Comparison

PeerTube vs Basic Teleprompter

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

Head to head
About

PeerTube

Watch, share, and publish videos on a decentralized network. This app offers a free, privacy-respecting alternative to mainstream video platforms, allowing you to explore content across thousands of independent servers without an account.

Highlights
  • Watch and subscribe to channels
  • Explore decentralized federation
  • Search and discover videos
  • Offline video downloads (future)
  • Upload videos from mobile (future)
  • Comment and interact with community (future)
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Discover the PeerTube mobile application, a free alternative to video streaming giants like YouTube. Thanks to its decentralised network, PeerTube lets you watch, share and publish videos in complete freedom, while remaining in control of your data. The official PeerTube application is your gateway to hundreds of thousands of videos, available across more than a thousand different platforms, and now viewable on your mobile device wherever you are. Main features of the application Watch videos and subscribe to your favourite channels: Follow your favourite creators, no matter which instance they're hosted on, and find out what's new on the home screen. Find videos you've watched and saved for later in ‘Library’. Explore the PeerTube federation: easily browse videos and creators on different PeerTube instances hosted around the world. Discover diverse content from a multitude of interconnected servers. No account required! Search and discover videos: Use our search engine to find specific videos, channels or themes across the entire PeerTube network. Choose themes that interest you to find the content that's right for you. Offline download: Download videos directly to your device and watch them without an internet connection, wherever and whenever you want. Upload videos from your mobile device: Easily import your own videos from your device, and contribute to PeerTube's decentralised ecosystem. Comment and interact: Comment, discuss and exchange around videos with the PeerTube community. Why choose PeerTube? PeerTube is more than just a video platform. It's a decentralised network that respects your privacy and offers you an ethical alternative to the platforms of surveillance capitalism. Unlike centralised services, PeerTube does not collect your personal data or track you for advertising purposes. With PeerTube, you have complete control over your video experience. Download the PeerTube application now and join a community that supports a free, decentralised Internet that respects its users. Who is behind PeerTube? PeerTube is a project developed by Framasoft, a French non-profit organisation committed to popular education about the digital commons. Framasoft is known for its many initiatives aimed at raising public awareness of alternatives to large centralised platforms and encouraging digital practices that are more respectful of privacy and individual freedoms. This is done in particular through the De-google-ify Internet campaign, which proposes some fifteen services as alternatives to those of the net giants.

About

Basic Teleprompter

Features
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Basic Teleprompter does one thing well: it scrolls your script while you look at the camera, and records you while it does. No account. No subscription. Nothing uploaded. Your scripts and recordings stay on your iPhone. WRITE OR PASTE Type a script or paste one in from anywhere. Formatting from Pages, Google Docs and other editors is kept, so your paragraphs stay the way you wrote them. Leave the title blank and it names itself from your opening words. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Set the scroll speed from 1 to 100, or type an exact number. Adjust text size, side margins and alignment. Drag the script with your finger at any time to jump ahead or back — it picks up from wherever you let go. RECORD WHILE YOU READ One button starts the countdown, the script and the recording together. Pause and resume mid-take to record one script in several goes, all in a single video. Finished recordings save to the app and to your photo library, named after the script. GET THE SHOT STRAIGHT A level guide shows how far the phone is off straight — sideways tilt and forward lean — and turns green when you are level. It disappears once recording starts, so it never lands in your video. USE A PROPER MICROPHONE Plug in a wired or USB microphone and it is used automatically. The prompter shows which microphone is active before you record, so a mic that failed to connect is obvious up front rather than on playback. MIRROR MODE Flip the text horizontally for teleprompter glass rigs. LIGHT AND DARK Follows your system appearance, or pick light or dark yourself. Made by The Playmakers in Accra, Ghana.

Screenshots

PeerTube4 screens
Basic Teleprompter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Teleprompter at every 5 days against PeerTube's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PeerTube ships an update every 5 weeks, Basic Teleprompter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PeerTube versus Basic Teleprompter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeerTubeBasic Teleprompter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFramasoftFritz Quaye

Bugs and requests

PeerTube

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App freezes on opening
  • Cannot scroll on landing page
  • App does not orient correctly
  • App gets stuck upside down
  • Video player has delay
Show 12 more
  • Accidental touch controls for brightness/volume
  • Cannot find own videos
  • App logs out users
  • Not accessible with screen magnification
  • Video loading issues
  • Screen remains frozen on homepage
  • App freezes on splash screen
  • Cannot log into account
  • Cannot search other instances properly
  • Instance addresses not saved
  • Cannot add custom instances
  • App is unusable

Requested features

14 requests
  • Background playback
  • Picture-in-picture mode
  • Widget with video previews
  • Ability to add custom instances
  • Support for more PeerTube instances
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  • User accounts
  • Ability to upload videos
  • Creator section
  • Move creator work from YouTube
  • Incentives for followers
  • Import videos
  • Create an account
  • Airplay support
  • Set default instance

Basic Teleprompter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PeerTube

No in-app purchases

None

Basic Teleprompter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PeerTube free?
PeerTube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basic Teleprompter free?
Basic Teleprompter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PeerTube or Basic Teleprompter have ads?
Neither PeerTube nor Basic Teleprompter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PeerTube or Basic Teleprompter?
PeerTube ships an update every 5 weeks, and Basic Teleprompter every 5 days. Most recently, PeerTube was updated on October 18, 2026 and Basic Teleprompter on October 14, 2026.

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