Screenplay Assistant vs Virgil

Screenplay Assistant turns plain prose or dictated scenes into screenplay pages in a browser, arranging material into scene headings, action, character cues, dialogue, parentheticals, and transitions. Its writing modes range from formatting that preserves the writer’s words to line editing and adding action and imagery without introducing events, characters, or conversations. Story Map supports planning, Story Lab offers craft guidance, Muse acts as a first reader, and Atticus answers in-app questions. Users can import plain text, PDF, Word, and Final Draft files and export to PDF, Final Draft, Word, or plain text. Other tools include character portraits, design sheets, storyboards, graphic novel pages, scene video, Table Read, and production reports. Writing is not capped on any plan, though project and media allowances vary. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Spark is free forever and includes one project. Writer costs $7 a month, or $5 a month billed yearly ($60 a year).

Virgil is writing software for screenwriters, novelists, and other professional storytellers. It supports screenplays, TV scripts, novels, books, podcasts, treatments, pitch decks, and coverage passes. Its workspace includes outlining, scene drafting and revision, screenplay formatting, script coverage, and an autonomous agent mode. Virgil can also turn ideas into storyboards, images, and video; its video studio is labeled beta. Available AI models come from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and open-model providers, including Fable 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and Kimi K3. Projects sync to the cloud so drafts and visuals are available on desktop or on the go. It runs on macOS, Windows, and the web, and exports to PDF, Final Draft, and other industry-standard formats. Starter costs $5 a month with $5 in AI usage included each paid month; Pro costs $20 a month with $20 included, and Studio costs $50 a month with $50 included. The card-backed trial ends after 14 days or $20 of AI usage, whichever comes first.