Comparison

Callback Track 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

Callback Track

Features
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Callback Track is the audition tracker built for working actors — a single place for your whole audition life, from the first breakdown to the callback to the booking. LOG EVERY AUDITION Production, role, what you sang, what you wore, how it felt, and exactly who was behind the table. Snap the sign-in sheet and capture the room in seconds. YOUR PEOPLE, BUILT AUTOMATICALLY Everyone you log behind the table becomes a contact — casting directors, music directors, choreographers — complete with your full history together, ready before you walk in the next time. SEE YOUR REAL NETWORK A living map of who you actually know, drawn from your own auditions. The closer to the center, the stronger the relationship — and "Get in the room" shows who can connect you where you want to go. KNOW WHAT'S WORKING Callback rates, your booking funnel, which rooms are warming up, and which days you tend to book. The more you log, the smarter it gets. MEDIA & RÉSUMÉ Keep headshots, sheet music, and reels in one place, and turn your booked auditions into a clean, professional acting résumé. Callback Track keeps your career organized so you can focus on the work. Break a leg.

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

Callback Track4 screens
Actor Desk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Callback Track at none against Actor Desk's 2. Actor Desk's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Actor Desk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Callback Track asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Callback Track against 5.0 for Actor Desk. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actor Desk has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Callback Track versus Actor Desk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCallback TrackActor Desk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTLP Solutions and Services LLCKAUSHAL PATEL

In-app purchases

None

Callback Track

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Actor Desk

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

Questions

Is Callback Track free?
Callback Track is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Actor Desk free?
Actor Desk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Callback Track or Actor Desk?
Callback Track and Actor Desk are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Callback Track or Actor Desk have ads?
Neither Callback Track nor Actor Desk shows ads.

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