Highland Pro is a better screenwriting app — one you’ll want to use for everything you write.
Highland’s clean design and innovative writing tools help you focus on your story, not formatting. With full support for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, you can write scripts, screenplays, and novels anytime, anywhere.
“Highland is just a cleaner, purer way to be creative.” — Phil Lord, Writer/Director of The Lego Movie, 21 & 22 Jump Street
. . . . . F E A T U R E S . . . . .
Created by screenwriter and novelist John August, Highland Pro is built by writers, for writers.
Its distraction-free tools help you get things written:
•/Lookup. (NEW!) Get quick answers — definitions, rhymes, world facts — without leaving your draft.
•The Shelf. (NEW!) Store snippets, notes, and ideas. Afraid to cut dialogue? Save it while you write.
•Title Page Builder. (NEW!) Build professional title pages that meet script formatting standards.
•Custom Pages. (NEW!) Add prefaces, cast lists, or production breakdowns to any screenplay or script.
•Overview. (NEW!) See your entire screenplay, script, or novel in one view. Highlight characters, scenes, and more.
•Grammar Highlight. (NEW!) Strengthen writing by exploring nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in your document.
•The Navigator. (Improved!) Track your story’s structure — what you’ve written and what’s next.
•Headers and Footers. (Improved!) Add custom headers and footers to your script or draft.
•Templates. (Improved!) Choose from 14 writing templates, including Screenplay, Multi-Cam, and Manuscript.
•Themes. (Improved!) Customize your writing environment with 12 themes or build your own.
•Revision Mode. Track changes with color and margin stars.
•Writing Sprints. Boost output with timed, focused writing sessions.
•Full Screen Mode. Create in a clean, distraction-free environment.
•In-line Notes & Synopses. Keep beats and screenplay notes inside your draft.
. . . . . S C R E E N W R I T E R S . . . . .
Highland Pro is made for screenwriters working on film, TV, or any professional writing project.
•Compatibility. Import/export Fountain, Final Draft (.fdx), and PDFs, perfect for studio workflows.
•Autocomplete. Type faster with smart suggestions for character names and scene headers.
•Character Highlighting. Organize characters visually in the writing interface and exports.
•Gender Analysis. Analyze gender representation across your script or novel.
•Scene Numbering. Automatic scene numbering, including custom ranges, essential for professional scripts.
•PDF Melting. Highland’s exclusive tool “melts” Final Draft and Fountain PDFs for full editing.
. . . . . A D V A N T A G E S . . . . .
Highland Pro is built for today’s professional writers, whether writing a first screenplay or polishing a production draft.
•Excellent Performance. From scrolling to previews, Highland is fast, using native Apple technologies.
•Great Typography. Beautiful, readable fonts optimized for screenwriting and long-form writing.
•Standards-Leading. From the creators of Fountain, Highland speaks Fountain and Markdown fluently.
. . . . . S U B S C R I P T I O N . . . . .
After a free 30-day trial, your subscription unlocks ALL FEATURES and supports Highland’s development.
If your subscription lapses, Highland Pro still opens, prints, and exports documents in compatible formats. You’re never locked in.
. . . . . S U P P O R T . . . . .
The in-app “Welcome to Highland” tutorial walks you through the features. We also have an extensive FAQ available in-app and online: http://quoteunquoteapps.com
Questions? Use the Help menu or email: support@quoteunquoteapps.com
. . . . .P R I V A C Y . . . . .
We’re fully committed to respecting your privacy and your content.
For details, visit:https://support.quoteunquoteapps.com/privacy-policy
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I really do think this is superior to FD, which is what I switched from. The problems arise when converting FD documents to highland and vise versa. For example, in FD, you might have written something like, “John’s” and when you convert to Highland it will look like “John**s.” There are weird bugs like this that you need to deal with that ultimately translates to more work in the editing process. However, most of these are mitigated when writing a script natively in Highland. I just really want the developers to drill down and work out all these bugs, especially since they moved to a subscription model. If you are going to be collaborating with others who use FD, I’m not sure I can recommend this as you will most likely run into these annoying issues. If you work solo and prefer what is admittedly an easier and more streamlined formatting process, you may enjoy this a lot. My next script will be written fully in Highland and then I’ll really decide if I’m going to stick with this app or move back. The last one was half-written in FD and then completed in Highland, and that was a bit of a pain.
Review
Listens Well
As a writer, every day is filled with insecurity. What am I going to construct on the page today? Is it going to be any good? I can't over-examine what I write before I write—I have to dive in and just go. If I scrutinize, nothing will be good enough.What's really great about Highland is its invisibility. It's just me and my thoughts; the words appear where they should. Dialogue is dialogue, action is action, scene headers are scene headers—without tabbing or thinking about formatting. The magic of Highland is how it frees me from the burden of writing and formatting simultaneously, allowing my creativity to flow uninterrupted.For any writer who's felt their creative momentum broken by formatting concerns, Highland removes those barriers entirely. It's become an essential part of my writing process, and the scripts I've created with it are all the better for it. If you're looking to rediscover the joy of just writing, Highland is the companion you need.
Developer Response
You perfectly captured the spirit of why we make Highland Pro, and why we love writing in it every day. Thank you!
Clean, snappy, joy to use
gluten_free
Excellent software from responsive developers. I’ve got to call out the low star reviews based on the subscription price. Those are not helpful to people looking at reviews of software. If you don’t want to pay, or don’t like subscriptions, don’t buy it. Sure, mention you are unwilling to pay subscriptions. But that has nothing to do with the software, and what people are interested in when looking at reviews, is how well does the software work. It’s up to each user to decided if they can afford it, or are willing to pay. This software works really well. It works for all types of writing, but for screenwriting uses regular text documents that can be opened on any text editor and formats it look like a screenplay using the Fountain markup formatting.
Subscription Model is Intrinsically Flawed
iPhoneRiser
I’ve been a Highland user since the very first beta, and I love this program. I chose it because it was beautifully designed, highly functional, and completely free of bloat. That’s exactly why I don’t trust the subscription model—I believe it’s fundamentally flawed, especially at this price point.With a subscription model, developers are expected to push new features regularly. If they don’t, users feel cheated. That pressure alone creates a lose-lose situation. Most of us don’t want a constant stream of new features—we just want a rock-solid program we can depend on. The inevitable result is bloat, and Highland Pro risks becoming just like its competitors.I’ve seen this exact pattern play out with Adobe. From a monetary standpoint, subscriptions have been incredibly successful for them, but their software has grown clunky and bloated as they chase flashy new features instead of prioritizing stability and reliability for professionals.I’m not saying Highland will ever become Final Draft—but it’s not going to stay Highland either.I would much rather pay $50 once every few years for a stable, dependable program than $60 a year for features I don’t need being regularly pushed on me. It wouldn’t sting as much if Highland 2 were still supported, but users are essentially being forced into the subscription model.It’s a shame. I will have to move to something else.
Developer Response
Although Highland 2 is no longer available for sale, existing users can still download it from the Mac App Store (it's listed under your purchased apps), and we're still committed to providing bug fixes for the foreseeable future.In moving to a subscription model, we hope to focus more on providing a rock-solid experience than on adding unnecessary features, unlike the apps you rightly call out. With subscriptions, our goal can be to serve our existing users, rather than chase new customers.
- Fixed an issue where documents saved with 3.3.1 might not open in older versions of Highland Pro
== 3.3.1 ==
- Reduced cases where text lags while typing
- Improved PDF preview performance and reduced UI flickering
- Added PDF front matter pages, stored inside document bundles as custom page resources
- Exclude notes, boneyards, and synopses from word counting
- Fixed uppercasing in Multi-Cam templates
- Improved exporting notes to Final Draft .fdx files
- Added forced page breaks and horizontal rules to the Navigator
- The Comments button in the toolbar control is hidden if the document hasn't been flung
- Crash fixes
Version 3.3.2
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