Show|Ready vs MTI Pro Player
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.
MTI Pro Player
This app plays show scores using performance accompaniment recordings. Users can adjust tempo, key, create vamps, and navigate measures in real time. Authorization from an organization is required to access all features.
- Play show scores
- Change tempo
- Change key
- Create vamps
- Jump to any measure
- Real-time measure tracking
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The MTI Pro Player is Music Theatre International’s proprietary app designed to play a show’s score using the Performance Accompaniment Recording resource. With the MTI Pro Player 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! For emergency help during your production, please contact 1-888-340-3505 for immediate assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MTI Pro Player at free against Show|Ready's paid. MTI Pro Player also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Show|Ready's advantage is rating (2.8 vs 2.4) and review sentiment (26% vs 0%). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Show|Ready holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Show|Ready has 81 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Show|Ready's written reviews are positive against 0% of MTI Pro Player's.
Show|Ready ships an update every 4 months, MTI Pro Player every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Show|Ready | MTI Pro Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (81 ratings) — better | 2.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Right On Cue Services, LLC | Music Theatre International |
Customer experience
Show|Ready
MTI Pro Player
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
MTI Pro Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Show|Ready
No in-app purchases
MTI Pro Player
No in-app purchases
