NEXT-GENERATION LIVE VISUALS
You Are the Show.
LousyMonkey turns the music, the DJ, and the crowd into one living visual experience, in real time, directly from your iPhone or iPad.
Free public beta on TestFlight: every feature unlocked while we test with DJs.
NO VJ. NO LAPTOP. NO MANUAL CUEING REQUIRED.
MOST VISUALIZERS HEAR THE BEAT.
LOUSYMONKEY SEES THE ROOM.
Point the camera at the DJ, the crowd, or yourself. LousyMonkey combines live movement with rhythm, energy, music sections, and touch. The performance becomes the visualization, from first dance to peak time.
AUTONOMOUS BY DESIGN
SET IT UP.
LET IT PERFORM.
LousyMonkey runs the visuals so you can stay focused on the set.
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SET THE SCENE
Mount your iPhone or iPad facing the DJ or crowd, pick the vibe for the room, and connect a TV or projector.
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START AUTOPILOT
LousyMonkey listens to the music and reacts automatically to rhythm, energy, breakdowns, buildups, and drops.
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PLAY YOUR SET
Put the device down. Your visuals keep performing while you do. Take control only when you want it, on screen or from a second iPhone in your pocket.
A DIFFERENT ROOM
EVERY TIME.
Mix color, backdrop, silhouette, movement, and music response into a visual that belongs to the performance happening now.
FIVE VIBES One tap sets colors, pace and flashing for the room
- Standard
- Wedding
- Bar
- Club
- Corporate
SIX COLOR LOOKS
- Neon Veil
- Solar Flare
- Arctic Pulse
- Acid Club
- Ultraviolet
- Silver Echo
TEN BACKDROPS + Random rotates them live
- Tunnel
- Neon Vortex
- Concentric Portal
- Light Ribbons
- Fluid Neon
- Wireframe Flow
- Moire Field
- Geometric Portal
- Warp Drive
- Bloom
THREE SILHOUETTE MODES in Fill or Outline style
- Full
- Motion
- Ghost Trail
FOUR TABS Big buttons you can hit in a dark booth
SHOW
MUSIC
EXTRAS
SETUP
IT KNOWS WHEN
THE DROP HITS.
Auto Drop follows groove, breakdown, buildup, and drop states so the visual develops with the track. DJs can take over at any time with two-finger gestures, the private show controls or the iPhone remote.
Automatic music-section detection with manual performance control.
Tap the tempo, fix half or double time, or hold the beat when the room gets too loud. Blackout, Hit and Lock Look sit one two-finger double-tap away, hidden from the audience.
THE ROOM CAN
PLAY IT TOO.
Swipe into touch performance and draw music-reactive light directly over the live view.
Every finger becomes an effect.
The room becomes the controller.
PUT THEIR NAME
ON THE BIG SCREEN.
Birthday shout-outs, the couple’s names, “Last call”, “Hands up”. Save your lines before the gig and drop them on the beat.
- Up to 40 characters, faded in on the next beat.
- Show once, keep it on, repeat on an interval, or only during Groove, Breakdown, Buildup or Drop.
- Messages find space away from your logo and QR.
- Choose whether each message appears in recordings.
- Free saves one message. Personal and Commercial save five.
ON-SCREEN MESSAGE
CAPTURE WHAT
THE ROOM CREATED.
Tap REC to capture the composed camera, visuals, and public branding. Clips save straight to Photos while the show keeps running, with no pop-up in the middle of your set.
- Recording is always started by you, on the device or from the iPhone remote.
- Clips run up to 5 minutes, long enough for the build, the drop and the crowd.
- Record the screen as shown, or a vertical 9:16 clip ready for Reels and TikTok. Couples book what they see, so your clips sell the next gig.
- Private controls stay out of the recording.
- Trim and share from Photos after the set.
YOUR SCREEN FOR CONTROL.
THEIR SCREEN FOR THE SHOW.
Start with the device in your bag and grow into a full booth rig. Connect a TV or projector over HDMI or AirPlay and the audience gets a clean composition while settings stay on your device.
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SOLO
iPhone or iPad
Mount it, start Autopilot and record clips. The screen is the show.
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BIG SCREEN
iPad + TV or projector
Send the show over an HDMI adapter or AirPlay. If the display drops, the output reconnects by itself.
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BEST COMBO
iPad + TV + iPhone remote
The iPad watches the room and drives the TV. Your iPhone runs Blackout, Hit, sections, messages and REC from the decks.
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VENUE
Unattended, all night
Commercial starts the show at launch, keeps the screen awake and locks settings with a PIN. Guests can still draw on the screen.
External output depends on your device and the AirPlay or wired-display route iOS provides.
BUILT BY A WORKING DJ
MADE FOR THE ONE NIGHT
THAT CAN'T GO WRONG.
ON THE NIGHT
- Run at a real wedding: 90 minutes on a powered iPad facing the crowd, recording in use, no glitches reported.
- It never shows your DJ software, playlist or settings. It runs on its own device, and only the show reaches the screen.
- Blackout is one tap away, on the device or from the iPhone remote.
- If the remote drops, the show keeps running. If the display drops, the output reconnects by itself.
- Recording stops and saves on its own if storage runs low or the device gets too hot.
- No content to prepare and no extra crew: Autopilot builds the visuals from the room.
KIT WHAT YOU NEED
- An iPhone or iPad on iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.
- A stand or mount facing the dance floor, the DJ, or both.
- For a TV or projector: an HDMI adapter for your device (the steadier choice), or AirPlay.
- Power for anything longer than an hour. A warm device slows down.
- Optional: a second iPhone as the remote, with no purchase on that phone.
IPHONE REMOTE · PERSONAL AND COMMERCIAL
RUN THE SHOW
FROM YOUR POCKET.
Leave the iPad on the stand facing the room. Pair a second iPhone with a 4-digit code and control everything from behind the decks.
- Blackout, Hit, Lock Look and GRV · BRK · BLD · DRP · AUTO.
- Fire saved messages, or type a new one and show it now.
- REC, PHOTO and front or back camera flip.
- Tap the tempo, ÷2, ×2, Hold or back to Auto.
- Live status: tempo, section and recording time left.
- No venue Wi-Fi needed. It pairs over Bluetooth and direct Wi-Fi and reconnects by itself.
- If the remote drops, the show keeps running.
- The remote phone needs no purchase.
IPHONE
IPAD · PAIRING
COMMERCIAL · FOR PAID GIGS UNDER YOUR NAME: WEDDINGS, CLUBS, BARS, BRANDS
YOUR BRAND ON THE SCREEN.
NOT OURS.
Booked for a wedding, a club night, a bar or a brand? Personal keeps a small LousyMonkey logo on the screen and in your clips. Commercial takes it off the screen, the TV and your clips, so the room only sees your name.
Sell it as your own add-on: the couple's names on the big screen, your logo and QR, and vertical clips that win your next booking.
ONE SWITCH: WHITE LABEL
- The LousyMonkey logo disappears from the device, the audience display and recordings.
- No LousyMonkey QR pops up during your set.
- No LousyMonkey watermark on the clips you post.
- Splashes play only your own PNG or animated GIF artwork.
PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE
- Everything in Personal: all looks, Autopilot, the iPhone remote, five messages, your logo and editable QR.
- Your logo in any corner, including bottom-right.
- Or go part way: hide just the Powered by mark and keep your own logo and QR on screen.
- Unattended venue mode: starts by itself, stays awake and locks settings with a PIN. A paired remote still works while locked.
- One-time purchase. No subscription.
THE WHOLE ROOM BECOMES THE VISUAL.
MAKE IT YOURS.
Free gives you the complete live performance core. Personal unlocks the full visual system, the iPhone remote and your branding tools. Commercial makes the show entirely yours: no LousyMonkey branding anywhere, plus unattended venue mode. Playing paid gigs under your own name? Choose Commercial.
- Free: Tunnel, default colors, Full/Fill silhouette, all five vibes, tempo and show controls
- Free: 5-minute recording in Screen or Vertical 9:16, plus one saved on-screen message
- Free: LousyMonkey logo plus a scheduled LousyMonkey QR on screen and in recordings
- Personal: all backdrops, colors, silhouettes, Backdrop Autopilot and Random Look
- Personal: run the show from a second iPhone. The remote phone needs no purchase
- Personal: five saved messages, your logo in TL, TR or BL and a fully editable audience QR. A small LousyMonkey logo stays on screen and in clips
- Personal: import up to 10 PNG or animated GIF splashes alongside the standard set
- Commercial: everything in Personal
- Commercial: White Label removes the LousyMonkey logo, QR and recording watermark everywhere
- Commercial: hide the Powered by mark or the QR on their own
- Commercial: your logo in all four corners and custom-only splashes
- Commercial: unattended venue mode with auto-start and a settings PIN
Personal and Commercial are one-time purchases. No subscription.
In the beta every feature is unlocked. After launch, choose Personal or Commercial inside the app; localized prices are shown before purchase.
FREE · PERSONAL · COMMERCIAL
| Capability | Free | Personal | Commercial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera, music, movement and touch | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio, tempo and Stationary Mode | All | All | All |
| Vibe profiles | All | All | All |
| Show controls: Blackout, Hit, Lock Look, sections | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Recording | Up to 5 min · Screen or Vertical 9:16 | Up to 5 min · Screen or Vertical 9:16 | Up to 5 min · Screen or Vertical 9:16 |
| On-screen messages | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| iPhone remote | Locked | Yes | Yes |
| Backdrops | Tunnel only | All | All |
| Backdrop Autopilot and Random Look | Locked | Yes | Yes |
| Colors | Default | All | All |
| Silhouette modes and styles | Full · Fill | All | All |
| Brand Kit | Locked | Logo and editable QR | Logo, editable QR and White Label |
| Your logo | No | TL / TR / BL | All four corners |
| LousyMonkey logo (Powered by) | Always bottom-right | Always bottom-right | Hide on its own or with White Label |
| Audience QR | LousyMonkey link every 10 min for 15 s | Editable destination, message and display | Editable, or switched off completely |
| Splash on/off, interval and Play Now | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Splash filter | All | All | All or Custom |
| Custom PNG/GIF splashes | No | Up to 10 alongside standard set | Up to 10; custom-only filter available |
| Recording branding | LousyMonkey logo + scheduled LousyMonkey QR | LousyMonkey logo | Removed with White Label |
| White Label | No | No | One switch: no LousyMonkey logo, QR or watermark on the device, audience display or recordings; custom-only splashes |
| Unattended venue mode | No | No | Yes |
| Payment | Free | One-time in-app purchase | One-time in-app purchase |
THE SHOW STAYS
ON YOUR DEVICE.
Camera, movement, and music analysis happen on your device. LousyMonkey collects no personal data, uses no tracking, and records only when you tap REC.
- No data collected. No tracking. No account.
- Camera and microphone power the live visual, music response, and optional recorded audio.
- Logo and splash files use the iOS picker — no broad photo-library access.
- Clips and photos save to your Photos. iOS asks for add-only access when the app first opens, never mid-show.
- A paired remote exchanges only controls, show status and message text with your own device. Camera and audio never leave the Show device.
- Live camera and microphone content is never uploaded for analysis.
- Your custom brand assets and saved messages stay local, in the app's own container.
FAQ
LousyMonkey is a live reactive performance camera for iPhone and iPad. It transforms camera movement, music, and touch into a composed visual experience.
No. LousyMonkey runs directly on an iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.
Yes. Free includes the live performance core, 5-minute recording in both formats, tempo and show controls, all five vibes and one saved message, plus the Tunnel backdrop with default colors and Full/Fill silhouette. Personal unlocks all looks, the iPhone remote, five saved messages and branding tools. Commercial includes Personal plus White Label, all logo corners, custom-only splashes and unattended venue mode. Each paid tier is a one-time in-app purchase.
No. Personal and Commercial are one-time in-app purchases. See the app for localized prices.
No. Live camera, movement, and music analysis happen on the device. Camera and microphone content is not uploaded for analysis.
Only after you tap REC, on the device or from a paired iPhone remote. Recordings run up to 5 minutes, as the screen is shown or as a vertical 9:16 clip for Reels and TikTok. They save straight to Photos while the show keeps running; trim and share them from Photos. The app stops and saves early if storage runs low or the device gets too hot.
Yes, with Personal or Commercial. Adjust your logo's size, opacity and recording inclusion. Personal supports top-left, top-right and bottom-left; Commercial also supports bottom-right.
Yes, with Personal or Commercial. Add a destination and message, then show it continuously, at a chosen interval, or as a manual QR Spotlight.
Personal and Commercial support up to 10 imported PNG or animated GIF splashes within the app's media limits. Personal plays them alongside the standard set; Commercial can use only custom splashes.
If you play paid gigs under your own name, such as weddings, private parties, club nights or bars, choose Commercial. Personal unlocks every look, the iPhone remote and your own logo, but keeps a small LousyMonkey logo on the screen and in your clips. Commercial removes it everywhere.
Yes. Many DJs sell screens and lighting as an add-on. With Commercial, the visuals carry only your branding, so you can offer a visuals package: the couple's names on the big screen, your logo and QR, and vertical clips from the night.
With Commercial, one White Label switch removes the LousyMonkey logo, the QR and the recording watermark from the device, the audience display and your recordings, and splashes play only your own artwork. If you want to keep your own logo and QR but drop the LousyMonkey mark, turn Powered by off instead; the QR can also be switched off on its own. Free and Personal always show the LousyMonkey logo in the bottom-right corner.
LousyMonkey supports a dedicated audience output when iOS provides an available external screen through a compatible AirPlay or wired HDMI route. Settings and private controls stay on your device, and the output reconnects by itself if the display drops and returns. For a venue, a wired HDMI adapter is the steadier choice. Compatibility depends on the device and route.
An iPad on a stand facing the room, connected to a TV or projector over HDMI or AirPlay, with your iPhone as the remote. The iPad sees the crowd and drives the screen; you run Blackout, Hit, sections, messages and REC from the decks. LousyMonkey also works on a single iPhone or iPad.
Yes, when the device running the show has Personal or Commercial. On that device open Settings, tap REMOTE, then PAIR A REMOTE to get a 4-digit code. On the iPhone open Settings, tap REMOTE, enter the code and tap BE THE REMOTE. No venue Wi-Fi is needed, the pair reconnects by itself at the next gig, and the show keeps running if the remote drops.
No. The remote phone uses the free app and never asks for a purchase. Only the device running the show needs Personal or Commercial.
Yes. Save messages of up to 40 characters and show them once, keep one on, repeat it on an interval, or show it only during a music section. Messages fade in on the beat and stay clear of your logo and QR. Free saves one message; Personal and Commercial save five. From the iPhone remote you can also type a message and show it straight away.
Yes. Pick the Wedding or Corporate vibe on the SHOW tab. Wedding uses warm colors and calm backdrops; Corporate uses cool colors, a slower pace and no on-screen stage lights. Both limit flashing to one flash per second, the same as Reduce Flashing. For audiences sensitive to intense visuals, also review the in-app photosensitivity notice and iOS Reduce Motion.
With Commercial, turn on unattended venue mode in SETUP. The show starts by itself at launch, the screen stays awake, and a 4-digit PIN locks settings and show controls while guests can still draw on the screen. For public spaces, also use iOS Guided Access and keep the device on power.
THE ROOM IS READY.
START THE SHOW.
Try LousyMonkey on iPhone or iPad at your next gig and turn the track, the crowd, and the movement into one living visual.
Public beta on TestFlight now. App Store release coming.