Cinequill review
A structured screenplay workspace with story planning, AI revision, and useful file support.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Cinequill is a cloud-based story-development workspace for screenwriters and filmmakers. It brings story bibles, thematic development, character fields, narrative methods, beat boards, act structure, scene planning, and screenplay formatting into one web application. The screenplay editor supports scene headings, action, characters, dialogue, and transitions. It is aimed at solo writers and small teams developing structured, polished screenplays, with collaboration invitations and role assignment available for shared projects.
The freemium model gives the Free plan a meaningful starting point: unlimited projects, eight narrative methods, story and character tools, screenplay structure and scenes, and 100,000 AI tokens per month. It also includes import from Fountain, FDX, DOCX, and PDF, plus export to FDX, Fountain, and PDF. According to the vendor's pricing page, Pro costs €115 per year, shown as €9.58 per month when billed annually, with VAT excluded. Pro includes everything in Free, raises the allowance to 1,500,000 AI tokens per month, and adds AI rewriting, a chat assistant, field generation, and additional top-ups.
The AI Copilot is closely tied to the writing workflow rather than presented as a separate chat tool. It can answer questions using project context, diagnose story or coherence issues, suggest alternatives, and help revise selected screenplay text. That depth makes Cinequill a fit for writers who want development guidance alongside formatting and planning. Its broad import and export support also helps accommodate existing drafts and downstream screenplay workflows. Choose Cinequill if you want a web-based workspace that connects thematic development, beats, character work, and AI revision. Writers seeking a non-cloud deployment or support for script types beyond screenplays should consider a more specialized alternative.
Cinequill pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free plan includes unlimited projects and 100,000 AI tokens monthly
- Eight narrative methods plus story bible, beats, characters, and scenes
- Imports DOCX, PDF, Fountain, and FDX; exports FDX, Fountain, and PDF
- Where it doesn't
- Pro requires €115 annually, billed at €9.58 per month
- Web deployment may not suit writers seeking a non-cloud app
- Its focus is screenplay writing rather than broader script types
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