short scripts, hook first
a TikTok is decided in the first line. put the hook at the top of the file, so it is the first thing on the prompter, and read it straight to the lens. hook patterns that work.
at an average pace, 60 seconds holds about 150 spoken words and 30 seconds about 75. paste a draft into the speech length calculator before you film and cut words until it fits.
a week of videos in one sitting
keep one markdown file per video in a folder in iCloud Drive, Obsidian or Dropbox. open prompter reads the folder directly, so you write seven scripts at your desk and film them back to back without pasting anything. how to batch a week of TikToks.
vertical now, other shapes later
open prompter records vertical video from the front camera. on iPhone 17 and newer it can record the whole square sensor, so the same take also crops to a square post or a wide YouTube cut. one take, every aspect ratio.
clean file, no strings
there is no watermark on the recording, no account to make, and nothing to upgrade to. the take can save back next to the script, ready for CapCut or the TikTok editor.
what it does not do
it has no captions, effects or sounds, and it does not post for you. it is the reading and recording step. it runs on iPhone and iPad only, not Android.