Comparison

Stage Write vs The Apollo Group

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Stage Write

This app helps capture and organize theatrical staging, blocking, and cues. It allows users to import ground plans and scripts, track performer and scenery movement, and create a calling script. Collaboration and cross-device syncing are also supported.

Highlights
  • Import scenic ground plans
  • Import script PDFs
  • Add light, sound, and blocking cues
  • Track performer and scenery movement
  • Collaborate and sync across devices
  • Create calling scripts
  • Document choreography with Staging Score
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Stage Write is the best method to capture choreography, staging blocking for theatrical productions of all sizes. Upload the ground plans and scenery and track the positions, movement of performers and scenery throughout the production. Create your calling script by uploading your script and easily entering cues and notes. Stage Write allows you to add collaborators to your production and share/sync data seamlessly between you and your team and sync across devices. Features: - Import scenic ground plan (or draw your own) - Import script PDF to your production. - Easily add light cues, sound cues, blocking notes into the script. - Track the movement of performers, scenery, and props. - Use your iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to freehand draw traffic patterns and movement of performers, scenery. - Link spacing charts to portions of the script. - Add collaborators to easily edit and sync across devices. - Create a Calling Script showing the blocking and cues at-a-glance. - Work on or off-line and sync data across devices. - Sync data automatically to other collaborators - Create custom number line - Detail choreography and staging with The Staging Score. - Create PDF of combined charts and script or score to easily print. - Document choreography aligned with the counts in the music.

About

The Apollo Group

This app facilitates HR and payroll communication for cruise line employees. Crew members can access schedules, travel details, payslips, and HR notifications.

Highlights
  • HR and Payroll communications
  • Access to schedules
  • View travel arrangements
  • Check payslips
  • Receive HR notifications
Features
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The Apollo Crew App empowers cruise lines using Apollo Solution applications suite to efficiently distribute all HR and Payroll communications to their employees using the app. Crew members will have access to schedules, travel arrangements, Payslips and HR related notifications.

Screenshots

The Apollo Group4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stage Write at 3.5 against The Apollo Group's 2.8. Stage Write also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 21%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). The Apollo Group's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stage Write holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Stage Write's written reviews are positive against 21% of The Apollo Group's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stage Write ships an update every 3 weeks, The Apollo Group every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stage Write versus The Apollo Group: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStage WriteThe Apollo Group
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (14 ratings) — better2.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews — better21.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1422 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOpen Jar Productions LLCApollo Export Warehouse, Inc.

Customer experience

Stage Write

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%

The Apollo Group

All ratings21 ratings
Positive38.1%
Neutral9.5%
Negative52.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative64.3%

In-app purchases

None

Stage Write

No in-app purchases

None

The Apollo Group

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stage Write free?
Stage Write is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Apollo Group free?
The Apollo Group is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stage Write or The Apollo Group?
Stage Write is rated higher. Stage Write averages 3.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while The Apollo Group averages 2.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Stage Write or The Apollo Group have ads?
Neither Stage Write nor The Apollo Group shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stage Write or The Apollo Group?
Stage Write ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Apollo Group every 2 months. Most recently, Stage Write was updated on October 1, 2026 and The Apollo Group on October 2, 2026.

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