Comparison

BackTrax vs WING

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BackTrax

Organize and manage all your show's supporting materials, including backing tracks, lyrics, and visual aids. Effortlessly load content from various cloud services and enjoy features like background playback and auto-scrolling lyrics to minimize mistakes and downtime during performances.

Highlights
  • Load songs from cloud services
  • Support for multiple set libraries
  • Background playback
  • Auto-scrolling lyrics
  • Bluetooth MIDI controller support
  • Dark Mode support
  • Large playback control buttons
Features
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BackTrax helps you organize the supporting materials for your show, and helps minimize mistakes and down time. It can load backing tracks along with lyrics, chord charts and other visual aids quickly and easily, whether you're running a pre-planned show in order or choosing material on the fly from an extensive library. Be sure to check out the manual to make sure the app does what you need and can fit your workflow: https://backtrax.app/docs/quickstart/ . Videos coming soon. FEATURES * Load songs from iTunes, iCloud, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and other cloud services. * Support for multiple track/set libraries to separate materials for different bands. * Support for song entries with no backing track and optional click generation. * Per-song options for gain and start/stop times. * Background playback, so you can switch to a mixer app or guitar amp app while the backing track is playing. * Auto-scrolling lyrics and file attachment display for charts, notes, etc. * AirPlay support. * Bluetooth MIDI controller support. * Wide range of font size options for lyrics and set list. * Support for multiple sets per setlist. * Large displays for clock time, elapsed and remaining set times. * Stops playback after every song automatically, or optionally continuously plays straight through your setlist. * Dark Mode support, even on devices running iOS 12 and earlier. * Big, colorful playback control buttons at the bottom that are hard to miss. * Large progress bar and countdown timer let you know when the end of the currently playing song is coming. FEEDBACK Questions? Problems? Requests? Please hit the support link below or go to http://backtrax.app/support.html . Your feedback is always appreciated! Reviews are great, but direct contact is the best way to get answers to your questions and help with any problems. NEITHER THIS BACKTRAX MOBILE APPLICATION NOR AISLE4 SOFTWARE ARE IN ANY WAY AFFILIATED WITH THE RADIO PROGRAM 'BACKTRAX USA WITH KID KELLY', DIAL GLOBAL, INC. AND/OR ANY OF DIAL GLOBAL'S AFFILIATES, AND NONE OF THEM HAVE ENDORSED THE BACKTRAX MOBILE APPLICATION OR AISLE4 SOFTWARE.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

BackTrax4 screens
WING4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WING at Free against BackTrax's $14.99. BackTrax's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and rating (2.7 vs 2.5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WING is free to download; BackTrax costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BackTrax holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of BackTrax's written reviews are positive against 22% of WING's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackTrax ships an update monthly, WING every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BackTrax versus WING: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackTraxWING
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (12 ratings) — better2.5 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1225 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAisle4 SoftwareEmpower Tribe Innovations DE GmbH

Customer experience

BackTrax

All ratings12 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

WING

All ratings25 ratings
Positive32.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative69.1%

Bugs and requests

BackTrax

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
Show 35 more
  • 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
Show 5 more
  • 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

None

BackTrax

No in-app purchases

None

WING

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BackTrax free?
BackTrax costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WING free?
WING is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BackTrax or WING?
BackTrax is rated higher. BackTrax averages 2.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while WING averages 2.5 from 25 ratings.
Do BackTrax or WING have ads?
Neither BackTrax nor WING shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackTrax or WING?
BackTrax ships an update monthly, and WING every 3 months. Most recently, BackTrax was updated on October 9, 2026 and WING on October 17, 2026.

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