Comparison

CastReady vs INK.SCRIPT

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

Head to head
About

CastReady

This app helps actors and students learn scripts faster. It offers AI voice rehearsal, smart line tracking, and script import from various formats. Track your progress and rehearse offline with confidence.

Highlights
  • AI Voice Rehearsal
  • Smart Line Tracking
  • Script Import (PDF, Text)
  • Progress Analytics
  • Offline Mode
  • Privacy Focused
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CastReady is your all-in-one rehearsal companion. Built for actors, students, and creative professionals who want to learn scripts faster and perform with confidence. Import your script, highlight your lines, and rehearse with lifelike AI voices or your own recordings. Whether you’re preparing for an audition, a scene study class, or a stage production, CastReady makes the process intuitive and stress-free. - AI Voice Rehearsal: Practice with natural-sounding voice partners powered by advanced text-to-speech. - Smart Line Tracking: Automatically highlight, hide, or reveal your lines as you rehearse. - Script Import: Instantly bring in scripts from PDF or text, with automatic scene and character detection. - Progress Analytics: Track accuracy, pacing, and improvement over time. - Offline Mode: Rehearse anywhere, even without an internet connection. - Privacy First: Your scripts, recordings, and data are stored securely and never shared or sold. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://castready.app/termsofservice

About

INK.SCRIPT

Features
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Every story starts with a blank page. INK.SCRIPT is a quiet, focused screenplay editor for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Bring your scenes, action, characters, and dialogue together on a true screenplay page—with every project saved automatically on your device. No account, no cloud uploads, no subscriptions, and no tracking. A TRUE SCREENPLAY PAGE • Set in Courier Prime with authentic 60-column screenplay margins and indents on every screen size • Six screenplay elements: Scene Heading, Action, Character, Parenthetical, Dialogue, and Transition • Natural writing flow: press Return to move automatically from Scene Heading to Action or from Character to Dialogue, and press Tab to cycle element types • Smart character cue suggestions: InkScript offers matching character names from your cast and script as you type • Dual dialogue: pair two consecutive speeches side by side with a single tap • Drag-and-drop reordering: drag the handle beside any line to move it, with live order previews and smooth edge scrolling SCENES, DETAILS & WRITING STATISTICS • Scene navigator: browse numbered scenes with their opening line and line count, jump straight to any scene, or step between scenes from the bottom Scene Bar • Live page count and screen time: see your script's length in printed screenplay pages (≈ 1 minute on screen per page, excluding the title page) alongside scene, character, word, and note counts • Script details: set your title, logline, writer credit, and choose from 7 book-style cover colors for your library NOTES, CAST & VERSION HISTORY • Line notes: attach notes to any line in your screenplay and review every note grouped by scene in script order • Automatic cast list: everyone who speaks appears automatically with speech count, scene count, and first appearance (grouping extensions such as V.O. or O.S.), plus characters and descriptions you add before they speak • Version history: save named drafts before major rewrites, compare line changes (+added, −removed, ~changed), and restore any version safely—InkScript saves your current script first and supports full Undo FIND AND REPLACE • Search across your entire screenplay with optional case matching, jump between matches, and replace single occurrences or all at once IMPORT & EXPORT IN INDUSTRY FORMATS • Import existing scripts from Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain (.fountain, .spmd), and formatted or plain text (.txt), preserving scene structure, title page metadata, and script notes • Export print-ready paginated PDF screenplays (12 pt Courier, 10 characters per inch, 6 lines per inch, title page, page numbers from page 2, optional scene numbers in both margins, dual dialogue columns, scene-heading widow protection, and automatic (MORE) / (CONT'D) speech breaks on US Letter or A4 paper) • Export Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain (.fountain), and formatted plain text (.txt) via the native share sheet EXPLORE A SAMPLE SCREENPLAY • Open the bundled sample screenplay ("Simulation 834,211") from the welcome tour or library to test scene navigation, notes, cast tracking, and export right away BUILT FOR iPHONE, iPAD & MAC • Adaptive layout that scales from a focused single-column page on iPhone to a three-column studio workspace (Scenes sidebar, screenplay page, and Notes/Cast/Versions inspector) on iPad and Apple Silicon Mac • Full hardware keyboard shortcuts for creating projects, switching element types (⌘⌥1–6), toggling panels, undoing/redoing, and finding text • Light, Dark, and System appearance • Dynamic Type and VoiceOver accessibility • Localized in English, Turkish, and Spanish PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your screenplays stay on your device. INK.SCRIPT works completely offline and collects no personal data, analytics, or usage telemetry.

Screenshots

CastReady4 screens
INK.SCRIPT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: INK.SCRIPT at none against CastReady's 7. INK.SCRIPT also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). CastReady's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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. CastReady sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. INK.SCRIPT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CastReady ships an update every 3 weeks, INK.SCRIPT every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
CastReady versus INK.SCRIPT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastReadyINK.SCRIPT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNeural Mystic Labs LLCYahya Gonder

In-app purchases

7 purchases

CastReady

Subscriptions2
  • CastReady Professional Monthly$19.991 Month
  • CastReady Professional Yearly$199.991 Year
One-time5
  • 500 Lumina$6.99
  • 1000 Lumina$9.99
  • 2500 Lumina$19.99
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  • 5000 Lumina$34.99
  • 10000 Lumina$59.99
None

INK.SCRIPT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CastReady free?
CastReady is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is INK.SCRIPT free?
INK.SCRIPT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CastReady or INK.SCRIPT have ads?
CastReady shows ads; INK.SCRIPT does not.
Which is updated more often, CastReady or INK.SCRIPT?
CastReady ships an update every 3 weeks, and INK.SCRIPT every 4 days. Most recently, CastReady was updated on October 30, 2026 and INK.SCRIPT on November 10, 2026.

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