# VisualGIG — Backing Tracks & Stage Cues > Backing Tracks & Stage Cues (iPhone/iPad app by Aloisio Mello.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visualgig/id6798805014 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Aloisio Mello](https://appshunter.io/developer/1869438637) - Category: Music, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.6 · 15 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-24 - Data updated: 2026-09-28 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visualgig/id6798805014/reviews.md ## What is VisualGIG? Your whole set, one tap away. VisualGIG turns your iPhone into a cue player for live performance. Build your sets at home, walk in, hit Live — and every track you need is one tap from the front of house. No accounts. No streaming. No waiting on a signal that isn't there. LIVE MODE IS A DIFFERENT SCREEN Because a stage is not a desk. Enter Live and the app strips down to what matters: your pads, what's playing, and the clock. Nothing to edit, nothing to navigate, nothing to tap by accident. • The screen never sleeps — no black display in the middle of a song • Pads keep the exact positions they had while you built the set, so your muscle memory still works • The next cue is marked NEXT, so you know where your thumb goes before you need it • A live timecode runs inside the playing pad and in the Now Playing panel • Getting out takes a deliberate one-second hold — a bumped screen can't drop you out mid-show And before you go live, VisualGIG reminds you to switch on airplane mode. One incoming call is all it takes to duck your audio in front of a room. Tell it you know what you're doing and it will never ask again. BUILT TO FIRE INSTANTLY Every audio file in your set is opened, decoded and armed the moment you open it — not when you press the pad. The engine runs on a short buffer, so the sound starts when your finger lands, not a beat later. Your files are copied into the app and played from the device. Airplane mode, dead venue Wi-Fi, no bars in the basement: none of it reaches your show. BUILDING A SET • Create a set for each night — name it, note the venue, give it a colour • Add a pad per cue, drop in the audio, label it, colour it • Import WAV, AIFF, MP3 or M4A straight from Files, iCloud Drive or anywhere else the picker reaches • Audition anything before you commit it to a pad • Tap to edit a pad, hold to remove it • Transport bar with scrub position, elapsed and remaining time, pause and stop • Pause holds your place; hitting play again picks up instantly Everything above is included in the app at no cost. No account, no trial timer. VISUALGIG PRO — OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION VisualGIG PRO is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks additional features. It is entirely optional: building sets and running a show in Live Mode work without it. • Apple Watch Control — fire cues from your wrist, hands on the instrument. The watch mirrors your setlist and transport. REQUIRES A VISUALGIG PRO SUBSCRIPTION. Subscription options: • VisualGIG PRO Monthly — 1 month, auto-renewing • VisualGIG PRO Annual — 12 months, auto-renewing Prices are shown in your local currency inside the app before any purchase is confirmed. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GIG Worship teams running service tracks. Theatre and dance running sound cues. Wedding and event DJs. Solo players with backing tracks. Anyone who has ever watched a laptop decide to update itself twenty minutes before doors. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO One cue at a time. VisualGIG plays a single pad, and starting the next one stops the last — it's a cue player, not a mixer. There's no crossfade, no layering, no MIDI, and nothing syncs to the cloud. Your sets live on your device. That's on purpose. Fewer things to go wrong at 9pm. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://visualgig.app/privacy ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly Subscription | $1.99 | per month | | Annual Subscription | $11.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.3.1 — 2026-09-22 Share your sets. • Export a set as a single .vgset file: pads, audio and settings travel together. • Send it by AirDrop, WhatsApp or email, or export all your sets at once as a backup. • Import a .vgset from Files, or open it straight into VisualGIG from any app. • Preview what's inside a set before importing it. • Imported sets keep their own copy of every audio file, so nothing you already have gets overwritten. Also in this version: • Fixed an issue where a deleted audio file could still be attached to a pad. ### 1.3 — 2026-09-17 The biggest VisualGIG update yet: • Hold to play: a pad sounds only while you press it, on screen, on a MIDI pedal or on Apple Watch • Record in the app: capture audio with the microphone straight into a pad • Play over: layer a pad on top of what's playing, and the background ducks automatically • Loop and fade out for beds, ambient pads and clean endings • Per-pad mixer: set the pad level and how far the background drops • Redesigned pad editor • New Apple Watch stage view: bigger next cue, haptics, double tap on supported models, a screen lock and every layered sound at a glance • A clear warning when an audio file goes missing • Fixed a crash after deleting a file that a pad was using • Stability improvements ### 1.2 — 2026-09-05 MIDI Controller support Bugfixes ### 1.1 — 2026-09-02 VisualGIG Remote for Apple Watch — fire your cues from your wrist while your phone stays in your pocket. Apple Watch Control requires a VisualGIG PRO subscription; everything else in the app stays free. Bug fixes and stability improvements. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-24 No release notes. ## Apps similar to VisualGIG | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Mixet](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mixet/id1468911985) | 4.8 (13) | Free | Music | | [Folder Looper](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folder-looper/id6777538254) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Music | | [The Multitrack Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-multitrack-player/id6757976520) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Music | | [PureBit: Hi-Res Music Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/purebit-hi-res-music-player/id6770176470) | 5.0 (7) | Free | Music | | [Musiq: Offline Music Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/musiq-offline-music-player/id6740071848) | — | Free | Music | | [PadLab - Remote](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/padlab-remote/id6789011062) | — | Free | Music | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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