Discrete 8 Remote vs WING
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discrete 8 Remote
Control your professional audio interface remotely from your iOS device. Manage preamp gain, volume, clock settings, and headphone levels for a streamlined recording experience.
- Preamps Gain Control
- Volume Control
- Stereo Link Selection
- Clock Source and Sample Rate
- Headphone Volume Control
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The Discrete 8 Remote control app is specifically designed to work with Antelope Audio's Discrete 8. The app will turn your iOS device into a professional audio interface remote control, allowing you to manage Discrete 8 functionality. Both the producer and the recording artist will be provided with fast and easy access to the features of the device. The Discrete 8 Remote offers: • Preamps Gain Control and Type • Volume Control • Stereo Link Selection • Clock Source and Sample Rate Selection • Headphone Volume Control
WING
Control your personalized monitor mixes wirelessly from your mobile device. Adjust bus mixers simultaneously with multiple users, offering individual channel or MCA control. Features include bus selection, lock icons, and detailed send/master controls for precise audio adjustments.
- Select 16 stereo aux buses
- Lock icon for bus protection
- Mix adjustment by channel or MCA
- Customize MCA names
- Input channel send controls (level, width, pan)
- Bus master volume, width, and panorama control
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Experience seamless wireless control of your personalized monitor mixes on the WING console using WING-Q. Whether in studio or live, WING-Q allows for multiple users to adjust bus mixers simultaneously with additional lock features. The new WING-Q App offers wireless remote control for WING Personal Mixing Consoles on mobile devices. Features: • Select one of the 16 stereo aux buses • Lock icon prevents unintentional bus change • Mix adjustment based on individual channels or MCAs • Name and customize your MCAs the way that makes sense to you • All input channel sends feature level, width and pan controls • Control the bus master volume, stereo width and panorama Perfect For: • Bands and performers looking to self-manage their monitor mixes. • Live sound engineers who need quick flexible and mobile control during concerts and events. • Studio musicians and technicians who require precise and personalized bus adjustments. Compatibility: • Designed for use with the Behringer WING console on firmware version 3.1 or higher. • Requires a wireless router connected to the WING console. Support: Get stuck? Visit behringer.com/service for FAQs and customer support. We hear you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WING at 2.5 against Discrete 8 Remote's 1.8. WING also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 5). Discrete 8 Remote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 14). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
WING holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WING has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Discrete 8 Remote's written reviews are positive against 22% of WING's.
Discrete 8 Remote ships an update every 2 months, WING every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discrete 8 Remote | WING |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 2.5 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 25 — 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Antelope Audio | Empower Tribe Innovations DE GmbH |
Customer experience
Discrete 8 Remote
WING
Bugs and requests
Discrete 8 Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WING
Reported bugs
40 issues- Does not connect consistently
- Cannot use editor offline on Mac
- App crashes when trying to connect
- Labels and color coding gone after update
- Update deleted all channel labels
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- Channels no longer named or color coded
- App will not connect on iPad
- Continually asks to reconnect
- App is desconfigured after update
- Changing source requires restart
- Connecting to board defaults to MXA view
- No more channel buttons
- Cannot see channel names
- App does not work at all
- Cannot connect to console on different VLAN
- Locked mixer, cannot change volume
- Rescan never works
- Audio meters are empty
- App crashes after 'Connected. Getting Data.'
- Individual settings disappeared after upgrade
- Lock unlock key disappeared
- App freezes and closes
- App does not find console via Wi-Fi
- Rescan doesn't work
- App drains battery and overheats phone
- App wants to resort back to demo version
- App doesn't connect seamlessly
- App drains battery like crazy
- App drains battery very quickly
- App overheats phone
- App usage through the roof
- Android app has to be reconnected constantly
- App has a really hard time connecting
- Keyboard garbled or crashes app
- Faders are way too small
- Latest update broke connection to console
- Cannot connect manually or by scanning
- Co-pilot app works, Wing-Q app does not
- Cannot edit names of Buses
- App doesn't find Wing on scan
Requested features
10 requests- Add password protection
- Add option to save and retrieve presets
- Add portrait mode support
- Default to Mix view
- Expand channel selection size
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- UI scaling for pack selection
- Option to hide Offline Mix board
- Allow vertical view
- Larger faders on mobile
- More side bars to click through channels
In-app purchases
Discrete 8 Remote
No in-app purchases
WING
No in-app purchases
