Comparison

Weekend Read 2 vs Production 02074

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

Head to head
About

Weekend Read 2

This app optimizes screenplays for comfortable reading on mobile devices. It supports various file formats and offers features like customizable text, character highlighting, and read-aloud functionality.

Highlights
  • Optimized screenplay display
  • Supports PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, and more
  • Customizable fonts and text sizes
  • Character highlighting
  • Read aloud functionality
  • Page-specific notes
  • Dark mode
Features
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“Staggeringly useful.” - Dan Etheridge, producer of Veronica Mars and Party Down We’ve made the best screenplay reader even better. Weekend Read 2 makes reading screenplays delightful by optimizing scripts for iPhone and iPad retina screens. Never squint and pinch to read a script again. Whether reading from a PDF or a native file like Final Draft or Fountain, Weekend Read 2 gives you the tools to make every screenplay a smooth and easy read. Created by screenwriter John August and the team behind the award-winning Highland, Weekend Read 2 has Hollywood talking. “With Weekend Read, John August and his crafty elves have taken something that was the worst thing, namely reading scripts on a mobile device, and turned it into the best thing. I find it more pleasant to read a script in Weekend Read on my 4-inch iPhone screen than to read a PDF in proper screenplay format on my iPad. I even prefer it to reading full-sized paper scripts.” - Rian Johnson, writer-director (Knives Out, Poker Face, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) “Weekend Read started as an app I didn’t know I needed and quickly became an app I can’t live without. Weekend Read keeps you on top of your reading pile, not buried under it. It’s seriously amazing.” - Rawson Thurber, writer-director (Red Notice, Dodgeball) “This is the perfect solution I’ve been fantasizing about - it makes reading scripts (or anything) on the iPhone not just tolerable, not just painless, but actually a pleasure!” - David Wain, writer/director/EP (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models) Weekend Read supports PDFs, Final Draft .fdx, .highland, plain text, and Markdown files. Features: * Customizable Reading: Choose from an updated selection of fonts and text sizes for a personalized reading experience. * Character Highlighting: Highlight your lines with ease. * Read Aloud: Have the script read to you at up to 2x speed. * Notes: Add page-specific notes and export them to collaborators. * Dark Mode: Enjoy night reading with optimized dark mode. * Page Jumper: Quickly navigate through long documents. * Library: Curate your own library of scripts. * Discover: Find new scripts from our rotating categories of curated screenplays and books. * Optimized for iOS: Enjoy a seamless reading experience across all your iOS devices. Terms of Service (EULA): https://wer.quoteunquote.company/terms

About

Production 02074

Explore the filmmaking process behind the movie JAWS through detailed analysis and personal insights from Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh. This app offers a deep dive into directing, creative passion, and the impact of a cinematic masterpiece, with all proceeds going to charity.

Highlights
  • Detailed analysis of JAWS filmmaking
  • Insights from Steven Spielberg
  • Steven Soderbergh's subjective analysis
  • Directing tips and anecdotes
  • Charitable proceeds
Features
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If you’re interested in movies (or filmmaking) and have been looking for a way to waste several hours, we have the app for you! 02074 is the ultimate creative love story; you’ll learn (in excruciating detail) how the movie JAWS activated a young Steven Soderbergh and set him on a lifelong path of discovery, passion, and the relentless pursuit of unified acclaim and unjustified compensation. You’ll see, in granular detail, how Steven Spielberg battled the forces of Nature and technology day after day to fashion his landscape-altering masterpiece, followed by an insanely subjective twenty-five thousand word analysis by Soderbergh of the finished film. Not content to leave it at that, Soderbergh concludes this exercise by spewing everything he’s learned to date about the job of directing, complete with tips, workarounds, and real-world anecdotes bold and provocative enough to shock even the most jaded professional. The entire experience is brought to a uniquely insightful conclusion with an epilogue by Steven Spielberg himself. Whatever your ultimate response, you can sleep well at night knowing that ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the proceeds for this app go to charity—making it the only JAWS-associated product to never turn a profit. And we’re not going to get into a whole privacy policy thing because we won’t be in touch and we won’t be using your information for anything, ever. You’ll never hear from us again (unless there’s an update? But don’t know why there would be. We’re DONE).

Screenshots

Weekend Read 24 screens
Production 020744 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Production 02074 at 100% against Weekend Read 2's 42%. Production 02074 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Weekend Read 2's advantage is price (Free vs $24.99) and ratings volume (132 vs 13). On update cadence, 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

Weekend Read 2 is free to download; Production 02074 costs $24.99 up front. Weekend Read 2 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Production 02074 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Production 02074 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weekend Read 2 has 132 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Weekend Read 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Production 02074's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weekend Read 2 ships an update every 5 weeks, Production 02074 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Weekend Read 2 versus Production 02074: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeekend Read 2Production 02074
PriceFree — better$24.99
Rating4.4 (132 ratings)4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings132 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#146 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB557 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperQuote-Unquote LLCExtension 765

Customer experience

Weekend Read 2

All ratings131 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive41.9%
Neutral12.9%
Negative45.2%

Production 02074

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Weekend Read 2

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • App crashes during read aloud
  • Script lines are cut off and choppy
  • App breaks PDF pages randomly and deletes text
  • Text formatting button does not open fully
  • Overcharging for subscription
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  • Import of Final Draft files fails
  • Incorrect script formatting when importing PDFs
  • Misplaced text and elements in imported PDFs
  • Read Aloud feature does not work
  • App is fundamentally broken
  • Cannot open attachments into the app
  • Scripts have expiry dates
  • Reader settings popover is too small and unusable on iPad
  • App cuts off the top and bottom of script pages
  • Voice reader feature does not work
  • Text to speech uses basic Siri voices
  • Voice playback is patchy and unusable
  • Accidental text selection and difficulty un-selecting
  • Adding notes is difficult
  • Tapping screen does not exit highlight mode
  • Double-tapping highlights incorrectly
  • Reached limit on free version with only one screenplay added

Requested features

8 requests
  • Restore place in script when launching app
  • Ability to use voice aloud reader without screen active
  • Assign different voices to different characters
  • Full screen mode option
  • Fix popover for reader settings on iPad
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  • Improve import of Final Draft files
  • Fix PDF script formatting issues
  • Make scripts available indefinitely

Production 02074

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Weekend Read 2

Subscriptions2
  • Weekend Read 2 Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Weekend Read 2 Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
None

Production 02074

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weekend Read 2 free?
Weekend Read 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Production 02074 free?
Production 02074 costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weekend Read 2 or Production 02074?
Production 02074 is rated higher. Weekend Read 2 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while Production 02074 averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Weekend Read 2 or Production 02074 have ads?
Neither Weekend Read 2 nor Production 02074 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekend Read 2 or Production 02074?
Weekend Read 2 ships an update every 5 weeks, and Production 02074 every 4 weeks. Most recently, Weekend Read 2 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Production 02074 on October 31, 2026.

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