mobileinearMix vs QUARK Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
mobileinearMix
This app allows musicians to create their own individual sound mixes on stage using their mobile devices. It eliminates the need for traditional monitor boxes and complex routing by transferring front mixer sound over Wi-Fi for personalized adjustments via earbuds.
- Wireless sound transfer over Wi-Fi
- Individual sound mix customization
- Earbud monitoring
- Rename audio channels
- Create channel groups
- Eliminates monitor boxes and cables
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The multichannel mixer sound from front mixer is transferred over Wifi/Ethernet to the musicians on stage and they customize their individuell sound mix by themselves and hear it over mobile devices earbuds. Connect your front mixer with mobile device via Connector/Adapter and send signal over Router Wifi5+ to stage. You need a wifi5+ Router connected with ethernet to mobile device and a multichannel audio usb-compliant interface on your stage mixer. The musicians need the mobileinearStage App to receive the sound from mobileinearMix. You can download mobileinearStage from Appstore. Do following steps on your device: -Connect your USB-Audio Interface with your mobile device/tablet with an usb cable -Connect your Wifi5 or Wifi6 Router with your device/tablet with an ethernet cable -Start mobileinearMix on your device/tablet -Rename the audio channels to real stage instrument titles or build channelgroups with one group name for several channels or use predefined Icons Thats all !!! -The musicians mobile devices can receive and mix individually their sound on stage with mobileinearStage-App. -No time consuming and boring stagemonitor soundcheck -No tons of stage monitor boxes -No tons of audio routing and sending equipment and cables -individual mixed digital sound quality for every musician easy to make by a fingertip on his mobile device -Use SOLO-Button for channel audio control -Use MUTE-Button for muting not used audio channels -Set Mastervolume for channel audiocontroll with earbuds
QUARK Play
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QUARK Play easily transforms up to four iOS devices into a wireless, quadraphonic sound system. Place iPhones, iPads, and/or Macs around the space (or connect them to bluetooth speakers), hit play on the host device, and build a true, immersive surround sound environment anywhere. The Quadraphonic Universally Accessible Resource Kit (QUARK) is open source software used in Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) and similar platforms to encode four channels of discrete audio into two channel (standard stereo) audio, then back to four channels again. This allows for the distribution of four-channel spatial recordings via widely accessible two-channel formats such as vinyl, cassette, and radio, as well as digital platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, and Qobuz. QUARK is made possible by dublab & the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QUARK Play at every 6 days against mobileinearMix's every 16 months. mobileinearMix's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mobileinearMix ships an update every 16 months, QUARK Play every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mobileinearMix | QUARK Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16.6 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mario Maucher | AKP Recordings LLC |
In-app purchases
mobileinearMix
No in-app purchases
QUARK Play
No in-app purchases









