With iPad Pro, screen cropped due to portrait mode
Using as a document camera is not possible on iPad as the display it mirrors is always in portrait mode, even if the iPad had been locked into landscape mode. The Apple camera app works fine. Switch to Stage Pro and the window changes to portrait mode, cropping the screen.
Awesome tool for remote work and learning!
This is the perfect tool for efficiently communicating with my remote teams. I use the Stage app to draw over my live camera feed. So much easier than taking a photo, uploading it, and having to explain it to my team mates. Simple to use and I can imagine some interesting use cases for teachers.
Great concept, very unreliable
Great concept, but very unreliable. Frequent crashes make it hard to use for anything other than small demonstrations. When it crashes everything you have done is lost. Lately I have been having problems with the pencil lagging significantly.
Very easy to use
I spent over $400 CDN for Final Cut Pro, have had it for 2 months now and haven’t been able to even create a title. Bought Stage Pro and was up and running in no time at all. I’ve been using it to create dynamic titles and segways into my Youtube videos and I am extremely happy with it. I’m running it on a 256GB iPad Pro 1st gen and make sure to close all other open programs. It hasn’t crashed on me yet and I am using it every day. I don’t often give apps 5 stars, but this one is warranted. Could use a few more colours or option to change colours with a colour wheel, but I like the neon sign effect and it goes well with my branding.
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Trouble with airplay and air server
since the iPad iOS update to 14.0, I am not able to share my screen using stage pro. I can with all other apps, but not stage. So frustrating because this has been a life saver during remote teaching.
Not working anymore
This app WAS great but I think they need to update it. I used it for a year with no problems but now I can only get it to work occasionally. I reached out to customer service but that was a waste of time! Maybe they will read this!
Crashes Repeatedly Within Minutes
I was so excited to purchase the pro version. Loading pages for my student’s lessons seemed like a dream! However, it crashes and closes while I’m building and also when I’m recording. It’s terrible! Saved pages are sometimes saved and sometimes lost. It’s such a useful idea and I was happy to pay for it when I thought it would be a working tool. However, it is unreliable and buggy beyond the point of usability. Wish I could get a refund.
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Great App for all.
I have been using this app for many years. I love the simplistic tools compared to other interactive whiteboard apps. And then projecting the tools are not visible and doesn’t distract the students/people in your audience.
Just wish I could put cropped photos in it again. But it won’t stop me from using it.
Just wish I could put cropped photos in it again. But it won’t stop me from using it.
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Disappointing
This app had lots of promise but it doesn’t let me access any online storage meaning that I can’t load or save any slides which is hopeless. A waste of £4.99.
This could be a great app
This app has a lot of potential. I would like to share it with the teachers at my school, but it freezes often and I cannot add an pdf from Dropbox or google drive. The only th g I find valuable now is the ability to mirror and use as a document camera.
great, but still broken
The Dropbox and Google Drive connections are broken -- not updated to use OAuth, so they don't work anymore.
Slides aren't saved between sessions, which is also a pain.
Surely there’s a better option out there? Or could they just update this one to use Dropbox and Google Drive?
Slides aren't saved between sessions, which is also a pain.
Surely there’s a better option out there? Or could they just update this one to use Dropbox and Google Drive?
Handy app for education
This app does cool stuff with annotating documents pictures and video. The only thing that would make it better is the ability to zoom in larger on pages like the graph paper and ruled paper as the lines are too small.
Waste of money!
I used the app for all but 20 mins and it crashed. The camera does not project from the app well. Just stick with the native camera app on the IPAD.
Teacher
I am having issues with this. It was working great last year. I use it for my lessons. This year it has been frustrating because it freezes in the middle of my lesson. If the app is closed then reopened, it opens to a black screen and will not do anything else. Please fix!
Simply doesn't work
Needed to record a simple screencast and it didn't work. Not sure how they missed the point on this singular function...
Force closed and crashed every single time.
Force closed and crashed every single time.
Paid for pro, but it isn't working
So I can record, but it won't save. I have recorded my lecture twice, but it has stopped saving! It worked earlier today!
Excellent!!!
This is the most useful whiteboard app that I've found on the app store! I would like to suggest the ability to change the size of text and to be able to hide the on screen tools when not needed. Otherwise a great, great app!!!
Could be the best out there with a few tweaks
I downloaded this to use with the Belkin Portable Tablet Stage. I am a teacher and was looking for a document came solution for my classroom. The height is not adjustable on the Tablet Stage and so the software needs to take this into account with providing the ability zoom out on an image. As it currently stands the app defaults to a predefined zoom level that is greater than the built iPad or iPhone camera apps. When trying to view a students composition or work the image is by default zoomed in to much to be useful for looking at a standard 8”x11” work. Additionally, the ability to go full-screen with the app would be very beneficial. It would be nice to have the option for the controls to be off the screen when not needed. As it is now they are constantly in place and taking up valuable screen real estate. I truly believe after researching lots of other apps in the App Store that this app by Belkin would be the best if these two changes were implemented.
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Helpful tool
I found it easy to use out of the gate. I am planning to use it in group speech therapy. The labels are handy, but I would love a thought bubble premade label as well.
Crashes
The app crashes every few seconds, haven't been able to use it for even one minute. Hoping there is a fix, would be awesome for my classroom.
