ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner vs Actor Desk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- PDF script reading
- Interactive line learning
- Customizable reader voices
- In-app self-tape recorder
- Built-in teleprompter
- Active memorization techniques
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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
Actor Desk
Track auditions, callbacks, and bookings to understand your career performance. Manage expenses and earnings, and generate tax-ready reports. Ideal for actors to organize their professional life.
- Log auditions with project, role, and casting details
- Track callback and booking rates over time
- Monitor mileage, coaching, and headshot expenses
- Record income, paid or pending
- Generate tax-ready spreadsheets
- Log agent submissions and agency performance
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Actor Desk is the business half of acting — everything around the audition itself. Log an audition in seconds: project, role, casting office, how it felt. Then watch the numbers build. Actor Desk shows your callback rate, your booking rate, and how each role type is performing. FREE, ALWAYS - Log every audition — role, role type, casting office, source, status - Rate how each one went and save the feedback you get - Callback and booking rates, tracked over time - Export everything you've logged as spreadsheets, any time PREMIUM — starts with a 2-week free trial - Cost tracker — mileage, coaching, headshots, at current IRS rates - Earnings tracker — money in, paid or pending - Tax export — two spreadsheets your accountant can open - Agent submissions — log every package you send out, and get told when an agency is worth approaching again, six months on Most actors reconstruct their year from a bank statement in April. A statement shows that money left your account, not what it was for — and it never shows the forty miles you drove to a session. Actor Desk keeps the record as you go. Premium is currently available on the US App Store only. The audition log, stats, cloud backup and CSV export are free everywhere. SUBSCRIPTION Actor Desk Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://actordesk.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://actordesk.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Actor Desk at 5.0 against ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner's 4.3. Actor Desk also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner's advantage is ratings volume (82 vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Actor Desk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Actor Desk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner has 82 ratings behind it against 4, 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 Actor Desk's.
ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner ships an update every 5 days, Actor Desk every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner | Actor Desk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (82 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learning Bytes | KAUSHAL PATEL |
Customer experience
ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner
Actor Desk
In-app purchases
ActOnCue Reader & Line Learner
- 40,000 credits$19.99
Actor Desk
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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