StudioXm vs ICARUS blue Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StudioXm
This utility app allows configuration and management of specific flybarless receivers and related devices for RC helicopters. It offers features like preset backup/restore, firmware updates, and a flight logbook for battery monitoring.
- Configure flybarless receivers
- Backup and restore presets
- Perform device updates
- Load helicopter specific presets
- Flight log book for battery monitoring
- Connects via BLE2SYS Bluetooth interface
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StudioX mobile App connects your iOS device with your BEASTX MICROBEAST, MICROBEAST PLUS, MICROBEAST ULTRA, NANOBEAST and SPEKTRUM AR7200BX, AR7300BX, AR7210BX flybarless receiver. You can use it to configure your devices, backup and restore presets, perform updates, load helicopter specific presets and much more... Additionally StudioX features a flight log book for monitoring your lipo batteries used in RC helicopters or other RC applications. Please note: To connect to your device the BLE2SYS Bluetooth interface is required.
ICARUS blue Classic
This application allows you to control various devices remotely using a Bluetooth receiver. It offers intuitive menu guidance and the ability to create personalized user interfaces for seamless operation of winches, gates, lighting, and more.
- Control winches, gates, doors, and lighting
- Easy smartphone and receiver connection
- Intuitive menu guidance
- Create personal user interfaces
- Program up to 24 smartphones/receivers
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Congratulations with your ICARUS blue basic receiver. You will need this app, to control your classic receiver. ICARUS blue is a low-cost BT-receiver with which you can control a variety of different devices via your smartphone, simply and flexibly. Control winches, gates, doors, extending and slide-in systems, lighting systems, etc. simply, intuitively and flexibly with your smartphone. Details app: · Easy connection of smartphone & receiver · Easy control and menu guidance · Creation of personal user interfaces · Programming of up to 24 smartphones / receivers Details receiver: · Data transfer using BT technology · IEEE 802.15.1 standard · 78mm x 88mm x 25mm (L x W x H) · Operating range up to 75m (free-field) · Supply voltage 9-36Vdc · 4 outputs (min. 3.7A, nominal 4.7A) · -40°C to +80°C temperature range · Power consumption less than 20mA at 12V · Moulded casing (IP66) · Login button · Dual colour LED for visual feedback · Easy assembly For more information visit: www.icarus-blue.com
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Verdict
StudioXm and ICARUS blue Classic are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
StudioXm ships an update every 2 months, ICARUS blue Classic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StudioXm | ICARUS blue Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | freakware | ICP Intelligent Creative Products GmbH |
Customer experience
StudioXm
ICARUS blue Classic
In-app purchases
StudioXm
No in-app purchases
ICARUS blue Classic
No in-app purchases
