Comparison

Mixing Station vs Drum Touch

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

Head to head
About

Mixing Station

Control a wide range of digital audio mixers from a single, unified interface. Customize your workspace with unlimited layers, layouts, and themes. Features include RTA overlays, channel linking, and feedback detection.

Highlights
  • Unified UI for multiple mixer brands
  • Fully customizable UI, layers, and layouts
  • Unlimited DCAs
  • RTA overlays
  • Channel linking and ganging
  • Feedback detection
  • MIDI support for external control
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Mixing Station allows you to remote control digital mixers from various manufacturers in one unified UI. The following mixer series are supported: - Behringer X32 / M32 - Behringer XAir / MR - Behringer WING - A&H dLive - A&H Avantis - A&H GLD - A&H iLive - A&H CQ - A&H SQ / SQ+ - A&H Qu (new and legacy) - Midas HD96 - PreSonus StudioLive3 - Soundcraft Si / Vi / Ui - Mackie DL32S/16S DL32R DL1608 - Yamaha DM3 / DM7 / TF / CL / QL - TASCAM Sonicview - QSC TouchMix - Violet Audio dMix - Blackmagic Fairlight Live You can fully test the app without a license! Features: - Fully customizable UI - Create unlimited DCAs (IDCAs) - Re-Gain / Clipping protection - Customizable layers, layouts, channel strip and app theme - RTA overlays - Channel linking ganging - Gain reduction history for gate and dynamics - Peak hold for all meters - MIDI support for external control - High contrast mode for outdoor usage - Popgroups - Routing Matrix - Mix copy - Mixer independent channel presets and scenes - FX presets - Feedback detection for ringing out wedges - More features available depending on the connected mixer model - Community feature for sharing presets, themes and more with other users Note: This app is not a DAW! It does not play any audio! It is for remote controlling only. For more details visit the manual: https://mixingstation.app/ms-docs/feature-list/ End user licenses agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drum Touch

This app connects to specific electronic drum hardware, allowing users to customize drum kits, tones, triggers, and effects. It also includes a metronome for practice and learning.

Highlights
  • Drum kit selection and custom kit loading
  • Individual percussion tone and pitch adjustment
  • Trigger sensitivity and velocity curve settings
  • Reverb and equalization effect configuration
  • Adjustable metronome tempo, volume, and rhythm
  • System settings for basic options
Features
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Drum Touch is a supporting APP specifically designed for the NUX DM-100 series electronic drums. Through this APP, users can quickly select the parameter modules that need to be set for adjustment. Whether it's for performances, daily training, or teaching experiences, as long as the Drum Touch APP is connected to the drum machine, all functions can be used quickly and conveniently, allowing you to fully enjoy a perfect playing experience. Contents include: Drum Kit Settings: Classified according to drum kit styles, it enables users to quickly and intuitively choose the style they want to use. Besides the preset drum kits with multiple sets of high-quality timbres, users can also quickly call up the custom drum kits set in advance. Tone Settings: The tone of each percussion trigger can be set, and at the same time, the pitch, volume, and phase of the currently edited tone can be set as well. Trigger Settings: Drum Touch is a professional drum machine debugging software. It can perform trigger settings on the connected devices, including adjusting and saving professional values such as sensitivity, trigger level, detection time, shielding time, crosstalk value, and velocity curve. Effect Settings: The effects unit is an indispensable and important function for electronic musical instruments. The APP supports the settings of reverb and equalization. For the reverb effect, different drums and cymbals can also be specified to set the sending amount. Metronome Function: It has a simple, intuitive, and efficient operation interface, allowing you to adjust the tempo, volume, beat, rhythm pattern, and tone, enabling you to listen, learn, and play smoothly. System Settings: Basic setting options.

Screenshots

Mixing Station4 screens
Drum Touch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mixing Station at 4.5 against Drum Touch's 3.0. Mixing Station also leads on ratings volume (608 vs 2). Drum Touch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Mixing Station sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Drum Touch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mixing Station holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mixing Station has 608 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mixing Station ships an update fortnightly, Drum Touch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mixing Station versus Drum Touch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMixing StationDrum Touch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (608 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings608 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid SchumannCherub Technology Co. Ltd

Customer experience

Mixing Station

All ratings608 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews298 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral10.1%
Negative12.4%

Drum Touch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Mixing Station

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Routing matrix display issues on some mixers
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between mixer models

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save and load custom layouts
  • Integrated multi-track recording functionality
  • Improved accessibility support for visually impaired users
  • Dedicated talkback microphone feature

Drum Touch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Mixing Station

Subscriptions1
  • Everything Pack$6.991 Month
One-time12
  • Mackie DL$4.99
  • XAir$5.99
  • Soundcraft Si$5.99
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  • Soundcraft Ui$5.99
  • A&H CQ$5.99
  • Midas HD$6.99
  • XM32$6.99
  • A&H Qu (old)$6.99
  • A&H SQ$6.99
  • WING$6.99
  • A&H Avantis$11.99
  • A&H dLive$12.99
None

Drum Touch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mixing Station free?
Mixing Station is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drum Touch free?
Drum Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mixing Station or Drum Touch?
Mixing Station is rated higher. Mixing Station averages 4.5 out of 5 from 608 ratings, while Drum Touch averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mixing Station or Drum Touch have ads?
Neither Mixing Station nor Drum Touch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mixing Station or Drum Touch?
Mixing Station ships an update fortnightly, and Drum Touch every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mixing Station was updated on September 23, 2026 and Drum Touch on September 22, 2026.

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