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Inkwell is first-class on 12 of 12 capabilities; Final Draft on 4.

• Industry-standard PDF formatting: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft First-class.
• FDX import / export: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft First-class.
• Fountain (plain-text) native: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Partial or limited.
• Production workflows (locked scripts, revision colors, A-pages): Inkwell First-class; Final Draft First-class.
• Version control with draft lines: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Not available.
• Named save points (immutable snapshots): Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Not available.
• Semantic change tracking (scene/dialogue-level diffs): Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Not available.
• Agentic AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Not available.
• Inline AI edit (Cmd+K) and command palette: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Not available.
• Web-based, cross-platform: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Partial or limited.
• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft First-class.
• Free tier: Inkwell First-class; Final Draft Not available.

Inkwell is first-class on 11 of 11 capabilities; WriterDuet on 6.

• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet First-class.
• Web-based, cross-platform: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet First-class.
• Free tier: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet First-class.
• Fountain native: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet First-class.
• FDX import / export: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet First-class.
• Version history: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet Partial or limited.
• Draft lines (parallel alternate versions): Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet Not available.
• Semantic change tracking (scene/dialogue-level diffs): Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet Partial or limited.
• Agentic AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet Not available.
• Inline AI edit (Cmd+K) and command palette: Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet Not available.
• Production workflows (locked scripts, revision colors, A-pages): Inkwell First-class; WriterDuet First-class.

Inkwell is first-class on 12 of 13 capabilities; Arc Studio Pro on 4.

• Web-based, cross-platform: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro First-class.
• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro First-class.
• Modern cloud-native UX: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro First-class.
• Fountain native: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.
• Version control with draft lines: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Not available.
• Named save points (immutable snapshots): Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.
• Semantic change tracking (scene/dialogue-level diffs): Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.
• Agentic AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.
• Inline AI edit (Cmd+K) and command palette: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Not available.
• Production workflows (locked scripts, revision colors, A-pages): Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.
• FDX import / export: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro First-class.
• Offline / local-first editing: Inkwell Partial or limited; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.
• Free tier: Inkwell First-class; Arc Studio Pro Partial or limited.

Inkwell is first-class on 11 of 12 capabilities; Fade In on 4.

• One-time purchase (no subscription): Inkwell Partial or limited; Fade In First-class.
• Industry-standard PDF formatting: Inkwell First-class; Fade In First-class.
• FDX import / export: Inkwell First-class; Fade In First-class.
• Fountain native: Inkwell First-class; Fade In Partial or limited.
• Revision management & locked pages: Inkwell First-class; Fade In First-class.
• Version control with draft lines: Inkwell First-class; Fade In Not available.
• Named save points (immutable snapshots): Inkwell First-class; Fade In Not available.
• Semantic change tracking (scene/dialogue-level diffs): Inkwell First-class; Fade In Partial or limited.
• Agentic AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; Fade In Not available.
• Inline AI edit (Cmd+K) and command palette: Inkwell First-class; Fade In Not available.
• Web-based, cross-platform: Inkwell First-class; Fade In Partial or limited.
• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; Fade In Partial or limited.

Inkwell is first-class on 9 of 10 capabilities; Celtx on 4.

• Web-based: Inkwell First-class; Celtx First-class.
• Screenplay formatting: Inkwell First-class; Celtx First-class.
• Production scheduling / budgets: Inkwell Not available; Celtx First-class.
• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; Celtx First-class.
• Version control with draft lines: Inkwell First-class; Celtx Not available.
• Named save points: Inkwell First-class; Celtx Partial or limited.
• Semantic change tracking: Inkwell First-class; Celtx Partial or limited.
• Agentic AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; Celtx Partial or limited.
• FDX import / export: Inkwell First-class; Celtx Partial or limited.
• Fountain native: Inkwell First-class; Celtx Partial or limited.

Inkwell is first-class on 7 of 9 capabilities; Highland on 3.

• Fountain native: Inkwell First-class; Highland First-class.
• Minimal writing UX: Inkwell Partial or limited; Highland First-class.
• Native Apple apps: Inkwell Not available; Highland First-class.
• Web / cross-platform: Inkwell First-class; Highland Not available.
• Version control with draft lines: Inkwell First-class; Highland Not available.
• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; Highland Not available.
• Agentic AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; Highland Not available.
• Production revision workflow: Inkwell First-class; Highland Partial or limited.
• FDX import / export: Inkwell First-class; Highland Partial or limited.

Inkwell is first-class on 6 of 8 capabilities; Slugline on 3.

• Fountain native: Inkwell First-class; Slugline First-class.
• Minimal UI: Inkwell Partial or limited; Slugline First-class.
• iOS / Mac: Inkwell Partial or limited; Slugline First-class.
• Browser workspace: Inkwell First-class; Slugline Not available.
• Version control: Inkwell First-class; Slugline Partial or limited.
• Real-time collaboration: Inkwell First-class; Slugline Not available.
• AI skill passes: Inkwell First-class; Slugline Not available.
• Production revision colors: Inkwell First-class; Slugline Not available.