STAGEPAS Editor vs H6essential Control
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.
H6essential Control
Control your H6essential Handy Recorder wirelessly from your iPhone or iPad. Manage recording, playback, add marks, and adjust parameters remotely. Monitor waveforms, battery, and remaining recording time.
- Wireless remote control
- Record/playback control
- Add marks
- Parameter adjustment
- Waveform monitoring
- Battery status
- Remaining recording time
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H6essential Control is an app that enables wireless control of the ZOOM H6essential Handy Recorder. An iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch can be used as a remote control for an H6essential. In addition to the fundamental operations of starting/stopping recording/playback and searching forward/backward, this app can be used to add marks and to set various parameters. The app can also be used to check the waveforms of input signals and the remaining battery charge as well as to monitor the remaining recording time. Note: A BTA-1 wireless adapter is necessary to operate an H6essential with H6essential Control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: H6essential Control at 2.5 against STAGEPAS Editor's 1.5. H6essential Control also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 7%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
H6essential Control holds the better App Store score, 2.5 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 33% of H6essential Control's.
STAGEPAS Editor ships an update every 7 months, H6essential Control every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STAGEPAS Editor | H6essential Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (11 ratings) | 2.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yamaha Corporation | ZOOM Corporation |
Customer experience
STAGEPAS Editor
H6essential Control
In-app purchases
STAGEPAS Editor
No in-app purchases
H6essential Control
No in-app purchases
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