Comparison

Speaker Notes vs Cue Cards

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

Head to head
About

Speaker Notes

Transform your speeches into structured cue cards for confident delivery. Practice, time, and present your talks with ease, from wedding toasts to investor keynotes. Available on iPhone.

Highlights
  • Speech cue card creation
  • Presentation practice tool
  • Speech timing functionality
  • Structured delivery aid
  • iPhone compatible
Features
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Speak with confidence. Every time. Whether it's a wedding toast, an investor keynote, a class presentation, or a big meeting — the difference between a shaky speech and a great one is preparation. Speaker Notes turns your speech into structured cue cards you can practice, time, and deliver from — right on your iPhone.

About

Cue Cards

This app transforms your notes into glanceable cards for public speaking. It offers AI-powered note generation, customizable timers, and an editor designed for seamless delivery during presentations, podcasts, or speeches.

Highlights
  • AI-generated note cards
  • On-device AI processing
  • Customizable timers
  • Glanceable black screen display
  • Easy card reordering
  • Adjustable text size
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Speaker Notes4 screens
Cue Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Speaker Notes at 100% against Cue Cards's 50%. Speaker Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Cue Cards's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Speaker Notes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cue Cards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speaker Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Speaker Notes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cue Cards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaker Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, Cue Cards every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speaker Notes versus Cue Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaker NotesCue Cards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRonald GuillenCuer

Customer experience

Speaker Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cue Cards

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Speaker Notes

One-time3
  • Round of applause$0.99
  • Standing Ovation$2.99
  • Encore! Encore!$9.99
1 purchases

Cue Cards

One-time1
  • Unlock Play$7.99

Questions

Is Speaker Notes free?
Speaker Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cue Cards free?
Cue Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speaker Notes or Cue Cards?
Speaker Notes is rated higher. Speaker Notes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Cue Cards averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Speaker Notes or Cue Cards have ads?
Neither Speaker Notes nor Cue Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speaker Notes or Cue Cards?
Speaker Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cue Cards every 10 days. Most recently, Speaker Notes was updated on November 7, 2026 and Cue Cards on November 10, 2026.

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