Rehearsal® Pro

  • 3.6
    out of 5
    64 Ratings
  • Best way to learn lines!

    rsj211

    I used the older version of this app, and then somehow lost it from my phone when of course I got an audition. Trying to approximate the functionality of this app using a basic voice memo app made me realize just how awesome Rehearsal Pro is! I don't really use any of the frills - I don't make notes or add photos or video or anything - but I am totally reliant on the core functionality: highlighting my lines, recording the scenes, and then using the playback. I love that it automatically restarts so I can easily use this to learn lines while driving or doing dishes (where I wouldn't want to be messing with my phone every time I want to restart the scene). I also love that the page onscreen scrolls as the recorded scene plays, so I'm also developing a sense of where on the page (and which page) I'm at with each line. This makes it so much easier to know when to flip pages and (if necessary) be able to quickly glance at the right part of the script when I'm in an audition. Bottom line, I love this app and I use it every time I'm prepping a scene.

  • Leaves a lot to be desired

    David Jon

    Great app in theory, but often doesn’t work to full capacity. Seems a bit deceitful to make the scanning process for adding scripts to be a camera icon, only to inform you upon clicking on it that you need to download an Adobe app to actually scan the script now. But I did that. Problem is, once you’ve completed the scanning process and followed all the steps provided, it’s still 50/50 whether the “Import to Rehearsal Pro” option will show up on your menu bar. And that’s important, because if you try to send the PDF to Rehearsal Pro when it doesn’t explicitly say “Import to Rehearse Pro,” it doesn’t work whatsoever. So I tried another method that’s suggested of using the email created when I made an account for the purpose of adding a script. The script after several minutes does show up in the app, but when I try to add it, despite re-emailing it several times, I still get the error message “Error writing file.” I like the app when it works, but right now charging $20 for...this...is simply insulting. I want the app to succeed really badly, because it’s a useful tool. But quite frankly it’s just a headache right now

    Developer Response

    David Jon...I'm really sad you didn't give us a chance to help you solve your issues by sending us a help request before leaving this review. I don't see anyone in our help request queue over the last two weeks with either "David" or "Jon" in their name, and no one has sent us any support requests that reflect your issue in this review. Can you please use the Send A Message page on our site (it's on the FAQ page) so we can get get the information we need from you to get you squared away? As for using Adobe Scan for our scanner, there are several reasons we chose to do that, and there's no deceit involved. It's free, it's from the people who invented PDF, and it creates much smaller and higher quality scans than we could within our app. You share the PDF that Adobe Scan creates right into Rehearsal Pro, and it works just fine from there. If Rehearsal doesn't show up as a sharing option, you may need to enable it on your device in the app list that will allow PDF imports. At any rate, we want to help, and we're hoping you'll get in touch.

  • Some feedback

    2nd DDoubleU

    I’ve been using this app for years. Only since I purchased the latest version for my iPhone a few months back have I ever had issues- and they have been consistent. Freezing, shutting down, same complaints as all the recent reviews. Fast forward to this morning, when I open the app and it suggests I update to fix bugs. I do the update, and lo and behold, all the same problems, plus one more (no auto replay) are present. I go to get help, as the admin is suggesting in all the replies to the poor reviews, and I find a note saying the app is aware of the problems with the update!.. my question is why are you still suggesting it?! Don’t suggest people do an update that has problems! You’ve wasted entirely too much of my morning- morning of my audition, during pilot season. Also, I tried to leave this feedback in the help section of the app, but it kept freezing before I could get through the first line so.. yeah.. thanks.

  • Couldn’t book without it!!!

    P-Lambert

    I have used Rehearsal Pro for years now and can’t imagine my life without it! I had no idea I would use it as often as I do. I have always been “old school” by using paper and highlighter … and sneaking a peek while I’m driving! The Rehearsal Pro is a game changer. Over the years, I have walked hundreds of miles with my earbuds in listening to lines and responding aloud. People just think I’m talking on the phone! I also use it in the car on long drives or just around town. David‘s videos on how to set up the app are very useful. The turnaround time for the app to receive my script and it be available for rehearsal is phenomenal. It has never disappointed. I recommend this app to everyone in the industry!!

  • How did I live without it???

    Alithing

    I LOVE Rehearsal Pro. I've been a fan since the first itteration of Rehearsal, and it's the ONE app I invariably recommend to my actor friends, everyone in any play I'm doing, strangers on the street, etc. I always use it to learn my lines in the car, recording two versions: one with me playing ALL the parts, and then one where I record the cues, and leave a space for me to fill in my lines once I get closer to being all the way off book. The design is beautiful, the help sections (including videos) are clear and helpful, and the functionality is so much more than I could ever need! I love knowing that if I NEED to record and send a VO audition while stuck in some foreign land, I COULD! I'm excited to fully explore all the improved features of Rehearsal Pro! Thanks, DHL XVII!

  • Couldn't live without it.

    beelthebob

    I've been using the original Rehearsal for a few years and I use it for everything. Rushing to auditions when you only have the half-hour car drive to get off book, to break down long scenes into smaller rehearsable sections, even as an occasional reader for self-tapes when no one else is available. The new version simply improves all aspects of the previous iteration. Syncing means your script and all annotations move from your phone to your pad, and back, seamlessly. Camera access means you can get new paper sides and have them in Rehearsal in seconds. My point is, working without Rehearsal would be like trading my cell phone for a fax machine... Doable, but a major step backwards.