Comparison

ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner vs The Stage

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

Head to head
About

ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner

This app provides actors with a 24/7 rehearsal partner for line learning, memorization, and self-taping. It can read any PDF script, offers interactive rehearsal modes, and includes a built-in teleprompter and recorder for casting-ready self-tapes.

Highlights
  • PDF script reading
  • Interactive line learning
  • Customizable reader voices
  • In-app self-tape recorder
  • Built-in teleprompter
  • Active memorization techniques
Features
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No reader? No problem. Run your lines anytime with ActOnCue. LOVED BY ACTORS: - 24/7 rehearsal partner - helps to read your script, learn lines and record your self-tape. - Perfect for TV & Film, Theatre, and Commercials. - Essential for line learning, rehearsal prep, and auditions. THE READER: - Reads any PDF script. - BYOR: Bring your own recordings - ask your friend to record your lines or let our reader generate audio automatically. - Interactive: The reader listens to you and speaks your cue lines automatically. - Rich Voice Library: Choose from dozens of voices, accents, and tones to match the character. - Customizable: Add pauses, tweak speech patterns, and adjust timing to create a realistic scene environment. SELF TAPE: - In-app Selftape Recorder: Casting-ready selftapes in minutes - never miss another deadline. - Built-in Teleprompter: Deliver every line word for word, without learning lines. - All-in-One Recording: The app acts as your reader, prompter, and camera simultaneously. LEARN LINES: - 100% free line learning tools - Memorize lines in half the time using proven line learning techniques. - Active Memorization: Selectively hide parts of words, or whole lines to test your recall. Hide and show parts of the lines on demand - Interactive Rehearsal: Learn lines by simply playing the scene in the background, or while walking your dog or doing chores. BUILT FOR ACTORS: - Instant Rehearsals: Just drop in your PDF and go. - Cross-Platform: Rehearse on the web, finish on your phone. Works on any screen size. - Zero Excuses: Available 24/7, never late, and never tired. GREAT VALUE PRICING: - Free line learning, listening and table read sessions - Free to bring and use your own recordings - $0.35/hour of interactive self tape sessions, $0.19/min of generated voices Stop planning your next rehearsal. Start rehearsing instead. Download now to try for free with $1 free credit. Keywords: ActOnCue, Learn Lines, Self Tape Reader For more information, visit https://actoncue.com

About

The Stage

This app centralizes an actor's entire professional life, from rehearsing lines and self-taping auditions to managing a website, tracking bookings, and logging expenses. It aims to streamline the business side of acting, allowing users to focus on their craft.

Highlights
  • AI-powered line rehearsal with customizable voices
  • Self-tape recording and editing tools
  • Integrated actor website builder
  • Audition and booking tracking with visual funnel
  • Unified calendar with Google Calendar sync
  • Expense and mileage logging for tax preparation
  • Cloud storage for project files
Features
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By popular demand, the official Stage iOS app is here! Rehearse at 2 a.m. Send the self-tape by 9. Build the website you keep putting off. Log the audition, the class, the booking, the receipt. The Stage puts an actor's whole working life in one app, so the hours stop disappearing into everything around the work. REHEARSE WHENEVER YOU WANT No reader tonight? Cue reads every other role and listens for yours. Take the pause; it waits and comes in when you do. It never counts down. Pick the voice: your device's built-in voice, a lifelike performance from a curated cast, or a friend. Send them a link, they record their lines once from any phone with no account needed, and their voice reads opposite you from then on. LEARN THE LINES, KEEP THE NOTES Import your sides. Mark beats, breath, intention and direction right on the page. Drill a section at a time: your line hides, you say it from memory, it moves on when you have it. Every note stays with the scene through rehearsal, Cue and every take. SELF-TAPE WITHOUT THE SETUP Open the scene, press record, and Cue reads while you act. Keep every take. Put Take 7 next to Take 9 and watch them side by side, synced to the beat. Trim, reframe, add the slate you forgot to the front, lift the room hum off without touching the voice, and send a public link from the same screen. A WEBSITE IN ONE SITTING Go live at your own URL today. Open with a cinematic intro, then arrange headshots, reel, scenes, credits, resume, reps and a contact button for the actor you are: film, theater, voice, or all three. PACKAGES BUILT FOR THE PERSON READING THEM Pitch an agency, a manager or a casting office with exactly the headshots, scenes, reel, resume and intro they should see. One clean link. See when it's opened. Swap in a stronger scene tomorrow without the link changing. ONE CALENDAR, CALL SHEETS INCLUDED Type it the way you'd say it: "Film class 2pm tomorrow @ TAG." Auditions, rehearsals, classes and performances in one place. A four-show run entered once and grouped under the production. Syncs with Google Calendar so nothing else has to change. THE CAREER, RUN LIKE ONE Auditions, callbacks and bookings on a visual funnel, so you see your rates at a glance. Contacts and reps with the history of every conversation. Receipts and mileage logged as they happen, and a P&L ready before tax season. Three resumes that update together. Goals and to-dos kept against the role. A STAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE YOURS Pick your own colors and look. Pin the lines you learned in class to your home screen. Build a vision board from your own images and goals, and log every booking on a Wins timeline so the yeses stay visible. Included: 50 GB of cloud storage, synced across your devices. HUMAN FIRST The Stage was never built to replace the people who make you better. Your coach is still your coach. Your teacher is still your teacher. The best reader is a real person, which is why you can send a friend a link. The few places we use AI are the smallest parts of the app, and they exist to close one gap: the self-tape due tomorrow with no one free tonight. We don't clone your voice. We don't generate performances. Because acting is one workflow. Your tools should be too. Welcome to The Stage. Terms of Use: https://thestage.actor/terms Privacy Policy: https://thestage.actor/privacy

Screenshots

ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner4 screens
The Stage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Stage at 5.0 against ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner's 4.4. The Stage also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 5). 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. ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Stage sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Stage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner has 92 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Stage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner ships an update weekly, The Stage every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner versus The Stage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActOnCue Reader & Line LearnerThe Stage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (92 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings92 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB63 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperLearning BytesRaven Beria

Customer experience

ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner

All ratings90 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative25.0%

The Stage

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner

One-time1
  • 40,000 credits$19.99
4 purchases

The Stage

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$15.001 Month
  • Pro Annual$99.001 Year
One-time2
  • Actor Pack$9.99
  • Studio Pack$19.99

Questions

Is ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner free?
ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Stage free?
The Stage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner or The Stage?
The Stage is rated higher. ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner averages 4.4 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while The Stage averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner or The Stage have ads?
Neither ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner nor The Stage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner or The Stage?
ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner ships an update weekly, and The Stage every 2 days. Most recently, ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner was updated on October 30, 2026 and The Stage on October 28, 2026.

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