HOLD Please
A stage manager's soundboard.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
HOLD Please
A stage manager's soundboard for the modern theatre.
HOLD Please is a one-tap voice cue board built for stage managers, ASMs, tech directors, and rehearsal callers. Instead of shouting across a noisy house or hunting for a microphone, just tap a button — a clear, pre-recorded voice cue plays through the room. Each button toggles play/stop, lights up red while it's broadcasting, and falls back to green when it's done.
Cues are grouped into six sections so you can find what you need fast:
• Stage Cues — Hold Please, Continue, Places, Freeze, Take it back, Thank you
• Timing — 5/10/15/30 minute calls and breaks, "to places," "to curtain"
• Production — Action, Cut, Rollem, Stand clear, That's a wrap, In 3, 2, 1
• Movement & Lighting — stage left/right/up/down, find your light, hold for lighting, tech difficulties, the show will resume
• Quiet & Wrap — quiet backstage, quiet in the house, return for notes, done for tonight
• Calling the Show — Go, Standby, LX, SFX, Stage Left/Right, Be Quiet (forceful)
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Rebuilt for iOS 26 and SwiftUI. The whole app was rewritten from the ground up on Apple's latest framework. Faster launch, smoother scrolling, and the modern look you expect from a 2026 app.
iPhone support. HOLD Please now runs natively on iPhone in addition to iPad. The cue grid automatically reflows to fit any screen — from compact iPhone portrait to full-width iPad landscape — so you can call the show from your pocket or your prompt desk.
Master volume slider. A single slider at the top of the screen controls the level of every cue, with a live percentage readout. Adjust the volume on the fly without diving into Control Center, and even active playing cues respond instantly.
Live VU meter. A 24-segment audio meter with classic green-yellow-red zones shows you exactly what's going out to the house, with a peak-hold indicator so you can spot transients at a glance. When two cues are playing at once, the meter sums them — so you always know how hot the mix is.
Sticky section headers. Scroll through dozens of cues without losing your place — the section title stays pinned at the top of the screen as you go.
The developer, David Mickey, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- David Mickey
- Size
- 25.4 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dave Mickey Interactive Designs
