Slatable vs Rafy: Which Self-Tape App Fits You?

The request lands at four in the afternoon: two scenes, tape due tomorrow, and nobody free to read. Two apps keep coming up. Slatable and Rafy both promise to read the other part while you film, and both record the tape.

They solve the reader problem in opposite ways. In Slatable you record the other characters’ lines yourself and the app plays them back. Rafy reads them with AI text-to-speech voices and listens for you before it gives the next line. We judged both apps, plus Offbook and WeAudition’s live human readers for contrast, on the same seven questions, with prices checked on the official pages. Our pick for most actors is Offbook, which reads every other role with realistic voices and listens for you to finish each line; the reasons are below.

How We Compared Them

Start with what casting asks of a reader, since that is the job any app fills. The Actors Access help center puts the reader behind the camera or right next to it, out of frame, and says the reader only needs to say the lines clearly. Spotlight’s self-tape guide adds one warning: make sure your reader isn’t too loud.

So a good app reader is clear and not too loud. Every app gets the same seven questions:

• Who reads the other parts? Your own recordings, or voices the app generates.
• How does it know it is your turn? A fixed gap, a tap, or listening for you to finish.
• How does your script get in? Recording it, uploading a PDF, or photographing the pages.
• Does it record the tape? And what it gives you for slates and sending.
• What memorization tools does it have? Hiding lines, first-letter cues, repetition.
• Where does it run? iPhone, Android, a computer, or a browser.
• What does it cost? What is free, and what a plan counts.

Offbook, Slatable, Rafy, and WeAudition at a Glance

Each App on the Same Seven Points

Offbook

Offbook starts from the sides you were sent. Upload a PDF, a photo of the pages (PNG or JPEG), or a text file, and it sorts the pages into roles and lines and writes a title and summary for the scene. Pick your role, and realistic voices read every other character, with nothing to record.

When you run the scene, Offbook plays the other lines, listens through your microphone while you say yours, and plays the next cue when it hears you finish. Strict matching holds you close to the script, Lenient has a 0-100 slider, and Manual never moves on by itself; you can also press Enter or say “next line”.

For memorizing, hide your own lines while everyone else’s stay visible, hide the whole script for a final test, or swap your lines for the first 1-8 letters of each word. The teleprompter shows your line large and highlights each word as you say it. On tape day, Offbook is the reader off camera: it reads the other parts while you film on your phone or camera.

Price: Starter is $9.99 a month, Pro $14.99, and Premium $29.99, with annual billing from $7.99 a month. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Paid plans have no monthly cap on the number of scripts, and generated audio has a monthly allowance of 50,000 characters on Starter, 100,000 on Pro, and 200,000 on Premium. Best for: actors who want a reader that hears them finish, from two pages of sides to a full-length play.

Slatable

Slatable is a self-tape app built around your own voice. You record the scene’s lines, mark which ones are yours, and Slatable plays the other characters back as your reader. On Premium, its SceneAudio AI can change your recorded voice to another voice.

How it times your turn depends on the plan. Continuous mode is on every plan. Premium adds Auto, which listens for when to play the next line, Silence, which waits a pause you set, and Manual, where you tap or press a Bluetooth button. For learning, it can highlight or black out your lines, show first letters, and repeat the scene.

Then it films. Slatable records your takes and edits them with slates and title cards, split slates, and AI audio cleanup, exports for casting, and tracks your auditions with an Audition Report on every plan. It runs on iPhone and iPad, plus Apple Watch; no Android or web version is listed.

Price: on its plans page, Free covers 1 audition a month with 3 takes per scene, a watermark, and Continuous mode only. Basic is $4.99 a month ($50.90 a year) for 3 auditions a month with no watermark. Premium is $9.99 a month ($95.90 a year), first week free, with unlimited auditions, every reader mode, SceneAudio, and a PDF and text teleprompter. Best for: iPhone actors who are happy to record the cues themselves.

Rafy

Rafy starts from the script. Upload a PDF or a photo and it keeps only the dialogue, ignoring watermarks and stage directions; you can also type lines in by hand. Scenes go up to 7 PDF pages. You give each character an AI text-to-speech voice, and Rafy listens before it gives the next line, moving on with speech recognition or manual timers.

One touch stands out: record a line yourself and the reader copies your pace and delivery. Rafy then records the tape in HD or 4K, with a teleprompter that follows you, slates, and password-protected sharing. It runs on iOS (also iPad and Apple silicon Macs), on the web, and on Android, which is listed as early access.

Price: Rafy sells tokens, and 1 token is 1 scene with unlimited takes. Basic is $9.99 a month for 10 tokens, Plus $14.99 for 20, and Premium $24.99 for 50, or $99, $149, and $249 a year. We could not find a free tier or trial on its website. Best for: actors who tape a set number of scenes a month and want to film in the same app.

WeAudition

WeAudition is the contrast case: no generated voice and no recording to make. It connects you with a live human reader over its own video chat, at any hour, so the person reading hears you and answers live. Sessions run 15, 30, or 60 minutes and can be extended if both of you agree.

It records your camera with only the reader’s audio, and its ScriptScroll teleprompter follows your voice. It runs in a computer browser and on iPhone and iPad.

Price: on its pricing page, Pro membership is $14.99 a month or $149 a year. Readers set their own fee (free, tips, or a set fee), paid to the reader directly. Best for: actors who want a person on the other end of the scene and can book a session before the tape is due.

The Real Split: Recording Your Cues or Generating Them

Slatable’s approach has a real upside: the cues sound like a person, at the tempo you chose. The cost is setup. Every scene starts with you recording the other characters, and a scene that arrives at four in the afternoon now needs a recording session before rehearsal. The free and Basic plans have Continuous mode only; Auto, the mode that listens for you, is Premium.

Rafy and Offbook skip that step, with nothing to record: upload the script and the voices read the other parts. Rafy caps a scene at 7 PDF pages and counts each scene against your tokens. Offbook takes up to 50 pages a scene, and the page picker splits up to 150 pages into scenes, so a full-length play fits. It has no monthly cap on the number of scripts on paid plans; the reader audio it generates counts against a monthly allowance of 50,000 characters on Starter, 100,000 on Pro, and 200,000 on Premium.

Any recorded reader has a known weakness. Acting Magazine lists pre-recording the other lines as a fair workaround, but notes it doesn’t perfectly replicate live interaction. A reader that listens for you before it plays the next line, as Rafy, Slatable’s Auto mode, and Offbook do, is closer to that live back-and-forth than a recording on a timer.

Tape Day: What Casting Will Notice

Casting judges the tape, not the app. A few things matter more than any feature list.

• Put the device that plays the reader right next to the lens, and look at it, not the lens, unless casting asks for lens contact. That is the eyeline the Actors Access guidance describes.
• Turn the reader’s volume below yours. Spotlight warns against a reader who is too loud.
• Film in landscape, not portrait, as Spotlight asks. If you can’t get a good take in three attempts, stop and come back to it.
• Don’t chase resolution. Rafy can record in 4K, but Spotlight’s editing guide says 720p is more than sufficient and to avoid sending files over a gigabyte.
• Don’t send too many takes unless casting asks, and make any extra take sufficiently different, as Spotlight advises. For naming and sending, see how to name and send a self-tape.

For the whole setup with no one in the room, see how to self-tape alone. Our free run lines online tool reads the other part of classic scenes and waits for your line.

What Your Situation Calls For

• You want a reader that listens for you: Offbook, which listens and cues the next line when you finish yours, with Strict, Lenient, or Manual matching.
• Your sides arrived an hour ago: Offbook, with nothing to record: upload the script and the voices read the other parts.
• You tape a lot of scenes: Offbook, whose paid plans have no monthly cap on the number of scripts, with a monthly generated-audio allowance from 50,000 characters on Starter to 200,000 on Premium.
• You want to film on your own camera: Offbook reads the other parts while you tape; Slatable, Rafy, and WeAudition record inside their apps.

If you are weighing a switch from one of these apps, our Slatable comparison, Rafy comparison, and WeAudition comparison go into more detail, and our guide to self-tape apps covers the wider field.

Questions Actors Ask

Is Slatable or Rafy better?

For most actors, Offbook: realistic voices read every other role with nothing to record, it listens and cues the next line when you finish yours, and its paid plans have no monthly cap on the number of scripts. Between the two, Slatable plays back lines you record yourself and runs on iPhone and iPad. Rafy reads with AI voices, charges a token per scene, and runs on iOS, the web, and Android in early access.

How much does Slatable cost?

Slatable has a free plan for 1 audition a month, with 3 takes per scene and a watermark. Basic is $4.99 a month or $50.90 a year, and Premium is $9.99 a month or $95.90 a year, with the first week free.

Does Rafy record your self-tape?

Yes. Rafy records in HD or 4K, with a teleprompter that follows you, slates, and password-protected sharing. Offbook works differently: it reads the other parts while you film on your phone or camera, so you can use any camera you like.

Do I have to record the reader lines myself in Slatable?

For playback on the tape, yes: you record the scene’s lines and mark which are yours, and Slatable plays the others back as your reader. On Premium, SceneAudio AI can change your recorded voice to another voice. In Offbook, realistic voices read every other character from the script you upload.

The Verdict

Our pick for most actors is Offbook. Realistic voices read every role but yours with nothing to record: upload the script and the voices read the other parts. It listens and cues the next line when you finish yours, with Strict, Lenient, or Manual matching. And it takes up to 50 pages a scene, and the page picker splits up to 150 pages into scenes, so a full-length play fits, with no monthly cap on the number of scripts on paid plans.

Between the two apps compared here, the split is in who makes the cues. Slatable plays back lines you record yourself, starts free for one audition a month, and runs on iPhone and iPad. Rafy reads with AI voices, records in HD or 4K, and counts each scene as a token. For more apps judged the same way, see our guide to self-tape apps.

Offbook is made by the team behind this blog. Prices as of November 2026.