Write the
next scene
Penova is a focused, offline screenwriting tool built for the pocket — not the clipboard. Draft scenes in industry format, shape characters across projects, and export clean .fdx or PDF when the work is ready to leave the device.
Most screenwriting software was built for desks.
Final Draft. Fade In. Highland. Celtx. They are fine tools, and they all share the same premise: you are seated, keyboard in front of you, with a block of uninterrupted hours. Scripts, the thinking goes, are written in the room.
Except they aren't. They're written at the bus stop. On the walk home. In the six minutes between meetings when a line finally lands. The phone — already in your hand — has been, for a decade, the wrong tool for the job.
Penova is the correction. Proper screenplay formatting, scene-by-scene navigation, character bibles that follow a character across every project they appear in, voice capture when typing is slower than thinking. Built around how writing actually happens, not how studios imagine it happens.
Format is a grammar, not a checkbox.
Type a slug line and the editor knows the next block is action. Tab into a character cue and the next paragraph is dialogue. Industry-standard 12-point Courier, enforced margins, correct transitions — handled, invisibly, while you write.
Every element belongs to a scene. Every scene belongs to an episode or a feature. Reorder, rename, rewrite without ever leaving the phone.
What the app actually does.
Projects & Episodes — features, pilots, limited series
Group scripts by project. Pilot, feature, web series — each with its own cover, logline, and episode list. Drag scenes between episodes without breaking continuity.
Scene-first navigation — think in beats
A screenplay is a stack of scenes, not a document. Penova treats them that way: reorder, bookmark, jump. Open a scene and see its location, time of day, and every element inside it.
Characters across projects — a proper bible
Create a character once; reuse them across every script they appear in. Store voice, backstory, and relationships in one place — surfaced scene by scene when you need to hear them speak.
Quick Capture — a line before you lose it
Tap the microphone. Speak the line. Penova transcribes it on-device and files it where you tell it to go — a scene, a character's notes, or the inbox for tomorrow.
Export to Final Draft & PDF — industry handoff
Export clean .fdx for the room, .fountain for any tool, or a PDF a reader can actually read. Courier 12pt. Character cue at 3.5", dialogue at 2.5", transitions right-aligned — the same columns Final Draft has shipped for thirty years. Nothing proprietary. Nothing locked in.
A quiet interface that stays out of the way.
The best pages are written in the wrong rooms. Penova is the notebook you carry into them.
Your next draft,
already in your pocket.
Penova is in TestFlight beta on iPhone. Sign in is optional — your scripts live on your device, and sync to your own iCloud only if you want them to.