Fountain · easy screenwriting

Name: Fountain · easy screenwriting
Rating: 4.4 (24 reviews)
Author: Alex Walker

Write, edit & export scripts

Free

24 Ratings
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Developer

Alex Walker
Language

EN
English
Size

6.2
MB

Fountain is a fully native screenplay editor purpose-built for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, loaded with deceptively powerful editing, viewing, outlining and exporting tools. It uses the Fountain screenwriting language, a flavor of Markdown which lets you write naturally, without worrying about formatting. FAST · Fully native, from parser to editor. Translation? No slowdowns or hiccups. Just you and your script. FOCUSED · The tools you need to hit your flow without clutter. LEAN · Sips battery life thanks to a custom parser built on the latest macOS, iOS & iPadOS technologies. PORTABLE · Uses standard plaintext documents which you can read from (or write to!) with any text editor. Your data is yours. I'm an indie developer and fellow screenwriter, so your feedback is super important! Reach out to me at fountainappdev@gmail.com anytime with feedback, questions or ideas.

Ratings & Reviews

4.4

out of 5

24 Ratings

Enjoying the ease! Couple quirks.
06/10/2025

RDshovey
This runs very smooth on my iPhone and iPad. Much better than all the high-end screenplay apps. There are a few quirks, though. It'd be nice to force a Slugline (for instance with a period before a word like "Intercut"). That's how the other apps do it. Having a full action line in all caps converts into a really long character name (It'd be helpful if it's only registered as a character if normal dialogue follows on the next line). Also, it'd be nice to be able to do Dual Dialogue by adding the ^ to the following character name. I am used to writing in fountain/mark down for screenplays, so these were pretty glaring to me. However, the writing experience is so smooth and nice, I have no problem working in this app on my iphone/ipad, then copy/pasting into my pro app on my desktop for the PDF with more features (like a full title page creation with image options and adding non-script preface pages).

Developer Response
Update: added forced styling in the latest release. Still working on dual dialogue. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Enjoying the ease! Couple quirks.
06/10/2025

RDshovey

This runs very smooth on my iPhone and iPad. Much better than all the high-end screenplay apps. There are a few quirks, though. It'd be nice to force a Slugline (for instance with a period before a word like "Intercut"). That's how the other apps do it. Having a full action line in all caps converts into a really long character name (It'd be helpful if it's only registered as a character if normal dialogue follows on the next line). Also, it'd be nice to be able to do Dual Dialogue by adding the ^ to the following character name. I am used to writing in fountain/mark down for screenplays, so these were pretty glaring to me. However, the writing experience is so smooth and nice, I have no problem working in this app on my iphone/ipad, then copy/pasting into my pro app on my desktop for the PDF with more features (like a full title page creation with image options and adding non-script preface pages).
Developer Response 07/02/2025
Update: added forced styling in the latest release. Still working on dual dialogue. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Excellent App and Format! However, the AI generated Iron Breeds Doubt…
12/10/2025

Silver Moon and White Wolves
This is my second time writing this review since it bugged out last time. Anyways, this app is WONDERFUL. It makes screenplay writing very accessible. There is no tricky maneuvers or cut corners. The provided writing instructions are clear and concise. And the formatting is perfect. It is by far the best screenplay app I have ever downloaded. So I would like to congratulate the developers on that!👏However… I have one concern.And that is the AI Generated Icon. In this world’s environment, it is getting increasingly harder for artists and writers to protect their work from getting stolen. Especially from people who feed it these AI Engines or just use them to generate content. And while I wouldn’t want to accuse anyone of this, images like this one are usually a telltale sign of that happening. And it makes the app look inherently less trust worthy. I feel I would be more comfortable using an app that didn’t show signs of the developers using AI in a creative space. And if they are, I would urge them to stop, as it harms more people than most think.In short, great app with an easy to use format! But an icon change and/or some clarification would be appreciated. Having both would be preferable.

Developer Response
Hey there! Thanks for the review! Happy to report that the icon is not AI-generated 🙂 I worked with a friend to design it. Happy writing!
Excellent App and Format! However, the AI generated Iron Breeds Doubt…
12/10/2025

Silver Moon and White Wolves

This is my second time writing this review since it bugged out last time. Anyways, this app is WONDERFUL. It makes screenplay writing very accessible. There is no tricky maneuvers or cut corners. The provided writing instructions are clear and concise. And the formatting is perfect. It is by far the best screenplay app I have ever downloaded. So I would like to congratulate the developers on that!👏However… I have one concern.And that is the AI Generated Icon. In this world’s environment, it is getting increasingly harder for artists and writers to protect their work from getting stolen. Especially from people who feed it these AI Engines or just use them to generate content. And while I wouldn’t want to accuse anyone of this, images like this one are usually a telltale sign of that happening. And it makes the app look inherently less trust worthy. I feel I would be more comfortable using an app that didn’t show signs of the developers using AI in a creative space. And if they are, I would urge them to stop, as it harms more people than most think.In short, great app with an easy to use format! But an icon change and/or some clarification would be appreciated. Having both would be preferable.
Developer Response 5d ago
Hey there! Thanks for the review! Happy to report that the icon is not AI-generated 🙂 I worked with a friend to design it. Happy writing!
Very Good! Simple UI, Easy to Use
04/17/2025

NotTheReindeer
The title basically says it all, this is a very nice app and it’s not even at version 1.0! I like that you can choose the default storage (Dropbox, iCloud, on device), however, I would love to see (if it’s even possible) the option to choose a custom default folder rather than the created Fountain folder. That’s certainly a nit-pick, but I like to structure my folders in a specific manner. Obviously, I can just move the document to whatever folder I like once it is created, but I’m laaaazy.

Developer Response
Thanks for the review! I love the idea of setting a different default root folder. I'll look into that!
Very Good! Simple UI, Easy to Use
04/17/2025

NotTheReindeer

The title basically says it all, this is a very nice app and it’s not even at version 1.0! I like that you can choose the default storage (Dropbox, iCloud, on device), however, I would love to see (if it’s even possible) the option to choose a custom default folder rather than the created Fountain folder. That’s certainly a nit-pick, but I like to structure my folders in a specific manner. Obviously, I can just move the document to whatever folder I like once it is created, but I’m laaaazy.
Developer Response 04/20/2025
Thanks for the review! I love the idea of setting a different default root folder. I'll look into that!
Awesome little app
03/21/2025

Saw1124
FINALLY. The lack of simple no-strings-attached screenwriting apps on the App Store has always been strange to me. This app is simple and does exactly what it says. And it’s FREE. I wish more apps were like this. Sure, if you want a million features and beat boards and “character analysis” (whatever that means) then by all means pay $10-$100 for something else. But if you’re ready to get writing…this app is for you

Developer Response
🙌
Awesome little app
03/21/2025

Saw1124

FINALLY. The lack of simple no-strings-attached screenwriting apps on the App Store has always been strange to me. This app is simple and does exactly what it says. And it’s FREE. I wish more apps were like this. Sure, if you want a million features and beat boards and “character analysis” (whatever that means) then by all means pay $10-$100 for something else. But if you’re ready to get writing…this app is for you
Developer Response 06/28/2024
🙌

- Snapshots: Fountain now creates snapshots automatically while you work. - Filesystem: Improvements to how Fountain interfaces with iCloud, including changes between devices. - Performance: Squashed a few parser bugs to keep things nice and lean :) Holler with any feedback or questions!

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