Before you download any teleprompter
How to compare teleprompter apps
Five checks. About a minute. No trust required.
Five things you can check on any App Store listing in about a minute — and what Recito's answer to each one is. Check the same five on whatever else you are considering. Nothing below asks you to take our word for it.
1. How is it priced — one-time or subscription?
What to check
Scroll to In-App Purchases on the App Store page. Look for "Monthly", "Yearly" or "per month" in the names.
Recito
One-time US$6.99. No subscription, no renewal, no trial that converts. The free tier has no time limit.
Many teleprompters charge monthly or yearly, or a "lifetime" price many times higher. A year of a subscription is the number to compare with a one-time price.
2. What does the App Privacy label say?
What to check
Scroll to App Privacy. This section is declared to Apple and audited by Apple; the description above it is written by the developer.
Recito
"Data Not Collected." Recito has no analytics, no advertising SDK, and no network code other than Apple's StoreKit for the purchase.
Some apps say "no tracking" in the description and declare Analytics, Device ID or Advertising Data on the label. When the two disagree, the label is the one that was checked.
3. Does it follow your voice — and where does the audio go?
What to check
Check the feature list for voice or speech scrolling, whether it is behind the paywall, and read the privacy policy for named third-party services.
Recito
Yes. The script keeps pace with your reading, with the word you are on marked. Recognition runs entirely on the device using Apple's offline speech models; no audio or transcript leaves it. Included free, on by default.
Elsewhere voice-following is often the paid feature, and some apps send your script text or audio to a third-party service to work. A policy that names one will say so.
4. Which devices does it actually run on?
What to check
Look for iPad screenshots on the listing, and search the Mac App Store for the same name.
Recito
Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The Mac version is a real resizable window, not a stretched phone app, and the one purchase covers all three.
Many teleprompters are iPhone-only. A listing with no iPad screenshots and no Mac entry is telling you that.
5. Can you pause without losing the take?
What to check
Check what happens when you pause mid-script: does the recording end, and do you get one video or several?
Recito
Pause anywhere, resume on the exact word you stopped at, and the parts join into ONE video with invisible joins. Delete just the part you fluffed and the script rewinds with it.
If pausing ends the recording, every stumble costs a full retake or an editing session afterwards.
Why no names
A comparison table with other apps' names in it is out of date the day one of them changes a price, and it asks you to trust whoever made the table. The five checks above do not: each is on the other app's own page, put there by its developer and, in the case of the privacy label, checked by Apple. If an app does well on all five, it is a good app, whoever makes it.
Check Recito the same way.
The label, the price and the platforms are all on its App Store page to verify.
Recito on the App Store