QLab Remote vs Hyperlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QLab Remote
Control and edit live show cues remotely from your iOS device. This companion app for macOS software allows you to flag cues, adjust audio levels, and modify video geometry from anywhere in the venue. It offers a free read-only mode and optional in-app purchases for full editing capabilities.
- Remote control of QLab workspaces
- Edit cue properties
- Adjust audio levels and video geometry
- Flag cues and edit notes
- Real-time cue updates
- Read-Only Mode for safe viewing
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QLab Remote is the official iOS companion app for remote control of QLab, the award-winning live show control software for macOS. QLab Remote requires a connection to QLab 3.0 or later. Some features require a specific minimum version of QLab 4 or 5. See https://qlab.app/docs/v5/networking/qlab-remote/#requirements for details. Get out of the booth and edit your QLab workspace from wherever you are. Flag cues as you sit in tech rehearsal. Adjust audio levels from the front row. Change the geometry of a video cue from the stage. QLab Remote is free to use in "Read-Only Mode", which allows you to view a workspace & follow along worry-free and also includes the unlimited ability to flag cues & edit cue notes. Optional In-App Purchases are available to unlock show control, editing, and light tools features. FEATURES - Automatically finds any QLab workspace on the network. - Updates in QLab are instantly reflected in QLab Remote and vice versa. - Open multiple windows on iPad to view workspaces side-by-side on one screen. - Quickly flag and edit notes for cues. - Easily switch between cue lists. - Watch active cues update in real-time. - Enable "Read-Only Mode" to follow along without worrying you'll accidentally trigger a cue. - Edit basic properties for all cues, such as name, number, notes, color, armed, flagged, etc. - Adjust audio levels and patches for audio, mic, and video cues. - Change display geometry for video, text, and camera cues. - Double-tap a cue to quickly edit it. Please contact support@figure53.com with issues or feedback.
Hyperlay
This app automates complex rigging calculations for live shows and productions. It generates markout lists, venue overlays, and detailed steel counts, saving time and reducing errors. Features include load distribution analysis and unit conversion for global use.
- Automated markout list generation
- Zoomable venue overlay with heat map
- Bridle assembly calculations
- Automatic steel counting and export
- Built-in distance, load, and bridle tools
- Load distribution analysis
- Units switcher (metric/imperial)
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Hyperlay Enterprise is a rigging app that helps you automate calculations of various aspects needed in the pre-production and load-in phase of setting up a show…and much more. Hyperlay has already saved experienced riggers, productions and venues hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars setting up their shows. Hyperlay is built for riggers by riggers. Feature Highlights: - MARKOUT LIST: Creates a sorted markout list. X- and Y-coordinates are translated into US/DS and SL/SR and points are automatically grouped. Small tolerances are automatically filtered out, so all point within 50mm are grouped together. Minimize errors and time used for chalk out with this functionality. SR or SL points can be filtered out to make it possible for two riggers to chalk out on the same dataset on bigger productions. - OVERLAY: Hyperlay automatically creates a zoomable venue overlay with tappable points for your show. The overlay has an option to show the points with symbols as a default overlay, or as a heat map where heavy point loads are red and the lighter points are yellow. - BRIDLE CALCULATIONS Hyperlay can automatically creates individual bridle assemblies. The bridles are automatically calculated based on hook height or bridle drop. But the user can easy adjust the individual assemblies to their needs and the total steel count are updated instantly with every change you make. Hyperlay even utilizes the iPhone's gyroscope to orientate the bridle correctly within the venue to avoid wrong configurations. Accurate calculations gives increased safety and reduces load-in time of the production and needed WAH. - STEEL COUNTING Automatically count points and calculate the steel count of the entire setup including wires, chains, shackles, master links, and even burlaps. Available steels are selectable by the user. Steels are divided between 1- and 2ton equipment, displaying an individual steel counts for 1- and 2ton equipment. Link size of non standard deck chains can be adjusted to maintain accurate calculations on that type of equipment. You can even export your steel count as a PDF. - BUILT-IN UTILITIES: Need to measure the distance between two objects in the Overlay? Hyperlay lets do that with just a couple of taps! Select the Tools in the Overlay tab and select the "Distance Tool". Other built-in tools includes a "Load Tool" (to view combined load on a point/beam) and a "Bridle Tool" (lets you attach legs of a bridge to another beam). - LOAD DISTRIBUTION Automatically calculates load distribution to the roof structure. Forces are summed on all objects in the load path. To display the combined load on a beam or a secondary steel, simply tap on it in the overlay. - UNITS SWITCHER Switch at any time between meters, millimeters, feet, inches, kilograms, pounds, kilo-newton and tons. From any location in the app. - PROJECT SHARING Hyperlay enhances your workflow by allowing you to share your project with your rigging team. Project files can shared via cloud services like iCloud/Dropbox, or via email. Files can even be shared when you are not on a network using AirDrop. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@hyperlay.dk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hyperlay at none against QLab Remote's 2. Hyperlay also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). QLab Remote's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. QLab Remote sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hyperlay asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hyperlay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QLab Remote has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of QLab Remote's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hyperlay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QLab Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, Hyperlay every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QLab Remote | Hyperlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Figure 53 | Drop APS |
Customer experience
QLab Remote
Hyperlay
In-app purchases
QLab Remote
- Light Tools$19.99
- Show Control & Editing$39.99
Hyperlay
No in-app purchases
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