Your line learning app, and cold read studio. Import any script, run lines, and self-tape or audition without a reader.
Counterpart is the acting app designed to change how actors rehearse, memorize lines, and prepare for auditions, performances, and self tapes.
Running a scene in Counterpart feels like running lines with a real reader. Instead of stopping to scroll, reread, or prompt yourself, Counterpart actively listens to you and advances the scene at the exact moment you finish speaking. This allows you to rehearse continuously, stay present in the moment, and memorize your script faster and more naturally.
Whether you are preparing for an audition, practicing a cold read, or refining a performance, Counterpart helps you run lines efficiently and rehearse with intention - anytime, anywhere.
RUN LINES, POWERED BY SMART VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Counterpart uses specialized voice recognition technology built specifically for actors. The app listens for the Cue Word of your line (by default, the final word of your dialogue). Once that cue word is spoken, Counterpart advances the scene and plays the next line.
This creates a realistic rehearsal flow that mirrors running lines with a partner, allowing you to focus on performance instead of mechanics.
For your line reader, you can choose:
* Your own recorded voice
* A friend’s voice
* High-quality AI text-to-speech for conversational rehearsing
This flexibility makes Counterpart a powerful rehearsal pro tool whether you are memorizing lines, practicing pacing, or working through a cold read on short notice. All your data stays with you on Counterpart. We do not provide data to any third party buyers. If you would like to request the deletion of your data, email hello@counterpart.actor
YOUR SCRIPTS WORK WITH COUNTERPART
Import any PDF script directly into the app. Counterpart supports standard scripts, scanned pages, and sides from auditions, even if they come straight from Actors Access or casting emails, watermarked or not.
Using advanced optical character recognition (OCR), Counterpart analyzes up to 10 pages at a time, identifying:
* Your dialogue
* Other characters’ lines
* Stage directions and action
This means you can rehearse real material immediately, without manual formatting or copy-pasting.
REHEARSE YOUR WAY
Counterpart gives you complete control over how you rehearse and memorize your script.
You can:
* Edit dialogue and stage directions
* Create beats to control pacing and intention
* Change cue words to improve recognition or overlap dialogue
* Modify or replace reader audio seamlessly
If Counterpart ever struggles to hear a line, simply adjust the cue word to any word near the end of your dialogue and keep going.
Prefer silent rehearsal on your commute? Counterpart also generates automatic flashcards for every scene, making it easy to memorize lines visually or review your script without speaking.
HAVE FRIENDS READ FOR YOU, NO APP REQUIRED
After importing a scene, you can share reader lines with a friend. They can record their dialogue directly in a browser - no download, no account.
Their recordings instantly become your line reader audio, allowing you to run lines or tape even when no one is physically available.
TRACK YOUR PRACTICE
Tap into powerful insights about your rehearsal habits.
For each scene, you can:
* Add notes and tags
* Assign a role and scene type
* Track how often and how long you rehearse
Your practice data syncs to an online dashboard at counterpart.actor/dashboard (BETA), where you can view patterns across auditions, self tapes, and long-term projects.
Counterpart is built for actors who want to rehearse smarter, memorize lines faster, and show up confident. Run lines. Rehearse deeply. Perform better.
For support, please visit https://www.counterpart.actor/support or contact us at hello@counterpart.actor
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Very seamless to navigate as a user and engaging to rehearse with as an actor. I’ve found, as an actor, that it’s easy to put off learning your lines sometimes and Counterpart erases that. Gone is the excuse of not having a scene partner. You upload your material into the app and you’re ready to go. It helps me to stay accountable and it allows me to enjoy the “tedious” work. I would 100% recommend this app to anyone looking actor or ANYONE trying to memorize something important.
Dumb
Makeitmakesense_77
Why you can’t import and create scenes on the desktop, only on an iPhone or iPad makes no sense. Especially when most people use their phones to record, and can’t record while having another app using the sound and mic.
Great potential, lacking execution
untraceable7
This app has the potential to be a godsend when you can’t find a reader, but the bugs it currently has make it at best infuriating, and at worst unusable. It will randomly decide it’s gonna ignore all cue words anywhere in the script (frustrating, especially while in a long scene), the first reader line echos very loudly in playback like 70% of the time (borderline unusable), and will sometimes bug an entire script so hard it will start reading a line and then skip half the script and start playing a line 10 lines ahead of where you are every time(unusable); changing cue words, manually reentering lines, deleting and reentering lines, nothing works. The script is permanently bugged, and if you’re importing it, it’s bugged forever. I suspect it’s something with the AI voice as recording the lines yourself and keeping it in your own voice seems to solve the problem. It still needs a video playback in the app so you don’t have to wait for an export to see it, and the AI voices, while novel, are mostly unhelpful as readers as they have a monotone, obviously AI delivery. As it stands, stay on the free version.
Developer Response
Hey there,Thank you for your review - it's super helpful. We are always trying to make Counterpart better, especially for taping. Would you mind telling us which scripts these issues happen on? We want to see what specifically is going on. Please reach out to us at hello@counterpart.actor We really look forward to hearing from you!
Reader? Who needs a reader?
Unlikely67
This is the second reader app I’ve tried and it is so great. It’s everything I had hoped the other reader to be but wasn’t. The ability to select the cue word for each line, add pauses, special timing, redo voices, tweak the script… so many great options. I also just use to help me run lines while out on a walk. Love it. Highly recommend.
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Version 1.1.5
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