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Writing tools stop at the PDF. This one keeps going.
Every tool here writes a good screenplay. The difference is what happens next — locked pages, breakdown, schedule, call sheets and sides that only the right person can read. Here is where each one stops.
Read from each company’s own website on 3 November 2026. Products change; if a cell is wrong, tell us and we will correct it. Product names are trademarks of their owners, used here only to identify them.
| Feature | ScriptLock | Final Draft | Fade In | WriterDuet | Celtx | StudioBinder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | ||||||
| Screenplay editor | YesTen format profiles, Letter and A4, Indian two-column | Yessource | Yessource | YesReal-time co-writingsource | YesFilm, TV, stage and AV scriptssource | Yessource |
| Type Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam in English letters | YesType “nenu vastunnanu”, get నేను వస్తున్నాను — switch mid-line | PartlyIndian scripts with your own keyboard; no transliterationsource | PartlyUnicode fonts; no transliterationsource | PartlyWith your device keyboard; no transliterationsource | PartlyMost language sets; no transliterationsource | Not listedNot stated; English interfacesource |
| Free plan | YesThree projects, for good — not a trial | NoTrial onlysource | PartlyFree demo; watermark on print and PDFsource | YesThree projectssource | YesOne projectsource | YesOne project; half the script syncssource |
| Locking the script | ||||||
| Locked pages, coloured revisions, A-pages, asterisks | YesStandard colour order, A-pages, OMITTED | PartlyOn desktop; not in the Final Draft Writer web appsource | Yessource | Paid add-onPro plansource | Paid add-onRevision Mode with colours and asterisks, Writer Pro and upsource | PartlyLocked scene numbers and revision colourssource |
| Making it | ||||||
| Script breakdown | YesSixteen categories; it suggests, you confirm (Production Lite) | YesTagging and tag reportssource | YesBreakdown reports as HTML or CSVsource | PartlyTagger colours and filters linessource | YesTeam plan, or a paid add-onsource | YesStarter plan and upsource |
| Stripboard schedule | YesIn page-eighths (Production Lite) | NoExports to Movie Magic Schedulingsource | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | YesTeam plan, or a paid add-onsource | YesStarter plan and upsource |
| Day Out of Days | YesShows what hold days cost (Production) | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | YesFor any categorysource | Yessource |
| Call sheets | YesWarns before one goes out with no hospital (Production Lite) | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | YesWith weather, from the stripboardsource | YesBy email and SMS, with opened and confirmedsource |
| Budget | YesDrafted from the breakdown (Production) | NoExports to budgeting programssource | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | YesFringes, globals, actualssource | NoOffers a spreadsheet templatesource |
| Keeping it from leaking | ||||||
| Each reader’s name on every page they see | YesVisible name plus an invisible trace per reader (Writer Pro) | PartlyOne watermark per scriptsource | PartlyBatch watermarked copiessource | PartlyOne watermark per projectsource | PartlyOne custom watermark, Writer Pro and upsource | PartlyOne custom watermarksource |
| An artist gets only their own scenes | YesSides on their phone; never the whole script, no download | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | Not listedsource | PartlySides generatorsource |
| Links that expire, can be revoked, and show who read what | YesRead tracking on Writer Pro | PartlyShare and revoke; expiry and read tracking not statedsource | PartlyCan block download, copy, print (Access)source | PartlyRead-only links you can deletesource | PartlyRead-only links you can deletesource | PartlyView-only links you can expire; call sheet opens trackedsource |
| Your script and AI | ||||||
| AI that writes scenes or dialogue | NoNever. AI only reads: breakdown, estimates, continuity | NoNone foundsource | NoNone foundsource | NoProofreading and analysis add-ons onlysource | NoNone foundsource | NoNone foundsource |
| Says your script never trains AI | YesOn the sign-up screen, not buried in the terms | Yessource | Not listedIts legal page does not saysource | Yessource | Not listedIts legal page does not mention AIsource | Not listedIts terms do not mention AIsource |
| Where and how much | ||||||
| Works offline | YesSyncs when you are back online | YesDesktop appsource | YesDesktop appsource | Paid add-onPlus plan and upsource | NoOffline mode ended in 2023source | Not listedNot statedsource |
| Platforms | Any browser, installable on phone and laptop; iOS and Android apps in testing | Mac, Windows, iPad and iPhone, websource | Windows, Mac, Linux, plus web and mobilesource | Web, desktop, iOS, Androidsource | Web; installable script editor on Windows, Android, iPhonesource | Web, including mobile browsers; no appsource |
| Price | Free for writers. A production from ₹999 or US$29 a month, only while it shootsdetails | ₹7,999 one-time in Indiasource | US$79.95 one-timesource | US$9.99–13.99 a monthsource | US$11.24–44.99 a month, billed yearlysource | US$29–299 a month; less billed yearlysource |
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ScriptLock imports Final Draft, Word and Fountain files, and exports PDF and Final Draft. Keep writing where you like; bring the script here when it is time to make it.