BroadwayWorld HD vs Off Book!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BroadwayWorld HD
Access the world's largest theatre website's content on your mobile device. Stay updated with breaking news, photos, videos, reviews, and special offers. Engage with the theatre community through message boards and discover show listings.
- Breaking theatre news
- Photos and videos
- Special offers
- Message boards
- Show listings
- NYC Restaurant Finder
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BroadwayWorld's iPhone and iPad app provides the full editorial content of the largest theatre web site in the world including breaking news, photos, videos, top stories, special offers, reviews and extensive coverage of theatre. The app also provides access to BroadwayWorld My Shows, message board, show listings, and much more. Features: - News spanning 100+ categories and regions - Access to BroadwayWorld's Message Boards - NYC Restaurant Finder - Easy access to Special Offers - Search BroadwayWorld.com's vast content library - Universal app works on iPhone and iPad
Off Book!
This app helps actors memorize lines by allowing them to create works, scenes, and characters. It offers features to record lines, reorder them, and rehearse scenes by muting or cueing your lines.
- Create Works, Scenes, and Characters
- Record and Reorder Lines
- Mute or Cue Your Lines for Rehearsal
- Share Lines with Other Performers (In-App Purchase)
- Drag-and-Drop Scene Reordering
- Delete Entries via Swipe
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Hi — I'm Steve. I'm a working actor, and I built Off Book! for myself because I was tired of scribbling on scripts and recording lines into voice memos I could never find again. Turns out a bunch of other actors wanted it too. So here it is, made by an actor, for actors. THE GIST Record your script line by line, then play it back to run your scenes anywhere — on the bus, at the gym, pacing your kitchen at 1am the night before opening. It's dead simple: • Make a Work (your play), add your Scenes, drop in your Characters, and Record your Lines. • Recorded a 30-line scene and one line's out of order? Don't you dare start over. Tap the "+" to slip a new line in, or just press-and-hold a line and drag it where it belongs. Voilà. • Scenes out of order too? Same deal — long-press and drag. Fixed. NOW REHEARSE Tap the Rehearse icon and you're in. Play the whole scene, or pick the character YOU'RE playing and flip on "Mute My Line" — the scene plays right up to your cue, then pauses just long enough for you to nail the line before your next cue rolls in. Want a little nudge? "Cue My Line" gives you a friendly *ding* right before it's your turn. And here's the good part for runaround rehearsing: playback keeps going when your screen locks or you switch apps. Lock-screen, Control Center, and headphone controls all work — so you can run lines completely hands-free. Speed it up, slow it down, loop a scene till it sticks. LINESYNC — RUN LINES WITH YOUR CAST Doing a show with other people? LineSync lets a director share a show's lines and recordings with the whole cast across phones. Invite your actors by email; they sync everything to their own phone for FREE. As castmates record their lines, the director hears them show up automatically — no nagging. LineSync is a small monthly subscription per show, paid by the director. The cast never pays a dime. BUILT FOR EVERY ACTOR Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Dark Mode work throughout — because the stage is for everybody. Off Book! is free with ads. If the ads cramp your style, there's a one-time "Remove Ads" tap and they're gone forever. Got a slick feature idea, or (gasp!) found a bug? Hit the support link and there's an email box waiting at the bottom — I read them myself. Now go get off book. Break a leg. — Steve ——— PRO TIPS ——— • "It won't save my lines!" → You probably skipped the microphone permission. Reinstall and tap YES when it asks, or go to iPhone Settings → Off Book! → switch Microphone ON. • To DELETE a Line, Character, Scene, or Work: swipe right-to-left and tap Delete. Careful — deleting a Character also deletes its Lines. • Long scene, phone left unattended? Set Auto-Lock to a long time (or Never) so it doesn't nap mid-rehearsal. Privacy Policy: https://thelyonessgroup.com/offbook/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Off Book! at 78% against BroadwayWorld HD's 35%. Off Book! also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.5). BroadwayWorld HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Off Book! sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BroadwayWorld HD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Off Book! holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of BroadwayWorld HD's written reviews are positive against 78% of Off Book!'s.
BroadwayWorld HD ships an update every 9 days, Off Book! monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | BroadwayWorld HD | Off Book! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (19 ratings) | 4.1 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 78.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BroadwayWorld.com | Steve LUGOVSKY |
Customer experience
BroadwayWorld HD
Off Book!
Bugs and requests
BroadwayWorld HD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Off Book!
Reported bugs
18 issues- Keeps crashing
- Glitching when pressing buttons
- Saved someone else's lines instead of mine
- Line sync does not work
- App deleted all my scenes
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- App won't open
- Freezes every time to open
- Can't make it play via Airpods
- App shuts down every time I pressed the home button
- Cannot change the character's name after the initial recording
- Crashes after a certain number of lines
- Won't even save my lines
- App crashed and deleted all the work I'd done
- Not very user friendly
- Confusing to use
- Paid features not working
- Developer not responding to emails
- Charged for non-working features
Requested features
22 requests- Ability to learn monologues
- Ability to select self playing more than one character
- Ability to upload full script by picture or PDF
- Ability to mute or pause two characters instead of one
- Ability to automatically cut blank noise at beginning/end of line
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- Ability to edit lines after saving
- Ability to export or share line recordings
- Ability to play a line or whole show on repeat
- Auto switching of characters in 2 person scenes when recording
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Easier and smoother to use interface
- Video tutorial on how to use the app
- More information on how to use the app
- Ability to transfer lines from free to paid version
- Fix crashing and deleting work
- Fix app shutting down when pressing home button
- Fix inability to change character name after initial recording
- Fix inability to play via Airpods
- Fix sync feature issues
- Fix app not opening/freezing
- Fix app deleting scenes
In-app purchases
BroadwayWorld HD
No in-app purchases
Off Book!
- LineSync — Show 1$4.991 Month
- LineSync — Show 3$4.991 Month
- LineSync Show 4$4.991 Month
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- LineSync Show 5$4.991 Month
- One Month LineSync Subscription5 variants$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is BroadwayWorld HD free?
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