--- title: "Shakespeare - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "“It’s really great!” —Kenneth Branagh, actor and director “I can't remember a time it wasn't on my iPhone. So feature rich!" —Stephen Fry, actor and writer “‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost " --- # Shakespeare — United States > The #1 Shakespeare App ![Shakespeare App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/33/6b/0b/336b0bf9-aef1-1e94-aa97-d0c16027b628/AppIconLite-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-11-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [PlayShakespeare.com](https://apptail.io/developer/playshakespearecom-l) (United States) **Category:** Education **Rating:** 4.8/5 (3,391 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.readdle.Shakespeare **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 9.4.4 (released 2025-05-13) **Original Release:** 2019-02-11 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id285035416) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/shakespeare-S/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/shakespeare-S/united-states) ## Shakespeare Description “It’s really great!” —Kenneth Branagh, actor and director “I can't remember a time it wasn't on my iPhone. So feature rich!" —Stephen Fry, actor and writer “‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost right. Great to see Shakespeare Pro superplaying with Shakespeare’s plays.” —David Crystal, linguist and author of Shakespeare's Words “The Shakespeare Pro app is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!” —Ken Ludwig, Tony and Olivier Award Winning Playwright Shakespeare Pro® includes the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including apocrypha) and search the concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term). Shakespeare Pro is packed with these impressive features: ••• QUALITY TEXTS are a top priority and our team spent years compiling and editing the best references available. In the updated editions, the text is even more clear and each individual character is uniquely identified. ••• FIRST FOLIOS AND QUARTOS in original spelling show the works as they were originally published in Shakespeare’s time. ••• AN INTEGRATED GLOSSARY, based on the bestselling lexicon by David & Ben Crystal, Shakespeare’s Words™ is included. Simply tapping on a word will display its definition in context (not just a general definition). ••• ADD YOUR OWN NOTES AND SHARE THEM with your students, classmates, friends, and colleagues. Organize your notes into notebooks for use in the classroom, theatre, or just to remember key facts. Then share them via email or AirDrop. ••• POWER SEARCH THE WORKS by customizing multiple parameters like gender, genre, work, language, line form, soliloquies, and more. ••• CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE by choosing from a variety of color themes, change the font family and size, display long or short character names, jump around to different scenes, and view line numbers (*read the note below about line numbering). ••• BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS in addition to remembering the last page you viewed. Even copy/paste that great line. ••• DETAILED SCENE BREAKDOWNS give you an overview of the scenes within each play, their locations, and the characters present in each. ••• CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS help you better understand the actions and motivations of every character—all 1,155 of them. ••• MODERN TRANSLATIONS and lexicons to help you better understand Elizabethan English (extra add-ons). ••• GET THE FACTS by reading up on Shakespeare’s life, view data and chronology about his works, and an overview of scansion terminology or rhetoric. Character Arc Visualizers show individual character arcs or allow for comparison of multiple characters. ••• SHAKE YOUR DEVICE for Shakespeare himself to display a random memorable quote or insult. Or get a new random quote every day. ••• BROWSE THE GALLERY of famous Shakespeare portraits. ••• TEACHER CURRICULUM makes it easy for teachers to introduce students to Shakespeare's works. ••• COMPLETE APOCRYPHA is the most comprehensive breakdown of 14 plays Shakespeare may have had a hand in. ••• BARDFIND™ is the easiest way to find a Shakespeare theatre or venue anywhere in the world. These are just a few highlights of the great things in Shakespeare Pro. If you’re a student, professor, actor, or just plain love the Bard, this must-have app ensures you have the complete works at your fingertips. Like the new features? Having trouble and need support? Let us know at support@playshakespeare.com or at ## Shakespeare Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/bb/6a/6f/bb6a6f18-eafd-7dab-be7b-53361306ec15/ebac0888-8721-4cb6-ae44-a9f35ec1165d_iphone6.5_vertical_1242x2688_free.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/26/e9/b4/26e9b47e-eb7d-1336-9ce3-670edc4670b0/ac4d99c3-3203-4e05-a9a2-99c978adf73e_iphone6.5_vertical_1242x2688_free_search.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/ef/7e/ce/ef7eceef-54ad-0073-e004-c1b00b1b12f4/2112c91a-4e4d-47f5-bac8-a1523d2c361e_iphone6.5_vertical_1242x2688_free_study.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/47/63/f3/4763f391-96e5-70f0-9590-a9b19a605e6e/3bef2aa2-ecb2-431d-b7ce-b293519c5f76_iphone6.5_vertical_1242x2688_free_theme.png/1242x2688.png) ## Shakespeare Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 2,959 (87%) - 4 stars: 303 (9%) - 3 stars: 65 (2%) - 2 stars: 16 (0%) - 1 stars: 48 (1%) ## Shakespeare Reviews in United States ### ***** "Best app out there" This thing is amazing. Just amazing. -- lets get rid of classroom, 2024-11-08 ### **--- "Sigh" They keep finding things to charge you for. I downloaded this app four years ago and had access to all the features. Now those same features I had for free are behind yet another pay wall. Before this I would’ve given a 5 star review, but being nickel-dimed for the qualities that made the app exceptional greatly diminishes its value in my eyes. They should honor their customers. Simple as that. -- TheMadGrad, 2024-09-13 ### ***** "Remakable" The level or detail, thought and care that went into this app is remarkable. -- Bwv878, 2024-08-18 ### ***** "I was told to read Shakespeare in high school I didn’t understand it but as I get holder I do" I’m in love not with the man -- Move-u, 2024-08-13 ### ***** "Shakespeare App" It’s just so great! -- jdjdjcicurjdjckfi, 2024-08-01 ### ***** "Awesome app!" Love the Shakespeare App. A Marlowe app like this should get creatdd. -- Stevenrice8888, 2024-06-25 ### ***** "Memories revisited" I am old and read S. Not recently, but when I recall the line, or part o a line, I turn to the app to locate and fill in memories. What a superb way to recall memories. -- From bit to bit, 2024-03-19 ### ***** "So far so good, with one suggestion!" The app is great. Pretty easy to navigate and UI is smooth. I just have one suggestion for the dear developers; If it was possible to include the modern translations in the Pro version it would be awesome. I understand the need for add-ons but it feels like the Pro tier could use some more features. good job lads. -- papaarya, 2024-02-21 ### ****- "Shakespeare Pro A great collection" It is wonderful that I can see all of the plays at one location. However, I couldn’t find his sonnets. Did I miss them? -- Profml, 2024-02-14 ### ***** "Syncing between devices" I just got this app recently and purchased Shakespeare Pro - $12.99 for access to all of the plays, plus annotation ability, plus the different folios and quartos? Sign me up! One issue I'm finding, and I don't know if this is even meant to be resolved, is that there's no way to sync my purchase from my Iphone to my Ipad, which would be more convenient to read on. Both my Iphone and Ipad are connected to the same icloud account and therefore share all photos and app downloads, so I'm wondering if there's any way that I can have Shakespeare Pro on my Ipad without having to make a secondary purchase? I really love the things that the pro version provides and I'd love to be able to use them on a screen bigger than a phone. -- Provlawyer, 2024-01-28 ### ***** "A MUST FOR PROFESSIONALS" Best online resource by far. A MUST for actors. Shakespeare in your pocket on your iPhone or iPad! Modern, Folios, Quartos, glossary, EVERYTHING you could want or ask for! And the "extras" are worth every penny! -- bkgondor, 2023-12-23 ### ***** "Great app! Just one thing" This app is wonderful, and I find myself using it almost daily. The one gripe I have with it is the name. What is a “Shakespeare?” It sounds vaguely vulgar, and I want it to stop. Thank you kindly. -- grannyapples1920, 2023-11-05 ### ***** "Shakespeare’s sonnets" Everlasting poetry that is profound and beautiful. -- 4teach456, 2023-09-16 ### *---- "Please make icon black and white like before" Please make icon black and white. It does not look authentic anymore. -- Antony iTunes, 2023-08-19 ### ***** "Versatile study of Shakespeare" So many ways to read the text and with so much supplementary information. I have had this app for almost a decade and it has been added to and improved many times. I’m writing this review not because I really have anything of value to say but because I want to support this gem and bargain. I’m also a teacher and am excited about the children’s curricula. Thank you, developers, for helping keep Shakespeare alive in the world! -- Benomtad, 2023-08-13 ### ***** "Shakespeare" All credit to Shakespeare -- vsvsvahwjwnaha, 2023-07-12 ### ***** "Wonderful + Responsive" The app itself is outstanding - clearly a labor of love, with a generous free version and a one-time-purchase business model for the pro version (in defiance of the annoying trend towards subscription everything). Also, I had an issue with scrolling not working correctly and within a week of reporting it they fixed the bug + released an update with the fix; I’ve never seen such outstanding responsive support from a developer before. -- ertebolle, 2023-06-13 ### ***** "English Major in College" I love it! The app is everything it’s cracked up to be. Cannot emphasize this enough — truly. -- Falstaff Junior, 2023-02-06 ### ***-- "Useful" Useful -- graybell, 2023-01-30 ### ***** "Sends me daily quotes" And I love it! -- James5252, 2022-10-21 [View all Shakespeare reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Shakespeare In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | All Lexicons | $5.99 | | All Apocrypha | $6.99 | | Schmidt's Lexicon | $2.99 | | Upgrade to Shakespeare Pro | $12.99 | | Course: Intro to Shakespeare | $9.99 | | Modern Translation (Henry 5) | $1.99 | | Modern Translation (All Works) | $14.99 | | Modern Translation (Henry 4.1) | $1.99 | | Modern Translation (Henry 4.2) | $1.99 | ## Shakespeare Discovered Keywords - shakespeare in bits - shakespeare - macbeth - hamlet - shakespeare pro - in search of book - the shakespeare app ## Apps Similar to Shakespeare - [eNotes: Literature Notes App](https://apptail.io/app/enotes-literature-notes-app-Jwc/united-states) - 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