Cue vs Cue Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cue
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Cue is a simple speaker notes app for people who present. Whether you are giving a conference talk, a lightning talk, a wedding speech or a class presentation, Cue keeps your notes in front of you and your timing on track, without the clutter of a full slide editor. WRITE YOUR TALK • Create a talk with a title and an estimated duration. • Break it into parts, one thought per part. • Edit any time. Everything saves automatically. PRESENT WITH CONFIDENCE • Large, auto-sizing text fills the screen so your notes are readable at a glance. • Swipe up to move to the next part. • A timer shows elapsed time against your estimate and turns red when you run over. • Pause and resume whenever you need to. • Gentle haptic feedback confirms every step. • The screen stays on while you present. YOUR TALKS STAY WITH YOU • Your talks live on your device. • No account and no sign-up. • Cue sends basic anonymous stats, like which screens are used, to help fix crashes and slow screens. It never sends your talks. Cue does one thing and does it well: it helps you deliver your talk.
Cue Cards
This app transforms your notes into a speaker-friendly format. It displays talking points in large, easy-to-read cards, perfect for presentations, speeches, or podcasts. Features include customizable timers and an editor that simplifies script management.
- Card-based note display
- Large, glanceable text
- Customizable timers
- Silent timer alerts
- Easy script splitting and reordering
- Adjustable text size
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Notes apps weren't built for speaking. Cue Cards is. Free to write. Build as many decks as you like, use every editor tool, and let the on-device AI turn your notes into cards. Unlock Play once, and you can run any deck at full length forever. Write your talk as a deck of cards - one beat per card - then hit Play. Your talking points appear huge and glanceable on a black screen built for stages, podiums, and studios. Tap or swipe to move between cards. No scrolling, no losing your place, no squinting at a Google Doc. MADE FOR SPEAKING - Podcast episodes and interviews - Wedding toasts and best-man speeches - Conference talks, sermons, lectures, pitches - Anywhere you'd rather glance at beats than read a script TIMERS THAT KEEP YOU ON PACE - One continuous deck timer - count up, or count down from your time slot - Per-card timers ("this story gets 90 seconds") - Auto-time cards from your script length - The screen flashes when a card's time is up - silent, unmissable - Timer colors shift green to yellow to red as time runs down AN EDITOR THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY - Write like a notes app; bold, italics, colors, and bullets - Paste a speech from any app and split it into cards in one tap - Reorder cards with a touch and hold - Set text size from S to XL - or pinch, mid-speech WRITE IT WITH AI, ON YOUR DEVICE - Talk it through out loud and it writes your cards for you - Paste a brief, run of show, or notes and have them formatted into cards - Or just describe the talk and get a starting deck with the timings set - Runs on your iPhone using Apple Intelligence. Nothing is sent to a server. BUILT FOR THE MOMENT - Screen stays awake while you speak - Works in portrait and landscape, iPhone and iPad - Your decks stay yours - synced through your own iCloud, never our servers. No account, no tracking, nothing to sign up for One payment unlocks Play for good. No subscription, no account, nothing to sign up for. From the team behind Cuer, the rundown software broadcast teams run their live shows on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cue Cards at none against Cue's 1. Cue Cards also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cue Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cue ships an update every 2 weeks, Cue Cards every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cue | Cue Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florian Schuster | Cuer |
In-app purchases
Cue
- Premium Lifetime$0.99
Cue Cards
No in-app purchases









