

Windows version is objectively inferior to Mac version (an update for Windows is due to come out in 2021)īottom Line: I only use Scrivener when I’m writing my books.No real-time collaboration or co-author functionality.Cannot open DOC files or ODT files (though Scrivener does import DOCX files).It can be complicated to learn all of Scrivener’s many useful features.


Comments, footnotes, annotations, and synopses simplify keeping track of your stream-of-consciousness brainstorming.Templates to fit your writing needs (fiction, nonfiction, screenplay, poem, essay, etc.).Composition Mode erases all distractions and lets you write on a screen of nothing but text, though you can customize the background to be a texture or image as well.Organizes projects into one file with easy access to countless documents and research in the same window.How does it stack up to the competition?.
