Script Buddy: Actor Rehearsal 4+
Memorize Rehearse Off-Book
Klaus Matzka
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
You are an Actor? Go off-book with ease! Download the free app today!
Go off-book with ease!
Read and listen to your scripts on the go.
Download the free app today!
Get started in no time with Script Buddy:
Open your script, highlight your role, and start rehearsing your lines within seconds.
No audio recording of your lines required.
NEW: Script Buddy now listens to you!
Script Buddy pauses reading until you have finished performing your line – like a real person would do!
Read anywhere. Rehearse anywhere.
Script Buddy makes reading and listening to your scripts enjoyable. Rehearse on the go and go off-book faster with less effort.
Listen to your lines while doing workouts, walking, biking, commuting or cooking. Choose different voices for each role.
Script Buddy can read the entire script or specific parts. Black-out and silence your lines and let Script Buddy read the rest of the script aloud.
Features:
• Import your script and start rehearsing.
• No audio recording of your lines required.
• One-click highlighting of your character’s lines.
• Black-out and silence your lines for rehearsal.
• Script Buddy pauses reading until you have finished performing your line.
• Cue phrases signal you to start speaking your line.
• Select individual voices per character, adapt voice speed and pitch.
• Remote control your rehearsal from Apple Watch and AirPods.
• Mute scene headings, stage directions and role names.
• Open Final Draft (.fdx), Highland, Fountain, Markdown, Plain-text and PDF* files.
• Format your script with fonts and sizes you prefer.
• Use Dark Mode for dimmed light conditions.
• Benefit from the larger iPad screens with two-column layout.
Script Buddy supports scripts in the following languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish.
Usage Tip:
We highly recommend using Apple’s high-fidelity voices for Script Buddy’s read-aloud feature. Download enhanced or premium voices under iPhone Settings / Accessibility / Spoken Content / Voices.
*Note: only PDFs that contain text will work. Image scans are not supported. Only US-style formatted PDF scripts can be imported.
Privacy
No signup required.
Imported scripts are only readable by you.
Audio recordings are never saved.
What’s New
Version 1.5.9
Improved - Script scrolling is now a lot smoother.
New - Script Titles are now editable in the Script Library.
Ratings and Reviews
LOVE IT if Apple will Fix the PDF Script Bug
I completely love this app. I was using it so consistently to prep for all of my auditions and productions. Unfortunately it’s stopped working due to some bug that Apple needs to fix. I hope they can fix it soon since I’ve been waiting for months now for it to work again. Haven’t been able to find another app like this. It’s perfect for the actor that needs a reader.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for the fantastic 5-star review! It’s great to hear the app has been such a helpful tool for your auditions and productions. I appreciate your patience regarding the PDF issue, which, as noted in the app, is related to a bug in Apple’s framework. I’ve reported this to Apple and am hopeful for a resolution soon. In the meantime, I’m continuing to explore any possible workarounds. Your support means the world to me—thank you for hanging in there! Please don’t hesitate to reach out through the app with any other feedback. 🎭
With some developer help 5 stars
I had some initial problems with the app not registering/recognizing aspects of my script but it turns out it was an issue with the .PDF file. Developer contacted me and helped fix it, and just like that the app worked as intended.
Developer Response ,
Dear Dean,
thank you for your valuable feedback!
We would love to fix the issue for you. I have replied to your feedback email you have sent us: if you could mail us a copy of the pdf file in question we will have a look and will help with the issue so that you can start rehearsing asap. We would love to see you becoming a happy Script Buddy user!
Technical background: Scripts typically start with a title page that contains at least a title line. If there is no tile page Script Buddy should detect that and import the script without issues. You could add a tile page as first page to your pdf and it should import into Script Buddy correctly.
Looking forward to helping you successfully importing your pdf script into Script Buddy.
This app is PERFECT!
How does this app not have more ratings? I have been paying a lot for another app to help me rehearse and memorize my lines, and this app is much better!
I HIGHLY recommend!!!
Developer Response ,
Hi Mads123,
Thank you for your awesome review!
Very motivating for me as the developer of Script Buddy!
If you have ideas on how to make Script Buddy even more useful to you, please let me know either through feedback@scriptbuddy.app or within the app through the ‚Request a New Feature‘ option under settings. Thanks a lot!
Best regards,
Klaus
Developer of Script Buddy.
App Privacy
The developer, Klaus Matzka, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Klaus Matzka
- Size
- 11.2 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.4 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021-2025 Klaus Matzka
- Price
- Free