Comparison

Cue Killer vs UbiStage Timer

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

Head to head
About

Cue Killer

This app provides comprehensive show control for performers managing their own audio-visual elements. It allows users to create ordered cue lists for slides, sound, video, and more, with hands-free operation options. Designed for live performance, it offers features for audience interaction and efficient show building.

Highlights
  • Create ordered cue lists
  • Control slides, audio, video, and camera
  • Hands-free operation with external devices
  • Live audience interaction via QR codes
  • Import show files from other apps
  • In-app AI assistant for show ideas
Features
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Cue Killer is show control for performers who run their own AV. Build one ordered cue list, press GO, and let the next slide, sound, video, camera cut, overlay, blackout, QR moment, or transition land exactly on your beat. Made for magicians, mentalists, speakers, musicians, comedians, event hosts, worship teams, buskers, and anyone who has to perform and run the booth at the same time. WHAT YOU CAN CUE - Slides, PDFs, Keynote/PowerPoint exports, images, video, audio, live camera, text, frames, lower thirds, QR codes, audience polls, waits, groups, mic/listen mode, blackout, and stop-audio cues. - Audio cues include fades, crossfades, looping, trim, level control, and a dedicated kill-audio action. - Visual cues can use cinematic crossfades or dip-to-black transitions, plus branded overlays and big live text. RUN IT HANDS-FREE - Map GO, BACK, LIVE, blackout, deck navigation, and audio actions to Flic buttons, Bluetooth clickers, game controllers, MIDI, OSC, or the built-in web remote. - Add spoken trigger phrases so a line in your script can fire any cue. - Use the camera to recognize a prop and fire the matching cue while your hands stay in the routine. BUILT FOR THE BIG SCREEN - Send clean audience output over HDMI or AirPlay while your iPhone or iPad stays on the operator console. - Use live camera cues with zoom, picture-in-picture/split layouts, peer cameras, browser cameras, and overlays. - Fire audience interaction cues: the crowd scans a QR code or enters a short code at cue-killer.com, then votes in live polls, number guesses, or word clouds. BUILD FASTER - Import media once and reuse it across shows. - Import Go Button, StageCue, and CSV show files. - Use Killian, the in-app assistant, for setup help and for generating show ideas, cue drafts, images, sound effects, music beds, and voiceovers when you connect your own AI keys. CONFIDENCE UNDER PRESSURE Cue Killer is designed around the live moment: what is on air, what is standing by, what GO will fire next, and how to panic-silence everything fast. It is approachable enough for a solo performer, but serious enough for a real stage.

About

UbiStage Timer

Features
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A stage clock for iPhone and iPad – synced across every display. Many teams start timer apps manually on multiple devices. The result: clocks drift apart. UbiStage Timer solves this. One device becomes the host, all others sync automatically – virtually lag-free. Devices find each other automatically over local Wi-Fi. No setup, no pairing, no account. Just open and go. One host, unlimited screens. Use iPhones and iPads simultaneously as stage clocks – all showing the same time. Fully local, no internet needed. The automatic color change (white → yellow → red) gives speakers an intuitive sense of remaining time at a glance – no need to read numbers. The host can also send short text messages directly to all displays – perfect for spontaneous corrections during the event. Ideal for conferences, stage productions, trade shows, and live events. Free with one display during the beta. Activate a Timer Key in the app to unlock unlimited synced displays.

Screenshots

Cue Killer4 screens
UbiStage Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UbiStage Timer at every 4 days against Cue Killer's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cue Killer ships an update every 5 weeks, UbiStage Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Cue Killer versus UbiStage Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCue KillerUbiStage Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKalani HelekunihiIngenieurbüro Edelmann

In-app purchases

None

Cue Killer

No in-app purchases

None

UbiStage Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cue Killer free?
Cue Killer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UbiStage Timer free?
UbiStage Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cue Killer or UbiStage Timer have ads?
Neither Cue Killer nor UbiStage Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cue Killer or UbiStage Timer?
Cue Killer ships an update every 5 weeks, and UbiStage Timer every 4 days. Most recently, Cue Killer was updated on October 15, 2026 and UbiStage Timer on October 9, 2026.

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