WING vs MXBus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WING
Control your personalized monitor mixes wirelessly from your mobile device. Adjust bus mixers simultaneously with multiple users, offering individual channel or MCA control. Features include bus selection, lock icons, and detailed send/master controls for precise audio adjustments.
- Select 16 stereo aux buses
- Lock icon for bus protection
- Mix adjustment by channel or MCA
- Customize MCA names
- Input channel send controls (level, width, pan)
- Bus master volume, width, and panorama control
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Experience seamless wireless control of your personalized monitor mixes on the WING console using WING-Q. Whether in studio or live, WING-Q allows for multiple users to adjust bus mixers simultaneously with additional lock features. The new WING-Q App offers wireless remote control for WING Personal Mixing Consoles on mobile devices. Features: • Select one of the 16 stereo aux buses • Lock icon prevents unintentional bus change • Mix adjustment based on individual channels or MCAs • Name and customize your MCAs the way that makes sense to you • All input channel sends feature level, width and pan controls • Control the bus master volume, stereo width and panorama Perfect For: • Bands and performers looking to self-manage their monitor mixes. • Live sound engineers who need quick flexible and mobile control during concerts and events. • Studio musicians and technicians who require precise and personalized bus adjustments. Compatibility: • Designed for use with the Behringer WING console on firmware version 3.1 or higher. • Requires a wireless router connected to the WING console. Support: Get stuck? Visit behringer.com/service for FAQs and customer support. We hear you.
MXBus
This app empowers musicians to control their own monitor mixes directly from their iOS device when using Behringer X32/X-Air or Midas consoles. It offers features like stereo channels, namable groups, and automatic console discovery for a streamlined sound check and live performance adjustment.
- Monitor mix control for musicians
- Supports Behringer X32/X-Air and Midas consoles
- Stereo channels for screen real-estate
- Namable groups and automatic console discovery
- Control send levels for channels, aux tracks, and effects
- Reorder channels within groups
- Springboard and Lock Screen widgets
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MXBus is a monitor mixing app for all Behringer X32 and X-Air mixing consoles that allows musicians on stage to control their own monitor mix with their iOS device. It also supports the Midas versions of these mixers (M32* and M-Air) It features stereo channels to save screen real-estate, namable groups and automatic console discovery. Musicians can control the send levels into their monitoring mix bus for all channels aux tracks and effects returns. You can even reorder the channels within your groups to your liking. It makes the sound check painless and allows you to adjust the mix during the gig. Some key differentiating Features: • Linked channels are treated as a stereo channel to save screen space. • Double tapping a fader knob sets it 0. • Double tapping the panning control on a stereo channel pans the signal hard L/R. Another double tap reverses the panning. • NEW: Springboard and Lock Screen widgets for quicker access. And as always: The app is built with data privacy in mind - no adds, no tracking! The PRO pack unlocks even more features like: • Decayed meters with peak memory • Compression meters • Gate LEDs • Channel mute buttons (X32) • Group mute buttons (X32) • Unlimited groups • Scenes • Bus EQ • Bus Compressor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MXBus at 71% against WING's 22%. MXBus also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). WING's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MXBus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WING asks for nothing beyond the download.
MXBus holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 121 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of WING's written reviews are positive against 71% of MXBus's.
WING ships an update every 3 months, MXBus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WING | MXBus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (27 ratings) | 4.2 (121 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 71.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 121 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Empower Tribe Innovations DE GmbH | Andreas Keldenich |
Customer experience
WING
MXBus
User reviews
WING
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works better than it used to
- 👍 Usable app
- 👍 Great product
- 👍 App works great for us
- 👍 First party app from Behringer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent connection
- 🐛 Only works in landscape
- 🐛 Small faders
- 🐛 Drains battery quickly
- 🐛 Overheats phone
MXBus
From 121 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- 🚀 Quick and easy connection to mixers
- ✅ Stable and reliable performance for IEM mixing
- 💾 Ability to save scenes and group settings
- 🎚️ Clean, uncluttered design maximizes screen real estate
Room to improve
- 🐛 Faders moving on their own (recent bug)
- 🔌 Connection issues on certain network subnets (10.0.0.x)
- ❌ Inconsistent connectivity across different devices
- 🔋 High battery drain on some devices
- 📱 Limited iPad compatibility issues
Bugs and requests
WING
Reported bugs
40 issues- Does not connect consistently
- Cannot use editor offline on Mac
- App crashes when trying to connect
- Labels and color coding gone after update
- Update deleted all channel labels
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- Channels no longer named or color coded
- App will not connect on iPad
- Continually asks to reconnect
- App is desconfigured after update
- Changing source requires restart
- Connecting to board defaults to MXA view
- No more channel buttons
- Cannot see channel names
- App does not work at all
- Cannot connect to console on different VLAN
- Locked mixer, cannot change volume
- Rescan never works
- Audio meters are empty
- App crashes after 'Connected. Getting Data.'
- Individual settings disappeared after upgrade
- Lock unlock key disappeared
- App freezes and closes
- App does not find console via Wi-Fi
- Rescan doesn't work
- App drains battery and overheats phone
- App wants to resort back to demo version
- App doesn't connect seamlessly
- App drains battery like crazy
- App drains battery very quickly
- App overheats phone
- App usage through the roof
- Android app has to be reconnected constantly
- App has a really hard time connecting
- Keyboard garbled or crashes app
- Faders are way too small
- Latest update broke connection to console
- Cannot connect manually or by scanning
- Co-pilot app works, Wing-Q app does not
- Cannot edit names of Buses
- App doesn't find Wing on scan
Requested features
10 requests- Add password protection
- Add option to save and retrieve presets
- Add portrait mode support
- Default to Mix view
- Expand channel selection size
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- UI scaling for pack selection
- Option to hide Offline Mix board
- Allow vertical view
- Larger faders on mobile
- More side bars to click through channels
MXBus
Reported bugs
18 issues- Faders moving/sliding on their own without user input
- App crashes when changing aux channels
- Mute button switches to channel info screen
- Scene saving not working properly (iOS 26)
- Mix recall/fader recall feature broken after updates
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- Glitchy fader behavior when locking/unlocking phone
- Inverted fader behavior (turning down turns up)
- Random channel muting/unmuting
- Connection failures with error codes (Error 49, Error 65)
- App not saving changes on iOS 26
- Bus EQ affecting all buses instead of individual ones
- Pan controls not functioning in Pro version
- Bus labels showing blank on M32
- Scenes not loading saved mix-bus selection
- Network permission not requested on first launch (iPad)
- App not recognizing mixer on certain network configurations
- Compatibility issues with iOS 15.6.1 and iPadOS versions
- Scenes lost after iOS/app upgrades
Requested features
15 requests- Panning control for individual channels
- Support for Behringer Wing consoles
- Individual group controls for sends
- Main L/R mix access
- FX send control from channels
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- Compression and advanced EQ on channels
- Mute status indicator from console
- Custom channel ordering/arrangement
- Demo mode for training
- Android version of the app
- Support for Allen & Heath SQ, QU, CQ boards
- Support for Soundcraft Ui24r
- Offline scene editing capability
- More mute groups
- Mackie DL version
In-app purchases
WING
No in-app purchases
MXBus
- MXBus PRO Package$2.99
