Hooray (sort of)! Final Draft is finally coming to the iPad (sort of)! Isn’t that great? Sort of.
It’s been the topic of heated discussions since we launched over two years ago. Its progress has been covered at length in multiple HHH articles (see links below). And, it’s easily the most anticipated Screenwriting app ever to come to a mobile device. Screenwriters around the world have been waiting for Final Draft to come to the iPad.
The good news: Final Draft has finally set a release date for their mobile app (Feb 16th). The bad news: This is not the application we were expecting.
The app is officially called Final Draft Reader, and as you guessed, it’s meant for reading Final Draft scripts on the go. It has no screenwriting functionality at all. Zip. I’m sure that will come as a major disappointment to many. I admit, I was bummed when I heard the news. But the fact is, Final Draft never said they were releasing a screenwriting app. That was all of US! Here’s what they actually said:
In order to integrate with future Final Draft products, we’ve redefined the development roadmap of our Final Draft Mobile app…The Final Draft Mobile app for iOS will augment the overall Final Draft user experience, providing our community a seamless creative work flow between the Final Draft desktop client, Final Draft Mobile, and future Final Draft services.
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Tej Babra