Off Book! Pro vs Need A Reader Actor App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Off Book! Pro
This app helps actors memorize lines by allowing them to record, organize, and rehearse scenes. It offers features to mute your own lines or cue them with an audible sound, and allows for easy reordering of lines and scenes.
- Record and organize lines by character and scene
- Reorder lines and scenes easily
- Mute your own lines during rehearsal
- Cue your line with an audible sound
- Share lines with other performers (in-app purchase)
- Delete lines, characters, or scenes
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**Ad free version of Offbook!** Hi — I'm Steve. I'm a working actor, and I built Off Book! for myself because I was tired of scribbling on scripts and recording lines into voice memos I could never find again. Turns out a bunch of other actors wanted it too. So here it is, made by an actor, for actors. THE GIST Record your script line by line, then play it back to run your scenes anywhere — on the bus, at the gym, pacing your kitchen at 1am the night before opening. It's dead simple: • Make a Work (your play), add your Scenes, drop in your Characters, and Record your Lines. • Recorded a 30-line scene and one line's out of order? Don't you dare start over. Tap the "+" to slip a new line in, or just press-and-hold a line and drag it where it belongs. Voilà. • Scenes out of order too? Same deal — long-press and drag. Fixed. NOW REHEARSE Tap the Rehearse icon and you're in. Play the whole scene, or pick the character YOU'RE playing and flip on "Mute My Line" — the scene plays right up to your cue, then pauses just long enough for you to nail the line before your next cue rolls in. Want a little nudge? "Cue My Line" gives you a friendly *ding* right before it's your turn. And here's the good part for runaround rehearsing: playback keeps going when your screen locks or you switch apps. Lock-screen, Control Center, and headphone controls all work — so you can run lines completely hands-free. Speed it up, slow it down, loop a scene till it sticks. LINESYNC — RUN LINES WITH YOUR CAST Doing a show with other people? LineSync lets a director share a show's lines and recordings with the whole cast across phones. Invite your actors by email; they sync everything to their own phone for FREE. As castmates record their lines, the director hears them show up automatically — no nagging. LineSync is a small monthly subscription per show, paid by the director. The cast never pays a dime. BUILT FOR EVERY ACTOR Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Dark Mode work throughout — because the stage is for everybody. Got a slick feature idea, or (gasp!) found a bug? Hit the support link and there's an email box waiting at the bottom — I read them myself. Now go get off book. Break a leg. — Steve ——— PRO TIPS ——— • "It won't save my lines!" → You probably skipped the microphone permission. Reinstall and tap YES when it asks, or go to iPhone Settings → Off Book! → switch Microphone ON. • To DELETE a Line, Character, Scene, or Work: swipe right-to-left and tap Delete. Careful — deleting a Character also deletes its Lines. • Long scene, phone left unattended? Set Auto-Lock to a long time (or Never) so it doesn't nap mid-rehearsal. Privacy Policy: https://thelyonessgroup.com/offbook/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Need A Reader Actor App
Connects actors with readers for auditions, self-tapes, and rehearsals. Actors receive necessary assistance while readers earn income. Easily review profiles, schedule sessions, and hire professionals for in-person meetings or remote self-taping.
- Connect with audition readers
- Schedule self-tapes
- Hire for rehearsals
- Review actor resumes
- In-person or remote sessions
- Find acting coaches
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Need A Reader is the first app to connect actors with readers for auditions, self tapes, classes, rehearsals, and practice. Actors get the help they need, and readers get paid. Review an actor's resume, skill set, and personal rating with just a few quick taps on your phone. Swipe right, add your job details and hire. Schedule to meet your reader in person or self tape right on your phone. You can also change your location and broaden your reach! Want to work with a professional acting coach? Need A Reader now connects you with acting coaches for that all-important self-tape audition, or find other readers who tape and edit at a discount. Invite up to twenty readers or coaches to your job, and the first to confirm is hired. Download now for free and choose a reader that works best for you. The Need A Reader Actor App. We'll do our part, so you can land yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Need A Reader Actor App at Free against Off Book! Pro's $2.99. Need A Reader Actor App also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Off Book! Pro's advantage is chart position (#194 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Need A Reader Actor App is free to download; Off Book! Pro costs $2.99 up front. Off Book! Pro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Need A Reader Actor App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Need A Reader Actor App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Off Book! Pro's written reviews are positive against 72% of Need A Reader Actor App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Off Book! Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Need A Reader Actor App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and July 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Off Book! Pro | Need A Reader Actor App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) | 4.4 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 71.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Steve LUGOVSKY | Jason Buyer |
Customer experience
Off Book! Pro
Need A Reader Actor App
In-app purchases
Off Book! Pro
- LineSync Show 1$4.991 Month
- LineSync Show 2$4.991 Month
- LineSync Show 3$4.991 Month
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- LineSync Show 4$4.991 Month
- LineSync Show 5$4.991 Month
- One Month LineSync Subscription5 variants$1.99
Need A Reader Actor App
No in-app purchases
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