Teleprompter Pro vs Sermon Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teleprompter Pro
This professional teleprompter app helps users record scripts for videos. It offers features like remote control, script import, and mirroring for professional rigs. An optional Pro upgrade unlocks advanced capabilities such as auto-caption generation and enhanced remote control options.
- Import PDF, Word, and other file types
- Mirror/reverse text for professional rigs
- Record scripts using device camera
- Remote control via keyboard, remote, or controller
- Auto-generate SRT captions (Pro subscription)
- Display scripts full screen
- Customize text and background colors
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Teleprompter Pro (formerly known as Teleprompter Premium) is industry recommended Teleprompter app. Used by television and movie studios including Netflix, ABC, CBS, BBC, Fox, ITV, Channel 4, UKTV and many more. With 141K+ five-star ratings worldwide, Teleprompter Pro is widely considered the best Teleprompter app. Teleprompter Pro is the most versatile and professional teleprompter app for your iPad and iPhone. The best Teleprompter app for iPhone, iPad and Mac! Upgrade to Pro to access extra features: • Import PDF, Word, Powerpoint, txt and rtf files instantly from any of your favourite apps • Enable 'Mirroring' to reflect/reverse the text for use in professional teleprompter rigs • Use your device camera to record your scripts as you read from the Teleprompter • Control scrolling and speed of the Teleprompter remotely with a keyboard, handheld remote or gaming controller (with customisable button/key assignments) • Compatible with PlayStation and Xbox Controllers • Use other iOS devices monitor and control scrolling and speed of your scripts remotely • Use IKAN Elite Remote to control scrolling and speed of the Teleprompter • Mirror/reverse your script full screen on a connected display or AirPlay TV • Export your scripts as Rich Text (.rtf) files to edit on any computer, tablet of smartphone • Auto Captions: Automatically generate '.srt' captions and subtitles for your videos. (Pro subscription required) Other features available without upgrading: • Scripts scroll smoothly and clearly on the display • Display your scripts full screen by hiding the controls while scrolling • Control the Teleprompter from any web browser on the same WiFi network • Control your script full screen on a connected display or AirPlay TV • Compose and manage unlimited scripts • Customise the text size and colour of your scripts • Customise the background colour behind your script • Adjustable side margins • Select between "Continuous" or "Paging" scroll modes • Add cue points to your scripts • Re-arrange your scripts by title, date or arrange them in a custom order • AirDrop your saved scripts to nearby devices • Export and share your scripts with others quickly • Use Timed Scrolling to have the Teleprompter scroll from start to end in a specified amount of time • Easily export all of your script and settings to share with others, or as a backup file • Use Apple Watch to control the scrolling of your script on your connected iPhone ... and much more! Pro Upgrade: The Teleprompter Pro upgrade is available as a one-time in-app purchase forever, or as a subscription for extra features. If you chose to subscribe (optional), you can cancel anytime within the app, or from your Apple ID account settings. Terms of service are available at: https://joeallenpro.com/legal/ Teleprompter Premium has been renamed to Teleprompter Pro from Late 2023 onwards. • "The price vs performance is hard to beat. I own several software many times more expensive than this. This does the job well." • "This app is the one thing that was missing from my professional home setup for recording videos. Friends of mine have bought actual Teleprompters and are now returning them after I told them about how great this app is! It’s easy to use, and inexpensive – 100% worth it!" • "Over the decades I’ve used many prompters. This one is my favourite. Used it for a critical broadcast with an attentive audience, where I needed to maintain eye contact and yet be word-perfect. Worked a treat." Teleprompter is designed for presentations, lectures, broadcasters, filmmakers, YouTubers, vlogging, speeches, music & singing, business professionals, or public speaking!
Sermon Maker
Create and organize sermons and devotionals with a unified structure. This app synchronizes projects across iCloud-compatible devices and offers font customization and word count features. Available in multiple languages and supports dark and light modes.
- Unified sermon structure
- iCloud synchronization
- Font color customization
- Word count per section
- Multi-language support
- Dark/Light mode
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Sermon Maker is an application designed to help pastors, teachers, and church leaders create, organize, and manage sermons and devotionals. The app is compatible with iPhone devices running iOS 16.0 or later, iPads running iPadOS 16.0 or later, and Macs running macOS 13 Ventura or later. The macOS version is built with Mac Catalyst and is compatible with both Apple Silicon and Intel-based Macs (through Rosetta when required). Sermon Maker integrates with iCloud, allowing users to securely save and synchronize their content across all compatible devices using CloudKit private and public databases, as well as iCloud Sharing. The application is available in English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Portuguese. It supports both Light Mode and Dark Mode and allows users to customize the color of text in various sections, including sermons and devotionals. Additional features include word counts for individual sections and complete documents, project organization tools, and many other productivity features designed specifically for ministry preparation. The primary purpose of Sermon Maker is to provide consistency and structure in sermon and devotional preparation. The app was intentionally designed to help users follow a unified framework, making it easier to maintain clear organization, consistency, and a standardized flow across all sermons and devotionals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Teleprompter Pro at Free against Sermon Maker's $4.99. Teleprompter Pro also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (79% vs 40%). Sermon Maker's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
Teleprompter Pro is free to download; Sermon Maker costs $4.99 up front. Teleprompter Pro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Sermon Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Teleprompter Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teleprompter Pro has 16K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Teleprompter Pro's written reviews are positive against 40% of Sermon Maker's.
Teleprompter Pro ships an update weekly, Sermon Maker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teleprompter Pro | Sermon Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (16K ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teleprompter Apps Ltd | Ronald Steinvorth |
Customer experience
Teleprompter Pro
Sermon Maker
Bugs and requests
Teleprompter Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scripts disappearing after edits
- Scrolling speed not saving properly
- Mirroring issues when using external displays
- Connectivity problems between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add voice recognition and auto-scrolling
- Improve remote control functionality
- Allow for more customization of text formatting
- Implement better file management and organization
- Add support for more document formats (e.g. Google Docs)
Sermon Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Teleprompter Pro
- Teleprompter$6.997 Days
- Teleprompter3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Teleprompter$7.991 Month
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- Teleprompter1 Month trial$59.991 Year
- Teleprompter$59.991 Year
- Teleprompter3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Teleprompter$59.99
- Teleprompter$159.99
Sermon Maker
- Donation$0.99
- Donation$9.99
- Donation$99.99
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