Comparison

Menu Box vs Playback for Eos

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

Head to head
About

Menu Box

Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.

Highlights
  • Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
  • Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
  • Attach custom data to menu items
  • Fully controllable via Shortcuts
  • Dynamically create menus on the fly
  • Enhance Action Button functionality
Features
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Playback for Eos

This app connects to ETC Eos family consoles, allowing users to monitor and control playback status for live events. It offers features like triggering commands, adding notes to cues, and syncing status with cue lists.

Highlights
  • Monitor playback status
  • Trigger Go and Stop/Back commands
  • Add notes to cues
  • Sync cue status
  • Discover consoles automatically
  • Save console settings
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Playback for Eos combines seamless connectivity with elegant simplicity, allowing you to keep track of your production. With a native iOS app connected to an ETC Eos® family console, you can control, view, and note the playback status. Customisable Console Connections • Automatically discover consoles on your local Wi-Fi network. • Intuitively edit console settings to fit your system. • Save console settings for effortless portability. • Seamlessly integrate with consoles in a restricted local network. Powerful Playback • Trigger Go and Stop/Back commands on the connected console. • Attach notes to the current cue for production review. • Sync cue status to a specified cue list. Our responsive support team is always ready to help – reach out anytime at support@artificers.co.uk. Eos® is a registered trademark of ETC, INC. Artifice Industries Ltd. is an independent developer and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by ETC, INC.

Screenshots

Menu Box4 screens
Playback for Eos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Menu Box at Free against Playback for Eos's $9.99. Playback for Eos's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Menu Box is free to download; Playback for Eos costs $9.99 up front. Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Playback for Eos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Box ships an update fortnightly, Playback for Eos every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Menu Box versus Playback for Eos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu BoxPlayback for Eos
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSnailed It Development LtdArtifice Industries Ltd.

Customer experience

Menu Box

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

Playback for Eos

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Menu Box

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip Jar - Small$0.99
  • Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
  • Tip Jar - Large$4.99
None

Playback for Eos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Menu Box free?
Menu Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Playback for Eos free?
Playback for Eos costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Menu Box or Playback for Eos have ads?
Neither Menu Box nor Playback for Eos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Box or Playback for Eos?
Menu Box ships an update fortnightly, and Playback for Eos every 3 weeks. Most recently, Menu Box was updated on October 1, 2026 and Playback for Eos on October 8, 2026.

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