A teleprompter that finally has room to breathe.
CueCard Teleprompter turns an iPad into a studio prompter. Read from the full screen at arm's length, or shrink the script into a floating window that sits above the camera, Instagram or a video call while you record.
- 1,100+ downloads
- — GitHub stars
- Free and MIT licensed
The same app as the phone, read from across the room.
Hey — quick one before I start recording.
look at the lens
This script is floating over the camera right now, on my iPad.
small nod
It scrolls on its own, so my hands stay where they are and my eyes stay up here.
slow down
The pink lines are cues. They tell me how to say the next bit.
smile
They are never lines to read out — which is why you have not heard me say one.
pause, then land it
That is the whole app. It is free.
The pink lines are cues, written for you to read and not to say, and the clock at the top is the timer counting how long you have been talking.
Sits on top of:
What you get
Built to be read out of the corner of your eye
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Floats on top of every other app
Your script stays on screen while you record in the camera app, Instagram, TikTok or anything else, so you never have to switch apps in the middle of a take to check your next line.
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Scrolls on its own, at your pace
Set how fast the script moves and it scrolls by itself while you talk. Speed it up or slow it down at any time, and pause it whenever you need a moment.
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Cues you read but never say out loud
Type something like [cue smile] or [cue slow down] in the middle of your script and it appears in colour — pink, yellow, green, blue, purple or red, whichever you pick. It is a reminder about how to say the next line, not a line to read.
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A countdown to start, and a timer while you talk
CueCard counts you in before the script starts moving, so you have a few seconds to get ready. A timer then runs while you speak, so you know whether the take is running long.
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A floating window you can shape and move
Drag the window anywhere on screen, make it wide, square or tall, and set the text size inside it. Put it just under the camera lens and your eyes stay close to the lens instead of drifting down.
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Scripts you save and come back to
Give a script a name, save it, and open it again next time. You can also import one from a file. The app follows your phone's light or dark appearance, or you can set it to stay light or stay dark.
The app itself
This is the whole app.
Read your script from the full screen, or shrink it into a small window that stays on top of whatever else you open.
Looking for the computer app instead? CueCard for Mac and Windows keeps your speaker notes on your screen and out of your screen share.
See it work
A minute of it, in use
A short film of the app doing the one thing it is for. It opens on YouTube.
Also in your pocket
The same teleprompter, on iPhone.
CueCard Teleprompter for iPhone
Small enough to film with, wherever you are standing
The same scripts, the same cues and the same floating window, on the phone already in your hand. Shrink the prompter into a corner, open the camera, Instagram or TikTok, and film wherever you are rather than wherever the iPad is propped. See CueCard Teleprompter on iPhone.
Made for
Whatever it is you have to say on camera
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Also on your computer
Presenting instead of filming? There is an app for that.
CueCard for Mac and Windows
Speaker notes your screen share cannot see
The other half of CueCard runs on a Mac or PC, and it hides rather than floats: the window is left out of screen capture, so a call sees your deck and never your notes. Open it when you are presenting rather than filming. Any deck, or none at all — and Google Slides notes can follow your slides.
Get CueCard
On your phone in under a minute
Free, with no subscription and nothing to cancel — and free on your computer too.
On your phone and iPad
Your script floats on top of whatever app you record in.
- iPhone and iPad App Store
- Android Coming soon
Frequently asked
Questions about CueCard for iPad
Is there a teleprompter app for iPad?
Yes. CueCard Teleprompter runs natively on iPad and is free on the App Store. It needs iPadOS 17 or later.
Can the iPad prompter float over other apps?
Yes. The script can fill the screen for reading at a distance, or shrink into a floating window that stays above the camera, Instagram, TikTok or a video call while you record.
Is CueCard free on iPad?
Yes, completely. There is no subscription and no paid tier, and the source code is on GitHub for anyone to read.
Can I use an iPad as a teleprompter for a camera?
Yes. Prop the iPad under or beside the lens, set the text large and the speed slow, and read at your natural pace. The bigger screen is what makes an iPad worth using over a phone for this.
Does it work with an external keyboard or Stage Manager?
CueCard behaves like any other iPad app: it resizes, it works alongside others, and the floating prompter stays above whatever you switch to.
Is CueCard free?
Yes. CueCard is completely free on mobile and on desktop, and open source under the MIT licence. Read the code on GitHub — and a star is always welcome.
Is CueCard open source?
Yes, MIT licensed, on GitHub. An app that can see your script is one worth being able to read the source of.
Where are my scripts stored?
On your device. Your notes are not uploaded to us. The privacy policy sets out exactly what is and is not kept.
How do I report a bug or ask for a feature?
Open an issue on GitHub, or email hello@thisisnsh.com. Both are read.