Linelearner App Reviews

Great app!

Been using this for years, love it and I recommend it to my students

I wish there were a way to import the script and tie it to the recording. I learn by both ear and sight. Looking at a long PDF doesn’t cut it.

Very glad I found this app. Makes the memorization process much easier. The UI could benefit from some streamlining. But overall a definite thumbs up given its functionality. Thanks for making this app.

I've used this for every show I've been in for the past 7 years. It really works. There is one bug that drives me crazy-- when your screen locks or you go away from the app, when you go back into the app it sends a signal that you're hanging up a phone call (you'll hear the hang up sound) and gets stuck on the line it was playing; sometimes it also crashes. Other than that, there are some UI/UX improvements that could be made, like making it possible to move multiple lines around scenes instead of one-by-one. But overall, this app has helped me a lot!

I love this app...learning lines with auditory input is so much more efficient. Late last night, I had trouble sharing and saving my extensive work on another device. I e-mailed customer service and the creator PETER got back to me immediately. We exchanged several messages and I am now saved on 2 different devices. And Dropbox. Highly recommended! Thanks, Peter!

I’m always the first person off book. I know other actors’ lines (my cue lines) better than they do. I tell other actors about this whenever I can. It is a nearly perfect app. I would only improve the speed control. Give is decimals instead of a slider. 1.2, 1.5 speed, etc.

This app was the app that I would have invented if I were an app maker. It’s as if my mind was read. It’s amazing and does so many things. Download it. I took away a star because it’s quite confusing and not intuitive and feels like there’s a bunch of extra steps involved to do simple things, but it does its job very well and does exactly what I need it to do. The option to select different ways in which the text is played back with gaps or no gaps is the gold here.

I really like this app. I use it to memorize lines for show I’m in, auditions, and lots more. But one thing that realllly bugs me about it is that you can’t organize your script names in the order you want them to. The app organizes them alphabetically which is NOT helpful at all when you can a bunch of past scripts on there and you have to scroll to get to a script you’re currently working on. Just change that and I’d be completely happy with the app.

@Galitlevicomedy loves this app.

I’m a professional actor and I use this app almost every day. The interface is not super self-explanatory, but once you understand it, it is incredibly easy to use. You can play back with a gap for your lines, you can prompt yourself, etc. I often record a scene partner and use them as the other side, but it’s also great for when you need to run lines and you don’t have anyone around. It’s the best app for memorization that I have found and is well worth the money. No frills, but excellent. Five stars.

This app is fun and easy to use! I use it anytime I need to memorize a script!

I am actually using this to learn Spanish. It is fantastic. Very user friendly once you learn the basics - which doesn’t take long. I record a series of sentences in Spanish and can adjust the looping and the gap for review. So helpful! Also, if I make a mistake recording a line, it it super easy to rerecord and fix it. Since the other sentences are separated out, I don’t have to rerecord all of the other sentences, just the one I need to fix. This allows me to work on very targeted sentences and word forms while I am doing chores, going for a walk, or anything. Also, for $4, it is SO worth it! Thank you so much for this app!

This app could be so much better if the set-up was more sensible. The buttons and options are frustratingly vague and non-intuitive. The instructions are bloated. Moving from recording scene/playing scene/ editing/adding characters/playback options takes multiple trial and error, even after using the app several times. Options are ok, but hidden in a maze of swiping, toggling, and drop-downs. Too much time spent navigating the app than rehearsing lines.

I have been using it for four years. I keep finding new ways to use it to help me at different stages in my memorization of scripts. I’m sure I’ll keep finding new things after this. I can’t imagine doing it any other way as I am not a visual learner. I can use it anywhere anytime to review which I do before each performance. Takes me about an hour to do my lines as lead in a show.

Lines, lyrics, stage direction...this app can help you with all of those. Plugging everything in and getting the hang of the small intricate details of this app can be a pain, but it is very much so worth it if you are an aural learner like me. Cannot recommend this app enough!

I’ve been wishing there was a program that I could run my lines on my own- this ap exceeded my expectations. Developer thought of everything- easy to use and record the script (don’t rush- you’ll need the right timing once your off book!), tons of playback options to help you transition from learning the lines to just running them, easy to delete or change lines if there are any script changes, you can flag a line you’re having trouble with, etc. bought the full version and I’ve been sharing it with all of my actor friends!

Update 3-17-18 This is the best app i have on my phone. I’m so happy to see my other actor friends in Los Angeles using it, and i recommend to all my actor friends who tell me they have trouble memorizing lines. I still use this every week, some weeks every day. Thank you SO MUCH Peter for creating it and adding my suggestions early on in the process. If you learn lines, you must try this app. Lincoln Update: I am in a play in Hollywood and the cast took my advice to get this app. They're all very happy with it. And years after buying, I still use this app BEFORE EVERY PERFORMANCE in the car on the way to the theater to review my lines in a speed through with the app's speed functionality. We're doing Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy. The comedy is rapid fire, and this app helped me be able to relax and lock the words in my brain so I can have fun onstage. I cannot thank the developer enough. I also use for most auditions and when I book a film or commercial. Driving in LA gives me lots of time to run lines with hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. I love it!!! They just added a sleep timer! It's like the developer is reading my mind! Awesome! Update v6.0 AMAZING UPDATE!!! This update is fantastic and delivers several feature requests I've made over the last versions. Speed up and slow down playback is so great! Recap my lines only- genius! Stage direction addition! The new graphics interface is great! This has been my only line memorization and review tool since I bought it (and I bought several others, but this one works best for me). As a working actor, I use this every week. On my way to auditions in LA, on my way to class, or just to review lines while driving. I highly, highly, highly recommend it. I don't know how much it sells for currently, but I would easily pay $10 for this because of how much I use it and how much it helps me. I'm not just gushing, read my reviews below of the previous versions. I contacted the developer a few times with bugs and feature requests, and he took care of them and has now added those features! I haven't used it but a few times since the update, so I haven't encountered any bugs yet, but rest assured if there are any and you let him know, this developer will fix it. That's a good feeling. This is my most used app on the App Store besides Waze. I love it. Thank you! Update: v3.4 Now the app plays in the background, yay mutitasking! This is a great feature added!! Added a star to my review. Well worth it. I'm not sure if the script erasing has been fixed. I would love to see a new feature of SPEEDING UP PLAYBACK for speed throughs to practice lines and cues fast. This would be great. Adjustable speed. I use this app many times a week. Almost every day. I love it. It's still not perfect, but it's the best line memorizing app on the market that I've tried or bought. Great app, really great for line learning and solo practice, but totally needs MULTITASKING!!! I use this a lot while driving to auditions and jobs in LA. I set it on loop, but have to go back and forth to my maps app, and playback shuts off when you exit the app. Please add multitasking so I can keep playback looping in the background! Thanks! Update: Also, you need to able to re-arrange the order of scenes in a simpler way. (This has been fixed:) Holy crap! I just deleted one of my productions from an audition, and the app mysteriously deleted several other productions!!! For no apparent reason! The productions are still listed, but all of the audio and lines are gone!!! Now it crashes anytime I try to open one of the messed up productions! "recover" option does not work!!! Sounds like a database issue.

Except it keeps disconnecting from my Bluetooth headphones. I switch to another app and they connect just fine, but as soon as I switch back to linelearner the connection vanished. It's a little weird walking around with your own voice playing out of your phone. Also, the send feedback button just kicks you out of the app. Otherwise pretty good. Slight learning curve as elsewhere mentioned, but you'll have that with anything.

This app is great. I started out using Rehearsal Pro, but the bugs in that program eventually made it completely unusable (although I love the concept of that one). This app, on the other hand, seems flawless. There’s a small learning curve, but watching the video tutorials helps thru that part. Entering in my lines was easy - I loaded up the entire play in about 2 hours - and once that’s done, you have so much power. it’s like they thought of every possible adjustment to assist you through every single stage of memorization. Unlike Rehearsal Pro, you are not seeing the script scroll in front of you as you memorize, and that threw me at first, only for like a minute though. Because it ended up with me learning the lines aurally - only through listening - and not visually (by seeing the lines), which usually happens for me at a letter stage of the process. Nice looping feature so I could also get up and walk the blocking when i was ready. The interface is bare bones - no extra flashy junk, which is better. Simple, effective, light, fast and powerful. Feels like it was designed by actors just brainstorming the perfect way to use handheld technology to help them do one thing, and then get out of the way. Really great job, designers and developers who made this. I thank you profusely for coming up with this and implementing it so well.

I got this app because RuPaul recommended it and I was going to be in a production of The Goat by Edward Albee. We had a 2 week rehearsal process - so we had to come in to rehearsal fully off book. I am proud to say that I was the only one successfully off book at that first rehearsal!

works so well, super easy to figure out & love the variety of timing & gaps. Memorization is happening much faster.

I've used this app for a little over a year now and find it the perfect aide for memorization. I learn my lines on the street, train and anywhere I can put on my headphones. I'd like to see how they can make it better though.

Sure the layout might be... underwhelming and the menu might not make a lot of sense. Once you get the hang of it, though, it's amazing! Also, you should at least know the other actors lines and what's coming up in case something happens during a live performance. This app had me so well rehearsed that I would hear people say a phrase from the script I was rehearsing in passing on the street, that my brain would automatically start saying the next line.

Used this for all the plays we've done in my theater class, the full version is customizable which helps if there's many characters or scenes. It gives that feeling of rerunning the scene over and over, really helps

I have been acting for 15 years, and have used everything from cassette recorders (remember those?) to digital recorders to the iPhone voice recorder to record and playback lines. Finally, someone has developed pretty close to the perfect tool for learning a role. Line Learner is exactly right, with all the features you could need - it made a difficult role that includes 250 cues and a 4-1/2 page monologue much easier to tackle. No, I'm not a shill for the company, and I don't think I've written a review in the App Store before. This app is simply that good.

Every actor can point to certain shows, workshops, classes, etc. that took their craft up a notch. This app - seriously - is one of those for me. With it, I can be off book literally weeks before the deadline, which leave me more rehearsal time to develop my character and find those nuances that take a good performance to a great one. Because each line is recorded individually, it’s easy to rerecord a single line if you flub up, or change how you deliver it, or make those small changes to the script that come up during the rehearsal process (with the full and legal approval of the author and/or publisher, of course!) As for the new version, I love the improvements. Recording and editing is easier, and the new playback options are great. The developer, Peter Allday, is quickly responsive to inquiries, problems and suggestions (and many of the suggestions I’ve made are here in the new version). Sure, there are similar apps that are “free” - unless you actually want to add a script, that is. With LineLearner, you pay once up front and that’s it. This would be a bargain at twice the price.

Such a great little app! I've used Line Learner successfully for years now and it does a great job. There is a feature that would really help: if the playback for the "Others" lines could be tweaked with a voice-changer pitch control then I could record both my lines and others quickly and play it back and have it sound like two different people doing the scene. Right now I find it best to have someone else record others' lines--often someone not in the show-- but doing it myself is quicker and more in context. As it is now, my own voice on both sides (especially in the early part of the process) can be confusing. Thanks!

I started using this app a year ago, when I had to learn a two-hander show in 2 weeks. Helped me enormously! I’ve used it on every show since then. Works WONDERFULLY! I usually learn off the page and in rehearsals - this is such a welcome addition to memorization. Now I can walk around and run lines with earphones - do housework - walk around the city - run lines in car with Bluetooth - great for sitting in traffic! Interface takes a little time to learn - but WORTH IT - and many options for playback - other character line then ‘gap’ where you speak your lines - or other character, then gap, then recorded line (my favorite), other options as well. And speed thru capability for fast ‘Italian’ run. Also great for monologues - just break it into chunks/beats and record each as ‘separate’ line. Works like a charm. Also app developer has been very responsive with any questions & suggestions. Everyone should use this! Get off book quicker and easier!!

In my last production a cast member recommended this app, and I am so so happy she did. I'm in the process of memorizing Hamlet's lines for a summer show and this app has been a God send. I used to record my lines just using the recording device on my phone, but this app is much much more helpful. I will say there's a bit of a learning curve to figure out how best to use it, but once you figure it out I cannot express how helpful it's been. Especially as I've grown older (early thirties now) I've found its taken more work to memorize lines. But this app is probably the easiest and most painless way I've found. Best used when paired with walking around, doing mindless tasks, commuting etc. All in all, so thankful for this program. 100% worth the price.

I have used this app for a few years. It is a fantastic addition to an actor's toolkit; I often use it to run lines while my hands are occupied (driving, laundry, etc). The updates are definitely appreciated and make this an even more power utility.

I love this app. 3.99 well spent. I have a hard time memorizing and this app has been really helpful. It’s easy to use plus there is a lot of flexibility in the way it plays back lines.

The update is amazing. I've had the app for a couple of years now and I love the new layout, with the different colors/names for each character and the pitch changer. Essential app.

This is app is ok for basic line recording but certain parts of it don't even work like the pitch change that is advertised. Really frustrating when you're in a hurry :(

This app has completely revolutionized line memorization for me. I love graduating through the stages of listening to every line, then gap-line for my lines, then finally just gaps for my lines. My turnaround time for being off book is absolutely faster, especially in situations where I have a lot to learn in a short time. One UX issue utterly baffles me, however. There is a critical menu that you will bring up often during playback that allows you to control gaps, looping, etc. The developer has decided to make that menu animate SOOOOOO SLLLLOOOOWWWLLLLYY. It is an annoying impediment to productivity. There is absolutely no reason that menu slide should take more than 250ms. I think right now it's 1500ms with the bounce. PLEASE bring that duration down to 250ms and lose the bounce. The bounce effect is GREAT for folksy tutorial overlays and games, but it has no place in a productivity app like this. Other than that, fantastic work!!!

I like the aesthetic changes, as well as some of the functionality improvements. I'm glad the developer hasn't abandoned this app. That being said, there are now aspects of the app that are broken following the update. 1. Bluetooth streaming no longer works. This app made its money because I could rehearse my lines while in the car and now I can no longer use BT, resulting in decreased audio quality through the phones speaker. 2. When the app is open and is minimized, it keeps the red bar at the top of the screen open, as if indicating it is still recording. This happens event in playback mode. 3. I would have sent feedback through the option in the app, but every one I pressed "Send Feedback" the app would crash. Every. Time. Please take this as constructive criticism and take steps to remedy these problems. Thank you in advance.

Every actor needs this app. Easy to use, functional, a godsend.

This app is form over function. When a lot of modern day apps have beautiful UI's this app does exactly what I need it to. My ability to remember my scenes has increased drastically because of this app. - It lets me change the pitch and tone of the other characters. - It has playback speed for my lines and their lines. - It makes recording very easy. Overall a great app.

Below is my previous review and I have to say the improvements incorporated have blown me away. Everything I wanted to make this a 5 Star app (see below), and some that I didn't know I could use! I love the feature that shows you, in a colored timeline exactly what will playback... My line, their line, a pause, whatever! Brilliant. Also, the ability to have multiple characters, add stage directions, and even change the character icon or import the other actors photos is a nice touch. As a working actor, this is an indispensable tool when commuting to an audition. Helps me get in the right space and I can review lines in the car or with my headphones in the waiting room. WELL DONE Previous Review----- I've tried Lines Please and Rehearsal and this beats those hands down. I'm very techie and I've put all three of these through their paces. This is my go-to app for any audition or scene. I love the features, the simple interface and it quickly helps me get off book. For the first time user, an instruction website or in-app help feature would've been handy. Understanding which combo of options in settings have to be off/on, in order to get it to playback how I wanted it to, took a bit of time to get used to. Also I agree with the other reviewer in that an option to review only my lines (without playing back any of the others lines) would be great. I too record a separate script for just my lines. Would also love to be able to control the speed of playback so I can listen quickly or slow down for those lines that are tongue twisters. Add those and it would become a five star app. Lastly, if there could be a way to record/edit titles/import scenes, on & from my PC/Mac (using an mp3 tag editor for example) for those large scripts that would be a time saving bonus to make it a six star app! :-) Highly recommend this app!

Well worth the price, although you do have to sit and record yourself reading the entire script before you can really use it 😂 Definitely recommend.

This app is totally amazing! There are so many clever options to incorporate into the recording. I'm over the moon! I'm preparing to play Blanche Dubois and have to show up for my first rehearsal off-book. With Line Learner, I'm now confident that I'll be able to make that happen. I'm so grateful to the designers for creating a solution that really works. I'll continue to recommend it to all my actor friends! Thank You!!

If you're looking to memorize efficiently and effectively. This is the app for you. Well worth the $4. It is a must have for every actor or actress. I was having trouble with memorization and some actors told me about this app. I use it multiple times a day. I wish I would have known about this app a long time ago. It is fantastic! Definitely a 5 star app. If you get it I promise you won't regret it.

Do you learn lines? For plays or movies or songs or ANYTHING? Then you must get this app. It is the best $4.00 I've ever spent. The looping features are perfect and help hammer the lines home and then, later as you get better, provide elegant options for rehearsing them. Buy this app! Do it now! You will thank me later.

I have been using Line Learner for four years. I act in community theater and can't remember how I learned lines before this app! The app has evolved over the years in great ways. The ability to change pitches for your cast mates is wonderful. I have told everyone in my town's theater world about this app and now the local university's theater department suggests it! Line Learner might even be wondering why their app is being downloaded so often out in the middle of nowhere!

I was struggling nailing down the lines for my latest play and I bought this in desperation. It is an awesome tool to have. It has saved my b*** and allowed me to run lines for the last several days without begging someone to read book for me for several hours. I am very appreciative. I've also told every actor I know about this app because I think it is invaluable.

Do you know Waiting for Godot? I was “fortunate” enough to be cast as Estragon. He has ~800 lines. This is, by far, the largest part I’ve ever had to memorize. The memorization was made possible with LineLearner. I could not have done this part without LineLearner. I used while waiting for kids, driving, walking, invaluable!

This is a really nice simple little app. It's solid and does exactly what it says it does. I have make good use of it. It's not particularly helpful for monologues but for scenes it's wonderful.

So much better than using a tape or digital recorder. Recording and listening to lines is what really works for me and this app does the job beautifully. I love that I can change the voice pitch of the other characters to avoid confusion. I record and listen in my car over and over again. It really helps me memorize fast. And for the price...there's nothing better.

I was a lead in one of my schools play, which meant I had to learn hundreds of lines. I couldn't have done that without the help of this app. It's very easy to maneuver and so worth the money! You can record your lines and others, and it's unlimited. I highly recommend this to anyone in theater, if your learning a script, studying for a presentation, a speaking test, etc. Anything! It's truly a great app, and will surely stay on my phone for a while.

This understudy felt lost without it. I'm feeling better now. Two large Shakespeare roles to cover.

Crappy, difficult to use. Interface is not clear. Never really was able to figure out how it works. Save your money. Just tape your lines with sound gaps on the voice recorder that comes with the iPhone.

I feel like I’ve found gold with this app. I thought I was going to have to hire an app developer to make my own line memorization tool, but lo!, I do not. I work by recording all lines of text in monotone and replaying to learn by rote with voice memos. I have always wanted to be able to silence out my own lines in the recording to fill them in myself and this app does it! And when you forget your line, you hit “Prompt” (could say ‘Line?!’, like how an actor calls out) and it plays your next line. Boom. It can even be set to play your line AFTER a pause of same length, so you can double-check. It’s functionally exactly what I was looking for. I docked a star because I find the interface somewhat confusing and the workflow for editing not intuitive (not being able to playback/preview a line in the editing page, for example, when we don’t know line numbers). I expect this app to develop beautifully with feedback and as the word spreads. It’s basically having a scene reader in your pocket. You could even record with the other actors for extra fancy times.

Just purchased this. Recorded some lines for a TV audition I have and when I hit the playback button the recording abruptly stop at random points. I'm not holding it or otherwise touching it. I just press play, step away, it starts fine and then just stops. I do have a new iPhone 6. Don't know if that makes a difference. If so, they need to update the app fast! Or refund people's money.

The interface is totally c***** and confusing. After your line is read, it pauses so you have to keep pressing unpause. It's hard to customize your script and really only works for a script with lines that are said by one person. I tried to memorize my lines but gave up because hearing the other persons lines in my voice confused me and messed me up. It's so much easier just to run lines with a human. Overall, I would only use this app if all the copies of my script were burned and unreadable.

This is a fantastic app- I am a professional performer and it has revolutionized the way I learn lines! No more flash cards or staring at my script- I especially love the new pitch options and multiple characters- it's almost like rehearsing with real people. Well worth the small fee.

The previous version works fine, but this version is just plain broken and untested. Sloppy, sloppy work!

The app is easy to use & intuitive & most important I can save it to Dropbox so when I upgrade my phone I don't have to rerecord everything. Highly recommend!!!

... but it's really janky. At times it works pretty good (never excellent) at other times there are random pauses where they don't belong, sometimes it stops playing halfway through a script and the interface is pretty confusing. Can't remember the last update. This app needs an overhaul.

There is a lot of versatility in this app. It works for whatever level of memorization you are on. It is pretty intuitive, but the guides are helpful too. Also, when I was having a problem, and I sent feedback, the response was with 24 hours, and he figured out a fix.

The app doesn’t have many helpful features and I personally don’t feel like it helped me memorize my lines. I wouldn’t recommend this app.

“Not aware of any bugs” says the Help. So at least there are jokes. Crashes when you just look at it sideways. Says it supports importing a PDF script, but when I use the share menu to send a PDF to the app, nothing happens. The help scrolling has a mind of its own. Generally, the app is clunky and unintuitive. There has to be a better option. Also, it appears you can only have recordings for the lines. A complete line learner app ought to also support entering the lines as text and then playing them back using speech synthesis.