Comparison

Script Buddy vs Scripts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Scripts

Streamline your sales communication by saving and instantly inserting pre-written messages, pitches, and outreach templates into any app. Attach multiple links and PDFs to your messages for efficient sharing. Organize your templates with tags and favorites for quick access.

Highlights
  • Save sales scripts and templates
  • Insert scripts from keyboard
  • Attach multiple links per script
  • Attach PDFs to messages
  • Organize with color-coded tags
  • Star favorite scripts
Features
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Scripts is the keyboard built for sales. Save your best pitches, cold outreach, follow-ups, and messages — then insert them into any app with a single tap. Stop retyping the same messages. Scripts lives in your keyboard so your best outreach is always one tap away, whether you're in LinkedIn, Gmail, iMessage, or any other app. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save sales scripts, follow-ups, cold outreach, and templates • Insert any script into any app directly from your keyboard • Attach multiple links per script — case studies, pricing pages, LinkedIn profiles • Choose which links to include before each send • Attach PDFs like one-pagers, decks, and proposals • Organize scripts with color-coded tags • Star favorites for instant access at the top • Search across all your scripts in seconds PERFECT FOR • SDRs and AEs sending high-volume outreach • Sales managers sharing team messaging frameworks • Founders doing their own sales • Anyone who sends the same great message more than once SCRIPTS PRO Unlock unlimited scripts, tags, and attachments with a Scripts Pro subscription. PRIVACY Scripts requires Full Access to load your saved templates in the keyboard. Your data is stored on your device and in your personal iCloud account. It is never sold or shared with third parties. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Script Buddy4 screens
Scripts3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Script Buddy at none against Scripts's 2. Script Buddy also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 1). Scripts's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scripts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Script Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Script Buddy against 5.0 for Scripts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Script Buddy has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Script Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scripts's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Script Buddy versus Scripts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScript BuddyScripts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (32 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKlaus MatzkaTYLER RONG

Customer experience

Script Buddy

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Scripts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Script Buddy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scripts

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Script Buddy free?
Script Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scripts free?
Scripts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Script Buddy or Scripts?
Scripts is rated higher. Script Buddy averages 4.9 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Scripts averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Script Buddy or Scripts have ads?
Neither Script Buddy nor Scripts shows ads.

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