SD vs DriveShelf
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.
DriveShelf
Catalog your external drives and access your files from your iPhone. Search and browse your entire drive catalog instantly, even when you're away from your Mac. View file details and sync seamlessly with the Mac companion app.
- Search all cataloged drives instantly
- Browse folders like Finder
- View file details (size, dates, drive location)
- Syncs with Mac via iCloud
- Private catalog in your iCloud
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DriveShelf for iPhone is the companion app to DriveShelf for Mac. Once you've cataloged your external drives on your Mac, this app lets you search and browse that catalog from your pocket — perfect for checking whether you still have a client's footage, even when you're nowhere near your drives. KEY FEATURES • Search every file across all your cataloged drives, instantly • Browse folders on any drive, just like Finder • See file details: size, dates, and which physical drive it's on • Automatically syncs with DriveShelf on your Mac via iCloud • Fully private — your catalog stays in your own iCloud account, never on our servers REQUIRES DriveShelf for Mac, available on the Mac App Store. This app is read-only — all scanning, organizing, and duplicate-finding happens on your Mac. Included free with your DriveShelf purchase — no separate charge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DriveShelf at 100% against SD's 22%. DriveShelf also leads on chart position (#196 vs unranked). SD's advantage is price (Free vs $14.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.5). On 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
SD is free to download; DriveShelf costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | SD | DriveShelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #196 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sound Devices, LLC | Sergiy Pudich |
Customer experience
SD
DriveShelf
In-app purchases
SD
No in-app purchases
DriveShelf
No in-app purchases
