Q vs VIA App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q
Control Q-SYS systems remotely from your iOS device. Design custom user interfaces in Q-SYS Designer software to manage various system elements like audio, video, and lighting. Offers extensive control capabilities for a seamless user experience.
- Remote system control
- Customizable user interfaces (UCIs)
- Source selection
- PTZ camera control with video preview
- Lighting dimmer control
- Volume faders
- Signal meters
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Control Q-SYS systems from your iOS device! Within Q-SYS Designer software, user control interfaces (UCIs) can be created, and nearly any element in the system can be placed in the UCIs for control and monitoring. This enables a near limitless array of control capability, all from your iOS device, including source selection buttons, Q-SYS PTZ camera controls (with video preview frames), lighting dimmer controls, projector on/off selector, signal meters, screen up/down, snapshot recall, volume control faders, and more. This app is designed for use with QSC's Q-SYS Platform only. Q-SYS UCI deployment onto a Core processor for use with TSC touch screens, UCI viewer for PC and iOS app requires license activation. Visit www.qsc.com/uci for more details.
VIA App
This app enables seamless wireless collaboration by connecting all devices in a meeting space to a primary presentation screen. It supports BYOD, HD video streaming, and multi-display presentations, transforming any screen into a dynamic meeting point for ideas.
- BYOD Wireless Collaboration
- HD Video Streaming
- Multi-Display Presentation
- Interactive Touch Collaboration
- Interactive Whiteboard
- VIA Cloud
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VIA turns any screen into a potential meeting point for ideas to stream freely without conventional restrictions that consume or constrict a meeting’s resources. Independent of wires and cables for total connectivity, VIA is an audio- visual integrator. The box connects to and works off an existing wireless network and links every device in a meeting space with the primary presentation screen. KEY FEATURES 1. BYOD Wireless Collaboration 2. HD Video Streaming 3. Multi-Display Presentation 4. HDMI Input 5. Dynamic Display Layout 6. Collaboration Notes 7. Team Collaboration 8. Interactive Touch Collaboration 9. Interactive Whiteboard 10. VIA Cloud 11. Reverse Control
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Q at 3.0 against VIA App's 1.4. VIA App's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Q holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Q's written reviews are positive against 9% of VIA App's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q | VIA App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (53 ratings) — better | 1.4 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews — better | 8.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | QSC Audio Products, LLC. | Kramer Electronics Ltd. |
Customer experience
Q
VIA App
In-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
VIA App
No in-app purchases
