shift vs Vor Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Vor Mobile
Overlay your show information directly onto videos and photos. This app automatically discovers network devices and supports timecode information for seamless cue management. Empower your team by sharing videos directly from your photo library.
- Overlay show info on videos/photos
- No proprietary formats
- Direct sharing from Photos app
- Automatic network device discovery
- Timecode overlay support
- Cue management
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Vor is designed for you to spend the least amount of time in the app, and more time cueing. Overlay your show information onto videos and photos! No proprietary formats, and no one else on your team needs a license. Empower your collaborators and share videos directly from the photos app. Know exactly which cue you're in at all times; no more deciphering notes about actors standing out of their light. Take a photo, and update the focuses the next morning. Not a tech wiz? No worries, Vor automatically discovers ETC Eos™ Family consoles and QLab™ sessions on your network so you don't have to fumble around with IP Addresses and OSC port numbers. Using timecode? Overlay timecode information from ETC Response Gateways. Terms of Use (EULA): https://getvor.app/mobile-eula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vor Mobile at 83% against shift's 0%. Vor Mobile also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). shift's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.2 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vor Mobile sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vor Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vor Mobile has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of shift's written reviews are positive against 83% of Vor Mobile's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | shift | Vor Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Williamson | Borealis Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
shift
Vor Mobile
In-app purchases
shift
- Full Access$10.99
Vor Mobile
- Personal - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Production - Weekly$6.997 Days
- Production - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Personal - Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Production - Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year









