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Final Draft vs Fade In: catalog facts
Final Draft	Fade In
Paid Paid software with a free trial of Final Draft Suite.	Paid A paid licence is bought from the developer's website.
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Automatic industry-standard script formatting Story planning and production reporting tools	Automatic industry-standard screenplay formatting Tools for outlining, organizing and navigating a script
Paid licence with no free edition Desktop only on Windows and macOS	Paid software with no free tier described Focused on scripts, so not a general-purpose word processor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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