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Description

“The biggest software advance for writers since the word processor.” —Michael Marshall Smith, bestselling author

Typewriter. Ring-binder. Scrapbook. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop.

Tailor-made for creating long manuscripts, Scrivener banishes page fright by allowing you to compose your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like. Got a great idea but don’t know where it fits? Write when inspiration strikes and find its place later. Grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea.

Whether you plan or plunge, Scrivener works your way: meticulously outline every last detail first, or hammer out a complete draft and restructure later. Or do a bit of both. All text sections in Scrivener are fully integrated with its outlining tools, so working with an overview of your manuscript is only ever a tap away, and turning Chapter Four into Chapter One is as simple as drag and drop.

Need to refer to research? In Scrivener, your background material is always at hand. Write a description based on a photograph. Reference a video or PDF. Check for consistency with an earlier chapter. On the iPad, open two documents side-by-side; on the iPhone, flip between research and writing with just two taps.

Once you’re ready to share your work with the world, simply compile everything into a single document for printing, or export to popular formats such as Word, PDF, Final Draft or plain text. You can even share using different formatting, so that you can write in your favorite font and still keep your editor happy.


FEATURES

Get Started
• Interactive tutorial project
• Keep each manuscript and supporting materials in a self-contained project
• Import Word, RTF, Final Draft and plain text files
• Easily split imported text into separate sections

Get Writing
• Write your manuscript in sections of any size
• View all sections as a single text using the “Draft Navigator” (iPad only)
• Quickly navigate sections using the “binder” sidebar
• Format with fonts and presets
• Comments, footnotes, links and highlights
• Simple bullets and lists
• Insert images
• Pinch-zoom to resize text
• Full-screen mode (iPad only)
• Typewriter scrolling mode keeps typed text center-screen (iPad only)
• Write a screenplay using scriptwriting mode
• Live word and character counts
• Set word and character count targets
• Find and replace
• Customizable keyboard row provides quick-access buttons for formatting, navigation and punctuation
• Comprehensive keyboard shortcuts for external keyboard users
• Dark mode

Find Your Structure
• Write in any order and reorganize later
• Write a synopsis for any text section and see it in the outline
• Expand, collapse and drill down into sections of your project
• Rearrange sections as index cards on the corkboard (iPad only)
• Project-wide search
• Track ideas using labels and status
• Apply custom icons to your sections

Refer to Research
• Import research material such as image, PDF and media files
• View research files or other sections right alongside your writing (iPad only)
• Every section has its own notes area for jotting down ideas
• Supports multitasking split screen mode (supported devices only)

Share Your Work
• Compile to a single document for sharing or printing
• Use different formatting in your exported or printed document
• Export to Word, RTF, Final Draft, PDF or plain text
• Convert rich text to Markdown for sharing with Markdown apps
• Create and email zipped backups of your projects

Work Anywhere
• Use Dropbox to sync between devices and with the macOS and Windows versions of Scrivener*
• Copy projects between devices via iTunes

* Requires a Dropbox account (not compatible with iCloud).

SUPPORT
You can contact us at [email protected], visit our forums at http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum, or find us @scrivenerapp on Twitter.
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2.89 out of 5

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As a Treditional Chinese user⋯

mikarolazhi on

When using the scriptwriting mode, I can’t type any Chinese character in the scene heading (just automatically type in English even my input method chooses Chinese).

a bit late yet finally comes XR screen

markovchains on

keep up good work.

Sync failed

iErk on

I was writing in this iOS version for a day. But lost all I wrote when I sync to my Mac version and it’s gone in my iPhone too... please refund.

We need app lock!!!

yukishama9 on

Better than before versions. I am using both win and mac versions as well. The 3rd gen of this app improved a a lot. However!!!! It would be even better to add an app lock to protect my works from others. I think this is very important for writers.

worthless

james12134212 on

I paid for this to compliment a desktop version- however the desktop version has untold bugs and issues, I can't even get it to start up without uninstalling/reinstalling, so I've given up. And without the desktop version the iPhone version isn't much use to me, I only got it to add notes on the move. Shame as it's not a bad concept.

Recommended

@curtischanct on

Review Scrivener 1.0 Highly flexible to make notes in good hierarchy with colour tinted row and status presented. Suggestions: +Adjust the image size in iOS version, or click to view full screen in-line images +Select whole line in Keyboard onscreen shortcut +Customise Format style (like heading1, 2) within project +Access Bookmark in the Recent button on the editor +Hold the item in the Recent to Quick Reference +Support “Siri, remind me about this” +Continous scrolling between documents, like the Safari Reading List @blacktc1995 18 Sept, 2016

Finally!

Nekoneta on

A must buy!. For the newcomers, this is a word-processing app specifically designed for writers and authors, and has features like putting research into one "file", split screen, exporting to any format you require, and plenty more. It also can be synced across to your PC - Windows and Mac alike via Dropbox. It has a lovely intuitive UI, works exactly like the computer version, and coupled with a keyboard makes it a perfect app to put on your iPad on the go to work.

The best writing app

kanonstella on

The best writing app on MacOS has finally come to iOS. A must buy!

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App Info

Languages
German, Japanese, French, Swedish, Chinese, Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean
Recent version
1.2.4 (9 months ago )
Released on
Aug 11, 2017 (6 years ago )
Last updated
2 weeks ago