Shakespeare

Name: Shakespeare
Rating: 4.8 (3463 reviews)
Author: PlayShakespeare.com

By: PlayShakespeare.com

The #1 Shakespeare App

Features & Capabilities

Shakespeare Pro for Chrome brings the complete Shakespeare corpus to your browser with an intuitive, feature-rich reading experience. It includes all 41 plays, 154 sonnets, and 6 poems (plus apocrypha), with precise text, original spelling in First Folios and Quartos, and a powerful search across the works.

Enhance learning and teaching with an integrated glossary (Shakespeare's Words), customizable reading themes, notes and notebooks, bookmarks, scene breakdowns, character descriptions, modern translations, and insightful data about Shakespeare’s life and works. Extras like random quotes, BardFind venues, and a classroom-ready curriculum round out a versatile tool for students, educators, actors, and literature lovers.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

PlayShakespeare.com

Rating:

4.80

(3,463) 5 new ratings

Version:

9.4.4 Last updated: 2025-05-13

Version code:

874479817

Creation date:

2019-02-11

Compatible devices:

Size:

416.09MB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-12

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 31,600 ▼ 29

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Developed by:

PlayShakespeare.com

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shakespeare/id285035416

Website:

http://www.playshakespeare.com/shakespeare-pro-app/

User Reviews

Reviews consistently praise the app for its comprehensive Shakespeare resources, free version generosity, and a straightforward one-time Pro purchase. The UI is praised for ease of use, and it’s valued by actors and teachers for rehearsal and study. Common downsides include paywall frustration, gaps like missing sonnets, occasional typos, and limited cross-device syncing. Overall, the app is highly regarded and frequently updated, with strong support from developers.

Pros

Extremely comprehensive Shakespeare resources in one app (full plays, glossary, translations, and folios/quartos).
Generous free version and a one-time purchase Pro option (no subscription).
Easy to navigate UI with a smooth reading experience.
Valued by actors and teachers for rehearsal and teaching, with practical annotations and tools.
Clearly a labor of love with responsive development and ongoing improvements.

Cons

Paywalls and frequent upgrade prompts; users feel nickel‑and‑dimed by features behind paywalls.
Not all content is available (e.g., some users report missing sonnets).
Typos and editorial errors appear in the text.
Cross-device purchase/sync issues (Pro purchases not easily shared between iPhone and iPad).
Some minor design/branding quirks (e.g., app icon design and naming) that distract from the experience.

Recent reviews

I just love using this App. This is a great App for anyone who is as passionate about Shakespeare's works as me must have this installed in all their devices. Highly recommend this App.