Final Draft Mobile at Mac App Store analyse

Ugly interface, slow réaction when typing and it doesnt provide other languages.

Final Draft ist grundsätzlich hoffnungslos überteuert. Es stecken auch diverse Bugs im Programm (Desktopversion) - hier ist das okay. Aber trotzdem: es läuft. Und wer Drehbücher schreibt und schon mal eins verkauft hat, besitzt zu 60% auch FD... Und die IOS-Version funktioniert gut

Ich versuche seit STUNDEN den Revision Mode zum laufen zu kriegen. Das Programm lässt sich nicht dazu bewegen den Text bunt zu machen. Das ist ein TEXT Editor und keine ROCKET-SCIENCE... Wie schwer kann es sein ein Feature so zu programmieren, dass es funktioniert? WHAT THE F...? Das ist nicht das einzige Problem dieses "Programms": Das auswählen von Text ist auch der PURE Horror. Ein bisschen zu weit nach unten gescrollt und ZACK ist man 3 Seiten weiter. Es gibt KEINE Möglichkeit weissen Text auf grauen Hintergrund zu schreiben. Man kann noch nicht mal durch Fingergesten vom Blatt wegzoomen.... Und auch sonst auf keine andere Weise. Ich habs jetzt lang genug versucht... Ich steig auf Storyist um oder auf eine KREIDETAFEL!

So this iPhone app has an iCloud integration. But the Mac app doesnt?? Its ridiculous. The iCloud folder doesnt even show up on the web and Macs iCloud Drive.

This app has always been overpriced for both iOS and the desktop. Constant bugs, formatting errors. The best is when it tells you that a 3rd party app has messed up the xml formatting of a document that has only ever been used in final draft. They code finger pointing directly into the error messages. If this software is the industry standard, the industry can do better.

Having used Final Draft for the past 17 years and been an avid fan, I am deeply disappointed in the app. I decided yesterday to attempt writing an entire screenplay on the app for the first time, utilizing the nifty new iCloud capabilities. I was pleased for the first five pages; it worked without issue. Now, at page ten, after switching scripts momentarily to copy something, all of my text has been randomly jumbled and rearranged. Random letters and half-words have been shifted to completely different pages and inserted into the middle of character names or sluglines. Whole lines have disappeared. Luckily I happened to copy the entire script before I switched out, but even when I try to create a new document or replace the existing script with the copied text, the entire app crashes and overheats the phone. On the odd occasion it doesnt crash, the file accepts the pasted text, claims to be "saving", and then shows me a completely blank document. There is no way to force/manually sync, so youre constantly wondering whether the document is actually uploading or not. In my case... not. Im just supposed to accept that the five pages I wrote are lost? No dice, Final Draft. Give us the option to pull down and refresh to make sure were saving. I cant recommend this product because nothing could possibly be worse for a writer than being on a roll and pounding out ten pages, convinced youve nailed it and worded it perfectly -- probably the best work youve ever done -- only to have it disappear. For the record, I am using a mint condition iPhone 6S Plus, fully updated, with no other apps running in the background. The problem cannot be me. Its either the app itself or the iCloud integration, but either way... my text should be shuffling around. I use plenty of text apps that preserve a document until a proper sync can be achieved. Great idea, poor execution. Get it together if you want to stay a leader in this industry. I have free apps that perform better.

Or at least the best one on the market. I was unwilling to shell out the money for the Mac version and decided to try the iPad version for under $15. Worth every penny. Now writing swiftly in standard script format. Exports to PDF for printing, uses iCloud. Couldnt be happier.