Creating a Room

A room is your workspace for a single event. It holds all your timers, messages, and settings in one place and gives you links that open in any browser: the Controller for your signed-in team and output links for your screens.

Creating a room from the dashboard

After signing in, the dashboard shows all your rooms. To create a new one:

  1. Click the New Room button in the top-right corner of the dashboard.
  2. StageTick creates an Untitled Room and opens its controller.
  3. Give the room a descriptive title for your event.

Room creation and duplication become available once your organisation and room list have loaded. While the dashboard shows Loading your organisation and rooms..., wait for loading to finish. If it takes longer than expected, choose Reload page to try loading this dashboard again. The same check applies after switching organisations.

To reuse a room for a recurring event, click Duplicate room on its card. A duplicate takes your organisation's current plan. If the room has more timers or messages than your plan allows (Free: 6 timers, 5 messages), it is not duplicated and the dashboard tells you why.

Dashboard with room cards and the Demo Room and New Room buttons
Tip: Want to explore first? Open the live demo at app.stagetick.io/demo — no account needed. The demo runs as a guest: you get the Controller and all output views, but no dashboard or settings. Rooms from the guest demo can't be moved to an account, and you lose access to them once you sign up or sign in. Once you are signed in, the Demo Room button on the dashboard creates a sample room (“Tech Conference 2026 — Demo Room” with 6 timers and 5 messages) in your organisation. It is a regular room: it counts toward your plan's room limit and stays until you delete it.

Room title and settings

Rename a room from the dashboard with the pencil icon (Rename room) on its card, or click the room title in the Controller header: Enter or clicking elsewhere saves, Escape cancels. The title appears in the Controller, Operator and Agenda headers and on the Viewer and Fullscreen standby screen.

Room settings live in the Controller: the time format, Import, Export, Logs and API Keys are in the room menu (your avatar, top right); the output links and the output password are under Output links (link icon in the header; on phones in the ⋮ menu).

Room URL structure

Every room has a unique URL based on its ID:

app.stagetick.io/r/:roomId

This base URL opens the Controller, which requires signing in as a member of the room's organisation. Append a view to open it directly:

  • /r/:roomId/viewer — Viewer (timer with agenda, no login)
  • /r/:roomId/fullscreen — Fullscreen output (no login)
  • /r/:roomId/agenda — Agenda (running order, no login)
  • /r/:roomId/moderator — Moderator view (sign-in required)
  • /r/:roomId/operator — Operator view (sign-in required)
  • /r/:roomId/ask — Ask, the audience question form (Pro and Enterprise)

The easiest way to get a link is Output links (link icon in the Controller header), or the view icons on the room's card in the dashboard.

Deleting a room

To delete a room, click the trash icon (Delete room) on its card in the dashboard. The card asks “Delete this room? This cannot be undone.” — confirm with Delete. This permanently removes the room and everything in it: timers, messages, questions and logs. Owners and admins of the organisation can delete any room of the organisation. Members can delete rooms they created themselves.

Warning: Deleting a room cannot be undone. Make sure to export any data you need before deleting.

Room limits per plan

Plan Rooms
Free 3 rooms
Pro / Enterprise Unlimited
Tip: If you have reached your room limit on the Free plan, delete an unused room or upgrade to Pro for unlimited rooms.