5 Best Free or Affordable Teleprompter Apps Suitable for all Devices, for the New Entrepreneur, Starting an Online Business IN 2025...
Learn How to Build and Maximise the Success of Your Dream Online Business Today!
"Love What You Do and Do What You Love."
Ray Bradbury (American author and screenwriter)
Introduction
Teleprompters are invaluable tools in the modern age for any form of presentation. Whether it’s for live presentations, video recordings, or webinars, teleprompters enable users to deliver a professional piece of content with confidence, without the risk of hesitation, making mistakes, or untimely and awkward pauses.
They allow a seamless and professional solution for delivering scripted content, such as lectures, speeches and/ or sales pitches by displaying text in a scrolling manner, that allows content creators to maintain eye contact with their audience while delivering their message in a natural and effortless manner.
In marketing, where getting a message across as persuasively and as possible, and ensuring high levels of engagement with potential customers is essential, teleprompters become almost indispensable. Their use allows marketers are able to stay on track, without having to memorise long scripts.
There are many different apps available on the internet now, some which can be used directly from the web, or downloaded onto a given device, with some being more expensive and versatile than others.
For the new entrepreneur, budget restrictions can make the choice rather limiting. So in this post, I have outlined five free or well-priced, affordable teleprompter apps, that can be used directly from the web, or downloaded onto your device, so you can keep your costs down, and maximise the success of your business!
What to Look for in a Teleprompter
Along with its basic functions, there are certain essential features that a teleprompter should provide you in order to make the process of using it easy and effective for you. Since we all have our own unique preferences, the teleprompter app must be versatile enough to allow a certain amount of customisation.
So, here are some of the features that the teleprompter should include:
- Facility to control scroll speed.
- Customisable styles (e.g. background colour, margins, font style, and font size) for ease of use, depending on preference.
- Facility to edit text.
- Facility to save scripts in-app.
- Facility to flip text both horizontally and vertically, and produce mirrored text.
- Facility to import scripts (e.g. from device, such as computer or phone, Cloud, or Dropbox, etc.).
- Facility to support different script formats (e.g. doc, docx, txt, etc.)
- Facility to sync. with other devices.
- Facility to use remote control devices via Bluetooth, LAN, or Wi-Fi.
- In-app timer.
- Facility to record in-app.
- Facility to use voice responsive scrolling.
- Facility to use app. in landscape or portrait styles.
Which Teleprompter Apps to Choose
There are innumerable teleprompter apps available now, so it can take a considerable degree of trial and error to decide which one is the right one for your needs!
Often with confusing pricing and insufficient information, finding one that is user-friendly enough to start using straight away, but versatile enough to stick with as you progress in your business can be quite difficult.
Whichever app you decide to choose, it's essential that it's suitable for your exact needs...
I've outlined the main pros and cons of five apps that I feel meet the main requirements and budget restrictions a new entrepreneur may face. in order to help make your choice a little easier...
They may not all be suitable for your exact device, so you might need to experiment a little. Nevertheless, they are easy to use, free, or with very affordable versions, for whichever make of device, or operating system you prefer, i.e. Windows, MAC, Android, and iOS devices.
(NB: I have not tested for Linux OS)
BigVu
Online Teleprompter
Parrot Teleprompter
Teleprompter-Online
Teleprompter for Video
BigVu
(By BigVu Inc)
The Pros and Cons of BigVu
Pros 👍
- Free version available with watermark for shorter videos up to 9 minutes; or starting at £9 p/m without watermark individual subscription also for shorter videos. Or £13 p/m with AI facility for longer videos up to 59 minutes. Or £14 p/m for teams, also for longer videos.)
- Web-based app, compatible with all popular browsers, Microsoft Edge, Safari Firefox, Firefox, and Google Chrome.
- Can be used on all platforms, android, MAC, iOS, and PC.
- Teleprompter-only mode without video, available for practicing scripts.
- Facility to record in landscape or portrait.
- Facility to switch between front-facing and rear-facing camera recording.
- Facility to sync. devices.
- Facility to import videos.
- Facility for voice-over on videos.
- Facility to use for teleconferences with Zoom.
- AI “Magic Writer” script-generating facility, using Open AI, user input, and BigVu’s “Brand Style Analyser” tool for tailor-made AI-generated scripts.
- AI speech-to-text facility.
- Speech recognition technology for generating subtitles, available in 31 languages with facility to import specialised words.
- Facility to share on social media platforms using in-app AI.
- Retouching (beautifying) filters for video creation.
- In-app facility for video recording and live streaming.
- In-app facility for video editing, including different backgrounds, use of interactive cards or photographs with videos.
- Facility for ‘greenscreen’.
- Extensive online resource library, along with training webinars.
- Very good level of support via email.
Cons 👎
- Rather complicated refunds process via individual sales platforms, i.e Apple iOS, Google Android, and so on.
- No speech-responsive scrolling.
- No facility to import scripts directly from device or Cloud (must use copy and paste).
- Watermark on free no subscription videos.
- No telephone support.
Conclusion:
BigVu is a very sophisticated and versatile teleprompter app, with innumerable functions available to facilitate video recording and editing, including stylish backgrounds and trims, and greenscreen.
It has excellent AI speech-to-text technology, with auto-captions, and excellent in-ap “Brand Analyser” for generating uniquely tailor-made scripts for each user.
For all its extensive and complicated functions, BigVu is surprisingly user friendly, and easy to familiarise yourself with. Plus, with the substantial number of helpful articles available online, along with the email support, BigVu remains one of the top most teleprompter apps available.
Online Teleprompter
(By Teleprompter Mirror)
The Pros and Cons of Online Teleprompter
Pros:👍
- Free, web-based and downloadable app.
- Compatible with all devices.
- Facility to write and edit scripts directly into app.
- Facility to import files from popular editors (eg Word 365 and Google Docs).
- Facility to export files.
- Fully customisable pre-set styles, i.e. fonts, font size, text colour, margins, and background colour.
- Facility for flipping text vertically, horizontally, or mirrored image.
- Auto in-app file save.
- Voice responsive technology.
- Adjustable pre-set scroll speed – when not using voice-responsive scrolling.
- Fully compatible with professional teleprompter rigs.
- Compatible with PowerPoint.
- Facility to sync other devices via Bluetooth.
- Good customer support by telephone and email.
Cons:👎
- No in-app timer.
Conclusion
This is a user-friendly free app that anyone can start using straight away without having to go through a steep learning curve.
It has all the essential functions that you can expect from a teleprompter, along with voice activation technology, making it without a doubt, one of the easiest and most frequently used teleprompter apps available.
Being web-based, you don't need to download it onto your device and use up memory space on your hard drive, And you don't need to create an account in order to use it either.
Parrot Teleprompter
(By Padcaster)
The Pros and Cons of Parrot Teleprompter
Pros:👍
- Free web-based app.
- Unlimited number of scripts.
- Compatible with all devices.
- Facility to write and edit scripts directly into app.
- Customisable pre-set styles, i.e. font size and colour, background colour and margins.
- Customisable scroll speed.
- Facility to flip text both horizontally and vertically.
- Facility to download or share scripts across devices (via Cloud, Bluetooth, Dropbox, etc.)
- Facility to loop scripts.
- Customer support via email.
Cons:👎
- Using remote with Padcaster kit can cause issues with mobile screens on some versions.
- No telephone support.
- Recent updates seem to have created some bugs which include problems with scroll speeds and background settings.
Conclusion
The parrot teleprompter app is very versatile and can be used directly on a smartphone or with the Padcaster teleprompter kit. Its versatility has made it a very popular teleprompter, with or without the use of the kit.
Once the company has smoothed out some of the recent issues it will no doubt continue to rank amongst the top teleprompter apps.
Teleprompter-Online
(by Teleprompter-Online)
The Pros and Cons of Teleprompter-Online
Pros:👍
- Free web-based software.
- Compatible with all devices.
- Available in seven languages besides English – French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Chinese and Japanese.
- Facility to write and edit scripts directly into app.
- Customisable styles i.e.: font size, text colour, and margins.
- Adjustable scroll speed.
- In-app timer.
- Custom mode for flipping text vertically, horizontally, or mirrored image.
- Facility to import scripts in a number of formats (eg Word 365 and Google Docs.)
- Facility to export files.
- Facility to sync. devices via Bluetooth.
- Facility to save scripts onto device hard drive.
- Facility to record voice.
Cons:👎
- Background colour not customisable.
- Voice-responsive scroll speed only available on paid version.
- No in-app video recording facility.
- No customer support.
Conclusion
This is a multi-lingual, versatile app. which is actually very easy to start using. Sadly however, it lacks the facility to record video within the app itself, so the use of a second device for video recording is necessary.
Besides that, most of the more sophisticated features like voice-responsive technology are only available for the rather costly paid version. If the company makes the free version of the app. more feature-rich, I am quite sure its popularity would increase vastly.
Customer support as well wouldn't go awry either! As easy to use as the app is, issues can always arise that require some assistance, and the developers really ought to make some form of help available.
Teleprompter for Video
(By Norton Five)
The Pros and Cons of Teleprompter for Video
Pros:👍
- Free version for shorter scripts up to 750 characters; or £4.99 p/m, or £19.99 p/a)
- Compatible with all devices (Android version 8 or 8+ only).
- Facility to write and edit scripts directly into app.
- Facility to add subtitles and captions in app.
- Customisable pre-set styles, i.e. font size and colour, background colour and margins.
- In-app timer.
- Customisable scroll speed.
- Facility to scroll upwards or downwards.
- Voice responsive technology.
- Facility to flip text both horizontally and vertically.
- Facility to import scripts in several formats (e.g MS 365, Google docs, pdf, txt, rtf)
- In-app video recording facility.
- Facility to record in landscape or portrait styles.
- In-app video editing facility.
- Facility to use green screen
- Compatible with wireless technology.
- Facility to share scripts across devices (via Cloud, Bluetooth, Dropbox, etc.)
- Very good customer support via email.
Cons:👎
- Cost of extra features adds up quite fast.
- No telephone support.
Conclusion:
Teleprompter for video is a very easy to use and versatile teleprompter app. Given its numerous functions it is definitely a very good choice.
It has numerous sophisticated facilities like green screen, or in-app editing. It makes video creation simple and enjoyable.
A minor disadvantage with Teleprompter for Video however, is due to its many features, it is incompatible with older smartphone models.
If you're ready to start your online business – click on the button below, (or any of the links above), it'll take you to a page on this website where you can enter your name and email address, and I'll send you your videos straight to your inbox.
The videos are presented by one of my mentors, Stuart, who will guide you through some of the most popular online business models, and how you can get started with your own business.
Plus you'll get a bonus video to watch straight away, as soon as you enter your details about the amazing potential of having your own business!
(This is a genuine offer to start your own business. You're under no obligation to purchase anything, and no one will spam you. The video training is free and yours to keep.)
LEARN HOW TO BUILD AND MAXIMISE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR DREAM ONLINE BUSINESS TODAY!
Get the amazing Introductory 4-part video series, that has introduced thousands of people all over the world to entrepreneurship, and start building your online business today!