Comparison

Tour Control vs LinkCue

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

Head to head
About

Tour Control

Features
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Tour Control keeps your whole tour in your pocket — built by FKP Scorpio for artists, crews and the people who book them. EVERY GIG AT A GLANCE See dates, venues and local time zones for the whole tour, with the crew, hotels, travel and set times on each gig. Contacts, parking, backline, catering and tech notes are right there on the gig page, one tap from calling the promoter. YOUR DAY, PLANNED Each gig has an itinerary — load-in, soundcheck, doors, show, bus call — and My itinerary shows just what concerns you, across every tour. Subscribe to your gigs in your own calendar app. CHAT WITH THE WHOLE TEAM Band, crew and production chats with replies, reactions, mentions, pinned messages, photos, video, files and your location. Bring your old WhatsApp history with you. ASK TM TM, your AI tour manager, knows the schedule. Ask it about curfews, changeovers or tomorrow's travel right in the chat — and it only tells you what you have access to. KEEP EVERY MEMORY Photos and video from every show, collected per artist and year, with a throwback from tours past. WORKS OFFLINE Signal gone in the basement dressing room or on the flight? Everything you need is already on your phone, and your messages go out as soon as you're back online.

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LinkCue

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LinkCue — A project workspace with an AI research assistant that brings your research, ideas, planning, and progress into one place We save things with good intentions — but they end up scattered and hard to act on. LinkCue brings everything into one place: capture, organize, and turn it into real progress with an AI assistant that makes sense of it all. Capture: Collect what matters • Save articles, links, bookmarks, and research • Capture ideas the moment they come to you • Speak your thoughts and turn them into notes • Attach files — images, PDFs, Word docs, text, markdown, CSV, spreadsheets, and captions — processed just like a saved link • Drop in audio recordings — podcasts, voice memos, meetings — and get a diarized transcript plus a listenable AI summary • Works in the browser too — PDFs, images, audio, and spreadsheets on Chrome, Safari, and Firefox Distill: Make sense of what you collect • Get simple summaries of long articles • Listen to content as short audio briefings • Refine notes with AI — summarize, expand, simplify, and more • Edit any AI summary inline and switch between versions any time • Regenerate in a different style — short, key points, or a custom prompt — and refresh the audio in one tap • Tap any transcript line to jump to that moment — playback auto-highlights and scrolls with you • Spreadsheets render as clean tables inside the record, with synthesis modes tuned to tabular data • Pick your transcription engine in Settings → AI & Intelligence Research: Chat with your knowledge • Ask questions and get AI answers with citations linking back to your library • Search the web without leaving the app • Browse your Knowledge Map — concepts and topics extracted from your content • Choose your AI model from the chat toolbar • Tap the sparkle icon on any record to start a scoped Knowledge Agent chat instantly Think Visually: Map out ideas and connections • Build mind maps from scratch or import your saved records • Connect ideas, add notes, and rearrange freely • Auto-layout organizes complex webs instantly; export to Markdown and sync across devices in real time • Share a mind map via a public, view-only link — revoke any time • Rebuilt: smart edge routing, undo/redo, group multi-select, and reliable cross-device sync Organize: Build a system that fits how you think • Group with labels; create projects and folders for any goal • Navigate with breadcrumbs — always know where you are • Choose how uploaded files are stored: keep, auto-delete after processing, or never store Act: Move from planning to doing • Turn notes into tasks and see plans on a calendar • Track progress with a consistent 5-stage Kanban across all your devices • Link records to GitHub issues and keep them in sync Built for real projects • Planning a life event or side project • Managing research and long-term goals • Developers tracking work across GitHub and notes Subscription Details LinkCue offers a free plan with limited features, as well as optional paid monthly subscriptions that unlock additional capabilities. If you purchase a LinkCue subscription, payment will be charged to the payment method associated with your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal at any time in your App Store account settings. If you choose not to subscribe, you can continue using LinkCue with the free plan. Privacy Policy: https://www.linkcue.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tour Control4 screens
LinkCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tour Control at none against LinkCue's 2. LinkCue's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. LinkCue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Tour Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tour Control ships an update every 2 weeks, LinkCue every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Tour Control versus LinkCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTour ControlLinkCue
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB60 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperFKP Scorpio Norge ASThomas Huang

In-app purchases

None

Tour Control

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

LinkCue

Subscriptions2
  • LinkCue Standard (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • LinkCue Pro (Monthly)$13.991 Month

Questions

Is Tour Control free?
Tour Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LinkCue free?
LinkCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tour Control or LinkCue have ads?
Neither Tour Control nor LinkCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tour Control or LinkCue?
Tour Control ships an update every 2 weeks, and LinkCue every 5 days. Most recently, Tour Control was updated on October 24, 2026 and LinkCue on October 24, 2026.

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