Comparison

CUE vs Cantus

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

Head to head
About

CUE

Features
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Cue is a DJ set planner and visualizer. Use this app to keep track of your mixes in a 3D space and see how you can link tracks together, add notes and search through spotify. Plan your DJ sets visually. Cue lets you map out every track and transition in your mix, so you always know what plays next. See your set in 3D Your tracks live in an interactive 3D space. Each song is a node, each transition is a link. Pinch, rotate, and fly through your mix like a constellation. Set a starting track and watch the flow radiate outward. Build your tracklist Add songs with title, artist, BPM, key, cover art, and personal notes. Search Spotify as you type to auto-fill track details and artwork, or add tracks manually. Link your transitions Connect tracks that mix well together. Add notes to each transition — drop points, EQ tips, whatever helps you remember the blend. Your links become the edges of your set graph. Card view Switch to a clean scrollable setlist that follows your transition chain from start to finish. Linked tracks appear in set order with numbered positions. Unlinked tracks sit in a separate section so you can see what still needs connecting. Open in Spotify Tap any track to open it directly in Spotify. Remind yourself how a song sounds without leaving your workflow. Set your starting track Pin one track as the head of your set. In 3D mode it anchors to the center. In card mode it becomes track number one. Everything flows from there. Built for DJs Cue is not a Dj mixer

About

Cantus

This interactive tool helps musicians explore harmony and chord voicings on a virtual piano. It allows users to visualize how notes move within chords, understand modal relationships, and develop a feel for harmony through focused practice.

Highlights
  • Interactive chord and voicing exploration
  • Piano keyboard visualization
  • Modal and scale-based harmony practice
  • Voice-leading movement analysis
  • Tone.js audio playback
  • Account-free operation
Features
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Cantus - Voicing Lab is an interactive harmony and chord-voicing tool by Nathaniel School of Music for pianists, composers, producers, and music theory students. Explore how notes move inside chords, hear voicings in context, and study color, tension, and modal relationships from the keyboard. Cantus is designed as a focused practice lab: pick a sound, inspect the voice leading, and build intuition for how harmony feels under your hands. FEATURES * Interactive chord and voicing explorer * Piano keyboard visualization * Modal and scale-based harmony practice * Voice-leading movement and pinboard-style comparison * Tone.js audio playback * Self-hosted fonts and bundled web assets * Works without an account BY NATHANIEL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Built for practical harmony learning, composition practice, and deeper chord fluency.

Screenshots

CUE4 screens
Cantus3 screens

Verdict

The call

CUE and Cantus are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CUE ships an update weekly, Cantus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CUE versus Cantus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCUECantus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid PinaJason Zachariah

In-app purchases

None

CUE

No in-app purchases

None

Cantus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CUE free?
CUE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cantus free?
Cantus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CUE or Cantus have ads?
Neither CUE nor Cantus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CUE or Cantus?
CUE ships an update weekly, and Cantus every 5 days. Most recently, CUE was updated on October 8, 2026 and Cantus on October 21, 2026.

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