STAGEPAS Editor vs VST Live Mods
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STAGEPAS Editor
Control your sound system remotely during rehearsals or performances. Adjust volume and EQ settings, and save configurations for different songs to streamline setup and ensure consistent audio quality.
- Remote volume control
- Remote EQ adjustment
- Save custom settings
- Streamlined setup
- Consistent performance audio
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STAGEPAS Editor is STAGEPAS 1K’s dedicated remote control application that allows users to adjust volume and EQ at a distance via this application during rehearsal or performance. You can also save the adjusted settings for certain songs or applications in order to shorten your setup process in the future and maintain consistency from one performance to the next.
VST Live Mods
Display lyrics, chord symbols, and notes on your iOS device. Syncs with a desktop application to keep performers on the same page during live shows or practice sessions. Features include setlists, chord tracks, lyrics display, a metronome, and notes.
- Display lyrics, chords, and notes
- Setlist management
- Chord track synchronization
- Lyrics sharing
- Metronome function
- Performance notes
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*** Please note that the VST Live Mods app requires the VST Live Pro desktop app version. For more details please visit https://www.steinberg.net/vst-live/ *** Thanks to VST Live Mods you can display your lyrics, chord symbols and notes on iOS devices. Simply connect VST Live Mods with your VST Live Pro desktop app and off you go. Be it you are in your basement preparing for your next gig or you are already on stage, with VST Live Mods you will be playing and singing "from the same sheet". Do not worry anymore about maybe forgetting a chord or word or missing a cue, CHORDS, LYRICS, NOTES and METRONOME are there for you. SETLIST Keep all performers updated with song, parts, tempo, signature an the current position. CHORDS Keep all musicians perfectly in sync with VST Live Mods' Chord Track. Share the chord progressions for each instrument with that musician’s mobile device on the network. It’s also great as a music teaching resource, helping a group of students to play along with their tutor. LYRICS With Lyrics mode in the VST Live Mods app, you can share the lyrics to your songs with all the singers on stage, so everybody is certain to be singing the right words. METRONOME None of the performers will ever miss a beat, thanks to the Metronome function. Helping to keep everyone perfectly in time, it can also be used to assist lighting and sound engineers to make changes precisely in time. NOTES Keep all performers with comments of your current song in the loop. Technical support https://forums.steinberg.net/c/vst-live/156 If you like VST Live Mods, please support us by rating this app in the App Store! Thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VST Live Mods at 3.0 against STAGEPAS Editor's 1.5. VST Live Mods also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (17% vs 7%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VST Live Mods holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of STAGEPAS Editor's written reviews are positive against 17% of VST Live Mods's.
STAGEPAS Editor ships an update every 7 months, VST Live Mods every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STAGEPAS Editor | VST Live Mods |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (11 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yamaha Corporation | Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH |
Customer experience
STAGEPAS Editor
VST Live Mods
In-app purchases
STAGEPAS Editor
No in-app purchases
VST Live Mods
No in-app purchases
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