Comparison

Stage Write vs EdTA Chapters

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
Read full description

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

EdTA Chapters

This app provides event details for the Educational Theatre Association, including schedules, exhibitor information, and attendee connections. It helps users manage their experience at various conferences and festivals.

Highlights
  • Event schedule management
  • Workshop and performance details
  • Exhibitor information
  • Attendee networking
  • Real-time event updates
  • Conference and festival planning
Features
Read full description

The official app of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA)'s national chapter events. The EdTA Chapters app will help you make the most of your event experience: plan and manage your schedule of workshops and performances, get information about exhibitors, connect with other attendees, and receive up-to-the-minute event details. The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is an international nonprofit that serves as the professional association for theatre educators. EdTA is the parent organization of the International Thespian Society, a student honor society that has inducted more than 2.5 million Thespians since 1929. Additionally, EdTA operates the Educational Theatre Foundation, the organization’s philanthropic arm dedicated to increasing opportunity and access to school theatre. Learn more at schooltheatre.org

Screenshots

EdTA Chapters3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stage Write at every 3 weeks against EdTA Chapters's every 5 months. Stage Write also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Stage Write against 3.4 for EdTA Chapters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 15 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stage Write ships an update every 3 weeks, EdTA Chapters every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stage Write versus EdTA Chapters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStage WriteEdTA Chapters
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (14 ratings) — better3.4 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1415 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpen Jar Productions LLCEducational Theatre Association

Customer experience

Stage Write

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

EdTA Chapters

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stage Write

No in-app purchases

None

EdTA Chapters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stage Write free?
Stage Write is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EdTA Chapters free?
EdTA Chapters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stage Write or EdTA Chapters?
Stage Write is rated higher. Stage Write averages 3.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while EdTA Chapters averages 3.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Stage Write or EdTA Chapters have ads?
Neither Stage Write nor EdTA Chapters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stage Write or EdTA Chapters?
Stage Write ships an update every 3 weeks, and EdTA Chapters every 5 months. Most recently, Stage Write was updated on October 16, 2026 and EdTA Chapters on October 16, 2026.

Other comparisons