Weekend Read
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity | Free | Quote-Unquote Films, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Weekend Read makes reading screenplays on the iPhone delightful, giving users an optimized view that takes best advantage of your retina screen. You'll never squint-and-pinch to read a script again.
Whether you're starting with a PDF or a native file like Final Draft or Fountain, Weekend Read makes it look great, with a choice of fonts, sizes and Dark Mode for night reading.
Created by screenwriter John August and the team behind the award-winning Highland, Weekend Read has Hollywood talking.
"With Weekend Read, John August and his crafty elves have taken something that was the worst thing, namely reading scripts on a mobile device, and turned it into the best thing. I find it more pleasant to read a script in Weekend Read on my 4-inch iPhone screen than to read a PDF in proper screenplay format on my iPad. I even prefer it to reading full-sized paper scripts."
- Rian Johnson, writer-director
(Brick, Looper, The Brothers Bloom)
"Weekend Read started as an app I didn't know I needed, and quickly became an app I can't live without. Weekend Read keeps you on top of your reading pile, not buried under it. It's seriously amazing."
- Rawson Thurber, writer-director
(Dodgeball, We're The Millers)
"This is the perfect solution I've been fantasizing about - it makes reading scripts (or anything) on the iPhone not just tolerable, not just painless, but actually a pleasure!"
- David Wain, writer/director/EP
(Childrens Hospital, Role Models)
Weekend Read also supports text and Markdown files, making it a perfect offline reference for notes.
Features:
• Optimized for reading on the iPhone
• Four fonts and five sizes to choose from
• Easily import files from Mail, Dropbox, and the web
• Page Jumper lets you zip through long documents
• For Your Consideration: Featured Writers and Shows
• Dark Mode for night reading
Reviews
Doesn’t work
EmilytheGamer
I had zero problems with this app. Until I paid for it. Now it keeps shutting down every time I try opening a file.
Phenomenal on iPhone 6
Aperez1222
I'm a big fan of John August's screenwriting apps, but I never got Weekend Read on my iPhone 4s because I hated reading long form content on its small screen. Now that I have an iPhone 6, this is a dream. No need to carry my iPad on the train.
Pays for itself.
Bunny Foo Fighter
Every week my writing group and I had to print copies for each other. Then we'd have to go through each copy and highlight each part for the table read. Now we post our scripts to a shared Dropbox account and quickly assign characters. This is so much better.
Wonderful
LeChad
Seriously this app is amazing! It's simple, clean, fast, super duper helpful and smart! I'm a film producer and I read a ton of scripts and this is amazing! I just wish there would be like a good sync process for example to put the scripts directly from email from my computer or else, but I guess it doesn't matter it's just to read and delete, no need to store it. Love it!
Perfect
Aziz Albraik
This app truly helps me read on the go and highlights the characters really well without hurting my eyes. My only wish is for this app to exist in the iPad.
Great App that serves its purpose...
smoothcat 6
Of reading scripts / screenplays on your phone. I love reading scripts, highlighting characters and all the little things this app does so well. Keep at it because it works pretty flawlessly. Features I would love to see in the future are note feature, for unlocked: folders for scripts, and also the ability to burn down regular documents into this format. I’d also love an iPad version that looks great for the retina display.
Amazing
mobilewriter
This does exactly what it's supposed to. The perfect app for reading scripts on the go.
Cool cool cool
M Cianci
Now I can read properly formatted screenplays on my iPhone wherever and whenever I want. Helps so much to have the best examples of screenwriting as I write the next great American screenplay. Word.
This simple app is a johnsend!
Nathan D. Lee
I love learning screenwriting by reading scripts. I've never read scripts on my phone because of how impossible it has been. Now I can read and learn during the many little breaks throughout the day. I actually deleted my Facebook app and will be changing my wasted time into productive time.
Help!
M12345678911
Love the app but it's currently saying library is full when there is nothing in it.
