Comparison

livetoolkit vs Snapshot Selector

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

Snapshot Selector

Connect to your Powersoft amplifier via USB to swiftly load onboard snapshots. This utility simplifies amplifier configuration and management.

Highlights
  • Connect via USB
  • Load onboard snapshots
  • Powersoft amplifier control
  • Simple interface
Features
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This app let you connect to your Powersoft amplifier through USB and quickly load an onboard snapshot.

Screenshots

livetoolkit4 screens
Snapshot Selector3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Snapshot Selector at Free against livetoolkit's $3.99. Snapshot Selector also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 12.1). livetoolkit's advantage is update cadence (every 11 months vs every 23 months). On ratings volume, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snapshot Selector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, Snapshot Selector every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
livetoolkit versus Snapshot Selector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlivetoolkitSnapshot Selector
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 months — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.110.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas ZehPowersoft SpA

Customer experience

livetoolkit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Snapshot Selector

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

livetoolkit

No in-app purchases

None

Snapshot Selector

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is livetoolkit free?
livetoolkit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snapshot Selector free?
Snapshot Selector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, livetoolkit or Snapshot Selector?
Snapshot Selector is rated higher. livetoolkit averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Snapshot Selector averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do livetoolkit or Snapshot Selector have ads?
Neither livetoolkit nor Snapshot Selector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, livetoolkit or Snapshot Selector?
livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, and Snapshot Selector every 23 months. Most recently, livetoolkit was updated on September 21, 2026 and Snapshot Selector on September 14, 2026.

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