Parrot Teleprompter vs PromptSmart Pro Remote Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parrot Teleprompter
Transform your smartphone or tablet into a professional teleprompter. Easily scroll scripts, adjust text, and manage your content for seamless video production. Works on Mac with external monitor support.
- Scroll scripts in landscape, portrait, and mirror modes
- Adjust scroll speed and text size
- Jump forward/backward in scripts
- Toggle marker for line focus
- Edit scripts or import from Dropbox (.txt)
- Remote control functionality
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The Parrot Teleprompter app is easy to use, and has all the top requested features for turning your smartphone into a high end professional teleprompter. It was designed to be used by itself on a smartphone, tablet - or run it on your M1 or M2 Mac directly to an external monitor with the Parrot Pro Teleprompter Here are just a few things you can do with the Parrot Teleprompter app: - Scroll scripts in landscape, portrait and mirror mode - Control scroll speed - Change text size - Jump forward or backward - Add toggle marker to focus your eye on specific lines of text - Adjust the foreground and background colors for easy visibility - Directly type and edit your scripts within the app or connect to you Drop Box account (Supports .txt files) - Remote control functionality (With additional Parrot Pro Teleprompter remote accessory (included with the Parrot Pro Teleprompter) or sold separately HERE (link: https://padcaster.com/products/parrot-remote?variant=12364300812374) - Unlimited number of scripts - Loop script setting and more to simplify your production The patented Parrot Pro Teleprompter is the worlds most portable and affordable teleprompter! Use it in your home studio or take it anywhere you need to film your next video. If you have ever tried to memorize lines for a video, then you know how challenging it can be. Teleprompters display a script in front of the camera so the actor can read their lines and maintain eye contact with the audience. Until now teleprompters have been reserved for large budget productions often costing thousands of dollars each. The Parrot Pro teleprompter is a professional quality teleprompter at an affordable price that still delivers a professional quality experience. Combined with virtually any smartphone, the Parrot Pro Teleprompter will take any script and scroll it in front of you so you no longer need to worry about what to say on camera. It's innovative design removes all the unnecessary components which allows you to mount the Parrot teleprompter directly to a standard DSLR or digital camcorder lens, or mount to any support with a standard 1/4-20 thread. It's compact size makes it easy to throw in your camera bag and take it wherever you go for your next interview, on location news report, documentary, video blog, podcast, corporate video, video tutorial, or speech.
PromptSmart Pro Remote Control
Control your teleprompter content remotely with this companion app. Mirror your prompter display, manage scrolling, and start/stop presentations wirelessly. Ideal for smooth, hands-free content delivery.
- Remote scrolling control
- Start/stop presentations
- Return to beginning of content
- Screen mirroring
- Wireless connection (WIFI/hotspot)
- Automatic connection re-establishment
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PromptSmart Pro Remote Control is an optional, companion app to the PromptSmart Pro teleprompter app (subscription required) that lets you control the scrolling of your content with a simple tap of your finger to move it forward or backward, start/stop your presentations, and return to the beginning via a WIFI connection or mobile hotspot. The Remote Control allows you to mirror the screen of your prompter display so that the content of the teleprompter display can be viewed and re-positioned from a distance. Two iOS devices with a history of connection will learn each other and connect more easily afterwards. If the remote screen sleeps, the connection will automatically be re-established once the remote control app is made active again (after a few moments).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parrot Teleprompter at 3.0 against PromptSmart Pro Remote Control's 1.2. Parrot Teleprompter also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (28% vs 11%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Parrot Teleprompter holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Parrot Teleprompter's written reviews are positive against 11% of PromptSmart Pro Remote Control's.
Parrot Teleprompter ships an update every 5 weeks, PromptSmart Pro Remote Control every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parrot Teleprompter | PromptSmart Pro Remote Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (29 ratings) — better | 1.2 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.5% of reviews — better | 11.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Padcaster, LLC | PromptSmart |
Customer experience
Parrot Teleprompter
PromptSmart Pro Remote Control
User reviews
Parrot Teleprompter
From 29 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app when it works
- 👍 Hardware is very cool
- 🚀 Works seamlessly with Bluetooth remote
- 👍 Excellent teleprompter app
- 👍 Foolproof but effective
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely buggy, glitches out keyboard
- 🐛 Keyboard disappears after use
- 🐛 Dropbox sync issues
- 🐛 Margins too big for some devices
- 🐛 Scroll speed issues
PromptSmart Pro Remote Control
From 23 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well (sometimes)
- 💡 Voice recognition capability
- 💡 Mirrored mode scrolling works well
- 💡 Useful for restarting scripts
- 💡 Can save production time
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 High latency/lag
- 🐛 Sync problems between devices
- 🐛 App crashes/freezes
- 🐛 Subscription model issues
Bugs and requests
Parrot Teleprompter
Reported bugs
7 issues- Keyboard disappearing issue
- Dropbox sync not working
- Script jumping to beginning when using remote
- Formatting issues when pasting text
- Inability to edit saved scripts
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- Crashes and freezes
- Scroll speed issues
Requested features
6 requests- Support for more cloud storage services
- Revamp of user interface
- Shortcut actions for scripts
- Donation/subscription option to support development
- Voice control/recognition
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- Better control over scroll speed and direction
PromptSmart Pro Remote Control
Reported bugs
21 issues- Spanish language not working with auto scroll
- Script position on iPhone not correlating with iPad reader position
- App keeps logging users out
- Remote app not connecting to prompter iPad
- Remote app requires re-subscription despite existing subscription
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- Voice recognition screws up during lengthy speech
- Scrolling is almost random
- Connection is intermittent
- Text scroll view out of sync with voice tracking
- Remote app loses Wi-Fi connection
- Remote app does not swap correctly between Script and Notecard mode
- Remote app will not reconnect without a full device restart
- Remote app disconnects frequently during filming
- Tap down function is the only reliable option
- Controller doesn't scroll smoothly
- Fast forward and rewind buttons are too small
- Stop button is misplaced between fast forward and rewind
- Remote app doesn't scroll smoothly on prompter
- Bluetooth remote connection issues with new iOS upgrades
- App freezes and requires dashing back to iPad
- Remote mirrored scrolling feature is jumpy on prompter
Requested features
9 requests- Restore old UX for smooth scrolling
- Improve connection stability
- Reduce latency
- Make buttons larger on remote
- Allow Apple Watch control
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- Use remote mic for voice-track
- Allow unmirrored text view on remote
- Improve Bluetooth connection
- Implement inertial scrolling
In-app purchases
Parrot Teleprompter
No in-app purchases
PromptSmart Pro Remote Control
No in-app purchases
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