ViplexHandy vs Live Audio Multi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ViplexHandy
Manage and configure Taurus series multimedia players for LED displays. Create playlists, control playback, and manage media files directly from your iOS device.
- Screen management
- Solution editing
- System settings
- Media library
- Quick screen configuration
- Real-time control
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ViPlex Handy, designed for the Taurus series products, is an application for the iOS platform. Launched by NovaStar, the Taurus series products are the second generation of multimedia players for small and medium-sized asynchronous full-color LED displays. This application supports functions like screen management, solution editing, system settings, and media library. Screen management: Allows you to manage the Taurus series products in the LAN and supports quick screen configuration, real-time control, playback management, cloud server binding and so on. Solution editing: Allows you to quickly design various playlists which will be sent to the Taurus series products for playback. System settings: Includes software language settings and help documentation. Media library: Allows you to browse the multimedia files on your mobile phone.
Live Audio Multi
This offline utility app provides live sound engineers and musicians with essential tools like an RTA, SPL meter, delay calculator, and signal generator. It offers advanced features for system setup and analysis, all within a clean, ad-free interface.
- Fractional-octave RTA with live peak readout
- SPL meter with dB(A), dB(C), dB(Z) and Leq
- Delay calculator with temperature/humidity compensation
- Sub-array design for broadside and end-fire arrays
- Signal generator with sine sweep and noise
- Unit converters for temperature, distance, and pressure
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Live Audio Multi-Tool (LAM-T) is a fast, offline toolbox for live sound engineers, system techs, AV installers, and musicians. Everything you reach for at a gig — an analyzer, an SPL meter, a delay calculator, sub-array alignment, a signal generator — in one clean app. No account, no ads, no tracking. REAL-TIME ANALYZER (RTA) • Fractional-octave RTA with a live peak readout • A / C / Z weighting • Spectrogram view, freeze, peak hold, and capture/compare • Adjustable Y-offset for quick reference matching • Spectrogram sensitivity control to bring out quiet detail SPL METER + Leq • dB(A), dB(C), dB(Z) with peak hold • Running Leq over 1, 15, or 60 minutes • Per-device calibration offset — match it to a real meter once and it sticks DELAY CALCULATOR • Speed-of-sound delay from real temperature and humidity (auto-filled from your location) • Feet or metres SUB-ARRAY DESIGNER • Broadside and end-fire arrays • Cardioid tops (castellated or all-subs) • Per-sub delay times computed for your spacing and coverage SIGNAL GENERATOR • Sine (20 Hz–20 kHz, log sweep), pink noise, and a polarity-check pulse • Polarity reader — check a speaker's polarity through the mic UNIT CONVERTERS • Temperature, distance, and pressure • Reads your device's barometer for true local air pressure Built for the real world: it works offline, launches instantly, and stays out of your way. Informational only, no warranty. Measurements and conversions are estimates — verify anything critical with calibrated instruments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Audio Multi at 100% against ViplexHandy's 12%. Live Audio Multi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). ViplexHandy's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Live Audio Multi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ViplexHandy has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of ViplexHandy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live Audio Multi's.
ViplexHandy ships an update every 6 weeks, Live Audio Multi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ViplexHandy | Live Audio Multi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xi'an NovaStar Tech Co.,Ltd | Bryan Hargrave |
Customer experience
ViplexHandy
Live Audio Multi
In-app purchases
ViplexHandy
No in-app purchases
Live Audio Multi
No in-app purchases
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