Comparison

shift vs CueTrack

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

shift

This tool helps lighting designers and electricians monitor show progress on an Eos family console. It allows observation of pending and active cues, annotation of any cue, and live streaming of channel levels. Users can manage notes, track progress, and even edit console labels directly from their device.

Highlights
  • Connect to Eos consoles
  • Monitor cue details
  • Annotate cues with custom tags
  • View live channel levels
  • Manage and filter notes
  • Edit console labels and notes
  • Apple Watch app for cue monitoring
Features
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An essential new tool for Lighting Designers and Electricians Shift-Label allows you to monitor the progress of your show on an eos family console - observe the pending and active cue and annotate any cue you wish. Key features include (note that some features require an in app purchase): - Connect to any Eos family console with minimal setup - Monitor details of all cues in any cue list, viewing labels, times and other attributes - divided by scene if required - Follow along with the current cue - Add multiple notes to cues, tagging notes with categories such as "Plotting", "Cueing" or "Focus" - all tags are user definable - View live streaming channel levels directly on your device (uses sACN) - Review all notes, or filter them down by taf - Mark notes as completed, or 'sleep' notes for a set time period to revisit later - Maintain separate sets of notes for different shows (great for when working in rep, or revisiting an old production) - Keeps cue details cached on device, allowing you to review details of the show and your notes when not at the console - On iPad run app in "split view" so you can monitor your show while using another app (such as safari or reading a pdf) - Jump directly to a cue on the console from a note - Edit the console label and notes fields directly from your iPad - Keypad control for basic channel manipulation from within app - Apple Watch app - monitor your console's current cue on your wrist! Note that for the watch app to function it must be paired with an iPhone with Shift-Label active and open, I suggest enabling "stop device from sleeping" in shift-label's settings Note that Shift-Label is not an official ETC product and is not authorised or endorsed by ETC in any way. ETC technical support will have no knowledge of the app

About

CueTrack

This app provides effortless cue tracking for Eos Family consoles, displaying active and pending cues with times and labels. Its minimalist interface is designed for dark production environments and includes Apple Watch support for quick glances.

Highlights
  • Effortless cue tracking
  • Displays active and pending cues
  • Shows times and labels
  • Minimalist interface for dark environments
  • Apple Watch support
  • Fast setup
Features
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Effortless cue tracking for Eos Family consoles. Designed with simplicity in mind, CueTrack displays active and pending cues, along with times and labels, clearly and concisely. The interface is thoughtfully designed to produce minimal light in dark production environments. Experience the full power of CueTrack using Apple Watch, perfect to sneak a look at the active cue during preview performances (requires watchOS 5 and up). Developed alongside award winning Lighting Designers, CueTrack is fast to setup and offers the key information you need.

Screenshots

shift4 screens
CueTrack2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CueTrack at 100% against shift's 0%. CueTrack also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). shift's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

shift is free to download; CueTrack costs $2.99 up front. shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CueTrack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CueTrack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of shift's written reviews are positive against 100% of CueTrack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

shift ships an update every 2 months, CueTrack every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
shift versus CueTrack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametershiftCueTrack
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard WilliamsonDaniel Murfin

Customer experience

shift

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%

CueTrack

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

shift

One-time1
  • Full Access$10.99
None

CueTrack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is shift free?
shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CueTrack free?
CueTrack costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, shift or CueTrack?
CueTrack is rated higher. shift averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while CueTrack averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do shift or CueTrack have ads?
Neither shift nor CueTrack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, shift or CueTrack?
shift ships an update every 2 months, and CueTrack every 5 months. Most recently, shift was updated on June 3, 2026 and CueTrack on September 30, 2026.

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