Comparison

Taktnome vs CueConductor

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

Head to head
About

Taktnome

This metronome app simulates a conductor's baton swing to help you practice instruments. It offers customizable beats, rhythms, and baton animations, with background playback support. An optional in-app purchase removes advertisements.

Highlights
  • Switchable beats and rhythms
  • Customizable baton movement animations
  • Option to disable animation
  • Background playback
  • Watch app for tempo confirmation
Features
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Taktnome is a metronome application that simulates conductor's baton swing. You can practice instruments according to the beat of the conductor. ■Main Features - Switch beats. - Switch rhythms. (eighth note, sixteenth note, triplet, attached dot) - Switch motions. o You can switch between two types of movement animation of the baton. o You can even do without animation. - Background playback supported. * The advertisement is displayed about once a day. If you want to stop showing ads, please purchase "Remove Ads" in in-app purchase. ■Watch App - Please use to confirm the tempo easily. (There is no sounds and motion)

About

CueConductor

This app allows conductors, performers, and engineers to lead hybrid orchestral performances and recording sessions. It synchronizes audio stems, click tracks, and scoring video on a single screen, offering real-time visual cues and easy navigation.

Highlights
  • Load .conductpkg packages (audio, click, video)
  • Real-time visual cues (counter, streamers, punches)
  • Instant navigation to measures and rehearsal letters
  • Per-stem fader and mute controls
  • Build custom performance packages
  • Sync with external DAWs via MTC
  • Broadcast scoring video to external displays
Features
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Conduct hybrid orchestral performances and lead recording sessions with stems, click, scoring video, and the printed score — locked to one transport, on every stand. CueConductor is the workstation for conductors, performers, and engineers working where acoustic musicians meet pre-produced tracks. Load a package, hit play, and follow the counter, beat dots, color-coded streamers, and punches in real time. Conduct from the PDF score with pages that turn themselves, and put a CueConductor on every stand with the podium driving them all. No tempo map yet? Record or import audio in TempoMapper™, tap along, and turn a live performance into a finished cue. No external click box, no fragile cabling, no surprises. FEATURES • Load .conductpkg packages: stems, click, scoring video, PDF score and parts • Real-time counter, beat-grouped dots, color-coded streamers, punches • Conduct from the score: auto page turns, Apple Pencil markup, Bluetooth pedals • Score & Parts: one cue carries the full score and every part — each player picks their own and the device remembers it • Conductor Mode: broadcast the show to every stand on the Wi-Fi — no cables, no MIDI • Link to DAW: sample-accurate sync from an AU, VST3, or AAX plug-in — or classic MTC • Single-tap jump to any bar, rehearsal letter, or marker • Per-stem faders, mutes, and solo; independent click and FOH pan with mono fold • TempoMapper™: record from any interface or import stems, tap the tempo as it plays, and fine-tune beat anchors on the waveform — transient snapping and a built-in click • CueBuilder™: build packages from a MIDI file, stems, PDFs, and scoring video — or send TempoMapper's tempo map, click, and stems in with one tap • Save works-in-progress as projects and finish them later • Export QLab packages: overlay video with stems numbered for one drag into your cue list, plus setup notes for the FOH engineer • Frame-accurate scoring video on an external display • Catalog browser for licensed packages ON THE CONCERT STAGE Place your iPad next to the score — or use it as the score — patch it into the hall's PA, and stay in sync with pre-recorded tracks. Watch the counter, streamers, and punches; the orchestra hears only the music. In rehearsal, locate instantly to any bar or rehearsal letter. Reading from tablets? Conductor Mode puts every stand on the Wi-Fi under your transport — counter, beat dots, streamers, and page turns, each player on their own part. One router at the podium runs the whole section. IN THE STUDIO Conductors — patch the control-room headphone mix into your phones alongside your iPad and see tempo, click, and stem playback privately. Performers — download the package ahead of the session, locate to the tricky bars, hear the cues, walk in prepared. Engineers — build a package from the MIDI file, stems, and video already in your Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, or Digital Performer session. Insert the CueConductor Link plug-in on the main output and the session streams straight to the conductor's screen — sample-accurate, no MIDI setup, no timecode routing. Composers and music directors — no tempo track? Record the performance (or drop in a bounce), tap the beats in TempoMapper, nudge the anchors onto the transients, and bounce a tempo-perfect MIDI map, click, and stems into CueBuilder. Rubato and all. Composed a cue wild, with no click? Tap in its tempo map and you have one — a click that breathes with your performance. PRICING Free to download with a 30-day trial of all features. After the trial, TempoMapper, CueBuilder, QLab Export, External Video, and External Sync require CueConductor Pro (in-app purchase). Playback, importing, the catalog, projects, and sharing stay free forever. Licensed performance editions from Vision Music Publishing unlock External Sync and External Video for that title on every device — no subscription on the stands. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Screenshots

Taktnome4 screens
CueConductor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CueConductor at none against Taktnome's shown. CueConductor also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Taktnome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CueConductor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taktnome ships an update every 7 months, CueConductor weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Taktnome versus CueConductor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaktnomeCueConductor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersorakaze Inc.Wholenote Music, Inc.

Customer experience

Taktnome

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

CueConductor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Taktnome

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
3 purchases

CueConductor

Subscriptions2
  • CueConductor Pro - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • CueConductor Pro - Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • CueConductor Pro Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Taktnome free?
Taktnome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CueConductor free?
CueConductor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Taktnome or CueConductor have ads?
Taktnome shows ads; CueConductor does not.
Which is updated more often, Taktnome or CueConductor?
Taktnome ships an update every 7 months, and CueConductor weekly. Most recently, Taktnome was updated on November 2, 2026 and CueConductor on November 5, 2026.

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