MX vs Ultimate Drum Tune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MX
Control your personal monitor mix directly from your mobile device. This app offers intuitive remote control for volume and panning of input channels to auxiliary buses, with customizable groupings for easy adjustments during performances. Ideal for musicians and performers seeking flexible and personalized monitoring.
- 4 customizable MCAs for group channel adjustments
- Control over Mono and Stereo Bus sends
- Individual volume and panorama control
- Portrait/landscape orientation support
- Remote control for audio mixers
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MX-Q – Personal Monitoring at your Fingertips Take full control of your monitor mix, right from your mobile device. MX-Q gives musicians, performers, and creators a fast, intuitive way to make their personal monitor mix for Midas M32, M-AIR, Behringer X32, and X-AIR audio mixers. Not only does MX-Q allow individual volume and panorama remote control for all input channel sends to all aux-buses, but it allows virtually grouping channels into MCA’s (mix control associations). There are 4 MCA’s that can be populated independently in every app instance, making level adjustments during performance easy and fit for every musician’s needs. Whether you’re on stage, in rehearsal, or in the studio, MX-Q makes personal monitoring simple, flexible, and fully customizable. Features • 4 customizable MCAs (quick adjustment to multiple channels at once) • Control over Mono and Stereo Bus sends and panning • Portrait/landscape orientation Perfect For • Musicians who want full control of their in-ear or wedge mix • Bands needing fast, reliable personal monitoring • Rehearsal spaces, houses of worship, and touring rigs Compatibility • Compatible with Behringer X32 and X AIR series mixers as well as Midas M32 and M AIR series mixers • Requires the mobile device and mixer to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network
Ultimate Drum Tune
This app helps drummers achieve perfect drum tuning with a comprehensive guide and measurement tools. It offers video tutorials, pitch comparison, and a unique mode to match snare drum tones from YouTube videos.
- Drum tuning tutorials
- Pitch measurement with adjustable range
- Listen and tune snare & tom-toms
- Match snare drum tones from YouTube
- User-submitted tuning presets
- Customizable tuning values
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"The 'Ultimate Drum Tune' is the most advanced drum tuning app." [Tuning Guide] Continuously uploading drum tuning tutorials personally filmed by the developer, providing advanced information for achieving perfect drum tuning. [Measurement] In version 1.7.4 released on November 29, 2023, a measurement feature has been added. This feature includes not only the measurement of fundamental pitch but also the ability to press the number buttons on the screen's top to set the measurement range to ±3%. This allows for consistent tuning of each lug pitch. [Watch & Tune Snare & Tom Toms] Tune it while listening to the sounds you hear. You can create the same tone as a legendary drummer in a minute. Videos and tuning figures of drummers are provided. When you click the button, you can hear the pitch of the top and bottom. Because the tuning figure proposed at this time is a value measured directly by the developer. The provided tuning values are measured directly by the developer, so there might be discrepancies. However, this enables you to achieve a tone that is close to the video. [Watch & Find] If you want to discover the snare drum tuning while watching a YouTube video, simply copy the URL and paste it into the Watch & Find Mode. We have recorded all 93 possible snare drum tunings from D3 to B3 and embedded them into buttons. After setting the YouTube video segment for repetition, press the button to compare snare drum tones. You can determine the same tuning values within one minute. User-submitted data is shared with the server, and after verification by the developer, it will be updated to the Watch & Tune Mode. Even if 10,000 users copy the same drum, there will be 10,000 of them! [Measure & Customize] Every drum has varying tuning values due to differences in drum shell thickness, depth, and head types. As a result, the process of deriving information through measurements is necessary for each drum. Using the 12 relative pitches from lower to upper octaves for the same note, users can obtain values that allow them to tune to their desired fundamental pitch. When users measure and save their drum settings in the ’Ultimate Drum Tune‘ app, it is shared in real-time with the server, and after developer verification, it is made available as presets. As the number of users increases, the number of measured drums also grows. When a sufficient amount of stored data is accumulated, there will come a day when further measurements are no longer necessary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MX at Free against Ultimate Drum Tune's $9.99. MX also leads on ratings volume (279 vs 1). Ultimate Drum Tune's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and review sentiment (53% vs 16%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
MX is free to download; Ultimate Drum Tune costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultimate Drum Tune holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MX has 279 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of MX's written reviews are positive against 53% of Ultimate Drum Tune's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MX | Ultimate Drum Tune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 2.1 (279 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Empower Tribe Innovations DE GmbH | JaeMyoung Lee |
Customer experience
MX
Ultimate Drum Tune
Bugs and requests
MX
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes on launch or connection
- Screen auto-locks during active use
- Connection drops frequently during performance
- IP address not saved between sessions
- App freezes on scanning or connecting screens
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- Faders unresponsive or slow to react
- Touch controls frozen or glitchy
- Horizontal scrolling inconsistent and difficult
- Parameter transfer takes excessive time
- App doesn't auto-reconnect after phone sleep
- Incompatible with iOS 16+ and iPhone 16
- Scan function doesn't detect mixer on network
- Manual IP entry not accepted despite correct address
- App crashes when switching between mix screens
- Settings not retained between sessions
- Channel display shows wrong labels
- Vertical mode layout broken and unusable
- Latency issues with fader adjustments
- App requires force close and reinstall to function
Requested features
17 requests- Restore signal level/VU meters for each channel
- Bring back channel grouping and filtering capabilities
- Add ability to keep screen from auto-locking during use
- Implement IP address saving and auto-reconnection
- Restore previous UI layout and design
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- Add channel numbering display
- Include dB level indicators on faders
- Add pan control functionality
- Implement compression and gate controls
- Add EQ options for individual channels
- Create user profile saving for different musicians
- Add color-coding options for channels
- Implement page-based navigation instead of scrolling
- Add password protection for main mix access
- Reduce master fader screen real estate
- Improve touch sensitivity and responsiveness
- Add support for scribble strip customization
Ultimate Drum Tune
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MX
No in-app purchases
Ultimate Drum Tune
No in-app purchases









