Comparison

Finalist vs Line Run

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

Head to head
About

Finalist

This app combines your calendar, tasks, reminders, and weather into a single, visually appealing timeline. It integrates with your journal and activity data to inspire your planning. Enjoy a beautiful and joyful planning experience without complex workflows.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline view
  • Calendar, task, and reminder integration
  • Weather forecast display
  • Journal and activity ring integration
  • Customizable themes
  • Native Apple technology integration
Features
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Inspired by paper planners, Finalist shows your calendar, tasks, notes, reminders and weather forecast in one beautiful timeline. It even pulls in your Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings to keep you inspired. Gorgeous themes make planning a joy, not a chore. Finalist is built for people who finish things, no complex workflows or productivity theater. NOTES, IN YOUR PLANNER Your planner remembers what you wrote. A dedicated Notes tab gives you notebooks, tags and search. Keep native notes that sync over iCloud, or connect a folder of plain markdown files, including your Obsidian vault, and edit them in place. Tasks inside your markdown files become real Finalist tasks: dated, tagged and checkable anywhere in the app. YOUR DAY, ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app puts your whole day one glance away: events, tasks, reminders and habits in one scrollable view, topped by a Now card that always knows what matters next. Check off pinned lists from the wrist, grocery list included, and add tasks by keyboard, scribble or dictation. Complications and a Smart Stack widget round it out. (Requires watchOS 26.) DESIGN YOUR DAY Choose between two Daily designs: Daybook, the classic stacked layout, or Broadsheet, a newsprint-inspired look that shines on iPad and Mac. Rearrange sections with the layout editor and save your own presets. On the rebuilt Timeline, drag tasks onto the grid to sketch your day in pencil, then commit when it's real. "I've tried dozens of planning apps, this is the one that finally works." - Beta user "The integration of Reminders and Lists reduces the apps I need daily and makes planning actually fun." - Beta user Built with native Apple technologies: no accounts to create, syncs over iCloud, supports Family Sharing, and runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Mac. Full database backup, export and import via JSON and OPML. Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :) Purchasing information To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/

About

Line Run

This app helps actors memorize lines by having them speak their part while the app plays the other characters' lines. It offers recording options or automated voice generation for a realistic rehearsal experience. Designed by an actor, it aims to make getting off book easier and faster.

Highlights
  • Hear scenes instead of reading
  • Record other characters yourself
  • Import scripts for automated voices
  • Loop tricky sections
  • Mark up lines with notes
  • Prompt for lines when blank
Features
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Getting off book is the hardest part of the job. It usually happens in the living room: your script in one hand, the other covering your lines. That's how I memorized for years, and it never came easily. I would read the other lines and recite mine, never really listening. The words didn't stick because I wasn't thinking the thoughts. With Line Run, you hear the scene instead of reading it. It speaks the line before yours and listens while you respond, so you hear your cue and think your way into the reply. You're thinking the thoughts and connecting the dots, and this time the words stick. RECORD IT, OR IMPORT IT Record the other characters yourself, once. It's the more lifelike way: your own pacing, your own pauses, each part pitched up or down so they sound like different people. Or let Line Run Pro do the work. Import your script and every other part gets a natural-sounding voice, made right on your phone. One is more lifelike, the other is less effort. Either way, it sounds like a cast running the scene with you. BUILT FOR ACTORS, BY AN ACTOR Hi, I'm Kelly. I've been in this industry for over 25 years, and memorizing is still a challenge. I built Line Run so that we can get off book sooner, with confidence, and rehearsal can be about the acting. SIMPLE TO START, DEEP WHEN YOU WANT IT If you can press play, you can use Line Run. Open a scene and start talking. If you go blank, say "Line, please" and it prompts you. When you want more, it's all there: loop a tricky section, fine-tune the line text, mark it up with notes about motivation, hide the lines to suit your learning style. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and nothing to sign up for. There are no ads and your data will never be sold to anyone. Your recordings stay on your phone, and the generated voices are made there too, not in a data centre. FREE FOREVER Line Run is free forever, and it's a complete tool, not a trial. It has everything you need for an audition or a less demanding role: one script of up to three scenes, recorded in your own voice, with every way to rehearse. LINE RUN PRO Unlock everything in the app: • Import your scripts, even scanned pages or sides • Natural-sounding voices for every other character, generated automatically • Unlimited scripts and scenes I know how tough it is out there for actors to make ends meet, so I've priced this low to cover costs, not to profit. An annual subscription, with a free trial to start. Cancel anytime. Generated voices need a one-time download of about 330 MB. On iPhone 11 and earlier, and the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, Line Run uses the phone's built-in voices instead. Questions or ideas? Write to me at hello@linerunapp.com. Proudly made in Canada. Terms of Use: https://linerunapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://linerunapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Finalist4 screens
Line Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Finalist at 528 against Line Run's 1. Finalist also leads on device support (5 vs 1). Line Run's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Finalist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Line Run sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Line Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finalist has 528 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Finalist's written reviews are positive against 100% of Line Run's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finalist ships an update every 10 days, Line Run every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Finalist versus Line Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinalistLine Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (528 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings528 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiversion Marketing IncKelly Wong

Customer experience

Finalist

All ratings519 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative17.5%

Line Run

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

Bugs and requests

Finalist

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Settings/preferences crash the app
  • Pro subscription not recognized after canceling auto-renewal
  • Weather widget fails to display without manual toggling
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive on iPad
  • Empty tasks cannot be permanently deleted
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  • App crashes when accessing certain reminder lists
  • Slow performance after force closing and reopening
  • Widget functionality discontinued or broken
  • macOS version crashes and lacks performance

Requested features

18 requests
  • Apple Watch native app
  • Recurring/repeating tasks and reminders
  • Subtasks functionality
  • Task tagging and filtering
  • Event location and travel time details
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  • Natural language input for tasks and events
  • Snooze reminder functionality
  • Task comments and checklist support
  • List grouping and archiving options
  • Menubar-only mode for macOS
  • Early/advance reminders for tasks
  • Notes section for daily journaling
  • School/team collaboration version
  • Chinese language support
  • Dark mode option
  • Family sharing features
  • Multiple calendar visibility in month view
  • Invite others to meetings and add conferencing

Line Run

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Finalist

Subscriptions5
  • Finalist Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Finalist Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Finalist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Finalist Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Finalist Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Finalist Lifetime$59.99
  • Finalist Pro Lifetime$59.99
1 purchases

Line Run

Subscriptions1
  • Line Run Pro1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Finalist free?
Finalist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Line Run free?
Line Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Finalist or Line Run?
Line Run is rated higher. Finalist averages 4.7 out of 5 from 528 ratings, while Line Run averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Finalist or Line Run have ads?
Neither Finalist nor Line Run shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finalist or Line Run?
Finalist ships an update every 10 days, and Line Run every 3 days. Most recently, Finalist was updated on November 3, 2026 and Line Run on October 31, 2026.

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