Lutron Vive vs MP Manage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lutron Vive
This app allows users to program and control Lutron Vive lighting systems. Programmers can manage projects, collaborate, and handoff to customers, while building managers can control lights, automate events, and adjust energy settings.
- Program lighting control systems
- Manage Vive projects
- Invite collaborators to projects
- Handoff projects to customers
- Control lights remotely
- Create automated lighting events
- Adjust energy saving features
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Program and control your Lutron Vive lighting control system using this app. As a programmer, manage all your Vive projects in one place, invite other programmers to a project, and handoff to your customer to activate an extended warranty. As a building manager, easily control lights, create automated lighting events, and adjust energy saving features to suit your needs.
MP Manage
Control audio sources, volume, and paging for multiple zones in retail and hospitality settings. Schedule audio events, manage user access, and operate USB players and internal mixers.
- Zone audio source and volume control
- Scene recall and update
- Scheduled audio event recall
- User access management
- USB player operation
- Internal mixer control
- Wireless paging
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MP Manage is an app for use by the staff of facilities with QSC MP-M40 or MP-M80 music and paging mixers installed. These mixers, offering unprecedented capabilities combined with ease of configuration and operation are intended for retail and hospitality applications in which paging messages and high-quality audio from various sources is routed to multiple zones. Live mixing functions are also supported for applications requiring reinforcement of entertainment, presentations or conferences. The functions available to the MP Manage user are determined by the installer of the MP-M40 or MP-M80. These functions may include: Zones – Select an audio source and adjust volume for one or more audio zones. Scenes – Recall and update scenes. Scheduler – Schedule the recall of some or all MP-M settings to support the activity schedule of a facility. Security – Allows the facility manager to grant or remove access to specific sets of functions to other staff members who are using MP Manage. Player – Operates the USB Player. Mixer – Provides control for the MP-M internal mixer. Paging – Supports wireless store and forward paging from smartphones. Requirements iPhone, iPad Pro, iPad, iPad mini running iOS 8.0 or later QSC MP-M-40 or MP-M-80 with version 1.0 or higher firmware installed. Connection to a Wi-Fi network. Visit www.qsc.com for more details on Wi-Fi connections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lutron Vive at 3.0 against MP Manage's 2.4. Lutron Vive also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 33 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Lutron Vive holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 25 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Lutron Vive ships an update every 2 months, MP Manage every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lutron Vive | MP Manage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (26 ratings) — better | 2.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lutron Electronics co., Inc. | QSC Audio Products, LLC. |
Customer experience
Lutron Vive
MP Manage
In-app purchases
Lutron Vive
No in-app purchases
MP Manage
No in-app purchases









