Comparison

SD vs Mutal Toolkit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Mutal Toolkit

This app is a comprehensive toolkit for production sound mixers, offering features for frequency coordination, script reading, sound playback, and audio file management. It helps organize projects, manage wireless devices, and streamline on-set audio workflows.

Highlights
  • Frequency coordination for wireless devices
  • Script reading with scene and role detection
  • Sound trigger pads with playback controls
  • Audio playback with markers and timecode
  • Audio slicing and clip naming
  • Project organization and collaboration
Features
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Mutal Toolkit is the production sound mixer's daily companion — one app for everything you need on set. Frequency coordination, script reading, sound triggers, audio playback, file slicing, metadata — all connected in a single workspace, organized by project. RF — FREQUENCY COORDINATION Build a clean frequency plan for your entire wireless fleet in seconds. The engine scans for local broadcast transmitters, calculates intermodulation products and returns the best available frequencies — drawing from a comprehensive database of wireless devices. Share your RF setup with your team in PRO: invite collaborators by email or SMS from the project manager; transmitters, frequencies and shooting locations stay in sync across devices, with view-only or edit permissions. See supported countries at www.mutal.fr. SCRIPT — SCRIPT READER Drop in a PDF: dialogues, roles and scenes are detected automatically. View stats by role and by scene. Annotate, highlight, jump between scenes. Pin sound pads directly onto your script for instant playback. Full-screen mode with auto-scroll, cue system and Bluetooth foot pedal support. TRIG — SOUND TRIGGERS Tap-to-play sound pads with polyphony, loops, solo, mute, pan and per-pad EQ. Organize pads into banks or pin them directly onto your scripts. PLAY — AUDIO PLAYER Play back polyphonic audio files with markers, actions (stop, skip, cue, loop), BEXT timecode, LTC output (iPad only), auto-gain, 3-band EQ, time-stretch and vari-speed. Controllable from SCRIPT. SLICE — AUDIO SLICER Split recordings into selections — manually or with automatic detection. Name clips with Speech-to-Text. Export to Trig or as WAV, AIFF or M4A. FILES (iPad only) Inspect and edit embedded metadata from professional recorders, audition multichannel files instantly and bounce polyphonic files with configurable channel routing. PROJECTS Group scripts, tracks, trigger banks, RF plans and locations into projects. Import and export entire projects in one step. Brand names and models are trademarks of their respective owners. Mutal Toolkit is not affiliated with any manufacturer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SD4 screens
Mutal Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mutal Toolkit at 100% against SD's 22%. Mutal Toolkit also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). SD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mutal Toolkit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. SD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SD ships an update every 2 months, Mutal Toolkit every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SD versus Mutal Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSDMutal Toolkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB364 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSound Devices, LLCVIVIEN MERGOT

Customer experience

SD

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative55.6%

Mutal Toolkit

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SD

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mutal Toolkit

Subscriptions2
  • Mutal Toolkit Pro Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Mutal Toolkit Pro Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is SD free?
SD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mutal Toolkit free?
Mutal Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SD or Mutal Toolkit have ads?
Neither SD nor Mutal Toolkit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SD or Mutal Toolkit?
SD ships an update every 2 months, and Mutal Toolkit every 5 days. Most recently, SD was updated on September 1, 2026 and Mutal Toolkit on September 19, 2026.

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