Comparison

MaizeDMX vs DMX Patch

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

Head to head
About

MaizeDMX

This mobile application provides a full-featured DMX lighting control system for stage and event use. It allows users to create or manage lighting projects, offering professional console concepts and fixture profile support. A restricted mode is available for novice users.

Highlights
  • Professional lighting console concepts
  • Fixture profile creation and library
  • Support for 32 universes of DMX output
  • Restricted mode for novice users
  • Project creation and management
Features
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MaizeDMX is a simple and easy to use DMX lighting control software. As beginner lighting operator or designer, you will find it’s perfect for your stage and event. This mobile app is a full featured standalone lighting control system, you can create a new project or open/download an existing project from the desktop editor. It has the following key features: - Professional lighting console concepts like programmer, preset, group, cuelist, executer, effect and layout. - Support creating new fixture profile, downloading one from our cloud library, or opening an existing GDTF file. - Support 32 universe of DMX output. - Restricted mode can lock the app down to a read only feature set for novice users. You will need a MaizeDMX bluetooth adapter or ArtNet/sACN compatible node to actually output DMX signal to lighting fixtures

About

DMX Patch

Features
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A DMX address planner built for lighting technicians. Pick a fixture, enter a quantity - universes and addresses are calculated console-style. FEATURES - 11,000+ fixtures and 45,000+ DMX modes, fully offline - Sign in with your GDTF Share account to download the up-to-date fixture library - Console-style patch flow: fixtures never split across universes - 512-channel Universe grid: every fixture in its own color, start addresses marked - Move fixtures: tap a fixture on the grid, drop it on an empty cell - Overlap warnings - Plain DMX quick picks: dimmer, RGB, RGBW and more in one tap - Create your own fixtures and keep them forever - Share your patch list as a clean image card - Your rig is saved automatically: close the app, lose nothing On site, in preproduction, on tour - keep your patch in your pocket, not on paper.

Screenshots

MaizeDMX4 screens
DMX Patch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MaizeDMX at none against DMX Patch's shown. MaizeDMX also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaizeDMX ships an update every 2 months, DMX Patch every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MaizeDMX versus DMX Patch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaizeDMXDMX Patch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiang CaoONURCAN AYDOGAN

In-app purchases

None

MaizeDMX

No in-app purchases

None

DMX Patch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MaizeDMX free?
MaizeDMX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DMX Patch free?
DMX Patch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MaizeDMX or DMX Patch have ads?
DMX Patch shows ads; MaizeDMX does not.
Which is updated more often, MaizeDMX or DMX Patch?
MaizeDMX ships an update every 2 months, and DMX Patch every 6 weeks. Most recently, MaizeDMX was updated on September 28, 2026 and DMX Patch on October 8, 2026.

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