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When comparing FocusWriter vs Final Draft, the Slant community recommends FocusWriter for most people. In the question“What is the best Mac writing software for novelists?” FocusWriter is ranked 5th while Final Draft is ranked 10th.
Specs
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Auto-completeYes
BreakdownYes
Color codingYes
Hollywood formattingYes
Index card viewYes
NotesYes
Outline viewYes
Page lockYes
PlatformsWindows OSX
Real-time online collaborationYes
ReportsYes
Revision trackingYes
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Pros
Pro Open Source and free with donation
Pro Customizable themes
This program has a number of good pre-made themes and allows you to create your own.
Pro Can save as ODT, RTF, DOCX and TXT
In addition to Text Open Document (ODT), FocusWriter allow to save as Office Open XML (docx), Righ Text Format (RTF) and text file (TXT).
Pro Cross platform including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Pro Word count
Pro Collabowriter allows two people to work on the same document at the same time
Pro Industry standard
Pro Built-in collaboration tools
Pro Text-to-speech support
Pro Lots of templates
Final Draft comes bundled with over 100 screenplay, teleplay and stageplay example templates.
Pro Available on Windows, OS X and iOS
Final Draft is available on Windows and OS X with companion applications available for the iPad and iPhone.
Cons
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Con Expensive
The OS X and Windows versions of the software cost $249.