iPhone App Reviews

CUE

Michael E. | Apr 25, 2010 Music

User rating:

(6 votes, average: 2.17 out of 5)

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The iPod Touch and iPhone music players, although adequate and stable, haven’t really seen a revolutionary change since it debuted in the very first iPod. That’s not to say that it’s a bad player, because it isn’t. It still sets the standard for the majority of players out there. But it is a little…how do you say…boring? Bland?

Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks so. Even the briefest of perusals of the AppStore will find any number of music players designed to do everything the stock i-device player does while adding a splash of color and attitude.

That’s kind of where CUE comes in. It, too, is a music player. My initial impressions were that it was also an attractive player.

The area the CUE performs best in is the shuffling capability. What this means is that if you’re listening to an artist or band you really like on your iPhone and want to hear more of the same genre or style, CUE can pull it up for you.

Let’s say you’re already listening to a particular cue of music based on a bad five songs ago and hear something you want to hear more of- something that’s similar to your current cue, but slightly different? With the push of a button, CUE can create a whole new cue.

You can post your songs to Twitter (#nowplaying) and, at the end of your playlist cue, let CUE find more music for you even if you don’t tell it to.

The $2.99 price tag is affordable, but might make you think a little about whether you really need a complementary music player because, at its core, the CUE isn’t necessarily meant to be a stand-alone player, but an aid to the stock player.

I’ll be honest- it was a little difficult at first to figure out how CUE worked and how to get it to play what I wanted it to play when I wanted to hear it. But once I figured CUE out, I had a pretty good experience.

iTunes Link – CUE

Version 1.5

Reviewed on an iPod Touch 3.1.3