CuePad vs Day Dial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CuePad
Control CueServer lighting and show control processors remotely. Create custom button and slider layouts to trigger cues, run macros, or adjust DMX channels. Supports local network and remote access with live feedback.
- Customizable button and slider layouts
- Trigger CueServer buttons
- Run CueScript macros
- Control DMX channels and submasters
- Live LED indicator feedback
- Local network and remote access
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CuePad is a remote control application for the CueServer series of DMX Lighting and Show Control Processors from Interactive Technologies. With CuePad you can create multiple layouts of customizable buttons and/or sliders. Each button can operate as a remote CueServer button trigger or it can run a CueScript macro. Sliders can operate DMX channels, groups, or a playback's submaster. CuePad can also provide live LED indicator feedback on the buttons as well. Each layout can control different CueServers on your local network or remotely access a CueServer on a remote network. CuePad will control a CueServer on the local WiFi network or it can connect to a remote CueServer via the cellular data network (provided that the CueServer has a publicly accessible IP Address).
Day Dial
Visualize your progress through daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time periods with intuitive circular progress bars. See how much time has passed and how much remains at a glance, even from your home screen with widgets.
- Circular progress bars
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tracking
- Home screen widgets
- Time management
- Goal monitoring
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Day Dial is a simple and intuitive time tracking app that helps you visualize your progress throughout the day, week, month, quarter, and year. With its unique circular progress bars, you can easily monitor how much time has passed and how much remains in each time period. The app features widgets that allow you to view your progress at a glance, directly from your home screen. Whether you want to stay on top of your daily tasks, manage your monthly goals, or keep track of your yearly achievements, Day Dial is the perfect companion for anyone looking to make the most of their time. Day Dial is free to use with a limit on color customization. Upgrade to Day Dial Premium to unlock color customization. Terms of Service: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/daydialterms.html Privacy Policy: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/privacypolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Day Dial at Free against CuePad's $9.99. Day Dial also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). CuePad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On rating, 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
Day Dial is free to download; CuePad costs $9.99 up front. Day Dial sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CuePad asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CuePad against 5.0 for Day Dial. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day Dial has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of CuePad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Day Dial's.
CuePad ships an update every 19 months, Day Dial every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CuePad | Day Dial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Interactive Technologies, Inc. | Ginkgo Labs LLC |
Customer experience
CuePad
Day Dial
In-app purchases
CuePad
No in-app purchases
Day Dial
- Day Dial Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Day Dial Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
