oscRFR vs Paradigm Mobile Station
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
oscRFR
This app provides a comprehensive remote interface for ETC EOS Family of Consoles, functioning as a total remote control. It offers instant access to console keys, encoders, direct selects, and fader pages, making it ideal for live show control and configuration.
- Total remote interface for ETC EOS Consoles
- Instant access to console keys
- Encoders, Direct Selects, and Fader Pages
- Save multiple layouts and configurations
- Full feedback from the console
- Designed for tablets
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It's your console, in your hand. oscRFR is the complete wireless remote for ETC Eos and grandMA3: every key, encoder, fader and direct select on the phone or tablet you already own, so you can walk the stage while you focus and nobody has to sit at the desk. **** oscRFR is currently formatted for Tablets. We've made it available for the larger phone formats - but please do not purchase it if you are only looking for a remote on a smaller phone. *** It talks to the console directly over OSC rather than streaming the screen, so it's fast. Your keypress becomes a command on the console, and full feedback — command line, encoder values, cue text, fader levels — comes straight back, so you always know what you're touching and what cue you're in. ETC EOS • Every hard key on the facepanel, with softkey labels from the console • Encoders with coarse, fine and super-fine, saveable in layouts • Direct selects with labels, saveable in layouts • Every fader in your showfile, paged • A dedicated focus page • Labels for cues, channels, palettes, presets, subs, macros, curves, scenes and notes • Colour picker with up to 14 preset tiles per layout • Channel patch, type, label and level • Works with consoles and ETCnomad. Eos 2.3 or later. GRANDMA3 • Keypad and command line showing the desk's own prompt • Encoders with live values, direct selects, playback, layouts, sequence sheet, focus page • Toggle keys that light when the console says they are on • One-tap setup installs the Companion plugin on the console, with your consent, and checks the link for you • Solo and Team modes • Consoles and onPC, grandMA3 2.4, with a running session and a bridged network oscRFR PAGE LAYOUTS Save every page of buttons, encoders and direct selects. Master layouts capture the whole app, so different venues get different setups. Save as many console configurations as you have consoles. FREE, AND WHAT PRO ADDS The free version connects to your console and gives you the hard keys, keypads and command line, forever. Encoders, faders, direct-select fires and the colour picker show live but are view-only. oscRFR Pro is US $9.99 a year and unlocks everything: encoders, faders, direct selects, colour picker, labels, and every feature we add from here on, including grandMA3. Bought oscRFR when it was a paid app? Thank you. Everything your original app had stays unlocked, free, forever, automatically. Features added since then, like grandMA3, are part of Pro. Nothing gets in the way of a show. If the app can't reach the store — most console networks have no internet — it lets you work. WHAT IT COLLECTS Nothing. No account, no analytics, no crash reporting. The only network traffic is OSC to your console and the store's own billing when you subscribe. WHAT IT NEEDS A wireless network that reaches the console, and the console's IP address. Landscape, on a phone or a tablet. Connection help with console-side screenshots is inside the app and works offline. Made by Alien Stagecraft, a small company of working lighting programmers. Built by programmers for programmers. On the App Store since 2016. Not affiliated with or endorsed by ETC or MA Lighting. Eos is a trademark of Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. grandMA3 is a trademark of MA Lighting International GmbH. oscRFR Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.alienstagecraft.com/privacy
Paradigm Mobile Station
Transform your handheld device into an eight-button control station for your Paradigm system. Customize the appearance with standard themes to match your setup. Requires Paradigm systems running software 3.1.0 or newer and a properly configured control processor.
- Eight-button control station
- Customizable themes
- Handheld device integration
- Paradigm system compatibility
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The Unison Paradigm Mobile Button Station App turns your handheld device into an eight button station, making it part of the control system. Using standard Paradigm themes you can customize the look of your mobile button station. This app requires Paradigm systems running software 3.1.0 or newer. Use of this app requires a properly configured Paradigm control processor and a wireless access point. etcconnect.com/ip
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: oscRFR at Free against Paradigm Mobile Station's $2.99. oscRFR also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). Paradigm Mobile Station's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On ads, monetization model and device support 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
oscRFR is free to download; Paradigm Mobile Station costs $2.99 up front. oscRFR sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Paradigm Mobile Station asks for nothing beyond the download.
oscRFR holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: oscRFR has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of oscRFR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paradigm Mobile Station's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
oscRFR ships an update every 3 months, Paradigm Mobile Station every 13 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | oscRFR | Paradigm Mobile Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (20 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alien Stagecraft | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. |
Customer experience
oscRFR
Paradigm Mobile Station
In-app purchases
oscRFR
- oscRFR Pro$9.991 Year
Paradigm Mobile Station
No in-app purchases









