Zen Writer for iPhone

Screenplay Writer for iPhone

Zen Writer is a full screenwriting app for iPhone, not a viewer with a keyboard bolted on. Type a slugline and the next element is already in the right place, so a scene written on a train is formatted like a scene written at a desk.

Free on the App Store. One screenplay included, no account needed.

Why writers use Zen Writer on iPhone

Formatting that keeps up with your thumbs

Scene headings, character cues, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions snap to industry-standard positions as you type. Smart Enter knows what comes next, which matters most on a phone where a misplaced element is expensive to fix.

Open the FDX someone emailed you

Import a Final Draft .fdx, a Fountain file, plain text or a text-based PDF, and edit it here. Export back to FDX when the producer asks for the file they sent.

Works offline, on set and underground

Writing, formatting, scenes, characters and autosave all work with no signal. Nothing is uploaded, and no account is required to start.

The whole script in your pocket

Jump to any scene, check the character list, see the page count, and search the draft for a line you half-remember — without leaving the scene you are in.

Zen Writer on iPhone

Zen Writer screenplay editor on iPhone with automatic scene heading and dialogue formatting
Automatic formatting while you type
Zen Writer scene navigator on iPhone listing every scene in the screenplay
Scene navigator
Zen Writer character list on iPhone showing every speaking character in the script
Characters collected as you write