Onyx Remote vs ezPoster
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
ezPoster
Control your ezPoster LED display remotely via WiFi. Manage multiple displays, adjust settings like brightness and color, and easily add or delete picture and video content. Create custom programs with image zoom and crop features.
- WiFi control of LED displays
- Manage multiple displays
- Adjust brightness and color temperature
- Add/delete picture and video programs
- Image zoom and crop
- Switch to test mode
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ezPoster iOS client simplify the control of the ezPoster LED display. Features: ● Communicate with the ezPoster LED display over WiFi, using a WiFi router or the ezPoster LED display's built-in WiFi ● List all ezPoster LED displays on one screen ● Change the name of the display so it's easy to remember and identify ● Adjust brightness ● Change the playing program ● Add/Delete Picture or Video program ● Image zoom and crop feature makes program creation easy ● Change the content horizontal and vertical offset ● Adjust color temperature ● Switch to test mode ● Restore to factory default state
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ezPoster at 5.0 against Onyx Remote's 3.9. ezPoster also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). Onyx Remote's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). 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.
ezPoster 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, ezPoster every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onyx Remote | ezPoster |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Obsidian Control Systems | SEE SHARP VISUAL, INC |
Customer experience
Onyx Remote
ezPoster
In-app purchases
Onyx Remote
No in-app purchases
ezPoster
No in-app purchases
