Comparison

livetoolkit vs TASCAM MX CONNECT

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

Head to head
About

livetoolkit

This app provides essential calculations for live event technicians, including PA system setup, lighting fixture addressing, and electrical measurements. It helps speed up on-site setup by offering quick conversions and calculations directly on a mobile device.

Highlights
  • PA system delay time calculations
  • Subwoofer stacking distance calculations
  • Q-Factor to Bandwidth conversion
  • Limiter calculations for speaker capacity
  • Tap Tempo calculation
  • DMX fixture addressing
  • Unit conversions (feet/meter, lbs/kg)
Features
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Everybody working in the live concert business has experienced situations like this: You've just arrived at the venue. According to the local promoter everything should have been put up before you arrived, but it hasn't. Now it'll take an hour or more to set up the PA-System and Lighting-gear before you can start to do your actual work. All has to be done as fast as possible. You don't have time to get your laptop out of the car and working just to do some necessary calculations. Now you can just take your iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad® and start doing your calculations with LiveToolkit. LiveToolkit helps audio technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Delay times for your PA-system: Conversion between time and distance. • Stacking distance of your subs: Conversion between frequency and wavelength. • Getting your PA-Settings into the controller: Conversion from Q-Factor to Bandwidth and back. • Setting up your controller: Limiter calculations depending on speaker capacity and amp output. • Getting the musicians tempo: Tap Tempo calculation with different note weightings. LiveToolkit helps lighting technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Getting the start address for multiple fixtures based on quantity, channels, and first address used. • Setting the DMX-address right using a DIP-Switch, or identifying the address value of a DIP-Switch. LiveToolkit helps any technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Universal useful conversion between feet and meter and lbs to kg. • Conversion between Watt, Ampere and Volt. • Calculate the voltage drop in your cable based on length and profile. • Trigonometric calculation on heights based on angle & distance. IMPORTANT NOTES: • Although good tested - this application remain a piece of Software: rockbaby engineering will not take any responsibility for any issues that may occur using LiveToolkit.

About

TASCAM MX CONNECT

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The TASCAM MX CONNECT is control software exclusively designed for system integrators/managers that allows system structuring and daily operation usage using the TASCAM MX-8A matrix mixer. Full support for daily tasks The TASCAM MX CONNECT software gives users full control of the MX-8A; from input/output configuration to mixing, routing, and digital signal processing functions. For event spaces or banquet rooms where switching routes or changing audio levels are part of the daily work, the control software allows input/output status monitoring, not to mention efficient configuration changes as well. Remote control from various places Users can either use a wired connection with a LAN cable, or make the MX-8A and the TASCAM MX CONNECT share the same network for a wireless connection. Even with having the MX-8A on the backyard room or on the corner of the room won’t stop you from monitoring or controlling it, as long as they are within the same network. • MX-8A dedicated control software made for system integrators/managers • Controls: - Input modules - Matrix mixer module - Mixes and output routing - Output modules • Allows structuring of the end-user control software "TASCAM EZ CONNECT" • Allows structuring of the wall-mount programable controller "RC-W100"

Screenshots

livetoolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TASCAM MX CONNECT at Free against livetoolkit's $3.99. livetoolkit's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TASCAM MX CONNECT is free to download; livetoolkit costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, TASCAM MX CONNECT every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
livetoolkit versus TASCAM MX CONNECT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlivetoolkitTASCAM MX CONNECT
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas ZehTEAC CORP.

In-app purchases

None

livetoolkit

No in-app purchases

None

TASCAM MX CONNECT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is livetoolkit free?
livetoolkit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TASCAM MX CONNECT free?
TASCAM MX CONNECT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do livetoolkit or TASCAM MX CONNECT have ads?
Neither livetoolkit nor TASCAM MX CONNECT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, livetoolkit or TASCAM MX CONNECT?
livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, and TASCAM MX CONNECT every 5 months. Most recently, livetoolkit was updated on October 23, 2026 and TASCAM MX CONNECT on October 19, 2026.

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