QLab Remote
Easy remote editing for QLab
Free · In-App Purchases
QLab Remote is the official iOS companion app for remote control of QLab, the award-winning live show control software for macOS. QLab Remote requires a connection to QLab 3.0 or later. Some features require a specific minimum version of QLab 4 or 5. See https://qlab.app/docs/v5/networking/qlab-remote/#requirements for details.
Get out of the booth and edit your QLab workspace from wherever you are. Flag cues as you sit in tech rehearsal. Adjust audio levels from the front row. Change the geometry of a video cue from the stage.
QLab Remote is free to use in "Read-Only Mode", which allows you to view a workspace & follow along worry-free and also includes the unlimited ability to flag cues & edit cue notes. Optional In-App Purchases are available to unlock show control, editing, and light tools features.
FEATURES
- Automatically finds any QLab workspace on the network.
- Updates in QLab are instantly reflected in QLab Remote and vice versa.
- Open multiple windows on iPad to view workspaces side-by-side on one screen.
- Quickly flag and edit notes for cues.
- Easily switch between cue lists.
- Watch active cues update in real-time.
- Enable "Read-Only Mode" to follow along without worrying you'll accidentally trigger a cue.
- Edit basic properties for all cues, such as name, number, notes, color, armed, flagged, etc.
- Adjust audio levels and patches for audio, mic, and video cues.
- Change display geometry for video, text, and camera cues.
- Double-tap a cue to quickly edit it.
Please contact support@figure53.com with issues or feedback.
more - Optimized for faster loading of large workspaces.
- Updates the app icon to support light, dark, clear, and tinted appearances.
- Fixes a bug that delayed restoring in-app purchases on devices with network access but no internet.
- Fixes a rare crash when an in-app purchase fails.
- Fixes the redrawing of Group cue outlines after dragging and dropping in the cue list.
- Fixes the progress bars of cart cues that are loaded but not yet playing to show the correct loaded time.
5.6.0 23 Sept
- Fixes several issues when presenting the Contact Support screen.
- The cue list "Notes" text field is no longer partially obscured by the on-screen keyboard.
- Fixes a bug in the "Edit Stages" screen when entering numeric control point values for a multi-region stage.
- Adds support for more lenient entry of time durations. For example, entering "61:23" will format to "1:01:23.0" and entering "123" will format to "02:03.0".
5.5.5 16 Apr
- Fixes a crash when switching from Active Cues back to the main cue list on devices running iOS 17 and earlier.
5.5.4 24/09/2025
- Fixes restoring the current cue list after a momentary disconnection.
- Brings back the full-row cue color tint that has been missing in QLab Remote 5.
5.5.3 04/09/2025
- Improves overall performance and reliability while one or more cues are running.
NEW IN 5.5.0
- Additional support for QLab 5.5.
- Adds support for editing and monitoring Audio Maps for Object Audio in QLab 5.5.
- Adds support for setting audio output patches as targets of Fade or Reset cues when connected to QLab 5.2 or later.
- Improves reconnecting to a workspace after a network disruption in environments that do not support Bonjour discovery.
- Fixes a bug that prevented the On Deck view from displaying the notes of child cues in a group that was not initially expanded.
- Inspector popup menus are re-enabled properly after dismissing the menu with the Esc key.
- Fixes the "Duck by" level field in the Triggers inspector pane when connected to QLab 5.0 or later.
- Fixes the "Cancel" button in the workspace "Disconnect" confirmation alert to correctly dismiss just the alert.
5.5.2 23/08/2025
- Fixes a regression in 5.5.0 where excessive messages sent to QLab could cause a workspace hang.
- Audio map mark indicators are now shown when viewing map objects.
- The audio map heatmap is now correctly hidden when switching to view map objects.
- Audio map monitors are now enabled when connecting with a passcode that only grants “View” permission.
NEW IN 5.5.0
- Additional support for QLab 5.5.
- Adds support for editing and monitoring Audio Maps for Object Audio in QLab 5.5.
- Adds support for setting audio output patches as targets of Fade or Reset cues when connected to QLab 5.2 or later.
- Improves reconnecting to a workspace after a network disruption in environments that do not support Bonjour discovery.
- Fixes a bug that prevented the On Deck view from displaying the notes of child cues in a group that was not initially expanded.
- Inspector popup menus are re-enabled properly after dismissing the menu with the Esc key.
- Fixes the "Duck by" level field in the Triggers inspector pane when connected to QLab 5.0 or later.
- Fixes the "Cancel" button in the workspace "Disconnect" confirmation alert to correctly dismiss just the alert.
5.5.1 15/08/2025
- Additional support for QLab 5.5.
- Adds support for editing and monitoring Audio Maps for Object Audio in QLab 5.5.
- Adds support for setting audio output patches as targets of Fade or Reset cues when connected to QLab 5.2 or later.
- Improves reconnecting to a workspace after a network disruption in environments that do not support Bonjour discovery.
- Fixes a bug that prevented the On Deck view from displaying the notes of child cues in a group that was not initially expanded.
- Inspector popup menus are re-enabled properly after dismissing the menu with the Esc key.
- Fixes the "Duck by" level field in the Triggers inspector pane when connected to QLab 5.0 or later.
- Fixes the "Cancel" button in the workspace "Disconnect" confirmation alert to correctly dismiss just the alert.
5.5.0 12/08/2025
- Fixes a bug that caused the On Deck view to be visible when reconnecting to a workspace that restores to the Active Cues list.
- Fixes a bug while running in iPad Split View that could cause screens in another instance to dismiss unexpectedly.
- Fixes a bug affecting the display of cue output names in the Levels inspector pane.
- Fixes several issues showing the correct number of cue output channels in the Levels inspector pane (QLab 5.3 or later).
- Unrelated inspector panes are now hidden when inspecting a Fade cue that has a Geometry 2D fade path enabled (QLab 5.4 or later).
- Improves live updating of the Fade cue inspector when changes are made to the target cue in QLab.
5.4.4 16/01/2025
- Fixes several issues with displaying and removing the "Attempting to reconnect..." alert.
- Fixes a bug that could cause the purple "Show Mode" status bar text to be empty when connecting to a workspace.
- Fixes a bug while viewing Active Cues where the On Deck view would incorrectly re-appear after rotating the device orientation on certain iPad models.
- Fixes a bug in the video "Edit Stages" screen where Undo/Redo commands invoked from keyboard shortcuts were sent to the workspace instead of to Video settings.
5.4.3 06/01/2025
- Fixes a bug that prevented auto-unlock of "Show Control & Editing" for certain owners of QLab Remote v1.
- Several improvements to crash and exception reporting.
5.4.2 15/08/2024
- Fixes the active state images for the Pause/Resume/Stop All transport buttons.
- Improves the persistance of in-app purchase history.
5.4.1 29/07/2024
- Additional support for QLab 5.4.
5.4.0 11/06/2024
- Additional support for QLab 5.3.
- Fixes the behavior of the Device & Levels inspector pane for cues that output video to NDI when connected to QLab 5.0 - 5.2.
5.3.0 07/11/2023
- Fixes a licensing issue that could occur when launching while the device is offline.
5.2.5 12/09/2023
- Fixes a crash when opening the inspector for cues that output audio when connected to QLab 3.
- Restores the "Device & Levels" inspector pane for Video cues when connected to QLab 3 or 4.
- Fixes an issue where certain app purchases may not always restore correctly.
5.2.4 24/07/2023
- Fixes auto-unlock of "Show Control & Editing" for legacy Volume Purchase Program (VPP) users.
5.2.3 17/07/2023
- Fixes an issue when restoring certain purchases.
5.2.2 13/07/2023
- Improves status bar messages for OSC access permissions and Show Mode.
- Adds support for upcoming App Store certificate changes.
5.2.1 13/07/2023
- Additional support for QLab 5.2.
- Adds a "Smooth" toggle to the "Display & Geometry" Inspector pane when connected to QLab 5.
- Improved responsiveness when inspecting a cue that has a large audio levels matrix.
- Fixes arrow and tab key navigation between audio crosspoint fields.
- Fixes several issues when editing text values of Video Stage / Surface editor control points.
- Fixes a bug that prevented a cue in the cue list from receiving updates after viewing in the Inspector.
- Fixes audio crosspoints when inspecting a Fade cue to display the input channel names of the cue target when connected to QLab 5.
5.2.0 20/06/2023
- Additional support for QLab 5.1.
- Improved file target picker with more flexible searching.
- Adds additional color buttons to the Light Tools Dashboard Keypad.
- Fixes a crash that could occur when laying out audio crosspoints in the cue inspector.
5.1.0 27/02/2023
- Fixes a bug introduced in 5.0.4 that caused connections from the Direct Connection screen to fail.
NEW in 5.0.0:
- Updated and ready for QLab 5!
- Adds support for Dark Mode.
- Adds support for previewing cues from QLab Remote.
- Adds support for opening multiple windows on iPad. Connect to two workspaces and view them side-by-side on the same screen. Or connect twice to the same workspace and view different cue lists.
- Improves the ability to recover from a momentary disconnect while the app is in the background.
- Adds several validations to ensure that automatic reconnection picks the same machine if multiple copies of the same QLab workspace are open at the same time on the network.
- Network communication is now encrypted when connected to a QLab 5 workspace.
- Adds support for sending audition GO and audition previewing cues to QLab 5 from QLab Remote.
5.0.5 03/12/2022
- Fixes several issues when resuming active after being in the background for a long period of time.
NEW in 5.0.0:
- Updated and ready for QLab 5!
- Adds support for Dark Mode.
- Adds support for previewing cues from QLab Remote.
- Adds support for opening multiple windows on iPad. Connect to two workspaces and view them side-by-side on the same screen. Or connect twice to the same workspace and view different cue lists.
- Improves the ability to recover from a momentary disconnect while the app is in the background.
- Adds several validations to ensure that automatic reconnection picks the same machine if multiple copies of the same QLab workspace are open at the same time on the network.
- Network communication is now encrypted when connected to a QLab 5 workspace.
- Adds support for sending audition GO and audition previewing cues to QLab 5 from QLab Remote.
5.0.4 29/11/2022
- Fixes the maximum value for relative fade volume sliders.
- Fixes a crash that could occur after a momentary disconnect from a workspace while viewing the Active Cues cue list.
- Fixes a crash that could occur when opening the "Edit Stages" screen when connected to QLab 5.
- Fixes the Active Cues cue list to correctly respect "Read-Only Mode" and view-only workspace permissions.
- Improved compatibility with devices set to Dark mode appearance.
NEW in 5.0.0:
- Updated and ready for QLab 5!
- Adds support for Dark Mode.
- Adds support for previewing cues from QLab Remote.
- Adds support for opening multiple windows on iPad. Connect to two workspaces and view them side-by-side on the same screen. Or connect twice to the same workspace and view different cue lists.
- Improves the ability to recover from a momentary disconnect while the app is in the background.
- Adds several validations to ensure that automatic reconnection picks the same machine if multiple copies of the same QLab workspace are open at the same time on the network.
- Network communication is now encrypted when connected to a QLab 5 workspace.
- Adds support for sending audition GO and audition previewing cues to QLab 5 from QLab Remote.
5.0.3 15/11/2022
- Fixes a crash that could occur when disconnecting from a workspace while viewing the Active Cues cue list.
- Fixes a bug that could prevent keyboard shortcuts from being recognized.
- Fixes a bug that prevented crash reports from being discovered upon launch.
- Adds ` (backtick) keyboard shortcut to support hardware keyboards that do not have an Escape key.
NEW in 5.0.0:
- Updated and ready for QLab 5!
- Adds support for Dark Mode.
- Adds support for previewing cues from QLab Remote.
- Adds support for opening multiple windows on iPad. Connect to two workspaces and view them side-by-side on the same screen. Or connect twice to the same workspace and view different cue lists.
- Improves the ability to recover from a momentary disconnect while the app is in the background.
- Adds several validations to ensure that automatic reconnection picks the same machine if multiple copies of the same QLab workspace are open at the same time on the network.
- Network communication is now encrypted when connected to a QLab 5 workspace.
- Adds support for sending audition GO and audition previewing cues to QLab 5 from QLab Remote.
5.0.2 17/09/2022
- Fixes a bug that sent too many update requests to QLab, which could have negatively impacted the performance of the QLab workspace.
- Fixes a bug that caused the Light Tools menu to be disabled if the "Show Control & Editing" purchase was not active.
- Restores the ability to drag the geometry of a Video cue in the Display & Geometry inspector pane when connected to QLab 5.
NEW in 5.0.0:
- Updated and ready for QLab 5!
- Adds support for Dark Mode.
- Adds support for previewing cues from QLab Remote.
- Adds support for opening multiple windows on iPad. Connect to two workspaces and view them side-by-side on the same screen. Or connect twice to the same workspace and view different cue lists.
- Improves the ability to recover from a momentary disconnect while the app is in the background.
- Adds several validations to ensure that automatic reconnection picks the same machine if multiple copies of the same QLab workspace are open at the same time on the network.
- Network communication is now encrypted when connected to a QLab 5 workspace.
- Adds support for sending audition GO and audition previewing cues to QLab 5 from QLab Remote.
5.0.1 13/09/2022
- Optimized for faster loading of large workspaces.
- Updates the app icon to support light, dark, clear, and tinted appearances.
- Fixes a bug that delayed restoring in-app purchases on devices with network access but no internet.
- Fixes a rare crash when an in-app purchase fails.
- Fixes the redrawing of Group cue outlines after dragging and dropping in the cue list.
- Fixes the progress bars of cart cues that are loaded but not yet playing to show the correct loaded time.
more Version 5.6.0 23 Sept
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