Here is the honest version first: this is not a standalone app from the App Store. Your Mac runs Tellie and does the listening; your iPhone becomes the screen you read from, over your own Wi-Fi. Stand it near any lens and the script follows the words you actually say, driven from the Mac. It needs a Mac running Tellie 1.5.3 or newer. The Companion is a Pro beta feature; the Mac teleprompter itself is free.
The Mac teleprompter is free. The Companion is a Pro beta feature, part of the one-time $29 (10-day trial, no card).
Install Tellie on your Mac and turn on the Companion once in Settings. It gives you a link. Open that link in Safari on your iPhone, on the same Wi-Fi, and your phone becomes a teleprompter: your script, scrolling in step with your Mac. Switch between a quiet status view, a checklist, and the full prompter.
The clever part is that your Mac does the listening. Its on-device speech recognition matches the words you actually say to the script and moves the read line to the exact spot, so your iPhone shows the right line whether you stick to the page, jump back, or ad-lib and return. Your voice and your script never leave your devices. Voice sync vs. word tracking, explained →
Most of us shoot on the phone. Prop your iPhone beside the lens, or mount it on a beam-splitter rig so the script sits right over the glass, and read while you look straight into the camera. That is the whole trick to looking like you are talking to someone instead of reading past them, and it is exactly what a TikTok, a Reel, or a YouTube take needs. Because the words follow your voice, you can take your time, land the line, and never lose your place.
Your iPhone is not just a screen. From it you can play and pause, restart the take, jump to any section, and switch Voice Follow on or off, without walking back to the Mac. Set the shot, step onto your mark, and run the whole thing from your palm. Working with someone behind the camera? Hand them the link and let them drive while you talk.
If you searched for a standalone iPhone teleprompter app, here is the straight answer: the Companion is not one. It needs a Mac running Tellie 1.5.3 or newer nearby, on the same Wi-Fi, to be the brain. Nothing runs in the cloud, and there is nothing to install on the iPhone beyond opening a link.
The Mac teleprompter is free forever. The Companion is a Pro beta feature, part of Tellie Pro: a one-time $29, not a subscription, and every copy starts with a 10-day trial, no card. See what Pro adds → · Companion setup, step by step →
The same link works on an iPad, a second laptop, or any modern browser, so the setup you build around your iPhone scales to whatever screen you have. The full walkthrough of the three views, the beam-splitter setup, and the remote lives on the Companion page. Meet the Companion →
“It truly is a magnificent app.”
Sprague Theobald · Emmy-winning writer and producer
Download Tellie for your Mac, turn on the Companion, and read from your iPhone near any lens. Pro is free for 10 days, no card.
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