CueUp Top Ideas on an iPhone, with a clip, channels, and a most-saved episode
Product Design · iOS & Development

CueUp

A new kind of podcast experience built around when people listen, not just what they listen to.

CueUp came to us with an idea for a smarter podcast experience. We helped turn that idea into a complete product, from the core concept and experience through visual design and development.

Making podcasts fit real life

Podcast apps are built around finding something to play. But listening often happens as part of a routine: during a commute, workout, morning, or evening.

CueUp saw an opportunity to make listening more automatic and personal. The challenge was turning that idea into a product people could immediately understand and use.

Woman on a subway with wireless earbuds, looking out the window
Runner on an outdoor path at dusk, wireless earbuds in
CueUp Top Ideas feed on an iPhone held in hand, with a clip, quote, and channel row

Listening, built around your day

We designed CueUp around a simple idea: instead of managing a queue, listeners could build podcasts into their daily routines.

A new scheduling experience made time central to the product. Discovery focused on interesting ideas and moments rather than endless episode lists, while conversations, saved ideas, and playback connected everything into one experience.

CueUp product screens, including a circular daily schedule with listening cues around the day
Product Design & Development

Your next big idea needs more than good design.

We bring product thinking, design craft, and hands-on development together to turn promising ideas into products people want.

Discover something worth hearing

Clips, quotes, and ideas give listeners a faster way to find episodes that matter to them.

Discovery focused on compelling moments rather than endless scrollable lists, making it effortless to jump directly into stories worth hearing.

Woman cooking at a stove with an earbud in, phone on the counter
CueUp Ideas on an iPhone, a grid of saved quotes and episode notes
CueUp now playing on an iPhone resting on a black chair

One connected listening experience

Playback, saved ideas, and conversations keep discovery and listening connected into a unified, continuous interaction loop.

Listeners can engage with specific timestamps, participate in episode dialogue, and effortlessly save key insights without pausing audio.

CueUp on two iPhones: a comment on a video clip, beside the Top Ideas feed
CueUp now playing on an iPhone held in hand
CueUp now playing on an iPhone, with artwork, progress, and skip controls
CueUp now playing beside a video clip with comments, on two iPhones
CueUp Ideas on an iPhone held in hand, a grid of saved quotes
Project Outcome

The outcome

CueUp evolved from an early product idea into a cohesive, build-ready experience with a distinctive interaction model, visual system, and product foundation designed to scale beyond iOS.

Rather than creating another podcast player, we gave CueUp a clear reason to exist: making great listening part of everyday life.

CueUp app icon, a black C-shaped mark on a yellow rounded square