Offscreen

Offscreen

Write the script. Build the world around it.

A screenwriting app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Plain Fountain, story state worked out as you write, and a world that keeps up with every change.

Coming soon to the App Store

Fountain · No AI · Your files

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Plain Fountain.

Type a screenplay as plain text. Scene headings, cues and dialogue fall into place as you write, set in Courier Prime like the printed page, and the file stays a .fountain anything can open.

A keyboard bar puts INT., EXT., cues, parentheticals and notes under your thumb.

INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT
ANNA switches the light off. It comes back on.
ANNA
(to the dark)
Very funny.
2

Story state,
worked out.

Offscreen reads your script and works out the state of the story at every scene. It comes from the script itself, so it never drifts out of step with what you’ve written.

  • Who’s in each scene, at a glance
  • Who has met whom, and where: shared a scene, spoke, or properly met
  • What has been revealed so far, from simple [[reveal: …]] notes
  • Dialogue balance across your characters
  • Where page 10 falls, and how close you are to your page count
3

A world that
keeps up.

Characters and places are objects you can shape: ages, descriptions, histories and how each character sees the others.

Rename a character or a location and every cue, mention and scene heading follows, with a preview before anything changes.

4

Your words.
Your files.

Scripts are plain .fountain files in iCloud Drive, Dropbox or on your device, readable in any text editor, forever. The story data travels inside the file, in a block that never prints.

  • No AI. Nothing writes for you, suggests lines or reads your work.
  • No accounts and no tracking.
  • Earlier versions kept on your device, and a clear warning if a save fails or two devices disagree.
5

Send it
anywhere.

When the draft’s ready, take it wherever it’s going: a producer, a competition, another app.

PDF
As it prints. For competitions, producers and readers.
Final Draft (.fdx)
Opens in Final Draft, WriterDuet, Fade In, Highland and Celtx.
Fountain (.fountain)
The script alone, without Offscreen’s story data. Opens anywhere.
Plain text (.txt)
Laid out like the printed page, in any text editor.
Story data (.json)
Characters, places, scenes, who has met whom and reveals, as JSON for any tool.
Fountain with story data
The whole file, characters and places included, for another device.
Anonymous
The writer’s name, credit and contact details are left off the title page.
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iPhone, iPad
and Mac.

One app across all three. Your first story is free, with every feature. One purchase unlocks every story, on every device you use with your Apple Account. Reading and exporting are always free.

Open the same file from iCloud Drive or Dropbox on each, and pick up where you left off.

Write the script. Build the world around it.

Coming soon to the App Store