Comparison

RecDek vs My Sides

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

Head to head
About

RecDek

Discover personalized film and TV recommendations from friends, family, critics, and festivals. Curate a unified watchlist across all streaming services and filter by subscription to save time and watch better.

Highlights
  • Friend recommendations
  • Critic reviews
  • Festival award winners
  • Unified watchlist
  • Subscription filtering
  • Personalized discovery
Features
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Independent entertainment discovery. Discover the best in film and TV across all streamers by getting the best recommendations from your friends, family, critics and film festivals. All in one place. Algorithms don't suggest good shows, use RecDek with your friends and family to share your best shows with each other and find what to watch next. You can also follow your favourite newspapers to get top reviews, and film festivals to get all the award winners! Curate your watchlist across all streamers and use the subscription filters it to find something personalised for you in the time you have available. Save time, watch better. Join our community and find out about the best shows around. Download now. Tell your friends.

About

My Sides

Features
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My Sides is a rehearsal partner for actors. Import your screenplay, choose your character, and run your lines with AI voices playing every other part. HOW IT WORKS Import a script in PDF, Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, or Fade In format. My Sides reads the screenplay, identifies every character, and builds an interactive rehearsal session. Pick the role you're playing, and the app voices all your scene partners while you speak your lines into the mic. The app listens to your delivery, checks it against the script, and tells you how close you got. Retry the lines you stumble on, skip the ones you've nailed, and track your score as you go. WORKS OUT OF THE BOX Fountain, Final Draft and Fade In scripts open instantly on any device, with no AI and no account. Apple's built-in voices read your scene partners straight away. PDFs need AI to read the screenplay layout. On iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 and later, or an M-series iPad, that runs on the device for free. On older devices, connect a free Claude or OpenAI account and PDFs work there too. OPTIONAL PREMIUM VOICES Connect your own ElevenLabs account for realistic, natural-sounding voices. Give each character a distinct voice - different ages, accents, tones. SMARTER SCRIPT READING For complex or unusually formatted scripts, connect a Claude (Anthropic) or OpenAI account. These AI services are better at parsing messy formatting. Both offer free credits to new accounts. On devices with Apple Intelligence, on-device AI handles most scripts without any cloud service. SCENE-BY-SCENE REHEARSAL Long scripts are automatically split into rehearsable scenes. Practise one scene at a time, or run the full script end to end. BUILT FOR ACTORS - Speak your lines into the mic and get instant accuracy feedback - Lines are masked until you peek, and every reveal is counted in your session stats - Colour-coded characters so you can scan for your cue - Strict mode (word-for-word) or Sense mode (meaning preserved, wording flexible) - Session stats: pass rate, average score, retries, peeks used, line-by-line breakdown - Track your improvement across rehearsal sessions PRIVACY FIRST Your scripts stay on your device by default. Choose On-Device in Settings and script text never leaves the phone. Add your own Claude, OpenAI or ElevenLabs key and only then is text sent to that service, for parsing or voices. Audio is processed in real-time and never recorded or stored. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. API keys are stored in the iOS Keychain and never shared with anyone except the services they belong to. FREE TO USE One script with unlimited rehearsals, completely free. Unlock unlimited scripts with a single one-time purchase - no subscriptions.

Screenshots

RecDek4 screens
My Sides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RecDek at none against My Sides's 1. RecDek also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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. My Sides sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RecDek asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RecDek ships an update every 10 days, My Sides every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RecDek versus My Sides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecDekMy Sides
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRecdek LtdLucas Young

In-app purchases

None

RecDek

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

My Sides

One-time1
  • Unlimited Scripts$6.99

Questions

Is RecDek free?
RecDek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Sides free?
My Sides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RecDek or My Sides have ads?
Neither RecDek nor My Sides shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RecDek or My Sides?
RecDek ships an update every 10 days, and My Sides every 6 months. Most recently, RecDek was updated on October 19, 2026 and My Sides on October 4, 2026.

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