WARN HUB Wireless Control vs XRS Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WARN HUB Wireless Control
Control your winch wirelessly via Bluetooth and receive real-time status updates. Access helpful guides, tips, and videos to improve your winching skills. Functions offline for winch control after initial download.
- Wireless Bluetooth winch control
- Real-time winch status updates
- Instructional guides and videos
- Offline winch control functionality
- Tips for enhancing winching confidence
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The WARN HUB App delivers winch control at your fingertips. Easily connect and control all your compatible winches via Bluetooth while receiving real-time updates on your winch’s status. Multiple gauge styles make it easier to view critical winch data the way you prefer. With new gauge styles, key winch data is easier to read at a glance. Get a clear view and review past winching sessions, track usage over time, and better understand how your winch is being used. Access a wealth of resources, including instructional guides, tips, and videos, to enhance your knowledge and confidence while winching. This app functions without cellular service for winch control once downloaded, though an internet connection is required to view select content.
XRS Connect
This app allows you to easily configure and update your GMRS radio via a compatible smartphone. It features active mute for phone calls, voice playback for recorded transmissions, and CrewTalk for group communication with reduced interference.
- Radio configuration and updates
- Active Mute for phone calls
- Voice Playback of received transmissions
- CrewTalk for group communication
- High-contrast display speaker microphone control
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XRS Connect - A New Era In GMRS 2-Way Radio Your GME XRS Connect Two-Way radio is designed, engineered, and manufactured in Australia and is the most advanced GMRS radio available. XRS Connect Two-Way radios combine the latest in electronic hardware and software to produce an extremely compact GMRS radio with innovative features and outstanding specifications and performance. The XRS Connect speaker microphone with high-contrast display and front-mounted speaker provides clear sound and total control from the palm of your hand. The XRS Connect app allows you to easily configure and update your radio via a compatible smartphone. Visit gmeus.com for more information. XRS Active Mute XRS Connect Active Mute allows users to manually mute the radio when receiving a phone call to their mobile phone. The XRS Connect App is able to detect incoming phone calls and automatically mute the XRS Connect radio for the duration of the call, ensuring uninterrupted phone conversations. XRS Connect Active Mute uses smart phone and Bluetooth technology to either mute or lower the XRS Connect radio volume automatically when the user makes or receives a phone call. This allows the user to focus on their conversation rather than manually adjusting the volume on the XRS Connect radio. XRS™ Voice Playback XRS Connect Voice Playback, enables users to record voice transmissions received from other radios. Ideal for noisy cabins or for users who are in and out of their vehicles, this feature makes missing transmissions an issue of the past. XRS Connect Voice Playback records and stores the first 30 seconds of each received transmission, with a total recording time of 12 minutes. XRS Crewtalk CrewTalk is a new XRS feature that allows you to automatically configure pre-defined Net-Scan lists to allow a group of users to have communications with far less chance of being blocked by users outside your group, or hearing unwanted transmissions. When CrewTalk is configured, normal scan functionality is overridden. Whenever scanning is started by pressing the SCAN button, CrewTalk will be active. The radio display will indicate that XRS CrewTalk scan is active, and indicate the Group number that is being used. If other radios in the group are configured to enable CrewTalk with the same Group number, and they are scanning, the radios in the group can communicate with limited outsider interference, using Net-Scan in a transparent way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: XRS Connect at 5.0 against WARN HUB Wireless Control's 4.2. WARN HUB Wireless Control's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (76 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
XRS Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WARN HUB Wireless Control has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WARN HUB Wireless Control ships an update fortnightly, XRS Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WARN HUB Wireless Control | XRS Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 312 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Warn Industries, Inc. | GME PTY LTD |
Customer experience
WARN HUB Wireless Control
XRS Connect
In-app purchases
WARN HUB Wireless Control
No in-app purchases
XRS Connect
No in-app purchases
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