OffBook Studio
Run Lines, Self Tape, Audition
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Built by a working actor. Record your reader once, change the voice completely, and rehearse it a hundred times before your next audition.
No reader? No problem.
OffBook Studio is built by a working actor, for actors. Acting is about listening and responding, not just timing, and that's exactly what most rehearsal apps get wrong.
OFFBOOK STUDIO FEATURES
• Smart PDF Import & Editing
Import casting sides, edit dialogue, change speakers, add missing lines, and clean up your scene before rehearsal.
• Responsive Cueing
OffBook Studio listens for your spoken cue and delivers the next Reader line when it's time.
• Built-In Teleprompter
Keep your lines visible while rehearsing or recording, with adjustable text and current/next line guidance.
• Classic Mode
Choose or record a Reader performance in advance for fast, consistent, repeatable rehearsal.
• Interactive LIVE Mode
The words stay fixed to the script while the Reader performance responds to how you play the scene. Each take can feel different.
• Reader Voices
Choose a ready-made Reader voice, or record the Reader lines yourself and transform the voice while keeping your timing and performance.
• Self-Tape Recording
Rehearse and record your audition in one focused workflow directly from your iPhone.
• Reader Audio Mix Controls
Adjust the Reader level after your take and save the finished self-tape with the balance you want.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Import your sides
2. Choose your role
3. Choose Classic Mode or Interactive LIVE
4. Rehearse on cue
5. Record your self-tape
OffBook Studio was built for actors who need to rehearse, run lines, and self-tape when another actor is not available.
Rehearse. Record. Book.
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more I stumbled across this app on Instagram right when I needed it most. My wife was completely over reading lines with me for an upcoming audition and this app absolutely saved my skin.It is easy to use and a total game-changer for rehearsing and recording. I recorded the reader’s lines and tweak the voice so it sounded like a completely different person. And look, no offense to my wife, but she kept messing up the lines when we typically practice, so having a flawless reader was a huge upgrade.That Teleprompter: It actually scrolls to the rhythm of your voice while you speak. Absolute lifesaver for longer monologues. Oh, that smart audio: The reader plays directly into my Bluetooth headphones and the app automatically mixes everything together afterward. Loved that there was zero audio bleed, just a clean, natural-sounding tape.I'm seriously impressed. Being able to run and record auditions as many times as I want without burning out a scene partner is beautiful. Will absolutely be using this for all my tapes from now on! THAnk you!!!
I stumbled across this app on Instagram right when I needed it most. My wife was completely over reading lines with me for an upcoming audition and this app absolutely saved my skin.It is easy to use and a total game-changer for rehearsing and recording. I recorded the reader’s lines and tweak the voice so it sounded like a completely different person. And look, no offense to my wife, but she kept messing up the lines when we typically practice, so having a flawless reader was a huge upgrade.That Teleprompter: It actually scrolls to the rhythm of your voice while you speak. Absolute lifesaver for longer monologues. Oh, that smart audio: The reader plays directly into my Bluetooth headphones and the app automatically mixes everything together afterward. Loved that there was zero audio bleed, just a clean, natural-sounding tape.I'm seriously impressed. Being able to run and record auditions as many times as I want without burning out a scene partner is beautiful. Will absolutely be using this for all my tapes from now on! THAnk you!!!
I’m not an actor, just someone who occasionally has to give high stakes presentations, and I’ve always struggled to find a good way to loosely rehearse my pitches. I downloaded OffBook Studio on a whim to try it out, and it has been a complete game changer.Being able to easily film myself and meticulously rehearse specific transition points completely changed how I prepared. To be honest, I was skeptical at first, but I was blown away by how intuitive the app is and how much better the final outcome was. My presentation was a massive success, and I owe a huge part of that win to this app.Whether you're preparing for a stage role or just trying to survive a corporate slideshow, this is an absolute must-have. Cannot recommend it enough!
I’m not an actor, just someone who occasionally has to give high stakes presentations, and I’ve always struggled to find a good way to loosely rehearse my pitches. I downloaded OffBook Studio on a whim to try it out, and it has been a complete game changer.Being able to easily film myself and meticulously rehearse specific transition points completely changed how I prepared. To be honest, I was skeptical at first, but I was blown away by how intuitive the app is and how much better the final outcome was. My presentation was a massive success, and I owe a huge part of that win to this app.Whether you're preparing for a stage role or just trying to survive a corporate slideshow, this is an absolute must-have. Cannot recommend it enough!
OffBook Studio is hands down one of the greatest tools for a working actor. I can’t believe it took me so long to find an app this functional. As an actor one of the biggest issues is having to memorize lines and record my auditions without having to ask my spouse, or friends for favors. This allows me to put in the reps to nail the audition in a way that feels right to me. There’s also a teleprompter feature that I found super useful when rehearsing monologues on camera. Especially when you are not given enough time to turn the audition around. This is one of the best actor tools I have found so far and the updates and improvements are consistent. Definitely recommend this for your acting/booking arsenal.
OffBook Studio is hands down one of the greatest tools for a working actor. I can’t believe it took me so long to find an app this functional. As an actor one of the biggest issues is having to memorize lines and record my auditions without having to ask my spouse, or friends for favors. This allows me to put in the reps to nail the audition in a way that feels right to me. There’s also a teleprompter feature that I found super useful when rehearsing monologues on camera. Especially when you are not given enough time to turn the audition around. This is one of the best actor tools I have found so far and the updates and improvements are consistent. Definitely recommend this for your acting/booking arsenal.
I am a working actor and consistently have to rely on my wife to help me self tape in the early am before she goes to work. I discovered OffBook Studio when I had a Guest Lead audition for Elsbeth, and my wife couldn’t tape me. It saved the day for me and allowed me to effortlessly audition by myself. I’m not super technically adept but was able to use OffBook Studio. You are able to import your sides effortlessly, it assigns readers to the parts, and off you go! I didn’t get that job, but was ultimately cast on the show a few months later. OffBook Studio is now my go to.
I am a working actor and consistently have to rely on my wife to help me self tape in the early am before she goes to work. I discovered OffBook Studio when I had a Guest Lead audition for Elsbeth, and my wife couldn’t tape me. It saved the day for me and allowed me to effortlessly audition by myself. I’m not super technically adept but was able to use OffBook Studio. You are able to import your sides effortlessly, it assigns readers to the parts, and off you go! I didn’t get that job, but was ultimately cast on the show a few months later. OffBook Studio is now my go to.
What’s New in 1.2.9
OffBook Studio spent this release learning an important distinction: giving an actor room to breathe is good scene work. Letting the iPhone fall asleep in the middle of it is less helpful.
Rehearse learned to stay awake. Your screen now stays on during an active rehearsal, even through those long, meaningful silences where absolutely nothing is happening — except, of course, all the acting.
Classic got better at taking it from the top. Restart has been tightened, particularly when returning from LIVE Mode. Press Restart, and OffBook is better prepared to do what the button has been promising all along: actually restart the scene.
The listening and response machinery got another serious tune-up. We refined cue recognition, short-line handling, Reader preparation, and the tiny but important handoff between hearing your dialogue and answering it. Because a good scene partner knows when to come in. And preferably doesn't need a committee meeting first.
Rehearse has a little more life on screen, too. A new waveform brings a visual rhythm to the listening experience, while refinements to script focus and selection help keep your attention where it belongs: on the scene.
LIVE Mode got more disciplined behind the curtain. Turn ownership, interruptions, recovery, restarts, and the transition back to Classic have received another round of reliability work. Less confusion about whose turn it is. More actual conversation.
And Record and Gallery received continued reliability attention, with more testing around audio capture, Reader alignment, saved takes, playback, and the transitions between them.
Underneath it all, OffBook keeps getting better at something deceptively simple: knowing when to listen, when to respond, and when to get out of your way.
Take your time.
Find the moment.
Say the line.
OffBook will be there for the next one.
The dramatic pauses are yours. We'll handle the cues.
1.2.9 3d ago
What’s New in 1.2.8
OffBook Studio spent this release discovering that dramatic pauses are wonderful when the actor chooses them. Less wonderful when the audio engine does.
Rehearse got its reflexes sharpened. Reader responses are now substantially faster and more immediate, with a major round of work focused on the tiny handoff between OffBook hearing your cue and your Reader answering. The goal remains the same: less “software thinking about it,” more scene partner.
Bluetooth got some much-needed manners. We tightened the audio-session machinery behind Rehearse so iPhone and iPad can move between listening and Reader playback without repeatedly rearranging the audio furniture every time someone has a line.
iPad got a serious reliability pass. Listening, cue recognition, Reader response, repeated turns, and longer sessions were put through the same real-device abuse we give the iPhone build. iPad should now feel much closer to the same fast, conversational rhythm.
Record is better protected from Rehearse. They may share a script, but they no longer get to borrow each other’s audio settings and return them in suspicious condition. Repeated takes, Reader playback, microphone capture, saving, and the transitions between them have all been hardened again.
LIVE Mode got another round of sequencing and recovery work. Turn ownership, Reader handoffs, restarts, interruptions, and longer scenes have been tightened so LIVE stays where the scene actually is instead of developing ambitious ideas about where it might like to be.
And underneath all of that, OffBook got more careful about knowing when audio is genuinely ready instead of merely being told that everything is probably fine.
This release is about speed you can feel and machinery you hopefully never notice.
You say the line.
OffBook hears it.
The Reader answers.
And the dramatic pause goes back to being your decision.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.8 Sep 30
What’s New in 1.2.7
OffBook Studio spent this release doing something deeply glamorous: learning how not to trip over its own shoelaces.
• Rehearse got better at keeping each turn in its own lane. Short lines, backgrounding, returning to the app, and all the tiny handoffs between listening and answering have been hardened so yesterday’s audio is considerably less likely to wander into today’s scene wearing a fake mustache.
• Record got another serious reliability pass. We tightened the boundaries around speech recognition, microphone ownership, camera recovery, and the asynchronous machinery that starts and stops around every take. The goal is simple: old work should stay old, the current take should stay current, and your camera should not develop philosophical uncertainty about whether it is still on set.
• Cue recognition got some careful refinements without making OffBook trigger-happy. Certain conversational lines now have better end-of-line recognition while the same rule still applies: the Reader should come in because OffBook understood your cue — not because you made a noise in approximately the correct emotional neighborhood.
• Rehearse is more graceful about interruptions and coming back from the background. Phones, apps, audio sessions, Bluetooth, and iOS all enjoy taking turns rearranging the furniture. OffBook is getting better at walking back into the room and remembering where the scene was.
• Scene selection is more trustworthy during script review and editing. If you were working on a particular scene, OffBook is now more careful about keeping you on that scene instead of quietly deciding Scene 1 seems nice this time of year.
• Saved takes are safer. Record now treats a take as saved only when the actual media has made it into durable storage. Temporary files no longer get to put on a little badge and pretend they own the place. Reader audio follows the same rule.
• Camera recovery after recording has been hardened again. Starting, stopping, saving, returning to Record, and making another take have all had another tour through the machinery.
• Gallery mixing and playback were put through another round of real-device abuse. Actor audio, Reader audio, saved video, mixed takes, playback, relaunches, and repeat recordings all got dragged across the stage until we ran out of interesting ways to annoy them.
This release is mostly about reliability you should never notice.
Because when OffBook is doing its job properly, you should not be thinking about microphones, audio sessions, temporary files, lifecycle fences, or whatever an asynchronous callback is doing at 2:00 in the morning.
You should be acting.
OffBook should be listening.
The Reader should answer.
And the technology should have the good manners to stay out of the scene.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.7 Sep 25
What’s New in 1.2.6
OffBook Studio has learned some important lessons.
• Interactive LIVE is better at understanding the actual shape of a scene. Consecutive actor lines now stay consecutive — including at the end of a scene. OffBook will no longer see your first line, decide everyone has clearly gone home, and roll the credits while you are still acting.
• Script imports are more protective of the script you actually gave us. We tightened the parser so consecutive lines from the same character stay with that character instead of occasionally being reassigned to somebody else because a computer decided dialogue probably ought to alternate politely.
• PDF and OCR imports got tougher. Strange look-alike characters produced by OCR are now handled more carefully throughout the pipeline, so an innocent-looking letter is much less likely to derail Reader rendering because it arrived wearing a tiny Unicode disguise.
• Record is more script-aware before you start speaking. Recognition requests prepared in advance now receive the same scripted context as requests opened normally. In less technical terms: OffBook already knows the line. It is now considerably better about remembering to tell speech recognition that fact.
• Rehearse and Record continue to get better at dealing with Apple Speech being Apple Speech. Real actors change rhythm, emphasis, contractions, and delivery. Speech recognition occasionally responds by inventing an entirely different word. OffBook now carries more useful scripted context into those moments without simply advancing because the microphone heard something enthusiastic.
• Reader handoffs remain protected. The work above was done without relaxing the rule that matters: OffBook should answer when it has enough evidence that you reached your cue — not because somebody coughed, moved a chair, or made a persuasive vowel sound.
• Recording and Gallery took another trip through the machinery. Camera, actor audio, Reader audio, saved takes, mixing, playback, scene transitions, and the increasingly elaborate collection of systems hiding behind the Record button all got another real-world pass.
This release is mostly about something actors should never have to think about:
OffBook understanding the scene correctly.
The mission remains the same:
You act.
OffBook listens.
The Reader answers.
The technology stays out of the scene.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.6 Sep 23
What’s New in 1.2.5
OffBook Studio has been spending more time with actors.
This turned out to be useful, because actors do not speak like speech-recognition test subjects.
They pause. They overlap words. They change emphasis. They get emotional. And occasionally Apple hears “felt me up” as something considerably more creative.
So we taught OffBook Studio to cope.
• Rehearse and Record are better at understanding the line you actually said — even when speech recognition gets one word spectacularly wrong. OffBook can now use more of the surrounding scripted line as evidence instead of getting stuck because one perfectly obvious word arrived wearing a fake moustache.
• Natural performances should flow more reliably. We tightened the logic that decides when you’ve genuinely reached the end of your line, while continuing to protect against the Reader jumping in too early. The goal is still conversation, not voice-command karaoke.
• Record got another serious reliability pass. Recognition handoffs between consecutive actor lines are cleaner, scripted context is handled more intelligently, and several wonderfully obscure situations involving Apple Speech remembering the wrong line have been politely corrected.
• Short lines got more attention. Again. Because apparently “Shit.” can be more technically challenging than an entire monologue. We’ve improved the way OffBook handles these tiny, expressive cues without teaching it to advance just because somebody coughed convincingly.
• The “Heard” display in Rehearse is much more useful on longer lines. Instead of reaching the edge of the screen and giving up with something like “Maeve is p…”, it now keeps the newest part of what OffBook is hearing visible as you continue speaking. Interactive LIVE gets the same treatment.
• Reader handoffs remain fast. A lot of work went into making sure the improvements above didn’t come at the expense of the part that matters most: once OffBook knows you’re finished, the Reader should answer like a scene partner — not like someone waiting for permission from a server room.
• Recording, Reader audio, playback, scene recovery, and Gallery all got another round of abuse testing. We chased several strange edge cases, broke some things on purpose, stared at an unreasonable number of logs, and kept the fixes that survived actual performances.
And beneath all of that, the usual backstage machinery has been getting attention: microphone ownership, audio sessions, recognition recovery, Reader prestaging, camera behavior, recording muxes, scene transitions, and all the tiny systems whose greatest achievement is remaining completely invisible.
The mission remains unchanged:
You act.
OffBook listens.
The Reader answers.
The technology stays out of the scene.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.5 Sep 21
What’s New in 1.2.4
OffBook went back to listening school.
There were tests. There were graphs. There were several extremely impressive-sounding speech settings that turned out to be less impressive when an actual actor started talking.
So we kept the good stuff.
• Rehearse now gives you a live waveform when recording Reader lines. You can actually see that OffBook is hearing you while you record. A small thing, perhaps. Also considerably better than staring at the screen and wondering whether your phone has emotionally checked out.
• That recording screen got a little design love, too. The waveform now sits where it feels like it belongs, the recording state is easier to read at a glance, and the whole thing feels less like a diagnostic panel and more like part of the app.
• Review & Edit is clearer. “Select” is now Multi Select, because making users guess what a button does seemed unnecessarily mysterious. The interface also has a little more breathing room up top.
• Short lines got a lot of attention. Things like “Ha!” and “You good?” are deceptively difficult for speech recognition because, apparently, two words are a technological ambush. We’ve continued tuning how OffBook handles short cues while protecting the natural rhythm of the scene.
• We put the new iOS speech tools through their paces. Some helped. Some didn’t. Some looked fantastic on paper and then made OffBook slower. Those were politely shown the door. The goal isn’t to use the newest technology. The goal is for the Reader to answer when it should.
• Rehearse recovery and scene flow keep getting stronger. Restarting, moving through scenes, returning to the app, audio handoffs, cue recognition, and the little invisible transitions between “your turn” and “Reader’s turn” have all had another round of attention.
And underneath all of that, we kept working on the unglamorous machinery: audio sessions, microphone ownership, recording stability, camera recovery, Reader playback, and the collection of tiny backstage problems whose ideal user experience is that you never know they existed.
The mission remains unchanged:
You act.
OffBook listens.
The Reader answers.
The technology stays out of the scene.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.4 Sep 17
What’s New in 1.2.3
OffBook has spent a lot of time learning how to listen.
This time, we taught it how to explain itself.
• There’s a new App Tour. Not the kind that points at a button and says, “This is a button.” This one actually walks through how OffBook works — from getting your sides in, to setting up your Reader, rehearsing, recording, and finishing the take. You can also replay it anytime from Settings. Revolutionary concept: instructions that may actually be useful.
• Getting sides into OffBook is easier to understand. The tour now shows you how to send a PDF straight from Mail, Gmail, or Files using the iOS Share sheet — plus how to use Quick Lines and keyboard dictation when you just need to get a scene in now.
• Review & Edit gets its moment. Fix dialogue, change speakers, add or delete lines, clean up multiple bubbles at once, and generally deal with whatever creative formatting adventure came attached to your audition email.
• Your Reader can take direction. Use a ready-made voice, re-record individual Reader lines when you want specific timing or pauses, and use Mask when you’d like to keep the performance without also playing every character yourself.
• Rehearse is better explained now, too. OffBook listens for enough of your scripted dialogue to confidently recognize the cue. You can pause. React. Take the beat. Even wander off-book for a moment. It keeps listening for the scene instead of panicking because an actor did some acting.
• Recording has fewer mysteries. Reader in your AirPods or headphones. Your performance through the iPhone mic. No séance required to figure out which microphone is actually listening.
• And if the Reader feels too loud or too quiet afterward, don’t redo the take. Gallery’s Reader Volume Mix lets you adjust the balance while keeping the performance you already liked.
Underneath all of that, we kept doing the less glamorous work too: cueing, audio, camera recovery, scene flow, and the assorted tiny backstage things whose highest possible achievement is that you never notice them.
The goal remains suspiciously simple:
You act.
OffBook listens.
The Reader answers.
Nobody yells “LINE?”
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.3 Sep 15
What’s New in 1.2.2
OffBook went back into rehearsal and worked on some actions.
Not because it forgot its lines. We just knew it could hit the cue a little better.
• Listen & Respond got another round of tuning. Faster handoffs, smoother Reader responses, and more work devoted to making the gap between you finishing the line and the Reader answering feel less like software and more like a scene partner.
• Interactive LIVE got some backstage attention. More stability, stronger recovery, and a lot of invisible work making sure listening, responding, restarting, pausing, and moving through a scene continue behaving like actual rehearsal instead of a science experiment.
• Recording is tougher now. We tightened up camera, audio, and take-to-take recovery so OffBook is better at staying out of your way while you’re trying to, you know… act.
• Long PDFs now get a polite reality check. OffBook is built for audition scenes and sides, not War and Peace: The Callback. Longer scripts now get clearer guidance before import, and oversized PDFs won’t quietly disappear into the machinery.
• Rendering errors learned some manners. If the rendering service is briefly unavailable, OffBook now explains what’s happening in normal human English instead of making you decipher server hieroglyphics.
• Plus the usual assortment of timing refinements, recovery work, stability fixes, and tiny backstage improvements that hopefully mean you never have to think about any of them.
The goal is still simple:
You listen.
You act.
OffBook listens back.
And the Reader answers.
Like a scene partner should.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.2 Sep 11
What’s New in 1.2.1
OffBook went back into rehearsal.
Not because it forgot its lines. We just knew it could hit the cue a little better.
• Listen & Respond got another round of tuning. Faster handoffs, smoother Reader responses, and more work devoted to making the gap between you finishing the line and the Reader answering feel less like software and more like a scene partner.
• Interactive LIVE got some backstage attention. More stability, stronger recovery, and a lot of invisible work making sure listening, responding, restarting, pausing, and moving through a scene continue behaving like actual rehearsal instead of a science experiment.
• Recording is tougher now. We tightened up camera, audio, and take-to-take recovery so OffBook is better at staying out of your way while you’re trying to, you know… act.
• Long PDFs now get a polite reality check. OffBook is built for audition scenes and sides, not War and Peace: The Callback. Longer scripts now get clearer guidance before import, and oversized PDFs won’t quietly disappear into the machinery.
• Rendering errors learned some manners. If the rendering service is briefly unavailable, OffBook now explains what’s happening in normal human English instead of making you decipher server hieroglyphics.
• Plus the usual assortment of timing refinements, recovery work, stability fixes, and tiny backstage improvements that hopefully mean you never have to think about any of them.
The goal is still simple:
You listen.
You act.
OffBook listens back.
And the Reader answers.
Like a scene partner should.
We’ll keep the drama in the script.
1.2.1 Sep 9
What’s New in 1.2
OffBook went back into rehearsal.
This time it came back with a scene partner that actually listens.
• Introducing Interactive LIVE. OffBook Live members can now rehearse with a responsive AI Reader that listens to your performance and delivers the next line in real time. No tapping Continue. No waiting for software to catch up. Just say the line and keep the scene moving.
• LIVE knows when it’s your turn — and when it isn’t. We spent an unreasonable amount of time teaching it how to start, stop, restart, pause, recover, listen, respond, and generally behave like someone who has actually attended rehearsal before.
• Listen & Respond got another serious round of refinement across Rehearse and Record, with faster handoffs, stronger recognition recovery, better short-line handling, and a lot more work devoted to the tiny gap between you finishing a cue and the Reader answering.
• Restart, playback, and rehearsal controls are more dependable. Because pressing Restart should, in fact, restart the scene. Revolutionary stuff.
• Record got more resilient, especially around recognition handoffs, Reader readiness, repeated takes, and keeping the scene moving when speech recognition decides to have an artistic interpretation of what you just said.
• And underneath all of it: more audio-session wrangling, timing work, recovery logic, lifecycle cleanup, billing plumbing, stability fixes, and invisible backstage engineering whose highest aspiration is that you never notice it.
Interactive LIVE is the biggest change we’ve made to OffBook yet.
The goal is simple:
You listen.
You act.
OffBook listens back.
And the Reader answers.
Like a scene partner should.
We’ll save the drama for the script.
1.2 Aug 30
What’s New in 1.1.16
OffBook went back into rehearsal. Again.
At this point, we’re pretty sure it has a call time.
• Gallery thumbnails have stopped going dark on us. Rebuilding a Reader Mix now refreshes the take poster properly instead of occasionally leaving behind a mysterious black rectangle. Very avant-garde. Not very useful.
• Record is better at staying with you between lines. We tightened up a rare handoff issue where OffBook could get stuck after a very short Reader line and forget to start listening for your next one. Rude. Fixed.
• More Listen & Respond refinement across Rehearse and Record, with continued work on recognition, timing, handoffs, Reader readiness, and keeping the whole exchange feeling less like software taking turns and more like an actual scene partner.
• Reader playback and cue transitions got another round of tuning. Especially around those tiny, fast lines that somehow manage to cause the biggest backstage problems.
• More Gallery mixing and playback polish, including cleaner rebuild behavior and more reliable take handling.
• And, as always, a pile of stability fixes, cleanup, timing adjustments, audio-session wrangling, and invisible backstage work whose entire job is to make sure you never have to know it exists.
No giant marquee feature this time.
Just a more reliable OffBook that keeps listening, keeps moving, and is getting increasingly good at knowing when it’s supposed to speak.
Which, frankly, is more than we can say for some scene partners.
We’ll save the drama for the script.
1.1.16 Aug 21
What’s New in 1.1.15
OffBook went back into rehearsal. Again.
At this point it may be developing notes of its own.
• Settings Screen has been polished for stability.
• Gallery playback behaves itself now. That extra little iOS “X” in the video player has officially learned some manners. Close your take either way and OffBook actually closes it — audio, playback, everything — without leaving the Gallery frozen backstage wondering what just happened.
• Even smoother video playback and closing. We shaved down the awkward little pause when leaving a take, because apparently there were still a few milliseconds hiding under the furniture.
• More reliable script and scene switching in Rehearse. OffBook is better at letting go of the last scene before starting the next one. A surprisingly useful skill for actors and software alike.
• More Listen & Respond tightening across Rehearse and Record, with continued work on recognition, handoffs, timing, and keeping your Reader ready to respond when you are.
• And, as always, a collection of fixes, cleanup, tuning, stability work, and backstage cable management nobody should ever have to think about while performing.
No giant shiny feature this time.
Just a more polished OffBook that closes when you tell it to, listens when it should, and generally causes less drama than the scene you’re rehearsing.
We’ll save the drama for the script.
1.1.15 Aug 19
What’s New in 1.1.14
OffBook went back into rehearsal. Again.
At this point it may be developing notes of its own.
• Gallery playback behaves itself now. That extra little iOS “X” in the video player has officially learned some manners. Close your take either way and OffBook actually closes it — audio, playback, everything — without leaving the Gallery frozen backstage wondering what just happened.
• Even smoother video playback and closing. We shaved down the awkward little pause when leaving a take, because apparently there were still a few milliseconds hiding under the furniture.
• More reliable script and scene switching in Rehearse. OffBook is better at letting go of the last scene before starting the next one. A surprisingly useful skill for actors and software alike.
• More Listen & Respond tightening across Rehearse and Record, with continued work on recognition, handoffs, timing, and keeping your Reader ready to respond when you are.
• And, as always, a collection of fixes, cleanup, tuning, stability work, and backstage cable management nobody should ever have to think about while performing.
No giant shiny feature this time.
Just a more polished OffBook that closes when you tell it to, listens when it should, and generally causes less drama than the scene you’re rehearsing.
We’ll save the drama for the script.
1.1.14 Aug 15
What’s New in 1.1.13
OffBook has been spending a little more time in rehearsal. Apparently even the rehearsal app needs rehearsal.
• Faster, smoother Listen & Respond in Rehearse and Record, with more work under the hood to make your Reader feel less like software waiting for permission and more like a scene partner actually listening.
• A much smoother Gallery. Watching a take no longer sends you wandering back to the top afterward, and we got rid of that little blink when returning from playback. Your place is your place.
• More reliability and performance polish across recording, playback, recognition, and the assorted machinery backstage trying very hard not to trip over a cable.
• The usual collection of fixes, cleanup, tightening, tuning, and things nobody should ever have to think about while acting.
No new shiny button this time.
Just a quicker, smoother, better-behaved OffBook that stays out of the scene and lets you stay in it.
And yes—we’re still tuning. There are always a few more milliseconds hiding somewhere.
1.1.13 Aug 13
What’s New in 1.1.12
A little backstage work this time. The actors get the spotlight. The plumbing gets the wrench.
• More under-the-hood cleanup to keep OffBook running smoothly and reliably.
• Performance polish across the app, because nobody needs extra drama from the app while they’re trying to bring the drama.
• Better behind-the-scenes infrastructure to help us understand what’s working and keep improving OffBook where it actually counts.
• Plenty of small fixes, housekeeping, and general tightening of bolts.
No giant shiny button in this one. Just a better-behaved OffBook.
And we’re not done. We’re always tuning, fixing, and shaving off the little things between you and the work.
1.1.12 Aug 11
What’s New in 1.1.11
Record just got a whole lot quicker on the draw.
• Faster Listen & Respond in Record — OffBook can now catch certain short cues hundreds of milliseconds sooner, so your Reader can jump in faster when the moment is right.
• Smarter cueing under the hood: OffBook takes the fast lane when it’s confident, while keeping its trusted fallback ready when it’s not.
• Better resistance to awkward pauses, extra words, off-script chatter, and retries — because actors don’t always speak like robots.
• Stronger recovery through restarts, audio-route changes, AirPods, app interruptions, and moving between Rehearse and Record.
• Record is tougher under pressure, with improved camera, mic, Reader handoff, and take-saving stability.
• Plenty of under-the-hood cleanup and performance polish to keep everything running smoother.
And we’re not done. We’re always tuning OffBook to make Listen & Respond faster, more fluid, and a little more like rehearsing with a real scene partner.
1.1.11 Aug 9
What’s New in 1.1.10
OffBook just got scary fast.
• Reader responses in Rehearse are now over 90% faster, so your scene partner jumps in almost instantly.
• Phone call? Cute. OffBook now recovers your place and keeps the scene moving when you return.
• The mic stays ready between lines for smoother, more natural Listen & Respond.
• Faster, cleaner Reader handoffs with fewer awkward pauses.
• Better stability through long rehearsals, restarts, and interruptions.
• General performance improvements and extra polish—because the scene should be dramatic, not the app.
1.1.10 Aug 6
What's New in Version 1.1.9
• Faster and more reliable microphone handoff while rehearsing and recording for better listening and responding.
• NEW: Reader Volume Mix Control. Dial in your reader volume for the perfect self tape mix.
• Better Teleprompter performance for longer scenes.
• Improved cue detection and smoother scene flow.
• Performance improvements, bug fixes, and UI polish throughout the app.
We ship updates regularly because auditions don't wait, and neither do we. Thanks for all the feedback. Keep it coming.
1.1.9 Aug 4
What's New in Version 1.1.8
• NEW: Reader Volume Mix Control. Dial in your reader volume for the perfect self tape mix.
• Better Teleprompter performance for longer scenes.
• More reliable microphone handoff while rehearsing.
• Improved cue detection and smoother scene flow.
• Performance improvements, bug fixes, and UI polish throughout the app.
We ship updates regularly because auditions don't wait, and neither do we. Thanks for all the feedback. Keep it coming.
1.1.8 Aug 4
Improved Rehearse mode microphone handoff stability.
Fixed general listen/respond fluidity for a better overall experience.
General performance and reliability improvements.
Improved Teleprompter behavior for longer scenes and monologues.
UI polish so it shines.
1.1.7 Jul 26
Rehearsals are faster and smoother, especially when using headphones, with quicker handoffs between reader lines and your responses.
Short scripts and PDFs now import correctly, even when a scene contains only a few lines.
Script editing is also more reliable. Valid one-line scenes are now preserved when editing multi-scene scripts, keeping your characters and reader audio correctly connected instead of showing a validation error.
1.1.6 Jul 24
More reliable rehearsal sessions. Fixed an issue where a dropped mic connection could stall your scene mid-take, now shows a clear "Microphone interrupted. Tap Play to resume" instead of leaving you stuck. Cue detection is also more accurate around interruptions, no more false advances when your mic reconnects.
Script editing is more flexible: add a new line directly above or below any line when reviewing an imported script.
The built-in teleprompter keeps getting smoother for longer scenes and monologues.
Now available: an annual plan for actors who rehearse year-round.
1.1.5 Jul 21
Added optional yearly plan.
Edit screen now has an add bubble above button for faster editing.
Improved Teleprompter behavior for longer scenes and monologues.
Improved Import PDF. Sides in Mail or Gmail? Open the PDF, tap Share, then choose OffBook Studio.
Improved Rehearse mode microphone handoff stability.
Fixed general listen/respond fluidity for a better overall experience.
General performance and reliability improvements.
UI polish so it shines.
1.1.4 Jul 19
Improved Teleprompter behavior for longer scenes and monologues.
Improved Import PDF. Sides in Mail or Gmail? Open the PDF, tap Share, then choose OffBook Studio.
Improved Rehearse mode microphone handoff stability.
Fixed general listen/respond fluidity for a better overall experience.
General performance and reliability improvements.
UI polish so it shines.
1.1.3 Jul 15
Improved Teleprompter behavior for longer scenes and monologues.
Improved Import PDF. Sides in Mail or Gmail? Open the PDF, tap Share, then choose OffBook Studio.
Improved Rehearse mode microphone handoff stability.
Fixed general listen/respond fluidity for a better overall experience.
General performance and reliability improvements.
1.1.2 Jul 13
What’s New in 1.2.9
OffBook Studio spent this release learning an important distinction: giving an actor room to breathe is good scene work. Letting the iPhone fall asleep in the middle of it is less helpful.
Rehearse learned to stay awake. Your screen now stays on during an active rehearsal, even through those long, meaningful silences where absolutely nothing is happening — except, of course, all the acting.
Classic got better at taking it from the top. Restart has been tightened, particularly when returning from LIVE Mode. Press Restart, and OffBook is better prepared to do what the button has been promising all along: actually restart the scene.
The listening and response machinery got another serious tune-up. We refined cue recognition, short-line handling, Reader preparation, and the tiny but important handoff between hearing your dialogue and answering it. Because a good scene partner knows when to come in. And preferably doesn't need a committee meeting first.
Rehearse has a little more life on screen, too. A new waveform brings a visual rhythm to the listening experience, while refinements to script focus and selection help keep your attention where it belongs: on the scene.
LIVE Mode got more disciplined behind the curtain. Turn ownership, interruptions, recovery, restarts, and the transition back to Classic have received another round of reliability work. Less confusion about whose turn it is. More actual conversation.
And Record and Gallery received continued reliability attention, with more testing around audio capture, Reader alignment, saved takes, playback, and the transitions between them.
Underneath it all, OffBook keeps getting better at something deceptively simple: knowing when to listen, when to respond, and when to get out of your way.
Take your time.
Find the moment.
Say the line.
OffBook will be there for the next one.
The dramatic pauses are yours. We'll handle the cues.
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