Looking for a Mezzanine alternative? Meet Theatreview.

Theatreview vs. Mezzanine, side by side

Both apps help you keep track of the theatre you've seen, rate productions, and build a personal theatre history. The biggest differences are how they handle individual performances, which devices they support, and the communities and catalogs they've built.

Theatreview lets you record the cast from the specific performance you attended and fill in names from a playbill photo. It also supports Android. Mezzanine has a much longer-established user community, a deeper historical production catalog, and support for iPad and Apple Vision Pro.

Which is right for you depends on what you value most in a theatre diary.

Last update dates and ratings are retrieved automatically from the App Store each time this page is rebuilt. Feature comparisons were verified manually against both App Store listings on October 13, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email support@theatreview.app.

Where Mezzanine still has the advantage

Mezzanine has had years to build a following, and its established community and extensive historical catalog are meaningful advantages. Its catalog reaches back roughly four decades across Broadway and the West End, and it offers features such as venue mapping, in-app ticket purchasing, and support for iPad and Apple Vision Pro.

Its 4.9-star App Store rating across 1,190 ratings also gives prospective users a much larger body of feedback to consider than Theatreview's current rating count.

If you already have years of entries in Mezzanine, value its historical catalog, or regularly use an iPad, it may be the better fit for you. Theatreview doesn't currently offer an importer for Mezzanine diaries, so switching means starting a new diary and re-adding past shows manually.

If those features matter most to you, there's no reason to switch just because Theatreview exists.

What is different about Theatreview

The cast on your night, from a photo

A show can have a different cast every night. Understudies step in, performers change, and the names on the production's main cast list don't always match the people you saw.

Theatreview lets you record the cast for each performance you log, including understudies, standbys, and replacements. Take a photo of your playbill's cast page, review the names Theatreview reads from it, and save them alongside your rating and review.

Your theatre diary becomes more than a list of productions. It's a record of the performances you actually attended.

Android, not just iPhone

Mezzanine is built for Apple's ecosystem. Theatreview is available on both iPhone and Android, making it an option for theatre fans who want to keep a shared hobby going across different devices.

Log shows, write reviews, build your lists, and follow friends without everyone needing the same kind of phone.

An app that's actively being developed

Theatreview is actively developed, with releases in 2026 and features such as notifications for likes and comments on reviews.

Mezzanine's latest listed App Store release is from 2023. That is a useful difference if you value recent development, though an older release date alone doesn't tell you how well an app works or what its developer plans to do next.

Your theatre history, all in one place

Theatre isn't just about which shows you've seen. It's about the performances, the people onstage, and what you thought when you walked out.

Theatreview brings your ratings, reviews, photos, lists, and performance casts together in one personal diary. Over time, you can look back on the shows you've seen and remember more about each night.

Start with your next show and build your theatre history from there.