Q vs UVscanner
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.
UVscanner
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Access your UrVenue account through our scanner app to swiftly check in your guests. Select your venue, the date, a room and you’re ready to begin scanning. You can check in guests with the scanner or you can do it manually. Urvenue scanner was created to checkin ticket sales processed through UrVenue. However, you can also import ticket sales processed through a third party to scan through our app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UVscanner at every 4 weeks against Q's every 3 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Q ships an update every 3 months, UVscanner every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q | UVscanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 18.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSC Audio Products, LLC. | Venue Management Systems, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
UVscanner
No in-app purchases
