Story Notes
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveReads a full screenplay and returns page-referenced coverage notes across six craft categories, not a keyword scan.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $20 once
- Billing
- One-time purchase
The first two of six coverage stages are free on every upload with no card; $20 one-time per script unlocks the other four plus a PDF report. No subscription, a new draft is a new $20 read, and purchases are non-refundable.
Use tool ↗About Story Notes
Story Notes produces screenplay coverage by reading the entire script rather than scanning for keywords, then returning feedback across six stages: genre and tone, premise, character development, plot structure, theme, and scene-level craft. Notes cite specific page numbers and character names and end with concrete rewrite suggestions. It accepts PDF, Final Draft, or Fountain files, encrypts them in transit, and deletes them after analysis. The first two coverage stages are free; unlocking all six for one script is a one-time $20 payment rather than a subscription, and the vendor positions the tool as a reader that gives notes, not a co-writer that rewrites pages.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- FAQ: '$20 per script, one time', no subscription and no card to start; first two stages free on every upload; new drafts are a new $20 read; purchases non-refundable; PDF, Final Draft and Fountain accepted (15 October 2026)storynotes.app ↗
- Terms of Service name Story Notes LLC, a Utah limited liability company, as the operator (15 October 2026)storynotes.app ↗
Is Story Notes legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Jul 14, 2025 (1 year ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 18, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Story Notes LLC, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Story Notes
Story Notes is aimed at writers who want the kind of detailed, page-referenced coverage a professional script reader gives, rather than a quick AI opinion. Reading the full script instead of pattern-matching is the core claim, and the free first two stages let a writer sample the depth of feedback before paying $20 to unlock the rest for that script.
Pros
- cites specific page numbers and character names instead of generic notes
- covers six distinct craft categories in one pass, from genre framing to scene-level detail
- files are deleted after analysis rather than retained
Cons
- one-time $20 charge applies per script, so reviewing multiple drafts of the same script adds up
- no public API or bulk-upload option found for production companies reviewing many scripts
- purchases are non-refundable, so the two free stages are the only way to judge quality first
Best for
- getting structured, page-referenced coverage on a finished screenplay draft
- writers who want to sample feedback depth for free before paying per script
Not for
- anyone wanting the tool to rewrite pages rather than critique them
- writers who need coverage on formats other than Fountain, Final Draft, or PDF
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