● Built for iPad · iPhone · Apple Watch

Run your next panel with confidence.

Every question, speaker, and countdown one glance away. PanelPilot turns your iPad into a calm, glanceable teleprompter for live panels, fireside chats, and Q&A sessions.

Free · Pro is a single one-time unlock, not a subscription
PanelPilot on Apple Watch showing the speaker's remaining time
PanelPilot Present mode on iPad with a live countdown ring
PanelPilot speaker view on iPhone with live countdown
Built for the stage

Stay present with your audience — not buried in notes.

One big card shows the question you're asking, who it's directed to, and how much time they have left.

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    One huge card per question

    The text, the speaker (color-coded), and a bold countdown ring.

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    One tap to start, one tap to advance

    Wall-clock-accurate countdown with pause, resume, reset, and +30s.

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    Always know what's coming

    A "NEXT" preview and tap-to-peek popover keep you a step ahead.

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    Jump list for going off-script

    Random access to any question when the conversation takes a turn.

PanelPilot Present mode: question card with speaker and countdown ring
PanelPilot Questions view: run of show with follow-ups and audience questions
Plan the run of show

From speaker roster to seed questions — in minutes.

Build the whole panel before you walk on stage, then let the cards carry you through it.

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    Speakers with accent colors

    Names, titles, and a color you can recognize at a lap-glance.

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    Per-answer time limits

    Every question gets its own clock, assigned to any speaker.

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    Nested follow-ups

    Each with its own speaker and its own countdown.

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    Audience Q&A page

    Seed questions ready to open the floor when the time comes.

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    Import from JSON

    Paste a whole panel in and go.

Smart pacing

When answers run long, PanelPilot keeps you honest.

The ring turns amber as time runs low and red when a speaker goes over — and the session bar always shows whether you're ahead or behind.

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    Overtime, visible at a glance

    No mental math. The card tells you exactly how far over you are.

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    Rebalance with one tap

    Re-time the rest of the panel so you still land the ending on schedule. (Pro)

  • +30s when it's worth it

    Great tangent? Give it thirty more seconds without losing the plot.

PanelPilot overtime state: red ring showing 1:35 over with Next Question button
Speaker devices · Pro

Your panelists see their own clock.

Speakers join from their iPhone or Apple Watch and quietly watch their own question and time remaining — no server, straight over your Wi-Fi.

iPhone speaker view: You're answering, with question and timer
iPhone — "You're answering," with the full question
Apple Watch: You're up, 2:00 ready
Apple Watch — a wrist-glance countdown
iPhone speaker view showing time's up
And a gentle "time's up" when it's time to wrap
★ PanelPilot Pro

Everything for the serious moderator.

A single one-time unlock. Yours forever — no subscription.

$19.99
once, on all your devices
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Voice auto-start

PanelPilot listens as you ask, and starts the countdown the moment you finish speaking.

AI question generation

Draft a whole question set from your topic — on-device and fully offline.

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Smart pacing

See whether you're ahead or behind, and re-time the rest of the panel with one tap.

Speaker devices

Panelists follow their own question and time remaining on iPhone or Apple Watch.

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Audience questions by QR

Attendees scan, type, and their question lands in your moderation queue.

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PDF export

AirDrop a clean, typeset run of show to your producer or co-host.

Private by design

No accounts. No cloud. No analytics.

Everything stays on your device — because what happens in your green room is nobody's business.

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Nothing leaves the room

Audience questions travel directly from the attendee's phone to your iPad over your own Wi-Fi — never through a server.

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On-device intelligence

Speech recognition and AI question drafting run entirely on-device, even in airplane mode.

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Data not collected

The App Store privacy label says it plainly: the developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Keep the moderator's lap-glance calm.

What am I asking, to whom, and how much time is left. Whether it's a conference panel, a company all-hands, or a podcast recording.

Free download · Requires iPadOS 26 or later · Companion apps for iPhone (iOS 26) and Apple Watch (watchOS 11)