Build the prop sheet once, in the order you actually work the wings. Every performance then gets its own fresh copy, with preset and reset checked separately and any problem written down where the next person will read it.
For the stage manager, ASM or props operator on a small, community or student production. One operator, one iPhone, no account.
The sheet you reuse
- Name the areas after the places you really work, in the order you walk them.
- Each prop carries a label, a quantity, where it is preset, and what to do with it on reset. Text notes, no photo attachments.
- Type a prop, or paste a list one per line and see how many lines were read before anything is saved.
- Reorder, rename and delete areas and props as the production settles.
A fresh record for every performance
Starting a performance takes a copy of the show as it stands: areas, props, quantities and both notes. Editing the show sheet afterwards does not change a record you already made.
Finish the open performance before starting another. Close the app, lock the phone or have it killed in the background, and the open performance comes back where you left it.
Preset and reset stay separate
Every prop has two independent states, one for preset and one for reset. Working the reset does not tick anything on the preset. A prop is unchecked, checked, or needs attention, and each state is a word and a mark rather than only a colour.
An area on the sheet
Illustration drawn on this page using example props, not a screenshot of the app. Two props checked on preset, one flagged for attention, reset not started.
Counts like these sit beside every area and every phase. An optional filter narrows the list to what is left and keeps anything flagged for attention in view.
PresetWing records the checks you enter; it does not verify physical props.
Write the problem down
Flag a prop and write what happened. The note belongs to that phase of that performance, so a preset problem and a reset problem stay apart. Correct a status or clear a flag at any point. Finishing with items unchecked or flagged tells you what is outstanding first, then keeps the record with the counts it really had.
The printable handover
- Export a blank show checklist to work from on paper, or a performance with the statuses and notes it actually holds.
- Grouped by area, with quantities and both notes, in A4 or US Letter.
- Long labels and long notes are printed, not trimmed to fit.
- Shared through the iPhone share sheet, to a destination you choose.
Price
2.99 US dollars
One purchase. Every show, every performance record and every PDF export is included.
That is the United States price; prices in other regions come from Apple's regional price tiers and vary. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no advertising.
Your data
Shows, performances and notes are stored on your device. The app does not upload them to us, has no analytics and needs no account. Device backups may include them, and a PDF you export goes wherever you choose to send it. The privacy page has the detail.
Requirements
iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Portrait and landscape. Dynamic Type, including the larger accessibility sizes.