LineLearner

  • 4.3
    out of 5
    130 Ratings
  • I tell everyone about this app

    Hkj333

    This is a game changer for learning lines. Sure - you have to add the dialogue but otherwise, this app is amazing. After uploading the dialogue using the different characters, I listen to my scenes over and over (while running, while cooking, while walking my dogs). In this way, I’m learning naturally. It’s easy to use and the one time I had a question, the developer got back to me promptly. If there is a version to upload a pdf, it would be perfect.

  • Repeat User

    Grufth

    I’ve used this app to learn lines on multiple plays (The Pillowman, Doubt, and more) and it’s been a life saver. It may seem tedious to record every characters lines but it’s an invaluable part of the process of learning the play. Once recorded you can run lines in the car or on a run. I can’t imagine tackling another production without using this app.

  • Fantastic! Total game changer...

    Notjenifer

    An absolute necessity--I LOVE this app! Easy to use, easy to program and customize, easy to share with other cast members--totally worth the $4! I'm off-book in no time! I use it for auditions, productions, character notes, etc. and share across my devices. It's wonderful!!

  • Glitchiest app I’ve ever used

    Audio actor guy

    How does this app get a 4.4?! (Probably because actors using it don’t know any better, unfortunately.)The audio technology used in this app has got to be at least 20 years old. I work in digital audio and can tell you that there are numerous ways to change the sound of a human voice besides just speeding it up or slowing it down. As for just a few of the many glitches - doesn’t play well while other apps are in use, volume is all over the place, ends of sentences get clipped (one of the updates claims this was fixed), stops when you open your phone, - I could go on. There really isn’t much advantage to using this app over using the voice memo function on your phone and just creating character voices the old fashioned way. The only advantage is that Linelearner automatically loops back to the top of your scene or play/show/script. (Not worth the headache)I’m old enough that I don’t mind paying for an app. I actually bought this one because I figured the free apps must be awful. I hope the developer will look into some of the current audio and coding technology going forward. I got so frustrated with all the glitches and bugs every time I attempt to use it that I gave up on it. I had to write this review as a catharsis. J/k.

  • Best in Show!

    AdamElder

    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.

  • Great App - Reasonable Price

    Bob Lahblaw

    I recently had an opportunity to use this app to help me readily memorize my lines for Juror #8 in "12 Angry Men" (Peter Fonda's role) -- that's a lot of lines and cues. The app did the job superbly! Very easy to record and manage your lines. Very easy to re-record my lines to shorten the gap once I became more familiar with them. Highly recommended to any actor who's friends and families are tired of reading lines with them. I also coach young performer's community theater and am now actively recommending this app to our young actors. I used to record my lines and cue lines with Garage Band and then load it onto my iPod -- a serviceable, but far less versatile means for learning lines. This app is so much more versatile and flexible (offering features such as re-recording, managing separate scenes, playing "silence" instead of your line when desired, and a "prompt" feature). Thank-you for creating this app!!!!