PromptBook is the professional cue-marking tool built for stage managers and theatre technicians. Import your script, mark your cues, annotate with Apple Pencil, and produce a complete prompt book.
MARK CUES WITH PRECISION
• Drag to select text and place cue marks that snap to the script baseline
• Double-tap to place point cues at exact positions
• Place multiple cues from different lists at the same moment with multi-cue mode
• Auto-generate standby cues that reference upcoming sequences (e.g. "Standby LX5-8, SFX4-9")
• Support for Scores and mixed scripts
ORGANISE YOUR SCRIPT
• Create unlimited colour-coded cue lists — LX, SFX, VFX, Fly, or any custom department
• Auto-renumber cues with configurable intervals and start points
• Click-to-renumber for precise manual sequencing
• Toggle list visibility without losing data
Collaborative editing:
* Share your script with the whole team
* Script owner can make the script read only
* Assign editors for each cue list or notes layer people can only edit what they are supposed to
* Changes sync to all participant devices in real time
* Make private notes layers
* Works offline and resyncs on connection
* When the share is stopped choose to keep a local editable copy
MAKE NOTES
• See handwritten notes made on iPad
• Create named annotation layers — Director Notes, Sound Notes, Blocking, and more
• Place floating text notes anywhere on the page
FLEXIBLE LAYOUTS
• 10 configurable page layouts: cross-page with annotation panels, on-page inline, or full-width
• Show Mode with a configurable reader line — cues above fade, upcoming cues highlight
• Light and Dark Modes
IMPORT UPDATED SCRIPTS
• Import new versions of scripts with version history and automatic cue transfer.
AUTOMATIC CUE LISTS
• Available in app or in various export formats based on the selected cue text.
EXPORT & SHARE
• Export your complete prompt book as PDF — binder layout or single-page inline
• Export cue sheets as PDF or ETC EOS-compatible CSV
• Choose which departments and annotation layers to include
• Import PDF or Word document scripts with automatic OCR for scanned pages
SYNC ACROSS DEVICES
• iCloud sync keeps your scripts, cues, and annotations up to date
• Annotation previews appear on Mac even without Apple Pencil
• Viewer app on iPhone
Just used this for my first show. Very clean, easy and user friendly!
Wow
Ron Fedele
Great program amazing support
More Scene control adjustments
Refined marking diagrams
Fixes to standby cue display
Export Settings now persist
Option to export ranges
Version 4.1.5
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