Beat free screenwriting app for macOS

Beat (beat-app.fi) is a screenwriting app for Mac and iOS. The desktop version is free — not a trial, not freemium, free, and open source under the GPL.

It writes in Fountain, which is plain text, so the screenplay stays a file you own rather than something sealed inside one company's format. It opens and exports Final Draft files too, so you're not cut off from anyone you're working with.

Everything stays on your machine. No account, no sync, nothing needing an internet connection.

• Revision tracking

• Outline view

• Drag-to-reorder scenes

Given what the industry standard costs, that it exists at all is remarkable.