Press kit

Spec is a native Mac screenwriting app that makes formatting simple, for first-time writers and pros alike. Every page comes out industry-standard, exactly as it will print. It's compatible with Final Draft (.fdx) files, works fully offline, and keeps every script on your Mac. Free to try; one purchase unlocks everything. No subscription.

Spec is a screenwriting app for the Mac that handles the formatting so writers can stay in the story.

Press Tab and Enter and the script formats itself: scene headings, action, characters, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions, all in industry-standard layout, with real page breaks, (MORE) and (CONT'D). Character names and locations fill in as you type.

Spec opens and saves .fdx files, the format Final Draft uses, so writers can bring their existing drafts and trade pages with anyone. Scene numbers, dual dialogue, script notes, alternate lines, revision colors and title pages come through intact.

For the rewrite there are index cards for every scene, reports on scenes, characters and locations, character arcs, standard revision colors, script notes, and alternate lines of dialogue. Focus Mode clears away everything but the page. Twenty switchable themes, from film noir to a vintage typewriter to a 1990s dial-up PC, change the look of the app while the page stays standard Courier.

Spec has no account, no subscription and no analytics. It works offline, and scripts stay on the writer's Mac or in whatever cloud folder they choose. It's free to try on one script, and a single one-time purchase unlocks everything.