Fountain · easy screenwriting
Write, edit & export scripts
Free
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.
more - New: Tab between styles (action → character → transition) on new lines
- New: Import .fdx, .txt and .md files from the editor
- New: Option to display page breaks & numbers in the editor
- New: Support for _underline_ in addition to *italic* and **bold**
- New: Keyboard shortcut support for underline, italic and bold
- Fixed: Editing a scene heading could cause the editor to jump to the previous scene
- Fixed: New lines now properly format right away based on the line above
- Fixed: Lots of pesky bugs and performance improvements. Thanks for the reports!
0.64 1 Jul
- New: Tab between styles (action → character → transition) on new lines
- New: Import .fdx, .txt and .md files from the editor
- New: Option to display page breaks & numbers in the editor
- New: Support for _underline_ in addition to *italic* and **bold**
- New: Keyboard shortcut support for underline, italic and bold
- Fixed: Editing a scene heading could cause the editor to jump to the previous scene
- Fixed: New lines now properly format right away based on the line above
- Fixed: Lots of pesky bugs and performance improvements. Thanks for the reports!
0.63 29 Jun
Happy Spring release!
- New: Tab between styles (action → character → transition) on new lines
- New: Import .fdx, .txt and .md files from the editor
- New: Option to display page breaks & numbers in the editor
- New: Support for _underline_ in addition to *italic* and **bold**
- New: Keyboard shortcut support for underline, italic and bold
- Fixed: Editing a scene heading could cause the editor to jump to the previous scene
- Fixed: New lines now properly format right away based on the line above
- Fixed: Lots of pesky bugs and performance improvements. Thanks for the reports!
0.61 27 May
- Improved PDF export
- Performance improvements
- Improved file handling across devices
0.59 1 Apr
- Improved PDF export
- Performance improvements
- Improved file handling across devices
0.58 26 Feb
Performance improvements
0.57 25 Feb
Squashed a few bugs to keep things running smoothly.
0.56 24 Feb
- 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!
0.55 11 Feb
- 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!
0.54 6 Feb
- Advanced formatting options for scene headings & sections
- Shortcuts to jump from section to section
- Quick access to font size from the toolbar
- Bug fixes
If you notice anything off, give me a holler! Happy writing :)
0.53 11 Jan
- Support for iOS & iPadOS 26
- Editor margins adapt to window sizing
- Bug fixes
0.52 01/09/2025
- Support for =synopses, [[notes]], lyrics and !forced styles
- Customizable toolbar on macOS & iPadOS
- Menu bar support on macOS & iPadOS (requires iPadOS 26)
0.51 27/07/2025
- Support for =synopses, [[notes]], lyrics and !forced styles
- Customizable toolbar on macOS & iPadOS
- Menu bar support on macOS & iPadOS (requires iPadOS 26)
0.50 09/07/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold**, //comments, and forced alignments
- New: Search your outline & auto-scroll to selected sections
- New: Support for font size adjustments
- New: Support for title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Fixed: An issue preventing certain files from being opened twice in a row
0.48 07/07/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold**, //comments, and forced alignments
- New: Search your outline & auto-scroll to selected sections
- New: Support for font size adjustments
- New: Support for title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Fixed: An issue preventing certain files from being opened twice in a row
0.47 01/07/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold**, //comments, and forced alignments
- New: Search your outline & auto-scroll to selected sections
- New: Support for font size adjustments
- New: Support for title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Fixed: An issue preventing certain files from being opened twice in a row
0.46 30/06/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold**, //comments, and forced alignments
- New: Search your outline & auto-scroll to selected sections
- New: Support for font size adjustments
- New: Support for title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Fixed: An issue preventing certain files from being opened twice in a row
0.45 10/06/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold**, //comments, and forced alignments
- New: Search your outline & auto-scroll to selected sections
- New: Support for font size adjustments
- New: Support for title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Fixed: An issue preventing certain files from being opened twice in a row
0.44 19/05/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold**, //comments, and forced alignments
- New: Search your outline & auto-scroll to selected sections
- New: Support for font size adjustments
- New: Support for title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
0.43 03/05/2025
- New: Support for *italics*, **bold** and //comments
- New: Search your outline to jump anywhere in your script
- New: Title pages
- Improved: Keyboard shortcuts to export and navigate documents
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: Rebuilt PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Improved: Support for autocorrect
0.42 18/04/2025
- New: Support for *italics* and **bold**
- New: Support for //comments
- New: Search your outline to jump anywhere in your script
- New: Title pages
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: Rebuilt PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Improved: Support for autocorrect
0.41 15/04/2025
- New: Search your outline to jump anywhere in your script
- New: Add title pages using Fountain syntax
- New: Support for //comments
- New: Export your script along with its outline
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: Rebuilt PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Improved: More reliable parsing of #heading elements
- Improved: Support for autocorrect
- Fixed: Crash when replacing a double-space with a period
0.40 03/04/2025
- New: Search your outline to jump anywhere in your script
- New: Add title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: Rebuilt PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Improved: More reliable parsing of heading (#) elements
- Improved: Support for autocorrect
- Fixed: Crash when replacing a double-space with a period
0.38 01/04/2025
- New: Search your outline to jump anywhere in your script
- New: Add title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: Rebuilt PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Improved: More reliable parsing of heading (#) elements
- Improved: Support for autocorrect
- Fixed: Crash when replacing a double-space with a period
0.37 28/03/2025
- New: Search your outline to jump anywhere in your script
- New: Add title pages using Fountain syntax
- Improved: Outline remembers your last position if you dismiss & re-open it
- Improved: Rebuilt PDF renderer to be more reliable & performant
- Improved: More reliable parsing of heading (#) elements
- Improved: Support for autocorrect
- Fixed: Crash when replacing a double-space with a period
0.36 27/03/2025
- New: Tab between styles (action → character → transition) on new lines
- New: Import .fdx, .txt and .md files from the editor
- New: Option to display page breaks & numbers in the editor
- New: Support for _underline_ in addition to *italic* and **bold**
- New: Keyboard shortcut support for underline, italic and bold
- Fixed: Editing a scene heading could cause the editor to jump to the previous scene
- Fixed: New lines now properly format right away based on the line above
- Fixed: Lots of pesky bugs and performance improvements. Thanks for the reports!
more Version 0.64 1 Jul
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