ScriptBuilder vs Ovation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScriptBuilder
Capture and develop screenplay ideas on the go. This app guides you through clarifying your movie concept, structuring your story arc with act builders, and fleshing out characters and scenes with targeted questions. Prepare to write compelling stories with a solid foundation.
- Idea clarification questions
- Story arc structure (Act 1, 2, 3)
- Character development prompts
- Scene building guidance
- On-the-go idea capture
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Welcome to ScriptBuilder! ScriptBuilder was made to capture and build screenplay ideas on the go. Before you face the dreaded blank page, build up your screenplay idea with ScriptBuilder! Features: • The Idea section helps you clarify your movie idea by answering specific questions, getting to the heart of your story • Structure your story arc with Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 builders. All three act sections contain Act Beat questions to facilitate new ideas and notes which will prepare you when you're ready to build scenes • The "Character Builder" feature prompts you to answer questions about your characters to help you get to know your characters better and to discover their arcs. Getting to know your characters will make writing your scenes with these characters smoother. (Access through in-app purchase) • The "Scene Builder" feature provides useful questions that when answered help bring clarity to what the scene does to move your story and characters forward. (Access through in-app purchase) Unlimited Access: All Access (1 Month) $5.99 All Access (1 Year) $49.99 -------------------------------- I originally built this app because I found myself coming up with ideas for screenplays but didn't have a dedicated place to capture them. I also wanted a tool that would help me flesh out the story, characters, and scenes before I sat down in front of my computer to write. I want to continue to iterate on ScriptBuilder with new features to make it even better. If you have any feature requests, questions or comments, please go to the support url and send me an email :) I hope ScriptBuilder helps you along your path in creating compelling stories in both feature films and television. If it does help, please share ScriptBuilder with your family and friends. Thank you! -------------------------------- Privacy Policy: https://www.scriptbuilderapp.com/_files/ugd/b622d0_f5722cd213394590bbd181559a0af540.pdf Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ovation
This app centralizes all dance competition and class information, simplifying schedules, costume details, and packing lists. It uses AI to import schedules from photos or PDFs, tracks routines, and helps families stay organized throughout the season.
- AI schedule import from photos/PDFs
- Competition day routine tracking
- Costume and packing checklists
- Family-wide color-coded schedules
- Award tracking and season recap
- Venue maps and directions
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Competition season is a lot. Schedules arrive as PDFs. Call times shift. Costume changes come fast. And somehow the ballet shoes still get left at home. Ovation puts your family's whole dance season in one calm place, so on competition day you're watching your dancer, not hunting through paper schedules. SNAP THE SCHEDULE, SKIP THE TYPING Take a photo of your studio's class schedule or a competition's running order, upload the PDF, or paste the text. Ovation's AI reads it and builds your calendar: classes, routines, performance times and call times. You review everything before it's saved. Studio calendars work too, with closures, recitals and key dates. COMPETITION DAY, CALMER Every routine in order with its performance time, call time and entry number, and the next one marked NEXT UP. Running late? Set the delay and every time on the day shifts to match. Ovation flags tight costume changes before they sneak up on you, and the venue map and directions are one tap away. CONVENTIONS, BY GROUP Each dancer's classes, breaks and awards for their own group, instead of the whole convention grid. EVERY CLASS, EVERY DANCER, ONE WEEK Every class for every dancer on one screen, color-coded, with pickup times in plain words. Week or month, rehearsals and privates included. Skip a class or move one day's time, mark days you're away, and studio closures skip classes for you. Reminders before class, before pickup and before competitions. EVERY ROUTINE, READY Keep each routine's costume, hair, makeup, shoes and accessories with photos, plus choreography videos and music links, so the whole family gets it right. PACKING THAT REMEMBERS A competition checklist built from every routine's look, plus a family bag that starts with the essentials, takes your own items and suggests the rest. Your next competition starts from the bag you built. Every class has its own essentials, with the items you use most one tap away. EVERY RESULT, ALL SEASON Upload the results sheet and Ovation matches the awards to your dancer's routines. Placements, scores and specials in each company's own words, gathered into a season report. Tag awards on your photos, share a season recap card worth sending to the grandparents, and see how far your dancer has come. PRIVATE BY DESIGN A calm, private space for your family's dance journey, not a social network. Your photos, schedules and moments stay yours unless you choose to share them. HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT Step-by-step guides are one tap away from the screen you're on, and a real person reads every message you send from the app. Built by a dance parent, for dance parents. Free to start; some features require an Ovation Pro subscription. Questions? We'd love to hear from you: support@ovation.dance Terms of Use (EULA): https://ovation.dance/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ovation.dance/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ovation at 100% against ScriptBuilder's 36%. Ovation also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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. ScriptBuilder sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Ovation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ovation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of ScriptBuilder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ovation's.
ScriptBuilder ships an update every 3 weeks, Ovation weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ScriptBuilder | Ovation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | patrick ridd | Selvi Labs LLC |
Customer experience
ScriptBuilder
Ovation
Bugs and requests
ScriptBuilder
Reported bugs
16 issues- Save function not working
- App crashes frequently
- App freezes
- Data loss after crashes
- Content deleted after saving
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- Export functionality is poor
- Poor translation of terms
- Ads persist after payment
- App closes by itself frequently
- Information lost even after saving
- Last box in Act 2 never saves
- Cursor moves unexpectedly while typing
- In-app purchases are greyed out
- Auto-loads name, no author identification
- Setup is not helpful
- Loading screen for purchases
Requested features
12 requests- Fix bugs
- Improve save functionality
- Add autosave system
- Add dark mode
- Add notepad for drafts
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- Add templates for TV scripts
- Allow author identification
- Offer a global price for all add-ons
- Improve export options (Markdown, OPML)
- Fix translation issues
- Allow multiple acts, prologue, epilogue
- Make characters and scenes free
Ovation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScriptBuilder
- All Access (1 Month)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- All Access (1 year)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Character Builder$0.99
- Scene Builder$0.99
- No Ads$1.99
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- All Access (Lifetime)$69.99
Ovation
- Ovation Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Ovation Pro (Annual)$49.991 Year









