mindswarms vs Acting Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mindswarms
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Acting Board
Practice acting and improvisation with a variety of prompts. This app provides tools for actors to hone their skills and prepare for auditions.
- Acting practice prompts
- Improvisation exercises
- Skill development for actors
- Audition preparation
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Acting Board is an iOS app that lets users practice acting and improvisation prompts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mindswarms at 68% against Acting Board's 0%. mindswarms also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (382 vs 7). Acting Board's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
mindswarms holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mindswarms has 382 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of mindswarms's written reviews are positive against 0% of Acting Board's.
mindswarms ships an update every 2 months, Acting Board every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mindswarms | Acting Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (382 ratings) — better | 1.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 382 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MindSwarms, Inc. | Rome Labs, Co |
Customer experience
mindswarms
Acting Board
Bugs and requests
mindswarms
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezing/crashing
- Issues with video uploads
Requested features
3 requests- More frequent survey opportunities
- Push notifications for new surveys
- Better customer support
Acting Board
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mindswarms
No in-app purchases
Acting Board
No in-app purchases
