Script Buddy vs Duel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Script Buddy
This app acts as your personal scene partner, reading other characters' lines from your script and pausing for yours. It supports various script formats and offers multiple rehearsal modes, including practice with hidden lines or just cues. Rehearse in ten languages with customizable voices and playback options.
- Reads other characters' lines
- Supports PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, Markdown, text
- Camera scanning for printed scripts
- Multiple rehearsal modes (Listen, Read, Practice)
- Customizable voices, speed, and pitch per character
- Offline speech recognition (iOS 26+)
- Looping scenes and rehearsal ranges
- Export script as Fountain file
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Your scene partner. Always ready. Script Buddy reads every other character in your script and waits for your line. Open the script you were sent, choose your role, press Play. No recording, no account, no subscription. HOW IT WORKS 1. Bring your script: PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, Highland, Markdown or text. Scan printed pages with the camera. Or enter your lines in the built-in Script Editor. 2. Choose your role. Your lines are highlighted; give every other character a voice of its own. 3. Press Play. Script Buddy reads the others and pauses on your line. When you have finished speaking, it continues. Or tap to go on. THREE WAYS TO REHEARSE • Listen: hear the whole scene, every voice, scene text included. • Read: Script Buddy reads the other characters and waits for you. • Practice: your lines are hidden so you recall instead of read. Or show just the first letters, or the opening words. Double-tap to peek. Choose to hear only your cue phrases or have your line played back after you say it. MADE FOR THE WAY ACTORS WORK • Prepare for auditions and self-tapes: rehearse here until the lines are yours, then tape with whatever camera you like. • Stage, screen or drama school: a play, a screenplay, tomorrow's sides, the monologue. Anything with lines to learn. • Speech recognition runs on your device (iOS 26 and later). Prefer control? Continue on tap. • Loop a scene or a stretch of lines until it sticks. Set a rehearsal range. • Just your lines on screen: hide or mute scene headings, action lines and character names, and make the text as large as you like. • A voice for every character: language, voice, speed and pitch per character. Hear the scene in your own voice with Apple Personal Voice (English US and Spanish Mexico). • Keeps reading with the screen locked. Play, pause and skip from the Lock Screen, Apple Watch and CarPlay. (Listening for your line needs the app on screen; while locked, it pauses for the length of your line.) • Keep Screen On, Dark Mode, your choice of font and size. Library and script side by side on iPad. • Write or fix scripts in the Fountain editor with syntax color highlighting, find and replace, and jump to any scene. • Export and share your script as Fountain file. TEN LANGUAGES Rehearse in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian and Turkish. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up. Your scripts stay on your iPhone or iPad. Speech recognition runs on the device (iOS 26 and later). Audio is never stored. FREE No subscription, no in-app purchases, no scene or line limits. GOOD TO KNOW • Automatic import expects US-style script formatting; other layouts can be tidied in the editor or pasted in. • The scanner needs iOS 18 or later. On-device recognition needs iOS 26 or later; earlier versions use Apple's Speech framework. • For the best sound, download Apple's enhanced or premium voices once: Settings › Accessibility › Read & Speak › Voices. More than ONE MILLION LINES have already been rehearsed with Script Buddy. Script Buddy is made in Vienna, Austria by a developer from a family of actors. Break a leg!
Duel
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Duel-Desk combines everything you need for your Yu-Gi-Oh duels. Use the simple and clear life points counter during your duels. Simulate your coin and dice rolls and even track the placement of your spell counters. After the duels, you can view each player's stats in beautiful charts and tables and keep track of who among your friends is performing the best. --> Fight heated duels --> Personalize your players --> Dice and coin simulator --> Simple and efficient design --> View the statistics of all players --> Create tournaments and let your friends join them --> Multiple tournament modes available --------------------------------------- Create exciting tournaments In the tournament mode you can create your own tournaments with different modes. The tournaments can then be played via a smartphone, but your teammates can also join using their mobile phones, allowing you to play multiple duels at the same time. Customize your players You can assign a name and a player picture to each player, which will be displayed during a duel. Synchronize your stats with those of your friends You accompanied a duel with a friend only with your smartphone, but your friend wants to see the stats on his account too? No problem! Quickly and easily synchronize all your stats with those of another account and share your successes with your friends. Download now and show the others that YOU are the king of games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Script Buddy at 2 against Duel's —. Duel's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price 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.
| Parameter | Script Buddy | Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (30 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Klaus Matzka | Maximilian Hemme |
In-app purchases
Script Buddy
No in-app purchases
Duel
No in-app purchases









