What's free in Atrio, exactly
Atrio is free to download. Autoplay, manual scroll, front-camera recording and mirror mode are free. Voice follow is free for your first 3 sessions, then a one-time $14.99 in-app purchase unlocks it for life. No subscription. No ads. No account.
Always free: opening .txt and .md scripts from Files or iCloud Drive, scrolling by words per minute, scrolling by hand, flipping the text horizontally or vertically for teleprompter glass, and recording portrait video with the front camera directly to your Photos app without a watermark.
Free to try, then optional: voice follow, which matches your speech to the script word by word and waits when you stop. It's free for your first 3 sessions so you can test it on your own scripts.
The best free teleprompter app for iPhone
Some apps labeled free on the App Store turn out to be short trials, or free tiers that put a watermark on your video. To judge a free teleprompter app on iPhone, check five practical criteria before you record a take.
First, look at what stays free without starting a trial. You should be able to open your scripts, scroll at a set words-per-minute pace, flip the screen for mirror glass, and record with the front camera without a timer cutting you off. Second, check for ads. A banner or pop-up between takes breaks your focus right before you speak. Third, check the exported video in your Photos app to be sure there is no watermark stamped on the corner.
Fourth, see whether the app forces you to create an account or upload your scripts to a company server before you can read. Fifth, turn on Airplane Mode and test if it works offline. A teleprompter that depends on a connection can stall when you shoot on location.
Atrio meets all five criteria on iPhone (iOS 26 or later). Autoplay, manual scroll, mirror mode, the script library for .txt and .md files, and portrait front-camera recording to Photos are free for good. There is no watermark on your recordings, no ad slot in the interface, and no account screen. Your scripts stay in Files or iCloud Drive, and speech recognition runs on the iPhone itself, so the app works offline once your scripts and voice models are on the phone.
If you want to see how other iPhone options compare on features and pricing models, read our guide to the best teleprompter apps for iPhone. If you need built-in captions, video editing, or a cross-platform web studio, an all-in-one suite like BIGVU is a better fit than Atrio, though its App Store listing as of October 2026 states that premium features require an auto-renewing subscription.
Why 'free' sometimes means something else
Many teleprompter apps in the App Store use the word free to mean free to download, then put a paywall in front of recording length, video resolution, or importing your own text. You only find the limit after you set up your tripod and record a take.
In Atrio, autoplay, manual scroll, mirror mode and portrait front-camera recording have no trial period. The only paid feature is voice follow after your third session, and you pay for it once. If you are happy pacing your script by words per minute, you never have to pay anything.
Getting started for free
Choose a folder of .txt or .md scripts in Files or iCloud Drive, the ones you already have. Turn on autoplay, set a words-per-minute pace, and start reading. If you want to record yourself, turn on the front camera and your take saves straight to Photos when you finish. That costs nothing, today or later.
Questions about the free version
- Is Atrio really free?
- The download is free, and autoplay, manual scroll, front-camera recording and mirror mode are always free. Voice follow is free for your first 3 sessions, then a one-time $14.99 unlock, not a subscription.
- What is the best free teleprompter app for iPhone?
- It depends on what you need. If you want an iPhone teleprompter (iOS 26 or later) where timed autoplay, manual scroll, mirror mode and front-camera video recording are free with no watermark, no ads and no account, Atrio covers that at no cost. If you also need captions, video editing and cloud tools in one workflow, an app like BIGVU is built for that, though its App Store listing as of October 2026 notes that premium features require an auto-renewing subscription.
- Does the free version have ads or a watermark?
- No. There are no ads in Atrio, before or after you unlock voice follow, and front-camera video takes save to the Photos app without a watermark.
- What happens after my 3 free voice sessions?
- Autoplay, manual scroll, mirror mode and front-camera recording keep working as before. To keep using voice follow, you unlock it once for $14.99.
- Can I use a free teleprompter app without an account?
- Yes, with Atrio. There's no login and no cloud; your scripts stay in a folder on your iPhone or in iCloud Drive.