Stage Sidekick

Description: Stage Sidekick is an ear prompter for talks, presentations, live demos and speeches. It listens while you speak, follows where you are in your script, and speaks the next few words into your AirPods or headphones just before you need them. No more reading from a screen, no more losing your thread. In a live demo your hands are on the product and your eyes on the audience. Stage Sidekick keeps the next step in your ear. HOW IT WORKS • Write or paste your script, or open a text or Markdown file. Lines starting with # become chapters; [pause 3s] and [notes] help you pace it. • Confirm your earbuds as the earpiece and pick the microphone. Stage Sidekick only ever uses the devices you choose; if they disconnect, it waits instead of playing out loud. • Press Start and talk. Prompts come a few words ahead of you. Go off script (answer a question, wait for a page to load) and it waits until you are back. MADE FOR THE STAGE • Lock your iPhone and put it in your pocket: listening and prompting go on. • A text view with your script in large type, following you as you speak. • Lost your place? Say your own phrase, like "Where was I", and the last prompt plays again. • AirPods: press to pause, double-press for the next chapter, triple-press for the previous one. Bluetooth clickers and keyboards work while the app is on screen. • Talks and demos in parts: each # chapter is one section or demo step. An optional pause before each new chapter leaves time for applause, a slide change or a click in your demo. • English, German and Spanish. Light and dark mode. iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Speech recognition runs on your device. Your voice is never recorded or sent anywhere. No account, no tracking, no ads. Whisper speech recognition is an optional download in Settings. Requires iOS 26 or later.