Comparison

Yorick Plays vs NoteGuide

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

Head to head
About

Yorick Plays

Features
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Experience Shakespeare the way it was meant to be enjoyed: through performance. Your iPhone becomes the supporting cast as you perform Shakespeare. Choose the roles you want to perform and Yorick reads the rest with real performances from voice actors. Built for actors, educators, students or anyone who wants to experience Shakespeare the way it was meant to be: through performance! β€’ Run lines for a production, class, or audition β€’ Cast yourself in one role or several β€’ Rehearse scenes or work through a full play β€’ Let Yorick perform the other characters with performances from real human voice actors! LISTENS AND FOLLOWS Yorick uses speech recognition to keep your place as you speak. If you lose the thread, jump ahead, or need another pass, the rehearsal controls stay in your hands. RECORD AND REVIEW Record the roles you perform, listen back after the session, compare your takes, and re-record lines that need more work. Save a performance as a draft, or sign in to share a qualifying performance for other actors to use in their own casts. EXPLORE THE TEXT Pause on a passage for: β€’ Plain-language translations β€’ Scene and character context β€’ Practical performance notes β€’ AI-assisted questions and conversation Bookmark important lines, add personal notes, and save useful conversations for later. YOUR CAST, YOUR REHEARSAL Choose a sound for each Yorick role, preview available recordings, save complete casts, and return to an in-progress performance without rebuilding your setup. From Hamlet and Macbeth to the histories, comedies, and romances, Yorick turns Shakespeare’s plays into an active rehearsal room you can carry with you.

About

NoteGuide

Features
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NoteGuide is a squared notebook you write in by hand, with a stylus or a finger, and someone who reads back what you wrote. Write as you would on paper: notes or exercises, in any subject. Then you have two buttons. β€’ Check reads the sheet back and marks the mistakes where they are, in red. It works for calculations and for facts too: if you wrote a wrong date in your notes, it tells you. β€’ Hint tells you where to start again when you are stuck, without giving you the solution. You can also import a PDF (handouts, homework, notes taken with another app) and have it checked like any other page. If the exercise is longer than one page, select several sheets and it checks them together. Your notebooks stay on your device. When you ask for a check, the image of the sheet is sent to the model and then deleted: nothing stays on our server. Each check uses a little credit: some may be offered for free, the rest is bought in the app. Writing, drawing, pasting photos and exporting to PDF cost nothing and work offline too. NoteGuide speaks English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Screenshots

Yorick Plays4 screens
NoteGuide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NoteGuide at every 2 days against Yorick Plays's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Yorick Plays sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and NoteGuide sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yorick Plays ships an update fortnightly, NoteGuide every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Yorick Plays versus NoteGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYorick PlaysNoteGuide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size85 MB0 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBeautiful Cabin Crew LLCEttore Tasini

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Yorick Plays

Subscriptions2
  • Yorick Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yorick Premium Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
6 purchases

NoteGuide

One-time6
  • Credit 0.99 €$0.99
  • Credit 1.99 €$1.99
  • Credit 4.99 €$3.99
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  • Credit 9.99 €$8.99
  • Credit 24.99 €$22.99
  • Credit 99.99 €$89.99

Questions

Is Yorick Plays free?
Yorick Plays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteGuide free?
NoteGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yorick Plays or NoteGuide have ads?
Neither Yorick Plays nor NoteGuide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yorick Plays or NoteGuide?
Yorick Plays ships an update fortnightly, and NoteGuide every 2 days. Most recently, Yorick Plays was updated on October 11, 2026 and NoteGuide on October 8, 2026.

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