Beyond those, there are wonderful, inexpensive writing apps that are perfectly suitable for shorter and less structured content, such as articles and marketing copy. Our favorites among them are Scrivener, which is available for both Windows and macOS and the Mac-only Ulysses. If you're not primarily a screenwriter, other apps are worth investigating because they have some advantages for novelists and book authors.
Final Draft is a PCMag Editors' Choice winner for screenwriting software and one of the best apps for writers in general. Among writing apps, Final Draft is one of the most expensive products you can buy, but it's worth the price and sells for a one-time fee rather than as a recurring subscription. A Beat Board feature replicates the old notecard approach to arranging scenes, and a Story Map helps keep the story on target for pacing and script length.
It compiles lists of characters and scene locations automatically.
The app has smart auto-suggestions for formatting your work to industry standards. Professional screenwriters use Final Draft, and you should too, if that's your field.
