Line Alternatives & Other News

July 18, 2026

In Beat 2.2.0+, you can add alternative versions of lines. Either right-click on the line and select Add New Alternative for This…

Finnish Film Award Craziness

April 29, 2026

About a month ago I made some sort of history. Our film A Light That Never Goes Out (premiered in Cannes in 2025) was…

All Proceeds from November Donated to Gaza

December 23, 2025

Dear friends, Instead of doing a Black Friday or Christmas discount, I decided to donate all my proceedings from November to Gaza. I…

Version Control, Highlight Dialogue & more!

March 30, 2025

I’ve been finishing my feature in Norway, so the usual release cycle has been slowing down, but Beat for macOS 2.0.6 is out now…

(beat) for iOS!

May 15, 2024

The moment many of you have been waiting for is finally here — Beat for iOS is out! iOS version is the perfect…

Introducing Novel Mode

April 2, 2024

Beat 1.999.1 is out NOW on App Store, and the long-awaited novel mode is here! Novel mode allows you to write novels inside…

Beat 1.998.0: Focus mode, character bios, and more

January 18, 2024

Beat 1.998.0 is out NOW on App Store, and it’s the biggest update to Beat in a while, bringing in a lot of fixes,…

What’s new in Beat 1.997.6

November 21, 2023

Beat 1.997.6 is out now on App Store! It includes small quality-of-life improvements for revisions, and an experimental feature for showing page separators. Revision Management…

Beat 1.997.4 available now

November 13, 2023

There was a bug in Beat 1.997.3 release which can cause crashes on some systems, and especially when editing title page blocks. Fix is…

Welcome to Beat 1.996.9!

October 11, 2023

The new release of Beat is filled with little improvements and changes. It’s the single biggest update to Beat in almost a year, and…

iPad beta!

September 17, 2023

After two years worth of on/off development, including complete rewrites from scratch and other madness, the first beta version of Beat for iPadOS is…