ShootCue vs ShotList

ShootCue is a shoot planning and photography education app built for working photographers who want to show up prepared, direct with confidence, and keep growing their craft. Whether you shoot portraits, weddings, elopements, maternity, or boudoir, ShootCue gives you everything you need before, during, and after every session. BEFORE THE SHOOT Browse the ShootCue inspiration library or upload your own favorite images. Save photos you want to learn from to your Pose Deck. Tap Add Prompt to generate a directing cue written the way you'd actually say it on a shoot. Tap Add Motion to get pose variations and movement ideas from a single image so you always have somewhere to go next. Get composition notes from any image that break down how to direct, shoot, and edit like the photographers whose work inspires you most. Build out client boards with the poses and images that fit your vision. Use AutoFlow to automatically sequence your images in an order built around posing psychology, warming your subjects up naturally, flowing from one pose to the next, and never freezing up wondering where to go next. Enter Organize Mode to assign images to specific scenes and add shoot information like outfit change reminders, sunset times, and anything else you want to remember, so nothing gets buried in your notes app again. ON SHOOT DAY Go fully offline. ShootCue downloads everything and puts it into a checklist-style shoot day mode so you can move through your notes, images, and sequences quickly and easily, even without service in a canyon, forest, or remote location. Show up knowing your bases are covered so you can focus on being creative. AFTER THE SHOOT Upload images from your session to Photo Review and get detailed feedback on your composition, lighting, posing, editing choices, and storytelling. Learn from your own work so you can get better with every session. BEFORE ANY OF IT The Sun Tracker shows you exactly where the light will be at your shoot location and time. Check golden hour, blue hour, sunrise and sunset mapped to your specific scene, and pull up the weather forecast so you can plan around conditions before you ever arrive. Download for free

Walk onto every set with a plan. ShotList is the photographer's shoot planner. Plan the who, when, and where, build the shot list before the day, and check frames off on set so the must-gets never slip. Golden hour and blue hour are computed right on your device for any date and place. Gear packing starts from complete built-in packs instead of a blank page. THE SHOOT PLAN - Every shoot with its date and call time, client, location, and notes - A live readiness view: shots done, must-gets left, gear packed - A shoot-day timeline, hour by hour, checkable as the day runs THE SHOT LIST - List the frames you want: poses, details, moments - Star the must-gets so the critical frames stand out - On set, check shots off one-handed and watch the must-get counter fall GOLDEN HOUR, COMPUTED ON DEVICE - Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, day length, morning and evening golden hour, and both blue hours - Pick a city preset or type any coordinates, for any date - Pure solar math on the device, accurate to within a few minutes, no network needed - Handles the edges honestly, from midnight sun to polar night - Each shoot with coordinates shows its own light windows, ready to copy into the golden hour note GEAR PACKS THAT START FULL - Four complete built-in packs: portrait session, wedding day, landscape trip, product table - Apply a pack to any shoot and check gear off as you pack - Build your own pack templates for your kit CLIENTS, MODELS, AND CREW - Info cards with role, phone, and set notes - See how many shoots you have done together SCOUTED LOCATIONS - Save spots with reference photos from your library - Access notes, best-light notes, and coordinates that feed the light calculator SHOOT PLAN EXPORT (Lifetime) - A clean PDF of the whole plan: details, timeline, shot list with must-gets, gear checklist - A CSV of the same plan for spreadsheets PRIVATE AND IN SYNC - No account of ours, no analytics, no tracking - Your shoots live on your device and in your private iCloud, synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Delete all your data anytime from Settings FREE VS LIFETIME Free: plan 2 full shoots with everything included, all four built-in gear packs, the golden hour calculator, locations, contacts, and 1 custom pack template. Lifetime unlock: one single purchase of $14.99 USD, no subscription. Unlimited shoots, unlimited custom pack templates, and the shoot plan PDF and CSV export. ShotList is a planning tool for photographers. Light times are computed to within a few minutes; real light varies with weather and horizon.