
What I like most about Yodeck is how flexible it is. We use it for a waiting room screen in a busy GP practice and have quite a mixture of content running on it, including practice news, staff profiles, health information, DNA figures, RSS news feeds and background radio.
I particularly like that I can manage everything remotely. If something needs changing, I can log in, update it and push it to the screen without having to go anywhere near the actual player. It makes keeping the screen up to date really straightforward.
It also gives you plenty of freedom if you want to do more than just display images and videos. I've been able to use custom HTML and web content to create things that are much more tailored to what we need.
We're running it on a Raspberry Pi and, once set up, it's been very reliable. Most of the time I can just leave it running and only log into Yodeck when I want to change something. For what we use it for, it does the job extremely well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There isn’t much I actively dislike, but the layout editor can feel a bit clunky at times, especially when I’m trying to build something more customised. Positioning and resizing different areas isn’t always as intuitive as I’d like it to be.
I’ve also noticed that the preview doesn’t always behave in exactly the same way as the actual player. For instance, I’ve had web content and audio streams that don’t work properly in the preview, but then run fine on the screen itself, which can make troubleshooting a little confusing.
Some of the more advanced options can take a bit of time to figure out as well. Yodeck is very straightforward for basic signage, but once you start using custom HTML, web pages, background audio, and more complex layouts, there’s definitely more trial and error involved.
That said, none of these have been major issues for us, and they haven’t stopped us from using Yodeck as our main signage platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.