Speeches App vs Cue Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speeches App
Prepare and deliver speeches with ease using this app. It acts as a portable teleprompter, helping you organize notes, time your delivery, and practice for any occasion. Import text files, sync across devices, and get feedback before you present.
- Portable teleprompter for speeches
- Organize speaker's notes
- On-screen timing meter
- Import text files
- Sync speeches via iCloud
- Swipeable cue cards for delivery
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Speeches is an App for preparing and delivering speeches and pitches. Prepare speaker's notes and deliver a great speech — perfectly timed — no matter what the occasion. Be it a wedding speech, sermon, business presentation, or evening at the debating club, navigating your notes is that much easier with Speeches as your portable teleprompter. Prepare your notes directly in Speeches on your iPhone or iPad, or import a text file from Mail or another App (e.g. Dropbox, Files). You can also email your speech to solicit feedback from friends and colleagues, and your speeches sync between devices with iCloud. Speeches helps with your preparation. Organize notes, set a speech duration, and practice to make sure you can finish on time. Having difficulty with a particular section? Jump to any note and continue from there. Once your speech is prepared, it's time to deliver. Speeches presents your notes as easy to navigate cue cards. No more juggling of paper notes, or fiddly scrolling in an App not designed for the pressure of public speaking. Just swipe back and forth. Simple gestures keep you focussed on speaking, and not on negotiating your notes. Speeches goes well beyond paper notes when it comes to keeping track of your time. The onscreen timing meter shows at a glance exactly how far along you are. A second bar shows your progress through the notes. By comparing the two, you can see if you are going too fast or too slow. In short, Speeches is the App you need to write, practice and deliver your next speech with precision and confidence. F E A T U R E S – Universal app optimized for both iPhone and iPad – Keep speeches in sync between your devices with iCloud – Prepare speaker's notes on your iOS devices – Swipe through cue cards to practice your speech – Unique timing meter shows time and progress through notes – Set speech duration down to the second – Import text files from Mail, Files and Dropbox – Split any note in two while editing – Mail your speeches to others – Customize font and font size of notes – Set speech category
Cue Cards
This app helps you prepare and deliver speeches or presentations by organizing your notes into digital cards. Easily navigate between cards, edit content, and utilize features like a timer and a non-dimming screen for smooth delivery.
- Digital cue cards for speeches
- Easy navigation with swipes
- Card flipping with two-finger swipe
- Edit cards on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Add titles, colors, and timers to cards
- Screen stays active during use
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Carry your next great speech in your pocket! Cue Cards is the perfect app to help you give your next presentation or speech • Easily read cards from a distance (podium, desktop, etc.) • Transition from one card to the next and back with an up or down swipe of a finger • Flip a card over with a right or left two finger swipe • Edit individual cards directly on your iPhone or iPad, or macOS • Add titles to cards • Add colors to cards • Add a timer to each card • Screen will not dim or lock while viewing cards Purchase includes Cue Cards for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speeches App at 4.4 against Cue Cards's 1.0. Speeches App also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). Cue Cards's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, 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
Speeches App costs $4.99 and Cue Cards $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Speeches App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speeches App has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Speeches App's written reviews are positive against 33% of Cue Cards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Speeches App ships an update every 2 months, Cue Cards every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speeches App | Cue Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (26 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Mental Faculty | Steve Brost |
Customer experience
Speeches App
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In-app purchases
Speeches App
No in-app purchases
Cue Cards
No in-app purchases








