Script Buddy vs Line Please!

Script Buddy: Actor Rehearsal Memorize. Audition. Off-Book. Go off-book with ease. Read, listen, and rehearse your scripts anywhere — at home or on the go. Turn line learning into a routine that actually fits your life. Rehearse while working out, walking, biking, commuting, or cooking. Script Buddy reads your script aloud and helps you stay in the scene. Assign distinct voices to each character, then black-out or mute your lines so you can actively recall them instead of reading. Script Buddy is your reliable scene partner: it pauses and waits until you deliver your line, then continues naturally — so rehearsal keeps flowing. Script Buddy: Go off-book faster. Get started in seconds: Open your script, highlight your role, and start rehearsing immediately. No audio recording of your lines required. Features: • Import a script and start rehearsing right away. • No audio recording of your lines required. • One-tap highlighting of your character’s lines. • Black-out or mute your lines for active recall and focused rehearsal. • Script Buddy pauses naturally until you say your line. • Cue phrases prompt your next line seamlessly. • Give each character a distinct voice. Adjust speed and pitch. • Mute or skip scene headings, stage directions, and character names. • Open Final Draft (.fdx), Highland, Fountain, Markdown, plain text, and PDF* files. • Scan script pages with your iPhone or iPad camera (iOS 18+). • Customize script fonts and sizes. • Use Dark Mode for rehearsal in low-light conditions. • Optimized two-column layout for iPad. • Write and edit scripts with the built-in Fountain Script Text Editor. Supported Script Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish. Tip: For the best read-aloud experience, we recommend Apple’s high-fidelity voices. Download enhanced or premium voices in iPhone Settings > Accessibility > Read & Speak > Voices. *Note: Imports US-style formatted scripts only. Alternatively, copy your lines into Script Buddy’s Script Text Editor. Privacy: No signup required. Your scripts stay private and are readable only by you. Speech recognition runs locally on-device (iOS 26+). Audio recordings are never stored. Download Script Buddy for free today — and rehearse smarter.

Know that feeling? You're on stage. Your scene partner just delivered a powerful monologue about how, in a way, aren't we all like pigeons? (We are!) And now they are looking at you expectantly. You look back at them, keeping your cool (of course!). Slowly, over what feels like an hour (but really is just half a second) you realize that you just missed your cue. [Expletive!] Enter Line Please! Well, not really, because in that situation, you're still on your own, pal! But Line Please! is here to help you in the rehearsal process to get all those lines and cues into your head! With Line Please! it's incredibly easy to record the lines for your scenes, then run them over an over again! Feeling confident? Then mute your own lines and fill in those gaps! Missed a cue? Hit the “Line Please!”-button to hear that line you missed! Try Line Please! now and explore all features in your first script! Convinced? Subscribe to add as many scripts as you want! ## Features * Create scripts, characters, and scenes * Record lines for all characters, as well as stage directions * Run scenes with your recorded lines * Mute the lines of your characters * Slow down or speed up playback as you like * Flubbed a line? Hit "Line, please!" to hear it! * Loop the current scene or the entire script * Export and import scripts