VENUE | Function Pad vs Setlist Carrot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VENUE | Function Pad
Control your live sound system remotely from your iOS device. Trigger functions, manage snapshots, and customize controls for easier navigation. Multiple devices can connect simultaneously.
- Remote control for S6L Snapshots and Events
- Trigger functions from iPad or iPhone
- Customize switches for identification
- Connect multiple iOS devices simultaneously
- Wi-Fi network connectivity
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Avid VENUE™ | Function Pad gives you remote control over S6L Snapshots and Events, enabling you to trigger functions from your iPad or iPhone. Just connect your device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Avid VENUE | S6L live sound system and select the system to control (if more than one is connected). You can customize the app’s switches for easier function identification, organization, and navigation. You can even connect multiple iOS devices running the app—as well as the VENUE | On-Stage app—to your system simultaneously. Requirements: · Avid VENUE | S6L system running VENUE 6.1.0 or later · Wireless router connected to the ECx port of the S6L console
Setlist Carrot
Explore past concerts by your favorite artists, discovering the exact songs played at specific shows. Create custom playlists directly within the app, mirroring the authentic setlist order.
- Search artist gigs by location and year
- View songs played at specific shows
- Create Apple Music playlists from setlists
- Relive past concert experiences
- Discover song covers played live
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Research your next gig or relive your last one. Setlist carrot will allow you to search for your favourite artist gigs down to the location and year of the show to find what songs or covers were played on that night. Forget best of playlists, listen to the tracks in the order the Artist think they should be heard by creating Apple Music playlists of the setlist direct from the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VENUE | Function Pad at 100% against Setlist Carrot's 50%. VENUE | Function Pad also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and device support (3 vs 1). Setlist Carrot's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
VENUE | Function Pad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Setlist Carrot has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of VENUE | Function Pad's written reviews are positive against 50% of Setlist Carrot's.
VENUE | Function Pad ships an update every 23 months, Setlist Carrot every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VENUE | Function Pad | Setlist Carrot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.9 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 19 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Avid® | Lee Gaskell |
Customer experience
VENUE | Function Pad
Setlist Carrot
In-app purchases
VENUE | Function Pad
No in-app purchases
Setlist Carrot
No in-app purchases
Questions
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