SD vs LixelGO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SD
Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Manage transport, edit metadata, take notes, monitor outputs, and adjust channel settings like faders, trims, and pan. View large-scale meters and timecode on all screens.
- Remote transport controls
- Metadata editing
- Take notes
- Monitor outputs
- Adjust faders, trims, and pan
- Channel arming, disarming, solo, and mute
- Large-scale channel meters
- Timecode display
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Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder from your iPad or iPhone with SD-Remote. Quickly access transport controls, edit metadata, write Take Notes, monitor outputs, and adjust faders, trims, and pan controls. Arm, disarm, solo, and mute channels with ease. Large-scale meters are available for all channels, and the current timecode is displayed on every screen.
LixelGO
Control and configure LiDAR scanners from XGRIDS. View real-time point cloud data and manage device settings directly from your mobile device.
- Connect to LiDAR scanners
- Control device settings
- View real-time point cloud data
- Modify device configurations
- Browse scanner data
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This application is designed to assist in the use of XGRIDS' LiDAR Scanners. It allows users to connect to and control the devices, view and modify device settings, and browse real-time point cloud data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LixelGO at 100% against SD's 22%. LixelGO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). SD's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). 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.
LixelGO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of SD's written reviews are positive against 100% of LixelGO's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SD | LixelGO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sound Devices, LLC | XGRIDS LIMITED |
Customer experience
SD
LixelGO
In-app purchases
SD
No in-app purchases
LixelGO
No in-app purchases
