Storyist Reviews

Former Scrivener User

WritinFool

I moved to Storyist after getting tired of waiting for the fabled Scrivener iOS app. Best move ever; couldn't be happier. Are you tired of waiting? Well, you don't have to be. Join me. It's better over here.

Latest release not so good

CoxBingo

This was a 5 star app, even with its few annoying flaws. Nothing's perfect, but having just completed by first novel, on the previous version, I had been very happy with it. Not anymore! Fix the keyboard and the count thingy. And get your 5 stars back. Yes it's that annoying. Oh and it would be nice to be able to export all the files in a story at once! The the option to start a chapter with a different number than 1 would make that particular functionality actually useful.

Was good now loses data font buy

cheronti

Used storyist two years ago for nanowrimo without a hitch. I do all the writing on my iPhone. This year, it has become unreliable. The final Straw is it wouldn't save to Dropbox. It thought my morning writings on my iPhone was from a different device and then it threw away my evening changes. So I lost over 1200 words. They also have a midges tire making it way too easy to accidentally delete scene notes. They've know about it for years, they won't do anything about it. Three strikes, storyist, your out.

Decent but not yet a Scrivener alternative

pvino

I bought this because, like everyone, I want a scrivener mobile app that seamlessly syncs with the desktop version. This promised that, but does not deliver. The Dropbox implementation is horrid. Every time I open the app it tells me my Dropbox files were removed. If I wait, someone's they come back. The interface is fine, but not what I've come to expect having worked with scrivener. I particularly miss being able to simply tab between screenplay presets (character, to dialog, to parenthetical, etc.). I know those buttons are handy on the iPad, but they're buried on the phone, and that's what I need a mobile solution for. Gave it a try for a couple of weeks and was thankful for the ability to export my work back to scrivener

Fantastic Tool for Long-Form Fiction Writing

Chaselife

I write as a hobby, and for years I have used Scrivener on my Mac to put together short stories. I have been waiting since 2014 for Scrivener's "coming soon" mobile application, but I finally ran out of patience and decided to take Storyist for a spin. Starting fresh with a whole new story (not syncing existing projects with Scrivener), Storyist works great. It has all of the features I used most on Scrivener, and it is very capable of being a Scrivener replacement for me. I can't speak to how it does syncing with Scrivener (or anything else), but as a standalone tool, it is wonderful. I do most of my writing on my iPad these days anyway, which means Storyist has become my primary software for organizing my ongoing project. They say the best ability is availability, and I am glad I decided to give Storyist a try.

Strips out Fountain comments and blank lines, no passwords, no email encryption

LaraCroft_NYC

This app for ios--Storyist--is unusable on iOS. It strips out ALL the Fountain comment text AND returns in the text imported from my new MAC PRO. It also does not have password support AND cannot email an encrypted file. Documentation is extremely poor.

A Noveler's Dream

WritinFool

I am a recovering Scrivener addict, won over by Storyist. I bought the app initially to have an iPad editor for Scrivener. It works pretty well for that; you just have to keep your projects in iCloud. I don't have a problem with that ... Some do. The advantage is I didn't have to horse around with external folder syncs etc. I was actually working on the same file. I began to play with creating native Storyist files and was intrigued enough to check out the OS X version. It's great and has become my new preference. To get the full functionality of the software, you'll have to use Storyist files. If you only want a Scrivener editor, it works great for that too. But you'll miss out on all the great outlining functions it has to offer.

Solid sync and tools

EugeniaB

I have scrivener on my Mac, but don't want it's complicated too-many-options set up. In addition, it is critical to have iPad and iPhone apps. Nothing comes close to this app. And help is received promptly. Great app!

Scriveners Rejoice!

Oldsynthguy

Sure, there are things that this software doesn't do. It's iOS, so of course there are. But it slaughters the competition for working with Scrivener files. I resisted iCloud, but I was fed up with a slow a Windows tablet not syncing properly on Scrivener shutdown with One Drive. Apple and PC, right? Writing in RTF on the iPad, arguing with all the formats, I was ready to give up on portable productivity in Scrivener short of a "real" laptop or touch screen computer and the associated expense. If you use Scrivener and own an iOS device, buy this software. Edit, write, move scenes around, get things done. Do the big things like compile on your desktop. Do something besides fight with your environment on the go. Fix a scene, drop in some great overheard dialogue while your car gets inspected. If you use Scrivener and are tired of waiting for vaporware, buy this program.

Outstanding so far

DonaldFRobertson

I've only used it to do the final edit on an OpEd, and to write some notes for another, but so far so good. No negatives to date, and this is the most bug free text editor I've used in the iOS world. I assume that's because it does a few things well, rather than trying to do everything, but I'm still impressed that this seems to be the creation of a single individual. Bravo!

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