- Here's our roundup up the best teleprompter apps
for iPad and iPhone right now,
so that you can do stuff like this with your smart phone
or tablet, next time you shoot your videos.
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So let's just up into it.
Now teleprompters or auto cues are a super handy tool
to help you nail your script in front of the camera,
or even just remember the key points or the dot points
that you want to cover off in your videos.
And these days there are some really powerful apps
for your iPad or for your iPhone to help you do just that,
and ultimately these come down to two different types.
There are those that will replace a separate teleprompter
entirely and show you a script on your phone screen
or your device screen, which is gonna be great
if you're gonna be moving around and filming on the go.
Or there's those apps that will work really, really well
with a separate teleprompter in a studio setup.
Something like this where you're using your phone
or your tablet primarily to create a feed of your script
that you can easily control.
So in this video we're gonna be looking at my top picks
for both kinds of teleprompter apps right now.
And while we're going through,
make sure to let us know down in the comments,
what's your favorite teleprompter app and why?
Okay, so first up, we're gonna take a look
at teleprompter apps for use with an actual teleprompter.
So you're obviously gonna need a teleprompter here
to be able to use these apps properly.
Now the advantages of this setup
are that you'll be able to use a separate camera.
You're not just limited to recording with your phone,
but these will work with pretty much any camera out there,
and it's also gonna give you a bigger display,
or bigger text to be able to read from
because you're using your entire phone screen
or your entire tablet screen to have much, much bigger text.
But the biggest downside though with this setup,
is obviously you're going to need more gear,
and with more gear, there's more setup
that's going to be involved.
You will need an actual teleprompter
and for most of them out there,
they're a little cumbersome to setup and to move around,
but once you actually get them setup
they can work really, really well.
Now just to save a lot of questions down in the comments,
the teleprompter that I'm currently using
and the one that I currently recommend
is the Parrot Teleprompter V2.
I absolutely love this thing
and I've worked with a huge range
of teleprompters out there and unlike most
of the teleprompters, this one actually doesn't require
it's own stand, or it's own separate tripod,
or anything like that.
It literally just clips onto the front of your camera,
which means that this is a good option
if you are looking for something that is more portable,
something that's easy to move around with,
and something that's easy to use while you are on the go.
Okay, so from the apps we've gone through,
and tried, and tested, an absolute ton of them,
and we've narrowed it down to two for you.
Now these are our top two picks for teleprompter apps
with use with an actual teleprompter on iOS right now.
So the first one then is called Promptsmart Pro.
Now this is probably one of the more popular ones
out there and it does pack in a ton of features
and a ton of functionality.
It's also really, really easy to use
and to get up to speed using, especially if you've never
used an app like this before.
You've got all the standard features
and customization, and stuff in there
that you would expect in an app like this.
Things like being able to change the font, the font size,
the colors, all to be able to tailor it up for you,
and what's gonna make it easiest for you
when you're presenting in front of the camera.
So you've also got the ability in there
to be able to customize up and be able to mirror the screen
and change how it looks so that it will work
for your specific teleprompter as well.
Now probably the biggest standout feature with this app,
is that it has voice controlled auto scrolling,
meaning that you don't need to manually scroll your text.
You also don't need to use a remote
and you don't need to work with the speeds, plus and minus,
and adjusting everything to get the perfect speed for you.
This will actually listen to you when you're presenting
and it will automatically scroll and progress your text,
automatically based on where you are up to
with your presenting.
So this is an amazing feature and does make it
so much easier for you if you're someone
who's going to be reading word for word from a script,
and not necessarily working
from dot points or bullet points.
But the biggest thing that I found, though,
is that this does work really, really well
if you're someone who is creating your videos in one take.
So if you don't have any mistakes in there.
If you do have mistakes, or you wanna go back,
and you wanna re-say a sentence or re-say a paragraph,
it's not going to scroll backwards.
It's only going to analyze forward in your script,
so if you do need to go back and you do need
to say something again, you will need to manually scroll
your text back up and then start presenting again.
So it's not a deal breaker,
but it's definitely something to be aware of.
Now there's one more thing that I want to mention
with this app and that's that it does actually
include video recording capabilities as well,
so you can actually use this app
without a hardware teleprompter
or without a physical teleprompter,
and just use your iOS device to present the script,
but also do the recording as well.
Now I don't think it is really good for that purpose.
We are gonna mention an app really, really soon
which is the perfect solution for that,
a teleprompter camera app
which doesn't need an actual teleprompter,
but I wanted to mention it because this app,
Promptsmart Pro, does have camera capability,
and recording capabilities,
but it is nowhere near as good as the app
that I'm gonna mention very, very soon specifically
for that purpose.
Now there's also a remote control app
that you can get for this app as well,
so if you want to remotely control the speed,
and you're not going to be using the voice
auto scroll feature then you can remotely control it
from another device.
Now the app itself, the remote app is actually free
to download, but you will need to have a subscription
with Promptsmart to be able to actually get that working.
Now in regards to pricing then,
there is a free version of this app available,
but the one I'm talking about here isn't the free version.
The pro version actually has everything
that you'll need to be able to use this
with an actual physical teleprompter;
to be able to mirror the screen,
to be able to control everything,
to be ale to use that voice control.
All of that stuff is in the pro version.
Now they are currently in a pricing transition period,
according to their website.
So right now you can still purchase Promptsmart Pro
for $19.99 as a one time outright purchase.
On the Android side of things,
they've already transitioned over
to a subscription only model and they'll probably
be doing the same thing with iOS very, very soon.
So right now, one time purchase, $19.99,
which is extremely good value,
but there is also an extended license
or with a subscription if you do wanna unlock
some extra features, like to be able to use
that remote control, to be able to synchronize your scripts
and those sorts of things across different devices.
So the pricing might change on this,
but it's currently around the $4 per month,
or around $40 per year annually for that subscription
for that extended license.
Okay, so that was app number one,
now we're onto app number two
which is called Teleprompter Premium.
And this is an app that I think
is definitely worth considering.
While the other one, Promptsmart Pro,
is really easy to use and it's got an intuitive interface,
I think all of that is next level on Teleprompter Premium.
I think it's easier to use, I think the interface
is even better, and in terms of getting up to speed
and presenting, and getting your script out fast,
it's going to be much easier and much faster.
Again, it's got all the standard customization
and things that you would expect with fonts,
font sizes, colors, and all of those sorts of things,
but it does go beyond that in letting you really dial in
and changing up the settings,
so that you can tailor it up for your exact teleprompter.
So an example of this is the amount of control you have
over things like setting the margins of the text,
or the width of the text that's going to be displayed
in front of your teleprompter.
And while you're actually playing your script
and presenting your script,
it's really easy just to quickly tap on the screen,
and to swipe back, to redo a section,
or to adjust the speed if it's going too fast or too slow.
So it really is easy to dial in all of that stuff,
and to customize it all up while you're actually standing
in front of it, while you're actually presenting,
instead of having to stop, and go back,
and search through a heap of menus and things
to dial everything in from there.
You're able to do it in real time while your script
is on screen.
Now Teleprompter Premium, just like Promptsmart Pro,
does have video capabilities as well,
and just like Promptsmart Pro,
they're also very limited.
Again, so hang out for that next app
that we're about to mention because while it does
have this feature in here,
it's nothing in comparison if you do want to use your phone
as your teleprompter and as your camera as well.
So in regards to pricing then,
there is a lite version of this app available for free.
It's more so of a trial version or a test version
because to be able to actually use this app
with a teleprompter and to be able to unlock all
of these advanced settings and features,
which you will actually need,
then you will need the premium version,
the pro version, Teleprompter Premium
and that sells for $12.99.
But that is also a one time purchase,
so it's not an ongoing subscription,
so in terms of what you're actually getting,
it is an absolute bargain.
So this is currently my top recommendation
for teleprompter apps on iOS for use
with an actual teleprompter, hardware teleprompter.
It's the app that we use for the bulk of the videos
on this channel and have done so for quite a long time.
Okay, so those are the teleprompter apps
that we recommend for use with an actual teleprompter.
Now we're gonna take a look at apps
that are designed to completely replace a teleprompter
and just use your device to both do the recording
and to present your script
or have your script there for you.
These things are awesome
for shooting quick videos on the go,
even for content and things like Instagram stories as well.
So if you want to have your script, or your notes,
or your dot points, on screen that you want to speak to,
you can do that on your device on one side of the screen,
and be recording your video using the same device.
So that's the biggest advantage of this setup,
is that you're just using the device itself.
There's no extra gear needed,
which means that this setup is also ultra portable.
The biggest disadvantage with this
is that you're going to be limited just to using the camera
in your device as well, your iPhone or your iPad.
So there is less flexibility with being able
to use different cameras and obviously
because you're just limited to your device as well,
it is going to mean that you are going to be reading
from a smaller screen, or a smaller area on the screen,
so the text is going to be smaller.
So depending on your eye sight,
that could be a deal breaker for you,
but know that you can get some amazing results
with these apps, and yes they're ultra portable.
Now up until recently, our top teleprompter camera app
on iOS was going to Selvi.
Now that app has since had some serious issues,
and bugs, and things, and we've had a lot of people complain
saying that it now doesn't do what it was supposed to do,
so we have removed our recommendation from that
and found you a new recommendation which is far better.
And that app is called Video Teleprompter.
And it's actually made by the same company
or the same people that make the Teleprompter Premium app.
And what's really, really cool about this app
and what the standout feature really is with this app,
that none of the other camera teleprompter apps
actually have, is the ability to resize,
and the ability to reposition the text area,
so that it is down next to the camera lens,
and this is super important.
You really want it to look like,
you are looking directly at the camera lens
and not off to the side and reading a script off to the side
so that your viewers know that you are reading a script.
You want to keep that eye contact with your viewers,
with the camera lens, so having that text positioned
just off to the side, it will still look like
you're looking towards the camera lens
or looking at the viewers and making eye contact with them
and not looking off to the sides,
which most of the other camera apps fail at.
Now the trick with this, to really pull it off,
and have it look good, is to try and have the text
as small as you can in the smallest amount of area
that you can, so that your eyes aren't wandering
too far away from that camera lens.
And also make sure that the line or the sentence
that you are reading is the one
that is close to the camera lens.
The moment you look too far away
either above the camera lens or off to the side,
your viewers are going to know.
So the app itself is really easy to use.
It will work in both portrait and in landscape,
so again, things like Instagram stories
or YouTube videos, you're going to be able
to use this app fine.
As I said, you've got a great amount of control
over things like font size, positioning the text,
and customizing it all up, adjusting the speed,
and again this is something that you can do
without having to dive into a heap of different menus
to be able to find everything and adjust everything,
especially if you just want to create your videos fast.
You also have the ability, in this app,
to lock down things like your focus and your exposure,
so your focus and your brightness adjustments
aren't automatically changing by the camera, by your phone,
while you're recording your videos.
This is going to allow you
to create a much more professional looking video
without things changing while you're recording.
It's such a simple thing to give you access
to these features, that most of the other apps
out there don't, so big plus for this one.
Now in regards to pricing, once again
there is a lite version or a free version
of this app available.
If you do want to jump in and try it out,
and see how it works for you, but it does have branding
or a watermark on your exported videos,
so what I recommend is that you're
grabbing the paid version, the pro version for $16.99,
which is going to give you access
to all the features and obviously remove
that branding watermark as well,
which is still ridiculously cheap considering
how this is going to allow you to create videos super fast
from your smartphone or from your device, on the go.
Okay, so to round all of this out
and to give you some recommendations
about which app is going to be the best one for you.
If you are someone who is going
to be using a physical teleprompter,
and you're someone who's going
to be reading a long form script,
and you're going to be reading it word for word,
and you're really not gonna worry too much
about any retakes or any mistakes in there,
then Promptsmart Pro with that voice feature,
and that voice auto scroll feature,
is going to be an absolute game changer for you.
On the other hand, if you're not going to use
that voice auto scroll feature,
then I would strongly recommend Teleprompter Premium
because it's going to get you more bang for your buck.
It is a better app overall and there's a lot more features
and control for customizing it up for you personally,
so that it works best for your teleprompter as well.
And if you are looking to create videos on the go
using your smartphone without an actual,
physical teleprompter, then Video Teleprompter app
is going to be the way to go.
It is an amazing app and it will save you a ton of time
creating videos on the go with your device.
So for me personally, I'll actually use a mix
of all three of those apps.
Where I want that voice control feature,
I will use Prompstmart Pro, and that's not
for most of the videos.
It's pretty rare actually, but when I do need to use,
or do want to use it, it is an amazing feature
and it works really, really well.
The bulk of the videos we create on this channel,
we actually use Teleprompter Premium for it.
It's what I'm using right now for this video
because it's gonna allow me to use
that Parrot Teleprompter V2 teleprompter.
So that's the app we use with that,
and obviously for any videos on the go,
where I want to have a script, or dot points,
or anything on, and I'm using an iOS device,
then it hands down goes to Video Teleprompter.
So now that you have your teleprompter apps sorted,
if you're looking for more advice,
or more tips on how to best use your teleprompter
so that your viewers don't know that you are,
then check out the video linked onscreen now
and I'll see you in the next one.