Comparison

MX vs Spektral Mobile

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

Head to head
About

MX

Control Behringer and Midas digital mixers remotely from your iPad. Manage faders, panoramas, channel configurations, and monitor audio levels for various mixer models. Requires a wireless router connection.

Highlights
  • Remote control for X32/M32 series mixers
  • Remote control for XR/X/MR series mixers
  • Scanning and discovery for consoles
  • Fader and panorama controls
  • Channel configuration and layers
  • Input and output metering
Features
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BEHRINGER & MIDAS MX-Mix iPad app for X18/XR18/XR16/XR12/X32/MR18/MR12/ DIGITAL MIXERS MXMix allows you to control all of BEHRINGER's X32, X18, XR18, XR16, XR12 & Midas' M32, MR18 & MR12 Digital Mixers right from your iPad®. Key Features V0.4 Early Access • Remote control for all digital mixer models with old and new hardware chipsets Behringer XR12, XR16, XR18, X18, XR12W, XR16W, XR18V2, X18V2, X32, X32 Compact, X32 Rack, X32 Producer, X32 Core Midas MR12, MR18, MR12W, MR18V2, M32-C, M32-LIVE, M32R-LIVE • Scanning, Discovery, Manual Connection, Re-Scanning for console • Home Screen - Fader and Panorama Controls, Channel Layers, Main OUT, Channel configuration, Sends To • Meters - Input channel, Mix Bus, Aux/FX, IN/OUT, Gate Gain, Dyn Gain Requirements: • Requires a wireless router connected to the your Digital Mixing Console

About

Spektral Mobile

Features
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Spektral is a professional real-time audio analyser for sound engineers. Ring out a PA, find the frequency that is howling, and keep an eye on the level in the room, all from your iPhone or iPad. THREE VIEWS, ONE WORKFLOW • RTA: live spectrum on a logarithmic frequency scale, 20Hz to 20kHz • Spectrograph: scrolling time-frequency heatmap, where feedback shows as a persistent bright horizontal line • SPL meter: A, C or Z weighted, Fast, Slow or Impulse, with the room's history behind it RING-OUT Spektral listens for a frequency that is building rather than one that is merely loud, so a bass note or a mains hum cannot set it off. When it finds one it names the frequency, gives you the musical note, and suggests the notch: centre frequency, Q and cut. Confirmed rings stay in a list as you work through them. LEVEL AND LEQ • Leq over 1 minute, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour and 8 hours, all running at once • Three hours of level history on one graph, with min, max and average • Limit Guard: set a limit and a window, and Spektral forecasts how long you have before you reach it • Calibrate against an acoustic calibrator when you need accurate absolute levels PRECISION • 4096-point FFT • Parabolic interpolation for sub-bin cursor and peak accuracy • Peak hold with smooth decay • Smoothing from 1/24 octave through to 1/1 • Frame averaging up to infinite • Musical note display on peaks and cursor TOOLS • Identify: labels the strongest peaks automatically, or just the single worst one • Snapshot compare: freeze a trace and A/B against it • Pink noise generator for reference output TOUCH-OPTIMISED • Horizontal pinch zooms the frequency axis, vertical pinch zooms the dB range • Drag to pan when zoomed, tap to place the cursor • Double-tap to reset all zoom and pan DESIGNED FOR THE STAGE • Full-screen dark interface for low-light environments • Works in portrait and landscape • Uses the built-in microphone or any connected audio interface REMOTE MONITORING (optional in-app purchase) Send this device's SPL readings to Spektral on your Mac over iCloud, so one engineer can watch several positions at once. No subscriptions. No account required. The analyser runs entirely offline.

Screenshots

Spektral Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MX at Free against Spektral Mobile's $14.99. MX also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Spektral Mobile's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MX is free to download; Spektral Mobile costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MX ships an update every 2 months, Spektral Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MX versus Spektral Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMXSpektral Mobile
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating2.6 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmpower Tribe Innovations DE GmbHMatrix Productions Ltd

In-app purchases

None

MX

No in-app purchases

None

Spektral Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MX free?
MX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spektral Mobile free?
Spektral Mobile costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MX or Spektral Mobile have ads?
Neither MX nor Spektral Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MX or Spektral Mobile?
MX ships an update every 2 months, and Spektral Mobile monthly. Most recently, MX was updated on October 13, 2026 and Spektral Mobile on October 21, 2026.

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