive and nice. The way my brain works, I love being able to jump around and figure all of this stuff out for my stories. I only have a couple of issues: 1) Cloud storage only being Dropbox? Why? Why can’t we use OneDrive or Google One or another cloud service? Give us the option to choose instead of forcing us to have to use one cloud storage service versus the others we may already be using or familiar with. 2) Formatting. Why is there no dedicated menu button that allows us to access formatting, like text color, size, bullet points, etc. The top of the keyboard bar is broken and apparently has been since late 2025 due to Liquid Glass, which I respect isn’t their fault because Liquid Glass sucks in of itself. But just like Google Docs or Microsoft Word, just add a dedicated button at the top or bottom that allows us to access those menus?? Instead of relying on the keyboard bar that is broken. 3) Compiling is completely confusing and I hate that I have to potentially buy another program to do the things I would like to do in Scrivener. That’s a program-wide issue, not just with iOS. I have it both for PC and iOS. 4) Syncing issues are constant with DropBox and constantly causes errors and conflicts and it’s gotten to the point where edits I may have made that I don’t remember are lost to time due to these syncing issues. Other than that, it’s cool.

What’s working: + More intuitive on-the-go writer friendly than google docs or other apps. +Organization is amazing (just the binders/subfolders) What’s not: -Mobile version is super buggy. Forget about changing fonts, formatting manuscripts etc. A little better than your notes app. -Syncing across devices requires a Dropbox subscription— and I have still lost entire folders trying to sync. -Corkboard is the most touted feature, but inaccessible on mobile and tablet, apparently.

I've really enjoyed using this for several years now, both for journaling, and writing about life experiences and memories. Not for publication, but for myself and family. Keeping things organized and in order is so nice, and being able to compile it with the proper part and chapter divisions is great. I've enjoyed the split-window function on iPad, to work with two documents at the same time. Also, the VoiceOver accessibility is excellent! Thanks for a very helpful tool.