Marker for Creators vs Prop Screen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marker for Creators
Streamline video editing by marking key moments directly while filming. This app allows creators to add timecoded notes and highlights from their iPhone or Apple Watch, exporting them seamlessly into editing software to save hours of review time.
- Instant marker creation with single tap
- Up to 16 customizable marker colors
- IN/OUT markers with long-press
- Marker notes for context
- Apple Watch integration for on-the-go marking
- Direct export to DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
- Live Activity on Lock Screen for quick access
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Edit rough cuts 4x faster by marking moments while filming. »The biggest workflow upgrade since keyboard shortcuts. We've spent years shaving seconds off our edits. This one saves hours.« Marker for Creators is the best way for videographers, podcasters, and content teams to speed up a video rough cuts. Stop rewatching hours of footage. Set highlights while filming via your iPhone or Apple Watch - directly into your editing timeline. Perfect for long sessions, events, interviews, podcasts, and multi-camera shoots. While shooting, you notice great moments all the time. A reaction. A highlight. A take you defenitely know you will use. Or you know you’ll have to cut out. But on a busy set there’s no time to note something. And syncing notes would be super painful anyways. How cool would it be, to just press a button, which would appear in your editing timeline? That’s exactly what Marker for Creators does. "Editing a sports game used to take me 2 hours. Now I'm done in 30 minutes" – Joshua Schwartz, Sports Videographer CORE FEATUTES: Create Timeline Markers on set: • Add markers with a single tap • Markers are placed onto your video clips instead of onto the timeline (so your markers stay in the correct position in editing) • Add Notes to Markers, visible in your NLE • Lock In/Out Markers • Create Marker Presets for different kind of shoots Timeline Creation • Automatically add video clips to timelines while filming • The Companion app automatically opens up your project with your timelines prebuilt Scan to connect Camera • Scan the timecode of any camera to connect it to Marker for Creators in seconds! One-Click-Workflow The Companion app (Mac & PC) syncs & detects which footage on your PC belongs to your Marker session, connects it and you just click "Play". Marker will create a DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro project with all videos, timelines & markers onto your video clips - so you can jump into editing within 10 seconds. Academy • Easy & fast setup for all kinds for cameras and supported editing software Apple Watch Support • Add markers & create timelines – directly from your wrist • Ideal for run-and-gun setups, events, and busy shoots Timecode Modes • Time-of-Day – matches real-world TOD timecode • External Timecode – Sync to Tentacle Sync, Ambient Lockit, LTC, Visual Timecode & more! • Rec Run – follows your recording start Professional Workflow Export • Export directly into DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro • Share sessions with your editor or team Perfect for: Video production and filmmaking Podcast recording and editing Live event documentation Interviews and meetings Sports and performance analysis Any recording scenario requiring precise time markers How it works: 1. Start a recording session 2. Tap markers, add notes & create timelines while filming 3. Stop the session 4. Open the Companion on Mac or PC 5. Press play and start editing right away Marker for Creators is the fastest way to take live timecode notes while filming and get them straight into your editing tools. Edit faster, earn more, stress less. – Marker for Creators. Terms of use: https://markerforcreators.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://markerforcreators.com/privacy
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.
- Customizable call screens
- Simulated messaging conversations
- Prop notifications
- Full-screen playback
- Green screen mode with tracking
- Home screen designer
- Offline functionality
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prop Screen at 4.5 against Marker for Creators's 3.8. Marker for Creators's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Marker for Creators sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month 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.
Prop Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marker for Creators has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Marker for Creators'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.
Marker for Creators ships an update every 2 weeks, Prop Screen weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marker for Creators | Prop Screen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (23 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ichbinjona.com | Game Night Films |
Customer experience
Marker for Creators
Prop Screen
In-app purchases
Marker for Creators
- Marker Pro • Early Bird (Monthly)$1.491 Month
- Marker Pro • Early Bird (Monthly)$3.491 Month
- Marker Pro$3.491 Month
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- Marker Pro$4.991 Month
- Marker Pro (Weekly)$4.997 Days
- Marker Pro (Weekly)$5.997 Days
- Marker Pro (Weekly)$7.997 Days
- Marker Pro (Monthly)$10.991 Month
- Marker Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year
- Marker Pro (Yearly)$59.991 Year
- Marker Pro (Yearly)1 Month trial2 variants$78.001 Year
- Marker Pro (Yearly)$78.001 Year
- Marker Pro • Founders Edition$349.00
Prop Screen
- Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Lifetime$999.99
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