Ashly Remote vs Airstream DMX Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ashly Remote
Design custom graphical interfaces for controlling Ashly networked audio products. Create and secure remotes on an iPad, then deploy them to iPhones, iPads, or iPod Touches for end-user access to select audio functions.
- Create custom graphical user interfaces
- Secure remotes with edit/access security
- Import custom backgrounds
- Control parameters in networked products
- View communication viability with diagnostics
- Share custom remote designs
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"Ashly Remote" is an application used to create a custom and secure graphical user interface (GUI) for end user control of Ashly networked products. The GUI is created on the iPad, then deployed to a Ashly Remote app running on a iPad*, iPod Touch*, or iPhone*. All GUI editing is done solely on the iPad. The sound system designer creates a GUI specifically tailored for the end user and their networked Ashly products, allowing them remote access to select audio functions. Features: Create, save, load and share custom designed remotes Import custom backgrounds Secure the remote by configuring edit or access security Control parameters in Networked Ashly products Use diagnostics to view communication viability * iPad / iPod Touch / iPhone device must be connected wirelessly to the same network as the controllable Ashly equipment. Control via direct cellular network connection is unavailable.
Airstream DMX Link
This iPad app serves as a professional stage lighting controller. It connects to a specific lighting control panel to manage lights via DMX512 connectors. Users can create scenes and special effects.
- Professional stage lighting control
- Connects to ADJ Link control panel
- DMX512 connector support
- Wireless and USB iPad connection
- Scene and special effects creation
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The Airstream DMX Link app is a professional stage lighting controller for iPad that connects to the ADJ Link lighting control panel (available from your ADJ supplier). The app requires using the ADJ Link controller in order to connect to your lights through its four DMX512 connectors. The controller connects to your iPad wirelessly or optionally over USB. The sample screenshots show some of the editing features of the app that are used to produce scenes and special effects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Airstream DMX Link at 4.4 against Ashly Remote's 3.8. Ashly Remote's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Airstream DMX Link holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Ashly Remote's written reviews are positive against 75% of Airstream DMX Link's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ashly Remote ships an update every 6 weeks, Airstream DMX Link every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ashly Remote | Airstream DMX Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ashly Audio, Inc. | KMX Inc. |
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Ashly Remote
Airstream DMX Link
In-app purchases
Ashly Remote
No in-app purchases
Airstream DMX Link
No in-app purchases
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