Comparison

tableread vs On Cue Teleprompter

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

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About

tableread

This app allows users to read and listen to scripts for film, stage, and television on their mobile devices. It offers text-to-speech with over 90 voices, soundtrack integration, and powerful rehearsal tools, all processed locally for complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Local text-to-speech processing
  • Import PDF and Final Draft FDX scripts
  • 90+ character voices
  • Add background soundtracks
  • Create and export script notes
  • Rehearsal features
Features
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tableread® Production App. 100% Private. 100% Local. Text-to-speech happens entirely on your device. No cloud processing. No uploads. No exceptions. Your scripts stay on your iPhone, iPad, iCloud, or Google Drive — and nowhere else. The tableread® Production App is a low cost subscription based, easy-to-use film, stage play and television productivity app, that allows you to read and listen to scripts, including screenplays and teleplays on mobile devices - anytime, anywhere. Simply import a professionally formatted script in PDF or Final Draft FDX format and listen. tableread® Pro monthly subscription for $2.99(USD). tableread® Pro offers a reduced functionality free version. Listen to scripts as read by over 90 unique character voices in multiple languages across all ages. Add an inspiring underscore or music cues from a library of genre specific scores, or import your own. Create and export script notes, make quick edits and utilize powerful rehearsal features. From script to stage & screen the tableread® Production App is a must have for the entire production process. Features: • Imports professionally formatted scripts directly from PDF. • Analyses screenplay and stage play(US and UK) formats. • Imports Final Draft files in FDX format. • Imports from email, hyperlink or iCloud & Google Drive • Formats scripts for viewing in mobile devices. • Read and listen to scripts. • Skip to next or previous scene/ page or line. • Access online help via the Help Menu or contact the developers directly. • Open tableread® Ready Script Projects. (Script Projects exported from the tableread® Production App). Share your thoughts with the tableread® Production App by leaving a review here in the Apple App Store or by contacting us via Facebook (/tablereadPro) or Twitter (@tablereadPro). or the CONTACT button in the tableread® Production App. tableread® Production App Pro (tableread® Pro) subscription plan advantages: • Assign unique character voices (90+ voices). • Customize all voices via rate and shape. • Save Custom Voices to use with other scripts. • Select voices by gender and age. • Create script notes. • Make simple script edits. • Read and listen to script notes. • Export and share script notes and edits. • Incorporate genre specific scores (20+ tracks). • Import your own score to add as an underscore or music cue to play with your script. • Scores can dynamically dim under dialogue and peak over action. • Rehearsal features including character selections, scene/s selection and looping, pause for me to deliver then read, mute rehearsal dialogue and play rehearsal scenes only. • Playback rate toggle, to read at a standard or faster pace. Subscriptions include a standard 7 day free trial period. Subscriptions will be charged unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the free trial period. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Subscriptions are automatically renewed unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. Manage your subscriptions in your Account Settings after purchase. * Free products and services are subject to the tableread® Production App terms of use that accompany them. Terms of use: http://www.tablereadpro.com/terms Privacy policy: http://www.tablereadpro.com/privacy-policy

About

On Cue Teleprompter

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On Cue is a teleprompter that follows your voice — in your language. Speak, and the script scrolls with you. Stop, and it waits. No pedal, no second person at the controls, no fixed speed to chase. Speak in English, Português, Español, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Polski, Українська — or any other language your iPhone can recognise. On Cue reads the language of your script and listens in it. Right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew are laid out right to left. • Scrolls with your voice, not a timer • Pause, paraphrase or skip a line — it keeps your place • Records you through the front camera while you read • Buy once. No subscription, no account FOLLOWS YOUR VOICE Speech recognition matches what you say against your script and keeps the line you are on at the reading line. It never runs ahead of you and never scrolls on its own: stop talking and the script waits, as long as you like. Go off-script for a moment and it finds you again when you come back. In English, say "scroll up" or "scroll down" to step a line without touching your phone. ANY LANGUAGE YOUR IPHONE KNOWS Open a Portuguese script and On Cue listens in Portuguese; open a German one and it listens in German. You can also pick the language yourself and it stays picked. The app's own menus are in English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and German. RECORDS AS YOU READ Tap Record and On Cue starts listening and filming together, in one tap. Front-camera video with the script over the picture, so your eyes stay near the lens, saved straight to your Photos library. Choose HD or 4K and the frame rate your iPhone supports. BUILT TO BE READ FROM Adjustable text size, margins and alignment, a reading line you can drag to sit near the lens, and per-word contrast so the script stays readable over a bright background. Mirror mode flips the script for teleprompter rigs with a sheet of glass. KNOWS HOW LONG IT RUNS Word count and estimated run time as you write, then elapsed time, time left and your actual pace while you speak. WRITE OR OPEN A SCRIPT Type in a full-screen editor, share text to On Cue from Notes, Mail or any other app, or open a file from Files or iCloud Drive (.txt, .md, .rtf) — edits save back to it automatically. IPHONE AND IPAD One purchase covers both. On iPad the larger screen holds more of the script, which suits a lectern or a desk. ON YOUR IPHONE, OFFLINE On Cue listens with Apple's newest on-device speech recognition in about 45 languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (iOS 26 or later): fast, and it works without an internet connection. Pick your language and On Cue downloads what it needs. Other languages work through Apple's server-based speech recognition, the same service iOS uses for Dictation, and the language list shows which is which. NO SUBSCRIPTION, NO ACCOUNT Buy it once. Your scripts and your recordings never leave the device. Made for videos, reels, presentations, podcasts, interviews, lectures and self-tapes.

Screenshots

tableread4 screens
On Cue Teleprompter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: tableread at Free against On Cue Teleprompter's $0.99. On Cue Teleprompter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

tableread is free to download; On Cue Teleprompter costs $0.99 up front. tableread sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. On Cue Teleprompter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tableread ships an update weekly, On Cue Teleprompter every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
tableread versus On Cue Teleprompter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertablereadOn Cue Teleprompter
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.0 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB2 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperCONWAY ENTERPRISE WORLDWIDE PTY LTDSasa Mitrovic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

tableread

Subscriptions1
  • tableread Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
None

On Cue Teleprompter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tableread free?
tableread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is On Cue Teleprompter free?
On Cue Teleprompter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do tableread or On Cue Teleprompter have ads?
Neither tableread nor On Cue Teleprompter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tableread or On Cue Teleprompter?
tableread ships an update weekly, and On Cue Teleprompter every 3 days. Most recently, tableread was updated on October 20, 2026 and On Cue Teleprompter on October 25, 2026.

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