Beat vs Premiere.Studio

Beat is a screenwriting app for structuring stories and writing in a distraction-free interface. It saves scripts as plain-text Fountain files, which the maker describes as portable and compatible with other editors. Beat imports Final Draft, Highland, Fade In, and Celtx files, then exports to Final Draft and PDF. Outline view and scene cards let writers add sections and synopses and rearrange scenes by dragging. The app recognizes screenplay elements, offers autocomplete, tracks revisions, and highlights changes in exported PDFs. The macOS version supports JavaScript plugins, including official options from a Plugin Library. Beat stores documents on the device, works offline, and says it collects no data. Files can be synchronized between iOS and macOS through iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive, although the maker cautions against opening one file on both devices. Beat is free on macOS; the iOS companion costs €12.99 a month with lifetime ownership after purchase.

Premiere.Studio is a web-based AI screenwriting app for film and television. Its editor formats screenplay elements as writers work, with Tab and Enter cycling through sluglines, action, character, dialogue, parentheticals, and transitions. The AI can draft or rewrite scenes and script elements, fill story beats, and answer questions based on a script. Rewrites arrive as tracked changes for users to accept or reject. The platform supports live collaboration with presence, inline comments, and version history, and offers draft coverage. Recurring workflows can pitch premises on schedules from daily to monthly; these use AI credits, and capacity depends on the plan. Users can import Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, or PDF scripts and export.fdx, Fountain, or watermark-free PDF. The site says writing is not used to train AI models and scripts remain private to the user and people they choose to share with. AI can be disabled in settings. The free plan includes two projects and collaboration access. Paid plans are monthly per writer and may be canceled at any time.