SimplePlay Pro for iPad

Cue it. Check it. Press GO.

SimplePlay Pro turns an iPad into a playout deck for live events. Line up the next video, still or sound in PREVIEW, then send it to PROGRAM, full screen on a projector, TV or LED wall over USB-C or HDMI. Every control stays on the iPad.

2.0 coming soon to the App StoreSupport →

iPad · iPadOS 18 or later · $49.99, no subscription

SimplePlay Pro with a countdown cued in PREVIEW, a snowboarding video on air in PROGRAM, and the playlist below

PREVIEW, then PROGRAM

Check the next cue in PREVIEW while the audience sees PROGRAM. GO turns green when the cue is ready, and the take is instant.

Safe for live use

Show Safe locks anything that could cut the show by accident and leaves GO and fade to black ready. Errors show as banners, never as alerts that block the deck.

Control it your way

Touchscreen, keyboard, presentation clicker or Stream Deck, MIDI with learn mode, and OSC from Bitfocus Companion, TouchOSC or your show-control system.

Private by design

No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your media stays on your iPad, and the app collects no data at all.

A looping lake scene on PROGRAM, behind a sound cue that is playing

Never black unless you want it

An idle picture: a holding slide or looping background whenever nothing is on air
It stays up behind music and sound cues too
Seamless loops for walk-in and background video
Cross-dissolves, dips to black and cuts, at 0.5, 1 or 2 seconds

A cue's menu with picture scaling, the idle picture option and the end-of-cue actions

Every cue knows what comes next

Fade out, hold the last frame, loop, or go on to the next cue, the previous cue or the top
Trim any clip with IN and OUT points
Fit, fill or stretch each picture to the screen
Fold the playlist into named groups and save whole shows as projects

The Setup sheet with MIDI notes and controllers mapped to GO, Fade to Black and moving between cues

Run it from a controller

Keyboard shortcuts: Space is GO
MIDI triggers with learn mode, over USB, Bluetooth or Network MIDI
OSC remote control over Wi-Fi or Ethernet
Show Safe applies to every input, not just the touchscreen

SMPTE colour bars on PROGRAM with the list of built-in test cards open

Ready for the venue

Built-in test cards: colour bars, an alignment grid, black, white and a 1 kHz line-up tone
Choose the output resolution the projector or LED processor accepts
Shrink the picture for TVs that crop the edges
Display Diagnostics shows what the iPad is sending, with a report you can copy for support

What you need

An iPad with iPadOS 18 or later
A USB-C-to-HDMI adapter or cable for the projector, TV or LED wall
Your media: MP4 or MOV video, MP3, WAV, AAC, AIFF or FLAC sound, and common image formats

Running a bigger show from a Mac, with multi-track compositing, NDI or SDI? See SimplePlay Pro X. Questions? See Support, or read how the app handles your data in the privacy policy.