Show|Ready vs MT Pit Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Show|Ready
This app provides essential music rehearsal tools for musical theater productions. It offers playback features on iOS devices and director's editing on iPads. A license from a theatrical publisher is required to use the app.
- Music playback
- Director's editing (iPad)
- iOS compatibility
- License integration
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Show|Ready Mobile is the ultimate music rehearsal solution for musical theater. Show|Ready Mobile gives you all the playback features of the desktop Show|Ready on your iOS device. Additionally The director's editing features are available only on the iPad. A valid license of Show|Ready must be purchased first from Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Samuel French, Steele Spring or Plays for Young Audiences before you can use Show|Ready Mobile. Show|Ready Mobile only needs to be purchased once and then can be used with multiple Show|Ready licenses.
MT Pit Pro
Access a vast library of live-recorded instrumental backing tracks for musicals. This app allows you to control tempo, key, create vamps, and navigate measures in real-time for auditions, rehearsals, and performances.
- Extensive library of musical titles
- Full orchestration including songs and overtures
- Live-recorded tracks by professional musicians
- Adjustable tempo and key
- Create custom vamps
- Real-time measure navigation
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The MT Pit provides instrumental backing tracks for musicals. Gain access to an ever expanding library of titles, which contain the full orchestration (songs, overture, underscores). Use your device to play tracks for your auditions, rehearsal, but most importantly, your performance. All tracks are recorded live, with industry elite musicians, giving you the best substitute to a full orchestra. With the MT Pit Pro app you can change tempo, key, create vamps, and easily jump to any measure. Follow the music as measures are listed in real time. Get authorization from your organization to use all these features!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MT Pit Pro at 5.0 against Show|Ready's 2.8. MT Pit Pro also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Show|Ready's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MT Pit Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Show|Ready has 81 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Show|Ready ships an update every 4 months, MT Pit Pro every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Show|Ready | MT Pit Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (81 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Right On Cue Services, LLC | TheMTPit |
Customer experience
Show|Ready
MT Pit Pro
Bugs and requests
Show|Ready
Reported bugs
31 issues- App crashes constantly
- App freezes frequently
- App glitches
- App randomly kicks user out
- Buttons not visible on iPhone screen
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- Passcode entry crashes app
- Settings do not save
- App disappears from phone
- App needs to be reloaded
- Crashes when trying to repeat songs
- Music stops playing, only click track
- Tempo changes disappear after freeze
- Glitches on vamps/repeats/cesuras
- Needs complete reboot
- UI issues on iPhone/iPad
- No vocal tracks
- App crashes on login
- Tracks not loading
- App closes immediately upon opening
- Audio freezes
- Tempo issues or song stops briefly
- Song comes in/out at specific measures
- Adjustments do not save
- Parts not playing sometimes
- Cannot play parts after repeat/fermata
- Constantly crashing when opening app
- Doesn't show music
- Randomly mutes everything
- New update hides song title
- Instruments sound bad
- Laggy performance
Requested features
10 requests- More musical sounds than synth
- Minute/seconds counter for song length
- Ability to move tab bar to bottom
- Mobile view score
- Ability to make notes on the score
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- Option to mute metronome in mixer tab
- Score in the app
- Ability to loop sections
- Dark mode option
- Better quality instruments
MT Pit Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Show|Ready
No in-app purchases
MT Pit Pro
No in-app purchases
