arqo / features / 03devices · feature 03 of 06

mobile
first.

The same industry-format editor on a 6-inch screen as on the Mac. Real screenplay format. Real keyboard. Real export. Written for the phone — not crammed onto it.

iOS · iPadOS·Android Q3·macOS · Win·offline-first

9:41●●● ▮▮

‹night tapes · p.12FDX

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

ScnActCharDiaTrn

swipe ↑ for elements

synced

iPhone → Mac · 80ms

01Real-time co-write 02Story tools 03Mobile first 04Production-ready 05Inspire 06Library

§01

The phone is the primary surface

not a viewer · not a 'lite' version · the real editor

9:41●●● ▮▮

‹night tapes · p.12

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

ScnActCharDiaPrnTrn

INT.EXT.(beat)MARISOLCALEB

Most "screenwriting on mobile" is a PDF viewer with a comment field bolted on. arqo is the actual editor — Courier Prime at industry cents, real Tab-cycling, FDX export. Every screen runs the same engine.

callout · 01

Title bar

Script name + page. Tap to jump to scene index.

callout · 02

Body — real format

Industry margins on a 6-inch screen. Courier Prime, real cents.

callout · 03

Smart element bar

Tap a chip — or just keep typing. Tab cycles like Final Draft.

callout · 04

Keyboard row

Macros for INT. / EXT., (beat), and your top 5 character names.

§02

Three sizes, one file

phone · tablet · desktop · web · same engine

9:41●●●

‹ night tapes · p.12

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

ScnActCharDia

PHONE6.1″ · iOS / Android

Write a scene in line at a coffee shop. Real format, real keyboard.

· ≤ 60 chars/line

BEATS · ACT II

· fun & games

· midpoint

· bad guys

· all is lost

p.12 · scene 17

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

TABLETiPad · 11–13″

Pencil for scene cards, keyboard for body. Split view: beats + page.

· single page + sidebar

night tapes · draft 3FDXPDF

SCENES

#15

#16

#17

#18

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

CHARS

MARISOL

CALEB

TAPE

p. 12 / 28 · 47.3 min● synced

DESKTOPmacOS · Windows · Web

The full canvas — beats, arcs, scene index, character hub side-by-side.

· multi-pane workspace

§03

One file. Every device.

end-to-end · offline-first · the cloud is the relay, not the truth

📱

PHONEorigin

edits at coffee shop

→

80ms · WS

☁

RELAYtransport

encrypted opaque ops

→

120ms · WS

⌘

MACmirror

reopens at home

offline window

∞

edit on a 13-hr flight. zero data loss.

reconnect

< 200ms

queued ops sync deterministically.

storage / phone

~ 8 MB

a 120-page script + 30 days of revisions.

cold open

< 1.2s

home screen → cursor in your scene.

§04

Built for thumbs, faithful to keyboards

all the muscle memory · none of the lock-in

TABcycle element type · same as Final Draftkbd

⇥⇥double-tab to lock the current typekbd

⌘ ENTERjump to next scene · phone or desktopkbd

⌘ /open the scene index from any viewkbd

swipe ↑reveal the element bar over the keyboardgesture

swipe ←/→page-by-page on the phone · scene-by-scene on the tabletgesture

long-presson a character name → jump to their hubgesture

two-finger pinchzoom out to scene cards · pinch back to bodygesture

what mobile is not

It is nota script reader·a PDF annotator·a desktop port·a "lite" version·a notes app·your phone is a writing instrument →

§next

The other five

all six tools ship together · no upsell

feature · 01

Real-time co-write

— CRDT · presence · comments

COLLABopen →

feature · 02

Story tools

— character hub · beats · arcs

STORYopen →

feature · 04

Production-ready

— fdx · fountain · pdf

EXPORTopen →

feature · 05

Inspire

— daily prompts · exercises · streaks

INSPIREopen →

feature · 06

Library

— produced scripts · annotations

LIBRARYopen →

launching aug 17 2026

get on the waitlist.

Pricing locked for the first six months. The blank page is the work — we won't take it from you.

arqo · waitlist · v1› first six months locked at launch pricing

arqo / features / 03devices · feature 03 of 06

mobile
first.

The same industry-format editor on a 6-inch screen as on the Mac. Real screenplay format. Real keyboard. Real export. Written for the phone — not crammed onto it.

iOS · iPadOS·Android Q3·macOS · Win·offline-first

9:41●●● ▮▮

‹night tapes · p.12FDX

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

ScnActCharDiaTrn

swipe ↑ for elements

synced

iPhone → Mac · 80ms

01Real-time co-write 02Story tools 03Mobile first 04Production-ready 05Inspire 06Library

§01

The phone is the primary surface

not a viewer · not a 'lite' version · the real editor

9:41●●● ▮▮

‹night tapes · p.12

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

ScnActCharDiaPrnTrn

INT.EXT.(beat)MARISOLCALEB

callout · 01

Title bar

Script name + page. Tap to jump to scene index.

callout · 02

Body — real format

Industry margins on a 6-inch screen. Courier Prime, real cents.

callout · 03

Smart element bar

Tap a chip — or just keep typing. Tab cycles like Final Draft.

callout · 04

Keyboard row

Macros for INT. / EXT., (beat), and your top 5 character names.

§02

Three sizes, one file

phone · tablet · desktop · web · same engine

9:41●●●

‹ night tapes · p.12

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

ScnActCharDia

PHONE6.1″ · iOS / Android

Write a scene in line at a coffee shop. Real format, real keyboard.

· ≤ 60 chars/line

BEATS · ACT II

· fun & games

· midpoint

· bad guys

· all is lost

p.12 · scene 17

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

TABLETiPad · 11–13″

Pencil for scene cards, keyboard for body. Split view: beats + page.

· single page + sidebar

night tapes · draft 3FDXPDF

SCENES

#15

#16

#17

#18

INT. STUDIO BOOTH — NIGHT
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been three nights.
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.

CHARS

MARISOL

CALEB

TAPE

p. 12 / 28 · 47.3 min● synced

DESKTOPmacOS · Windows · Web

The full canvas — beats, arcs, scene index, character hub side-by-side.

· multi-pane workspace

§03

One file. Every device.

end-to-end · offline-first · the cloud is the relay, not the truth

📱

PHONEorigin

edits at coffee shop

→

80ms · WS

☁

RELAYtransport

encrypted opaque ops

→

120ms · WS

⌘

MACmirror

reopens at home

offline window

∞

edit on a 13-hr flight. zero data loss.

reconnect

< 200ms

queued ops sync deterministically.

storage / phone

~ 8 MB

a 120-page script + 30 days of revisions.

cold open

< 1.2s

home screen → cursor in your scene.

§04

Built for thumbs, faithful to keyboards

all the muscle memory · none of the lock-in

TABcycle element type · same as Final Draftkbd

⇥⇥double-tab to lock the current typekbd

⌘ ENTERjump to next scene · phone or desktopkbd

⌘ /open the scene index from any viewkbd

swipe ↑reveal the element bar over the keyboardgesture

swipe ←/→page-by-page on the phone · scene-by-scene on the tabletgesture

long-presson a character name → jump to their hubgesture

two-finger pinchzoom out to scene cards · pinch back to bodygesture

what mobile is not

It is nota script reader·a PDF annotator·a desktop port·a "lite" version·a notes app·your phone is a writing instrument →

§next

The other five

all six tools ship together · no upsell

feature · 01

Real-time co-write

— CRDT · presence · comments

COLLABopen →

feature · 02

Story tools

— character hub · beats · arcs

STORYopen →

feature · 04

Production-ready

— fdx · fountain · pdf

EXPORTopen →

feature · 05

Inspire

— daily prompts · exercises · streaks

INSPIREopen →

feature · 06

Library

— produced scripts · annotations

LIBRARYopen →

launching aug 17 2026

get on the waitlist.

Pricing locked for the first six months. The blank page is the work — we won't take it from you.

arqo · waitlist · v1› first six months locked at launch pricing

mobilefirst.

The phone is the primary surface

Three sizes, one file

One file. Every device.

Built for thumbs, faithful to keyboards

The other five

get on the waitlist.

mobilefirst.

The phone is the primary surface

Three sizes, one file

One file. Every device.

Built for thumbs, faithful to keyboards

The other five

get on the waitlist.

mobile
first.

mobile
first.