oscRFR vs Flow Alert
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
Flow Alert
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Flow Alert provides quick access to flow , stage, temperature, and turbidity data made available by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS). Download USGS gauges and add favorites to a separate list. Create nicknames for your favorite gauges. Add a widget on your home screen that shows your selected parameter for your favorite gauges. Currently, widgets update automatically approximately every 15 minutes and show a bell icon if an alert is triggered. Add alerts to notify yourself when your gauge meets your defined criteria. Multiple alerts may be set for each favorite gauge. Manage your alerts for all gauges in one screen. Select a gauge from the list to see an interactive graph of the past 7 days of available data. Data provided by: -United State Geological Survey (USGS) Disclaimer: Flow Alert provides quick access to flow , stage, temperature, and turbidity data made available by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) via USGS Water Services. All data shown in Flow Alert are downloaded from the USGS Water Services API. Flow Alert is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representative of any government entity including USGS. Flow Alert does not take credit, responsibility, or ownership for any data downloaded from USGS's Water Services API. It is simply a tool that you can use to view the data made available by USGS. Data Source Link https://waterservices.usgs.gov/. If you have feedback, suggestions, or feature requests, please e-mail me at flowalertapp@gmail.com...I'd appreciate it! You may also submit feedback through the in-app feedback page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: oscRFR at 3 against Flow Alert's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | oscRFR | Flow Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alien Stagecraft | Shaina Schwartzel |
In-app purchases
oscRFR
No in-app purchases
Flow Alert
No in-app purchases









