A digital prompter for actors

Rehearse with the whole cast. Alone.

PlayHearsal speaks the other characters' lines in natural voices, goes quiet when it's your turn, and prompts you when you get stuck. The whole play, on your phone — no internet, no account.

Direct install (APK file) · free · your data stays on your phone

The Proposal · One act Your role: Lomov
Natalya

Oxen Meadows are ours, not yours!

Lomov ● your line

No, mine, honoured Natalya Stepanovna.

prompter “No, mine, honoured…”
Natalya

It’s not true, they’re ours!

How it works

In four scenes

Scene 1

You get the play

A link on WhatsApp. Tap it, and the play — text and voices — lands in the app all by itself. No PlayHearsal yet? Install the app, then tap the link again.

Scene 2

You pick your role

Mute your character. The others speak their lines; yours wait for you.

Scene 3

You rehearse anywhere

Line by line, with pauses as long as you need. Jump forward or back with a tap.

Scene 4

The prompter keeps watch

Your phone listens while you say your line and prompts you exactly where you stopped.

What it can do

Everything you need at rehearsal

Voices

The whole cast, out loud

Every character gets a natural voice. The play sounds like a read-through, not like a robot.

Your role

Your voice is your own

Your character stays silent: you speak their lines yourself, out loud, right on cue.

Prompter

It hears you and follows along

It recognizes where you are in the text and carries on by itself after your line. It uses your phone's own speech recognition, and PlayHearsal keeps nothing of what it hears.

Corrections

Record as you go

A line sounds off? Record over it: replace it, add one before, after, or at the end.

Listening

In the car, like an audiobook

Start a rehearsal with nobody muted and the play runs on its own, end to end.

Sharing

One file, the whole play

Text, voices and roles in a single .playhearsal file you send to your castmates.

Repertoire

Plays ready to rehearse

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Ready to rehearse?

Want a play to try? Pick one from the repertoire: short public-domain plays with the script and voices for the whole cast.
Got a link to a play? Just tap it — with the app installed the play opens in it; without it, install the app above and tap the link again.
First time here? Start with the step-by-step tutorial.