Onyx Remote vs SONICUE Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onyx Remote
Control Obsidian Onyx lighting systems remotely from your iPhone or iPod touch. Manipulate fixtures, presets, and DMX values with a user-friendly interface. Features include automatic device discovery, color control, and cuelist triggering.
- Automatic device discovery
- Remote control of fixtures and presets
- DMX channel manipulation
- Accelerometer-based pan/tilt control
- CMY and RGB color control with Lee filters
- Cuelist triggering (Go, Pause, Release)
- Offline mode for practice
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Onyx Remote is your personal assistant to remotely control lighting devices straight from your iPhone or iPod touch. It is the ultimate remote tool for the Obsidian Onyx™ lighting platform with a beautiful user interface and original features. Onyx Remote will discover your remote lighting devices automatically. It allows you to manipulate the fixtures, presets, channels and more on your show when you connect to an Obsidian Onyx™ controller. The belts in the parameter view allow you to manipulate all the DMX values. The pan/tilt control even allows you to manipulate the pan and tilt of the moving head via the built-in accelerometer of you iPhone or iPod touch. You can also control the color values in both CMY and RGB modes with support for Lee filters. This application is the ultimate remote tool to update your presets on stage. Using Onyx Remote, users can also trigger cuelists with Go, Pause and Release commands. An offline mode allows anyone to experience Onyx Remote without the need to have it connected to an Obsidian Onyx™ controller. Requires an Obsidian Onyx™ controller (Version 4 or higher) and Wi-Fi connection. Features: - Automatic discovery - Black skin for dark environment - Integrated help - Control Obsidian Onyx™ and M-Series controllers remotely - Passcode protected - Saves show data so that synchronisation will be faster the next time - Control all fixtures in your show - Virtual console in landscape mode - Integrated fixture search - Create and edit presets - Pan/Tilt view with built-in accelerometer support under sensor mode - Color picker with support for Lee filters - Easy manipulation of all DMX channels - The fast menu will appear when you shake your device so that you can clear values quickly - Start, pause and release cuelists, chases, etc... - Exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch
SONICUE Control
This application enables customized control of compatible Dynacord audio products. Users can operate pre-designed control panels to manage and monitor sound system functions and parameters remotely.
- Customized control of Dynacord products
- Operate SONICUE control panels
- Monitor sound system functions
- Remote parameter control
- Network connectivity required
- Pin protection for panels
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SONICUE Control is the official app from Dynacord that allows customized control of compatible Dynacord products (such as the MXE Matrix Mix Engine or IX Series amplifiers). SONICUE Control is a panel viewer app, that allows users to operate SONICUE control panels that have been designed with the SONICUE Panel Designer; part of the SONICUE sound system software (1.2 and higher). With comprehensive design flexibility and pin protection, the SONICUE Control app can host multiple control panels for individual operators of sound systems. Once the iOS device is connected to the same network as an MXE5 or IX amplifier and a control panel in SONICUE control is active, the operator can control and monitor all assigned functions and parameters. The SONICUE Control app does not read or store your location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SONICUE Control at 5.0 against Onyx Remote's 3.9. Onyx Remote's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SONICUE Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Onyx Remote has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Onyx Remote ships an update every 3 months, SONICUE Control every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onyx Remote | SONICUE Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Obsidian Control Systems | Electro Voice Dynacord B.V. |
Customer experience
Onyx Remote
SONICUE Control
In-app purchases
Onyx Remote
No in-app purchases
SONICUE Control
No in-app purchases







