Comparison

Aside Actor vs Prop Screen

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

Head to head
About

Aside Actor

This app provides actors with a digital studio for preparing and recording auditions. It organizes scripts, offers a teleprompter, and uses AI to read other characters' lines, simulating a scene partner.

Highlights
  • Script organization
  • Teleprompter view
  • AI scene partner
  • Script analysis tools
  • Line memorization practice
  • Rehearse mode
Features
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Aside is a self-taping studio designed for actors. It gives you everything you need to prepare and record auditions without relying on a human reader. How it works: 1. Upload your script – Aside organizes the lines in your script. 2. Set up your self-tape – Use the selfie camera in the app to record. 3. Teleprompter view – Your lines are shown as you perform. 4. AI scene partner – Other characters’ lines are read aloud with natural voices, so it feels like rehearsing with a live reader. Additional tools for preparation: • Script analysis: Dramaturgical breakdown with character intentions, acting choices, and coaching questions from a Method perspective. • Line memorization: Practice with teleprompter guidance until you’re fully off-book. • Rehearse mode: Perform your role while AI reads the other characters. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Prop Screen

This app transforms your iPhone into a customizable screen prop for film and TV production. Create realistic mock phone interfaces, including call screens, message threads, and notifications, to enhance your visual storytelling. It offers offline functionality and is designed for professional use on set.

Highlights
  • Customizable call screens
  • Simulated messaging conversations
  • Prop notifications
  • Full-screen playback
  • Green screen mode with tracking
  • Home screen designer
  • Offline functionality
Features
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PropScreen is the professional prop device simulator built for film and television production. Stop fighting with personal phones, paper green screens, or post-production fixes. Prop Screen turns an iPhone or iPad into a fully custom screen prop that adapts to your script. Every tool was designed by working filmmakers to solve real problems on set. WHAT'S INSIDE • Prop Call Screens — custom contact name, photo, ringtone, era-specific layouts, outgoing and unknown-number calls, lose-signal effects, volume-button trigger for hands-free cueing • Prop Video Calls — pre-recorded video for the remote caller, live front camera framing your actor • Prop Messaging — full blue- and green-bubble threads with photos and locations, played live or staged for actor delivery • Prop Notifications — bundled and custom app icons, banner or lock-screen layouts, stackable to tell a story • Prop Screen Playback — lockable fullscreen playback for any screen recording your production needs • Green Screen Mode — chroma screen with built-in tracking markers for VFX compositing • Prop Home Screen Designer — build any home screen layout, export as a transparent PNG • Project folders to keep a show organized Recent Update: • Director Mode — Pair a second device and run the performance phone remotely. Cue scripts beat by beat, watch typing mirrored live, trigger prop calls and notifications, and drive every prop app while your actor performs on a script-locked keyboard. Bluetooth clicker remotes supported. • Prop Security — A simulated camera wall with tap-in live views, event lists, and running timestamps. • Prop Maps — Repeatable navigation and driving directions with custom markers. Stop swapping screens between takes in a picture car. • Prop Social Messages — Chat props in five social platform styles. • Prop Live — A simulated livestream with an auto-generated, scene-reactive audience you can cue from Director Mode. • Prop Social Feeds — Scrollable photo, video, and story feeds built from your own posts. • Clean Mode — One switch loads an original app set with custom per-project names and icons. • 12 on-camera languages — Set each project's phone language independently, including Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, and Russian, each with its real keyboard. App interface now in 11 languages (beta). • Export for edit — Send prop message and social conversations to After Effects or DaVinci Resolve as transparent video, every bubble editable, typing animated. Import scripts from spreadsheets. • Backups you own — Automatic backup to your own iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or Google Drive. Three named versions per device, one-file project export, nothing on our servers. • Built for iPad — A native iPad layout, not an upscaled iPhone build. • Adds fully support between iOS and newly releases Android. BUILT FOR PRODUCTION Everything stays local to your device. Prop Screen does not place calls, send messages, or transmit any content. It is a self-contained visual prop tool, designed exclusively for staged content creation in film, television, theater, and photography. PROPSCREEN PRO • Every prop screen in the app • Unlimited saved projects across every tool • Custom imports — contact photos, ringtones, app icons, posters, screen recordings • Director Mode and volume-button trigger control • Works fully offline once installed • No ads, no accounts, no data collection WHAT'S NEXT Prop Screen ships regular updates driven by crew feedback. Need something for your next production? Tap the info icon in the app to email us directly — every release so far has come from working filmmakers asking. Designed for use on professional film and television productions. Built by Game Night Films & Film Swag. By downloading PropScreen, you agree to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Aside Actor4 screens
Prop Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Prop Screen at 4.5 against Aside Actor's 4.2. Prop Screen also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Aside Actor's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Aside Actor sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Prop Screen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prop Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Aside Actor's written reviews are positive against 43% of Prop Screen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aside Actor ships an update every 2 weeks, Prop Screen weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Aside Actor versus Prop Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAside ActorProp Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB40 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHilal Koyuncu Creative Services LLCGame Night Films

Customer experience

Aside Actor

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Prop Screen

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Aside Actor

One-time4
  • 1 Credit$3.99
  • 5 Credit$14.99
  • 12 Credits$29.99
Show 1 more
  • 30 Credits$59.99
3 purchases

Prop Screen

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$999.99

Questions

Is Aside Actor free?
Aside Actor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prop Screen free?
Prop Screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aside Actor or Prop Screen?
Prop Screen is rated higher. Aside Actor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Prop Screen averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Aside Actor or Prop Screen have ads?
Neither Aside Actor nor Prop Screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aside Actor or Prop Screen?
Aside Actor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Prop Screen weekly. Most recently, Aside Actor was updated on September 18, 2026 and Prop Screen on September 9, 2026.

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