Comparison

Callsheet Pro vs Actor Desk

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

Head to head
About

Callsheet Pro

This app transforms call sheets into interactive shoot day tools. Easily upload any format, search for information, and manage your schedule in real-time. Collaborate with your crew and enhance security with advanced sharing options.

Highlights
  • Upload any call sheet format
  • Natural language search
  • Live shoot day tracking
  • Crew sharing and collaboration
  • Advanced security features
  • Private notes with photos
  • Work hour and expense tracking
Features
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Callsheet Pro turns any call sheet into an instant, interactive shoot day. Crew, locations, schedule, and scenes at your fingertips. One tap to call. One tap to navigate. UPLOAD ANY FORMAT PDF, Word, Excel, or a photo of a printed sheet. Callsheet Pro extracts call times, crew, locations, schedule, scenes, and notes. Any language. FIND ANYTHING Ask in plain language. "Which day is the hospital scene?" Search covers every sheet you've opened, past shoots too. LIVE SHOOT DAY See what's shooting now, what's next, and when you wrap. Your own call time stays pinned at the top, and you can check off the schedule as the day moves. SHARE WITH YOUR CREW Send a link, code, or QR. Your crew sign in once and the sheet opens in the app, then stays with them on every device. Edits sync live. Notify everyone the moment something changes. (Pro) STEALTH SHARING For sheets that cannot leak. NDA per recipient, per-person approval, forensic watermarks, screenshot detection, and instant revoke. Every open logged. (Pro) NOTES Private notes with photos on any day. Export as a branded PDF. WORK LOG Track hours, overtime, travel, mileage, and expenses per day. Export a branded PDF with the call sheet attached, ready for invoicing. (Pro) AUDIO FREQUENCIES A shared wireless frequency list for the sound department, synced across the production. BUILT FOR FILM AND TV CREWS Directors, DPs, ADs, producers, sound, grip, gaffer. Everyone on set. • Edit any field with one tap (Pro) • Multi-day production grouping • Email forwarding from your inbox (Pro) • Live weather for the shoot location • App in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese • Works offline after first sync • Dark mode designed for on-set use Terms of Use: https://share.callsheetpro.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://share.callsheetpro.app/privacy

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

Callsheet Pro4 screens
Actor Desk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Actor Desk at 5.0 against Callsheet Pro's 4.5. Actor Desk also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Callsheet Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Actor Desk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Callsheet Pro ships an update weekly, Actor Desk every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Callsheet Pro versus Actor Desk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCallsheet ProActor Desk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictor VroegindeweijKAUSHAL PATEL

Customer experience

Callsheet Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Actor Desk

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Callsheet Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Callsheet Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Callsheet Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Actor Desk

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Callsheet Pro free?
Callsheet Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Actor Desk free?
Actor Desk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Callsheet Pro or Actor Desk?
Actor Desk is rated higher. Callsheet Pro averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Actor Desk averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Callsheet Pro or Actor Desk have ads?
Callsheet Pro shows ads; Actor Desk does not.
Which is updated more often, Callsheet Pro or Actor Desk?
Callsheet Pro ships an update weekly, and Actor Desk every 4 days. Most recently, Callsheet Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and Actor Desk on October 4, 2026.

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