Invited beta for iPhone and iPad
Run your lines hands-free
SideTape listens as you say your lines. When you finish one, the reader comes in with the next. Put your headphones in and rehearse on a walk or on the way to an audition.
For iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. Invitations come through TestFlight, Apple’s app for testing new apps.
ELLIOT Reader
I thought you would have gone by now.
MARIN Your part
I was waiting to see if you would ask me to stay.
ELLIOT Reader, after your line
And if I had missed the train?
Rehearse without touching the screen
SideTape follows your lines with speech recognition on this device. Say your line and the reader answers. Forget a word and ask for it, as you would in a rehearsal room.
- “Line”
- “Whole line”
- “Go back”
- “Cue again”
- “From the top”
- “Pause”
A command only counts when you say it on its own, never when the words are part of your line.
Or use your headphone button
- Press Pause or carry on.
- Twice Move on to the next line.
- Three times Go back a line.
Rehearse keeps going with your phone locked, so you can keep it in your pocket.
Everything you need to learn a part
From the first read to the self-tape you send to casting.
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A reader for every other part
Choose a phone voice, your own recording, a friend’s recording or an optional AI reader for each character.
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Self-tapes on your mark
The reader plays as you perform, the prompter follows you, and the take stops after the last line.
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Learn lines
Hear the scene, then hide your words a step at a time until you know them.
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Add any script
Scan pages, choose photos, open a PDF or Word file, or paste text.
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Try it straight away
A sample scene comes with two built-in voices, so you can press Play straight away.
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Private by design
Your scripts, recordings and self-tapes stay on this device.
Your script stays yours
Scripts are often confidential. SideTape is built so they do not need to leave your phone.
- Listening happens on this device Speech recognition runs on your iPhone or iPad. Rehearsal audio is not uploaded.
- Your files stay with you Scripts, recordings and self-tapes are stored on this device, not uploaded.
- AI readers ask first They are optional. SideTape asks before it sends a scene’s dialogue to make the reader’s voice.
Help shape SideTape
SideTape is in a small invited beta. Email to ask for a place, and tell us which iPhone or iPad you use.