Storyist Reviews

Final Draft, Watch Your Back

narred67

Thus far, Storyist has worked very well for me. The icons may take a second or two to catch on, but otherwise, writing my scripts, novels, and short stories are a cinch. I'm still looking at buying Final Draft Writer, which thus far has semi-ok reviews from users (I need to use FD Writer, and see for myself before I render a verdict on it). Personally speaking, I had no trouble using this app.

Great for creating

wonderactivist

What I love about this app is the simplicity. I've tried several well-known apps but the complexity and all the features I didn't use just got in the way. There's nothing between my thoughts and the page on this app. It writes easy. I like the folders for organizing. Even use Storyist for semi-final drafts and then export to Word only for final submission format if needed. I really dislike Word now.

Nice App. Has a few problems though.

Lynx369

It's a nire app. One of the few things that would make it better, would be a Multiple File Backup. For instance, say I have a multiple file project and I want to copy all of the files of that project as RTF files to DropBox; currently, I have to do them one at a time. It would be nice to do them all at the same time.

This ate a story

Mr. Joshua D.

Despite numerous attempts on my part to back up my project to a Dropbox account specifically for that purpose, the program never performed the upload or touched the account despite having the necessary permission and credentials. Come new version of the app and the project is gone. I'm going back to Pages because it syncs properly.

cloud syncing

Calculating excellence

i have two different ipads. it's great to have them in sync. storyist is BEST app for formatting according to industry standards

Perfect balance between ease of use and features

Shupshe

Being able to work on a project on my desktop, then add thoughts while I'm at the store, is fantastic! There is a bit of a learning curve. Details such as using Cmd-Enter to double space do take a bit to figure out. the documentation only covers broad explanations, not in depth example workflows. Overall I highly recommend it.

No Windows Version

Try Again 2

I started to use this app on my iPad, with the intention of giving it a tryout, and seeing if Storyist fit my mobile needs better than Scrivener, which has no iOS version available -- yet. I like this Storyist app. Unfortunately, I have since checked and discovered that there is no companion Windows version of Storyist, and insofar as I can tell -- no hurry to produce one. At least for me, this is a deal-breaker. Develop a Windows version, and I might give Storyist a second look. It does look like a great app/program......if a user is strictly Mac. ;)

This is the most complete writing solution for the iPad.

wiidragon3

This is a very powerful app, i love that everything i write is available on both my iPhone and iPad anytime i need it. It also has some powerful organization tools like index cards. Its my favorite writing app so far and i love how they keep updating it. Keep up the great work.

works well but...

Yume2102

I like the app a lot. It's a good word processor. I like the word count feature and the index cards. The only problem I have encountered is that the app crashes when I try to insert a picture. Something that would be great is if you could get the word count for a selection of text.

Biggest disappointment ever!

JaelValentine

The Mac Storyist is the best thing to ever happen to writing. This app? Totally laughable. It's supposed to sync via iCloud or Dropbox, but does neither automatically; you have to go in and reupload the file every time you edit it. And if you want to keep a hard copy on your computer that stays updated, don't even think about it. This app doesn't even save my character sheets. I can't remember how much I paid for this app, but I want it back. My advice to the developers would be to look at Apple's Pages to see how integration can truly be done for text editing.

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