LINE LEARNER / IPHONE
Scriptmate is the line learner that reads every other character out loud and waits for you to say your line. Import your sides, tap your character, and learn lines by running the scene instead of staring at the page.
4.1 on the App Store
HOW IT WORKS
01
Open a PDF, or scan paper pages with the document scanner. Split a full script into scenes and rehearse only the one you need.
02
Your lines are marked automatically, and every other role gets its own voice.
03
Say your line and the reader answers the moment you finish. Go again until you no longer need the page.
THE METHOD
In a scene, your line is set off by the end of someone else's. That link is what a line learner trains: the other part is spoken, then everything waits until you come in. Reading a script silently teaches you what the page looks like. Running it out loud against a cue teaches you what to say next, which is the only part anyone hears.
Keep the runs short, spread them over a few days rather than one long sitting, and say every line at full voice. When a line keeps slipping, run the cue before it a few times on its own, then play the whole scene again.
The full method, with a schedule for the days before an audition
WHAT IT DOES
The reader follows your whole line, not just its last word, so it keeps up when you paraphrase, restart or stop to find a word. Off book or reading, the next line comes when you finish.
Every other role reads in its own voice: natural voices made on your iPhone for English scripts, the iPhone's own voices for other languages. Long press any line to record it yourself, or record a whole character in one sitting, and one switch turns your takes on or off.
The document scanner finds the edges of a printed page and straightens it, across as many pages as the scene runs. Photos of sides work too.
Choose the apps that pull you away. Scriptmate blocks them while you rehearse and unblocks them when you stop.
SELF-TAPE
When the scene sticks, record the self-tape without leaving Scriptmate. Reader lines play only in your headphones, so the camera mic never hears them. Recording is locked to landscape, and your own lines are hidden while you record, so you play the scene instead of reading it.
SAME NAME, DIFFERENT APPS
Two other apps carry the name. They come from different makers and work differently from Scriptmate and from each other. We make Scriptmate, so weigh this with that in mind: every cell below comes from the app's own US App Store listing on 30 September 2026.
| Feature | Scriptmate | LineLearner | Line Learner AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| The other voices | A natural voice per character for English scripts, an iPhone voice for other languages, or your own recording of any line | Your own recordings, pitch shifted per character | An AI voice per character, English only |
| When your line comes | It listens word by word and answers when you finish | Playback leaves gaps for you to speak your part | It listens and moves through the scene with you |
| Script import | PDF, photos and scans of paper sides | PDF or Word | PDF with real text, Fountain, Final Draft |
| Self-tape recording | Built in, reader in your headphones only | Not in its listing | Not in its listing |
| Device | iPhone | iPad | iPhone |
| Price | $69.99 a year or $9.99 a month, 7 days free | $3.99 once | Free, with a paid Premium plan |
FROM THE APP STORE
4.1 out of 5 on the App Store
“I drop my screenplay in, and a second later I'm running lines. That's pretty much it. No setup, no fiddling, no fifty menus to dig through.”
rusty.m. App Store review
“Importing screenplay PDFs is really straightforward, and the app doesn't try to do too much. It stays focused on what matters. I've been using it to rehearse with my movie sides and it's made the process so much easier.”
Ellilav. App Store review
A line learner app plays the other characters in a script so you can learn your lines by saying them out loud against a cue. Some play back recordings you make yourself, some read on a timer, and some listen to you and answer when you finish. Scriptmate is the last kind, on iPhone.
Import the script as a PDF or scan the paper pages, tap your character, and start the scene. Scriptmate reads every other part and waits for you to say each of your lines before it goes on. Run the scene out loud in short sessions across a few days until you no longer need the page.
Yes. It follows your speech word by word through the whole line, not only the last word, so the next line plays when you finish, even if you paraphrase or restart. The timing stays yours, which is the part that carries over to an audition room.
Yes. Long press any reader line to record it, or record a whole character in one sitting with the line before each one shown as a cue. Rehearsal then plays your take instead of the synthetic voice, and one switch turns your recordings off again without deleting them.
No. LineLearner is a separate iPad app, sold for $3.99, where you record the scene yourself and playback leaves gaps for your lines. Scriptmate is an iPhone app that voices the other parts for you, or plays your own recordings, and listens for your line instead of leaving a gap.
No. Line Learner AI is a different iPhone app from a different developer, with AI voices for each character. Scriptmate reads English scripts in natural voices made on your iPhone and other languages in the iPhone's own voices, imports photos and scans of paper sides, lets you record any line in your own voice, and records the self-tape in the same app with the reader in your headphones.
A full demo scene runs the moment you open the app, with no account. Your own scripts are free for seven days, then Scriptmate Pro is $69.99 a year or $9.99 a month. Cancel in your App Store account settings before the trial ends and you are not charged.
Not yet. Scriptmate is an iPhone app and needs iOS 16 or later. If you are on Android, our comparison of six rehearsal apps names the ones that run there.
Run the demo scene the moment you open the app. Your own scripts are free for seven days.