coldRead Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience40.9% of reviews
Neutral19.1% of reviews
Negative experience40.0% of reviews

~ Based on 330 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about coldRead

Is coldRead Safe?

coldRead appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for coldRead is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 3,985 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

84.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,955 App Store ratings for coldRead.

Is coldRead Legit?

coldRead appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for coldRead is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Alright as backup but unreliable

I’ve been paying for a couple months now. It’s a good tool as a backup, I like that you’re able to pitch tune your voice. My main issue that makes me extremely frustrated when using it is that it frequently struggles to pick up line cues, like sometimes it lags or doesn’t catch a word or mistakes a word. Then you’re completely thrown out of your lines when the next doesn’t come, and you have to stop and start again. It’s happened enough times for me to write this review. Looking for alternatives but will use until I find something better.
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Bugs ruin a great app

Such a great idea for an app, but way too buggy to use. Very disappointing. Main issue is trying to work around it not recognising my voice by forcing "on voice" for a line, and that randomly applying to other lines too so it keeps cutting across my lines. So many UI bugs - undismissable tutorials tips randomly pop up, lines get put into script random order.
Clear this is an abandoned app, with 3 years of no updates. Do not subscribe.
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ABSOLUTELY USELESS

The app won’t even let me upload a file from my phone.

Crashes often

Would love some help in fixing this issue!! It’s painful how often the app shuts down entirely while practicing a scene, or randomly pauses and I need to manually press play at least 10x per one pass of a scene. It didn’t use to be so inconsistent & glitchy. I love this app SO MUCH so I’d hate for it to stay buggy and turn people off from using it more often
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Needs some major updates to be useful

Good in theory but you cannot upload pdf files which is how all auditions come in. You also can’t copy paste txt which would be the second easiest way to out in text. I found the response time, even when adjusted, still felt unnatural. I would love to use an app like this but this one isn’t it.

Awesome App

Great tool for preparing lines as well as recording for self tapes. I have used it now for 3 plays. Excellent!

Excellent for learning parts

I use this app for my Odd Fellows degree work

Get it

A perfect tool for my older brain

Great idea, but the execution is subpar

This app is really convenient and it’s helped me more than I can count, but it’s also stressed me out a lot. Even when I’m speaking right next to it it doesn’t always hear the word that I’m saying or it will interpret what I’m saying in a weird way. I have a sentence that ends with “Ten”, but the app kept interpreting the word ten for the number 10. I’m not sure how you fix that but the microphone is definitely an issue and the way the software interprets what you’re saying is also an issue. I would love to see this app updated especially because I’m paying for it.
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Annoying

I’m giving a bad review simply because I hate having to give reviews and every time I open the app up it asked me to give a review so here you go I’ll give you one.

No support

I have written so many times about the inability to import and maybe other things. Zero response or support for paying customers

Could be good

This app is literally perfect, only downside is you totally have to pay, when many aspiring actors are struggling financially. You only get 8 lines (4 for yourself, 4 for the reader) and that’s simply not enough… So essentially this app is not free.

More time

You guys should give him one more time to try the app before you ask for purchasing

Sucks

This app sucks..it never picks up the cues properly

Overall good but room for improvement

I use this app all the time to practice and even shoot some self tapes. It’s great you can add silences when extra beats are needed and overall it’s pretty customisable.

Where I would find it super useful is if there could be folders so when there’s a new project I can put all the scenes pertaining to that project in one file.

Also would be great to be able to delete multiple files easier - I’ve got multiple scenes from multiple episodes over the years and it’s quite a hassle to individually delete each one.
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Awesome for Learning lines

Despite it being expensive it is the best app for memorizing lines. It is so helpful when you’re on a tight schedule! Love it so much. Def worth the money.

Excellent, but…

I use this app a lot, it is super helpful. But, I would like to see the transcription improved. I have to do a TON of editing to make sure the lines are exactly right. With today’s AI capabilities, I would think that the transcription could be better. Thanks.

Did not work

Can’t import scenes or purchase membership. This is the most frustrating and useless use of my time

Lots of bugs

This app is helpful, esp when in a pinch. But often — I’d say at least once a month, when I get on here to run lines, it immediately fails and aborts, stating “voice recognition error” … but the error message comes up before I’ve had a chance to say anything.
Also if you add a pause somewhere, and then close the app for any reason - maybe you were running lines then come back later to tape it - check where that pause is. More often than not, it’s moved.
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Should be better for the price

Just finished taping today and editing it now. This is for a network level lead. The stress using this app is seriously not worth it. I’ve just watched amazing takes all ruined because the app didn’t “hear” the cue line and therefore that take is ruined. No rhyme or reason when this happens. This happens every single time I use it. It ruins those takes and then has a knock on negative effect to your psychology on the next take. I have literally deleted 22 takes — all because the app made them useless. I had 2 takes to use, which are fine and I’m happy with, but I would have liked to have offered some more variations.

If you are going to charge us 100% of the cost; the product should work 100% of the time. It doesn’t.
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