About Storyist
A writing environment for novelists and screenwriters. It helps track plot, characters, and settings, and includes tools for creating formatted manuscripts and screenplays for macOS and iOS.
Storyist is a specialized writing and story-development application designed primarily for novelists and screenwriters, combining a full-featured word processor with tools for planning, organizing, and developing complex writing projects. Its key features include customizable plot, character and setting sheets, index-card storyboarding, outlining, manuscript and screenplay templates, style sheets, comments, images, spell-checking, headers and footers, and tools for producing submission-ready manuscripts and print-ready PDFs. Its interface is structured around keeping the manuscript and story-development materials together, which users particularly appreciate because research, characters and writing can be managed within one project rather than across several applications; published testimonials from novelists describe this organization as making the writing process easier and more focused. In terms of performance and efficiency, Storyist is a focused, relatively lightweight desktop/mobile application rather than a resource-heavy general-purpose office suite, although independent user feedback on speed and reliability is more limited than for larger writing platforms.
Pros & Cons
- Combines outlining, research, and writing tools in a single application.
- Offers one-time purchase pricing instead of a subscription model.
- Supports both macOS and a dedicated iOS app for mobile writing.
- Provides robust import and export options, including Final Draft and Scrivener formats.
- Includes templates for both novel manuscripts and screenplays.
- macOS and iOS apps are sold as separate purchases.
- No native application for Windows or Android users.
- No live chat or phone support options are listed.
Features
Key features
A full-featured word processor with support for comments, images, headers, footers, and style sheets.
Sketch out stories using index cards and refine them with customizable plot, character, and setting sheets.
Includes a screenplay template, quick styles, smart text auto-completion, and Final Draft FDX import/export.
Comes with manuscript and screenplay templates to produce submission-ready documents.
Keeps manuscripts, screenplays, research, and other project-related writing organized and accessible.
Additional features
Supports various formats including RTF, HTML, DOCX, Scrivener, Final Draft FDX, and Fountain.
Store projects in the cloud (including iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive) to access them across devices.
See how your words will look on the printed page with a 'what you see is what you get' editor.
Automatically saves versions of your project, allowing you to restore previous states.
Create your own templates to reuse across projects or share with other writers.
Keeps novel drafts, screenplays, and research organized in cloud storage for access across Mac and iPad devices.
Integrates comments, inline images, and project research inside a unified writing environment.
Formats completed drafts into professional layout specifications ready for agent or publisher submission.
Centralizes manuscripts, screenplays, notes, character sheets, and research files within a single project window.
Pricing
One-time purchase
- Requires macOS 10.14 Mojave or later
- Full-featured word processor
- Screenwriting support
- Outlining tools
- Import/Export multiple formats
- Requires iOS 14 or later
- Rich text editor
- Screenwriting support
- Index cards on a corkboard
- Cloud storage integration
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About Storyist
A writing environment for novelists and screenwriters. It helps track plot, characters, and settings, and includes tools for creating formatted manuscripts and screenplays for macOS and iOS.
Storyist Details
Storyist's In-App Market Place
Does Storyist have an in-app market place?
Yes
How many Mini-Apps in the marketplace?
0
Mini Apps
Pricing Options
Plans
One-time purchase
- Requires macOS 10.14 Mojave or later
- Full-featured word processor
- Screenwriting support
- Outlining tools
- Import/Export multiple formats
- Requires iOS 14 or later
- Rich text editor
- Screenwriting support
- Index cards on a corkboard
- Cloud storage integration
Accepted Payment Currencies
USD
Pros & Cons
- Combines outlining, research, and writing tools in a single application.
- Offers one-time purchase pricing instead of a subscription model.
- Supports both macOS and a dedicated iOS app for mobile writing.
- Provides robust import and export options, including Final Draft and Scrivener formats.
- Includes templates for both novel manuscripts and screenplays.
- macOS and iOS apps are sold as separate purchases.
- No native application for Windows or Android users.
- No live chat or phone support options are listed.
Storyist's Support Options
Email Address
support@storyist.comDocumentation
https://storyist.com/mac/docs/Community Forums
http://forums.storyist.com/Storyist's Alternatives
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