SilentCue vs SubcueAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SilentCue
This app provides silent, haptic cues for presenters to manage their time discreetly. It uses distinct vibration patterns to signal key milestones like halfway points and remaining time, allowing for seamless delivery without checking a watch or screen.
- Three distinct haptic signals for time milestones
- Silent operation with screen locked
- Customizable milestone signals
- Apple Watch companion app
- Multiple profile configurations
- Progress ring for backstage confidence
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Every great presenter knows the feeling: you're mid-story, the audience is with you, and somewhere in the back of your mind a clock is ticking. You resist the urge to check your watch. You push through. Then you run over, or worse, you rush the ending. SilentCue solves this with a language your phone can whisper directly into your pocket. Three distinct haptic signals mark the milestones that actually matter. A single soft nudge at the halfway point. Two quick taps when two minutes remain. A sustained, unmistakable pulse when time is up. Each pattern is built using Apple's CoreHaptics framework, varying intensity, sharpness, and rhythm, so you can read the time by feel alone, even with your iPhone in your jacket pocket and the screen off. No sound. No screen. No broken eye contact. WHO IT'S FOR SilentCue was built for anyone who speaks to a room: keynote speakers, conference presenters, teachers and professors, Toastmasters members, workshop facilitators, public speaking coaches, and anyone who has ever gone seven minutes over. HOW IT WORKS Set your total presentation time (1 to 120 minutes). Press play. Put your phone in your pocket. SilentCue counts down silently in the background and fires each cue at exactly the right moment, even with the screen locked. That's it. WHAT SETS IT APART Every other haptic timer on the market fires a single buzz when the clock hits zero, the same pattern an alarm clock uses. SilentCue is the only app that delivers three semantically distinct signals timed to the arc of a live presentation. You don't just know time is up; you know you're halfway, you know two minutes remain, and you feel a clear, confident close. It's a vocabulary, not just an alarm. FEATURES Three milestone haptics: Halfway, 2 Minutes, Time's Up Each pattern genuinely distinct by feel: single tap, double tap, sustained pulse Accurate in the background and with screen locked Calm and Sharp modes: two visual themes for two mindsets Apple Watch companion: receive cues on your wrist Milestone editor: customize which signals fire and when Multiple profiles: save different configurations per presentation Progress ring for backstage confidence-checking No account. No subscription. No ads. No data collected DESIGNED FOR THE STAGE The interface operates in under 10 seconds. One tap to start. Phone in your pocket. You walk on stage. The rest is between you and your audience. Supports Dynamic Type.
SubcueAI
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SubcueAI is an AI interview assistant. It listens to the question, transcribes it as it is asked, and drafts an answer you can read while you speak — in live interviews and in unlimited mock practice. Listen mode — your second screen in a live interview Take the interview on your computer (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams) with the speaker on and keep your iPhone next to it. SubcueAI listens through the microphone, transcribes what is said, and drafts an answer whenever you tap Get answer — off camera and outside any shared screen. iOS does not let an app hear a call running on the same phone, so the interview always plays on another device. Practice with an AI interviewer Mock mode plays the interviewer: it asks an opening question grounded in your resume and the job description, listens to your spoken answer, and follows up on what you actually said. Questions keep coming until you end the session — no fixed script, no fixed count. Know what to fix Every session is saved with its full transcript and an AI scorecard: an overall score, what landed, and the gaps worth closing before the next interview. Your material, in context Upload your resume as a PDF and paste the job description. Both feed the questions you are asked and the answers you are given. You can also build a resume from scratch in the app and export it. 27 languages Ask in one language and answer in another, or let SubcueAI detect the interviewer's language for you. The whole interface is translated too. Built to be disclosed Before a Listen session starts, SubcueAI asks you to confirm that you will tell the interviewer you are using a live captioning and AI assistance tool. Use it the way you would any other assistive tool — openly. Privacy Before your first session, SubcueAI shows you exactly what leaves your device, which AI providers receive it, and asks for your permission. Audio is streamed to cloud speech-to-text providers for transcription and is not retained after the session. No video is ever captured. Everything travels over TLS. Transcripts are stored in your account only so you can review them, and you can delete your account — and everything in it — from Settings at any time. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. - SubcueAI Pro — monthly or yearly - SubcueAI Premium — monthly or yearly Prices are shown in your local currency before you subscribe. Terms: https://subcue.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://subcue.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SilentCue at none against SubcueAI's 4. 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. SubcueAI sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. SilentCue asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SilentCue | SubcueAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robin Spagna | Subcue AI LLC |
In-app purchases
SilentCue
No in-app purchases
SubcueAI
- SubcueAI Pro$20.001 Month
- SubcueAI Premium$75.001 Month
- SubcueAI Pro (Annual)$191.991 Year
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- SubcueAI Premium (Annual)$719.991 Year









