Lurssen Mastering Console vs OCTANE Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lurssen Mastering Console
Achieve professional, Grammy-winning audio mastering on your mobile device. This app replicates the secret tools and techniques of a renowned mastering studio, offering pre-made styles and intuitive controls for a polished sound.
- Studio workflow replication
- 40 pre-made 'Styles' templates
- Input Drive and 5-band EQ
- Waveform display with automation
- Save custom EQ presets
- Export to various formats
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Lurssen Mastering Console puts you at the controls in the studio with all of the secret tools, settings and techniques of world renowned multi-GRAMMY Award winning mastering engineer Gavin Lurssen and his team. Now you can master your music on the go on your iPhone/iPad and get the professional, Grammy award-winning sound that the studio is known for. Pop, rock, hip-hop and more, Lurssen Mastering Console can help you achieve amazing mastering results when a trip to Los Angeles just isn’t in the budget. Lurssen Mastering Console is a totally unique and new approach to digital audio mastering. It's designed to help you capture the magic of the Lurssen Mastering studio’s entire mastering audio processing philosophy. Instead of giving you just a collection of individual processors and presets, Lurssen Mastering Console provides you with models of the complete mastering gear processor chain as a whole. The interactions between the individual processors have been digitally recreated which recreates the synergistic "whole is greater than the sum of its parts" sound that has earned Gavin and Lurssen Mastering multiple Grammys. With Lurssen Mastering Console, you have automatic access to a lifetime's worth of professional audio mastering experience. It helps you quickly get great sounding results thanks to its 40 pre-made "Styles" templates, which have been created and optimized by Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer Reuben Cohen and the rest of the team. These templates reflect decades of combined mastering experience and fit a broad range of musical genres. Using Lurssen Mastering couldn't be easier: Just create a project, load a song, then select an appropriate "Style" from the drop-down menu. Take control via an Input Drive knob and a five band EQ as well as a "PUSH" knob, which lets you subtly and uniformly nudge the EQs so you can "ride" the flow of the song and add that special Lurssen "magic" to your music. You can view and automate changes to the two knobs by using the waveform display with three different automation modes. You can make adjustments to EQ settings and save those as presets for easy recall — a preset consists of a style plus your adjustments. You can also view the physical gear chain and make subtle adjustments via the Chain view. When you've finished your mastering work, you can export your song to File Sharing, SoundCloud and more in a variety of popular file formats for final distribution and delivery. With the Lurssen Mastering Console you can easily master audio with your iPhone/iPad while on the go. Features: • Created with Grammy Award winning Mastering Engineer Gavin Lurssen and his team • Digitally reproduces Lurssen Mastering's unique studio workflow, techniques and signal chain philosophy • Synergistic “whole is greater than the sum of its parts” mastering app for iPhone/iPad • 40 pre-made "Styles" created by Lursssen Mastering that reproduce the settings and gear used to master different genres • 3 easy-to-navigate displays: A Studio view with controls, a Wave waveform view and a Chain view for the individual processors • Controllable Input Drive knob • Adjustable 5 band EQ with fixed frequency • "PUSH" Knob to subtly enhance selected song passages via uniform EQ adjustment • Full automation available to adjust controls to audio content • Gangable Input Drive control for stereo balance tweaks • Input/Process assignable VU metering • Stereo/Mono monitoring capability • 88.2/96kHz output processing • Audio import from device library • FREE app that allows demo of settings and features (with intermittent noise injected plus no export options) • Play/Process In-app purchase unlocks application • HD Engine In-app purchase unlocks high res processing and export • Digital Delivery Mastering (DDM) option added to the HD Engine In-app purchase
OCTANE Mobile
This audio plugin offers a vast library of over 1,000 instruments and presets, along with extensive effects and layering capabilities. It allows producers to quickly find and shape sounds for their music, with new content added weekly. The app also features a 6-band equalizer and dynamics tools for precise sound manipulation.
- 1,000+ Instruments & Presets
- Reverb, Delay, Filter, Distortion
- Layering with ADSR & Arpeggiator
- 6-Band Equalizer
- Dynamics & Lo-Fi Effects
- Weekly Sound Pack Updates
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OCTANE AUV3 Plugin OCTANE, designed by producers for producers, is the new go-to audio plug-in for producers. With tons of presets and effects ready to go, OCTANE is designed to set the vibe for any music producer and find the sound for your next hit in seconds! EFFECTS + Reverb + Delay + Filter + Distortion + Trance Gate + 2 Arpeggiators + Distortion + Stereo Image + More... OCTANE STORE With over 1,000 sounds available, the New OCTANE Store brings new sounds weekly right to your favorite DAW! You no longer have to browse the internet to find new sounds and import them into your AUV3 or DAW. Just open the OCTANE Store, install a sound pack, and you’re ready to make hits! LAYERS With OCTANE Layers you’re able to give that extra thickness to your sounds by layering samples! Reverse one sample and add an arpeggiator to another, why not? + ADSR + Tuning + Arpeggiator + Reverse + Ring Modulation + Tremolo EQUALIZER Need to get the sounds and frequencies just right? No problem! You can do just that with our 6-Band Equalizer DYNAMICS Make your 808’s hit harder and bring your sounds to the forefront of your production with our Dynamics tab. + Exciter + Compressor + Expander LO-FI Looking for that Lo-Fi sound? With our Lo-Fi section, you’ll be able to easily add to and tune any sound to get that Lo-Fi feel you’ve been looking for. Cross-Platform One OCTANE account will give you access to the Desktop and Mobile VST, VST3, AU, and AUV3 versions of the plugin. *This is a free download for users that already have purchased OCTANE or have an OCTANE+ subscription If you do not own OCTANE already you will be asked to purchase OCTANE for $3.99 during the sign-up process*
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OCTANE Mobile at 3.4 against Lurssen Mastering Console's 3.0. OCTANE Mobile also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Lurssen Mastering Console's advantage is review sentiment (34% vs 20%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lurssen Mastering Console sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and OCTANE Mobile sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
OCTANE Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 89 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of Lurssen Mastering Console's written reviews are positive against 20% of OCTANE Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lurssen Mastering Console ships an update every 3 months, OCTANE Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lurssen Mastering Console | OCTANE Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (87 ratings) | 3.4 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 87 | 89 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IK Multimedia US, LLC | SoundWare, Inc. |
Customer experience
Lurssen Mastering Console
OCTANE Mobile
User reviews
Lurssen Mastering Console
From 87 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎵 Professional-quality mastering sound
- ✨ Excellent sonic character and warmth
- 🎚️ Effective preset-based mastering
- ⚡ Quick and easy to use
- 🎯 Produces bright, polished results
Room to improve
- 💸 Extremely expensive pricing ($99-$170)
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 📁 Limited file import options (iTunes only)
- ⏱️ No updates in 5-6 years
- 🔐 Persistent authentication/registration problems
OCTANE Mobile
From 89 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎵 Rich, high-quality sound packs
- 🎨 Intuitive and visually appealing GUI
- 💰 Affordable pricing for features offered
- 🔄 Cross-platform access (iOS, desktop, iPad)
- 🎹 Diverse layering and sound editing options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
- 🚫 Incompatible with GarageBand and Logic Pro
- 🔐 Mandatory account creation before use
- 📥 Download failures at 99% completion
- ⚠️ Requires internet connection to function
Bugs and requests
Lurssen Mastering Console
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when importing songs
- Crashes on launch or opening
- Registration/login failures requiring repeated re-authentication
- Audio playback glitches and skipping
- Waveform display out of sync with audio
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- Horizontal mode lock slipping back to locked position
- Unable to add songs or access music library
- Demo mode only allows 5-second playback
- Incompatibility with iOS 14 and newer versions
- Files stored in inaccessible iTunes shared folder
- Cannot delete mastered files without reinstalling app
- In-app purchase authorization issues
Requested features
12 requests- LUFS integrated loudness meter
- Audio Unit (AU) plugin support
- Audiobus and IAA compatibility
- Dropbox and iCloud import support
- Goniometer and multimeter visualization
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- Better export options beyond iTunes
- More customizable parameters
- Improved file browser and management
- Regular app updates and maintenance
- Free trial period (10+ days) with full functionality
- Lower pricing structure
- Support for multiple file formats on import
OCTANE Mobile
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on launch or during initial download
- Download failures at 99.9% completion
- Login page not found or account creation fails
- Password authentication not working despite correct credentials
- App doesn't appear as AUv3 in GarageBand or Logic Pro
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- Crashes when opening in DAW hosts
- Sound packs show as locked despite purchase
- Preset load failures and freezing
- Random sound muting during playback
- Keys getting stuck
- Connection errors despite stable WiFi/5G
- App requires re-login on every launch
- Purchased content not accessible after update
- Crashes when downloading specific sound packs
- GarageBand integration causing lag and crashes
- Sound pack purchase UI disappears after selection
- Duplicate presets appearing
- Audible loop points in multisamples
- Inconsistent sample brightness in multisamples
- Tuning issues when pitching sounds
Requested features
16 requests- Free trial or demo before purchase
- Transparent pricing in app description
- Offline mode capability
- Keyboard zoom and stretch options
- Next/previous preset buttons
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- Multiple sound pack queuing for downloads
- User SFZ file import capability
- Additional filter types (high-pass, band-pass, etc.)
- Improved EQ section with better frequency control
- Preset organization by category or folders
- Better multi-sample consistency
- Improved ADSR envelope release behavior
- Faster spectrum analyzer response
- Better DAW integration and stability
- Ability to purchase sound packs individually
- Automatic login persistence
In-app purchases
Lurssen Mastering Console
- Two Day Full Functionality$4.99
- One Week Full Functionality$9.99
- One Month Full Functionality$29.99
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- Play / Process$64.99
- Unlimited Functionality$99.99
- HD Engine$99.99
OCTANE Mobile
- In My Bag (Drum Kits)$1.99
- Industry Standards$1.99
- LoFi Vibes$1.99
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- Trap Star$1.99
- Cinematic Pack$1.99
- Love Lust Pack$1.99
- In My Bag 2$1.99
- Guitar Pack$1.99
- 808 Legends$1.99
- OCTANE$3.99
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