Comparison

Griddy vs Smartphone Teleprompter

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

Head to head
About

Griddy

This app helps you create precise drawings by overlaying customizable grids onto your images. Adjust grid properties, remove backgrounds, and pin your image to focus on your artwork. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Customizable grids (size, color, opacity)
  • Background removal and custom backgrounds
  • Device kept awake while working
  • Pinning feature to lock image
  • Save and share designs
  • Pre-made app icons
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Welcome to Griddy - the ultimate grid drawing app that helps you unleash your creativity! In a nutshell, it adds grids to images. With Griddy, you can create beautiful and precise drawings by simply drawing on a customizable grid. Whether you're an artist or designer or love to doodle, Griddy is the perfect app for you. Griddy features a sleek and intuitive interface that makes it easy to create your own grids. You can adjust the line width, colour, and opacity to suit your needs, and even remove or fade in/out the background from your portrait image so you can focus entirely on the subject. Once you've finished adding grids to the image, you can easily save and share it with others on social media or use Griddy’s Zen Mode to outline. With Griddy, the possibilities are endless! Features: - Customizable grids (rectangle, square row only, square column only) with adjustable size, color, and opacity - Able to keep your device awake while you are working - Pinning feature to lock your image from accidental scrolling or zooming in/out while drawing - Powerful background removal and custom background colour for portrait images - Save and share your designs with others on social media or via email - A variety of pre-made app icons Get started with Griddy today and do hyperrealistic artwork!

About

Smartphone Teleprompter

This utility transforms your smartphone into a teleprompter, allowing you to record videos or practice speeches while reading a scrolling script. It features a unique selfie camera integration and adjustable text settings for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Selfie camera integration
  • Adjustable scrolling speed
  • Speech-activated scrolling
  • In-app video recording
  • Paragraph highlighting
  • Customizable text size
Features
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Smartphone Teleprompter turns your iPhone into a professional teleprompter. See yourself through the selfie camera while text scrolls over the image. Perfect for recording videos, practicing presentations or preparing speeches. FEATURES • Selfie camera as background — look straight into the lens while reading your script • Scroll mode — set your reading speed from 50 to 400 words per minute • Speech mode — text automatically scrolls along as you speak • Video recording — record directly from the app, including audio • Paragraph highlighting — current paragraph is white, the rest is dimmed for clarity • Adjustable text size — customize the text to your preference • Fully private — all processing happens on your phone, no data is sent anywhere

Screenshots

Griddy4 screens
Smartphone Teleprompter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smartphone Teleprompter at 5.0 against Griddy's 4.8. Griddy's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smartphone Teleprompter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Griddy has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Griddy ships an update every 3 months, Smartphone Teleprompter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Griddy versus Smartphone Teleprompter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGriddySmartphone Teleprompter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyaw Zay Ya Lin TunDe Podcasters (Apps)

In-app purchases

None

Griddy

No in-app purchases

None

Smartphone Teleprompter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Griddy free?
Griddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smartphone Teleprompter free?
Smartphone Teleprompter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Griddy or Smartphone Teleprompter?
Smartphone Teleprompter is rated higher. Griddy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Smartphone Teleprompter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Griddy or Smartphone Teleprompter have ads?
Neither Griddy nor Smartphone Teleprompter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Griddy or Smartphone Teleprompter?
Griddy ships an update every 3 months, and Smartphone Teleprompter every 2 months. Most recently, Griddy was updated on November 3, 2026 and Smartphone Teleprompter on October 31, 2026.

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