A small record-and-play rehearsal app.
| Line Perfect | Scene Study · Manic Pixel | |
|---|---|---|
| How a script is organised | Script → scene → line. Acts are labels on scenes; stage directions are kept apart from lines. | Production → characters → scenes. |
| Getting a script in | Paste, .txt / .md files, PDFs (scanned pages are read on the device), photo or camera scan. No Word or Final Draft import. | None: you record the lines. |
| The other roles | Text-to-speech on the device. One face and one chosen voice per role; natural voices in eight languages. You cannot record real voices. | Your own recordings. |
| Listens to you | Yes, on the device. Moves on by itself when your line is finished. | No. |
| Feedback on your words | Every word marked as matched, read differently or skipped, with what you said instead. | None. |
| Spaced repetition | Yes — the SM-2 schedule, built from your results. | No. |
| Self-tape / teleprompter | No. | No. |
| Working with your cast | No. | Not mentioned in the listing. |
| Account and privacy | No account. Texts and voice stay on the device; no ads, no tracking. | Not stated in the material we read. |
| Platforms | iPhone (iOS 18 or later). | iOS. |
| Price | Free with 12 minutes in any 30. $0.99 / month or $9.99 / year, first 7 days free. | $2.99 once. |
you want the simplest possible recorder for one scene and nothing else.
you want more than playback.
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