Side by side
Inkwell vs First Read
Compare what each tool does, what it costs, and how it fits your workflow.
Designed for
The IDE for writers.
From spark to script. In your voice.
Primary task
Screenwriting
Scriptwriting
Pricing
Freemium · Free + from $19/mo
Free Trial · Trial; then from $20.99/mo
Pricing details
Free + from $19/mo
Free + from $20.99/mo
Billing cycle
Monthly
Monthly
API access
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Web, Chrome Extension
Web
Integrations
Not documented
Not documented
Source rating
5.0 / 5 · 1 ratings
5.0 / 5 · 1 ratings
Catalog views
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154
Estimated monthly traffic
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Catalog imported
31 Aug 2026
29 Aug 2026
Listed strengths
- Semantic change tracking
- Version control
- Ghost text suggestions
- Scene-aware editor
- Real-time collaboration
- Voice capture is a structured 30-minute interview rather than inference from a corpus of your old work
- Evaluates a draft against your own stated standards instead of a generic idea of good
- Every saved document is cryptographically signed, and the signature is verifiable without the company
- Built for screen formats specifically, including vertical drama alongside traditional TV and film
- Nothing you upload is used to train any AI model
Listed limitations
- No available mobile version
- Requires internet connection
- No physical software version
- No translation features
- No voice-to-text feature
- There is no instant-value path. The 30-minute interview comes first and the product is not useful before it
- The signature establishes which voice profile a document was made against and that neither has changed since. It does not prove who typed the words
- Built for professional screenwriters. General-purpose prose and marketing writers are not the audience
- Small and new. There is no large support organisation behind it
- At $20.99/month it is priced above hobbyist writing tools