MTI Player vs Cue Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTI Player
This app allows users to play show scores using performance accompaniment recordings. It provides essential resources for musical theatre productions, offering immediate assistance for any emergencies during a show.
- Play show scores
- Performance accompaniment recordings
- Emergency production support
- Proprietary playback technology
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The MTI Player is Music Theatre International’s proprietary app designed to play a show’s score using the Performance Accompaniment Recording resource. For emergency help during your production, please contact 1-888-340-3505 for immediate assistance.
Cue Master
This app allows performers to create and manage custom cue playlists for backing tracks. It offers flexible playback options like looping, stopping, or continuing to the next song, with per-song volume control. A full-screen mode provides easy stage access.
- Create cue playlists
- Import from Music Library, Dropbox, Google Drive
- Custom playback control (loop, stop, continue, skip)
- Per-song volume adjustment
- Full-screen mode for stage view
- Central cue button for track control
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Cue Master is a elegantly simple track player for iPad targeted towards theatrical productions, talent shows, choreographers, dancers or other performers using backing tracks by allowing you to create Cue Playlists from your music library, Dropbox™ or Google Drive folder. Unlike many cueing apps available, Cue Master is designed to be extremely easy to use and understand with the familiar layout of a standard music app. Unlike a music app, Cue Master allows for custom control over how songs are played back. Songs can be set to loop (repeat), stop at end, continue to the next song, or be skipped. Volume levels can also be easily set on a per song basis to fine tune your performance. Create multiple Cue Playlists from albums or playlists downloaded in your music library on your iPad, from Dropbox™ or Google Drive, add, delete and reorder your cues. For performers that need easy access from the stage, Cue Master provides a full screen mode to easily see the currently playing track and time, show run time as well as the next cued track. A central cue button also allows you to easily start your next track.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cue Master at 91% against MTI Player's 14%. Cue Master also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). MTI Player's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
MTI Player is free to download; Cue Master costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cue Master holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of MTI Player's written reviews are positive against 91% of Cue Master's.
MTI Player ships an update every 7 months, Cue Master every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTI Player | Cue Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (87 ratings) | 4.8 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Music Theatre International | Kevin Arnold |
Customer experience
MTI Player
Cue Master
In-app purchases
MTI Player
No in-app purchases
Cue Master
No in-app purchases
