Comparison

Scriptcue vs Cutaway

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

Head to head
About

Scriptcue

Features
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Scriptcue is a teleprompter app. It lets you feel confident in front of the camera. You can write your script, put it on screen next to the camera, and record while looking at the lens. HOW IT WORKS Write or paste your script. Open the teleprompter with the front camera. Read from the overlay while you record. The script stays on screen only; it is not burned into your video. Choose word tracking, fixed speed, or manual scroll. Save takes in the app and export them to Photos. FEATURES • Front-camera teleprompter with a resizable overlay • Different scrolling modes : Word tracking, fixed-speed scroll, and manual scroll • Mirror mode, text size, and countdown before you hit record • Scripts and folders to keep your content organized • Video recording, plus studio modes PREMIUM ( Scriptcue Premium ) you can upgrade to Scriptcue Premium and get : - Unlimited scripts, folders, and recordings - Unlimited exports without a watermark - Word tracking whenever you need it - Full access to every prompter setting PERMISSIONS - Camera: to show the preview and record video - Microphone: to capture audio with your video - Speech Recognition: to advance the script with word tracking - Photos: to save recordings you choose to export Privacy Policy: https://walkgate.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Scriptcue-39cd8756da328057857dec0ee76f330f Terms of Service: https://walkgate.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-Scriptcue-39cd8756da3280318e04c1809a5e8e79

About

Cutaway

This app uses AI to automatically edit your video clips based on your spoken or typed instructions. You can then fine-tune every AI-generated edit on a traditional timeline, or create your video entirely from scratch with a full suite of manual editing tools.

Highlights
  • AI-driven video editing from text/voice commands
  • Manual timeline editing with split, trim, and reorder
  • Speed ramps and keyframing for dynamic motion
  • 47+ transitions and various visual effects
  • Green screen removal and compositing
  • AI-generated captions, narration, and music
  • Export in portrait, square, or landscape formats
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Tell Cutaway what you want, and it makes that cut. "Start with me talking, cut to the coffee break, then back again. Black and white, and caption every line." That is the instruction, and Cutaway follows it. Not a button that guesses at your footage: a sentence you wrote, or said, applied to your clips. Then it hands you the timeline. Every cut, caption, grade, effect and transition it made is an ordinary edit you can drag, retime, restyle or delete. A first cut you cannot argue with is worse than no first cut at all. WHAT YOU CAN ASK IT FOR • A cut from 15 seconds to five minutes, paced to what is actually in the footage • A style to follow: short film, vlog, montage, old film, or let it decide • Captions written to the cut and timed to the speech, in a style you pick • A color grade, described rather than dialed in • Transitions and effects chosen per cut, landing on the beat • Your screenshots, photos and video clips placed inside the shot • A green screen taken off one clip, or off every overlay at once • Narration in a chosen voice, written for the edit it is making • Music and sound effects generated for this video • Talking-head titles in a box, as a pill or behind your head, with punch-ins on the beat • Layouts: a card, a phone, side by side, stacked or a corner picture, moving from one to the next • Quick changes that land almost instantly: "mute the music", "make the title bigger" Type it, or say it: the AI chat takes voice typing. OR EDIT IT ALL YOURSELF • Timeline editing: split, trim and reorder • Speed ramps: slow a moment, rush the rest, or draw your own curve • Move, scale and rotate any clip, or give it a ready-made move: Ken Burns, drift, handheld, crash zoom • Keyframe any move so the frame drifts, pushes in, or settles • 47 transitions: dissolves, slides, whips, spins, glitches, cubes and more • Effects: CRT, VHS, film grain, glitch, speed lines and more • Film-style color filters, with intensity you can animate across a clip • Green screen on any clip, video or photo: it finds the screen's own color and sets the strength for you, or keeps just the person with no screen at all, with any picture you like behind • Captions, text in 292 fonts that can type on letter by letter, stickers, and photos or videos over your video, at any opacity or blend mode • Voiceover recorded with the in-app mic, as many takes as you need, and the in-app camera • Portrait, square or landscape: one project, any shape • Export to Photos at full quality FREE, AND NOT A DEMO The whole manual editor is free. No watermark on your exports, no ads, and no trial that expires. Most editors that hand you a timeline take something back at export; this one does not. The AI features run on credits, bought or subscribed, and a new account gets free credits to try them. Importing, editing, recording voiceover, the camera and export never cost anything. YOUR FOOTAGE STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Editing and export run on the device, so there is no upload step and no render queue waiting on someone else's servers. Your video files never leave your iPhone or iPad. When you use an AI feature, it sends only what that feature needs, and none of it is used to train AI. We take no rights to anything you make. Made for people who post often and would rather describe the edit than build it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cutaway.design/privacy

Screenshots

Scriptcue4 screens
Cutaway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cutaway at every 6 days against Scriptcue's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Scriptcue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Cutaway sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $22.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scriptcue ships an update every 2 months, Cutaway every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Scriptcue versus Cutaway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScriptcueCutaway
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB147 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFouad KhelilYazan Aesmael

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Scriptcue

Subscriptions3
  • Scriptcue Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Scriptcue Pro Yearly Promo$29.991 Year
  • Scriptcue Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
7 purchases

Cutaway

Subscriptions6
  • Creator Monthly$22.001 Month
  • Pro Monthly$45.001 Month
  • Studio Monthly$119.001 Month
Show 3 more
  • Creator Yearly$193.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$409.001 Year
  • Studio Annual$1000.001 Year
One-time1
  • 120 Credits$4.99

Questions

Is Scriptcue free?
Scriptcue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cutaway free?
Cutaway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scriptcue or Cutaway have ads?
Neither Scriptcue nor Cutaway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scriptcue or Cutaway?
Scriptcue ships an update every 2 months, and Cutaway every 6 days. Most recently, Scriptcue was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cutaway on October 31, 2026.

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