Comparison

WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote vs Plotwright

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote

Features
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When something sounds wrong during a live production, you need to know what happened, not guess. WAVETOOL 4 helps professional audio teams hear critical sources, identify and investigate issues, and stay coordinated throughout a production. Monitor wired and wireless audio across Shure and other brands, listen from an iPad backstage, and stay on top of what’s happening across your system. GLOBAL INSTANT REPLAY Missed the moment? Go back and listen. Replay up to 30 minutes of monitored audio across your system to investigate intermittent issues and hear exactly what happened to remove guesswork during troubleshooting. MONITOR THE WHOLE PRODUCTION Bring up to 192 channels into one monitoring environment. Listen to channels in real time, monitor key system information, and maintain visibility across the sources your team is responsible for. DETECT MIC ISSUES FASTER WAVETOOL continuously analyzes audio to help identify potential microphone issues, including transient noise, connector faults, and more, while distinguishing them from intentional loud moments in the show. STAY MOBILE WITH iPAD Stay close to the action without giving up visibility into your production. WAVETOOL on iPad lets you monitor and listen from backstage, around the venue, or wherever you need to be. WORK FROM THE SAME SHARED REFERENCE Connect up to eight concurrent clients so the whole audio team can monitor the same production while working from independent views. Enhanced communication tools, including images, voice notes, and reactions, make it easier to share information. ONE MONITORING SOLUTION FOR YOUR AUDIO TEAM From live sound and broadcast to theater, houses of worship, corporate events, and other professional productions, WAVETOOL gives audio teams the visibility, listening, and collaboration tools to respond with confidence. See every channel. Replay the full system. Stay in control.

About

Plotwright

Features
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Plotwright builds the two documents every gig needs β€” a stage plot and an input list β€” and turns them into one clean, print-ready PDF you hand to the venue's sound engineer. Pay once. No subscription, no account, no WiFi required. It's made for the band member who got volunteered to "make the tech rider" and the front-of-house engineer who has to read it in dim light at load-in. What you build on screen is exactly what prints β€” no fuzzy export, no surprises at soundcheck. WHAT YOU GET β€’ A top-down stage plot you build by dropping in simple, map-like symbols for the gear on stage β€” like drums, amps, monitors, DIs, and risers. Move, resize, rotate, rename, or duplicate anything. β€’ An input list that numbers itself in the order engineers expect β€” kick, snare, toms, overheads, bass, guitars, keys, vocals β€” so you look like you know the convention even if you don't. Reorder by hand any time. β€’ One-page output with the plot and the numbered input list on the same sheet. β€’ A true-vector PDF that stays sharp and reads cleanly in black and white β€” because it's getting printed and folded into someone's back pocket. BUILT THE WAY THE SHOW ACTUALLY RUNS β€’ Stage orientation is fixed and labeled β€” audience at the bottom, stage left and stage right from the performer's point of view β€” so no one patches the stage backwards. β€’ Your act name, contact, and the date it was last edited are burned into the PDF, so the engineer always knows whose plot it is and how current it is. β€’ Everything stays on your device. No cloud, no sign-in, nothing to sync. FREE TO BUILD, ONE-TIME UNLOCK TO EXPORT Build your plot, add your gear, and preview the finished page for free. A single one-time purchase unlocks PDF export, save, and share β€” for good. No subscription. No paywall in your way while you work. Made for gigging musicians, bands, and the live-sound engineers who advance their shows.

Screenshots

WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote4 screens
Plotwright4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote at none against Plotwright's 1. WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Plotwright sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 3 level
WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote versus Plotwright: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWAVETOOL 4 Mobile RemotePlotwright
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size87 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShure9592 Solutions UG

In-app purchases

None

WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Plotwright

One-time1
  • Unlock PDF Export$4.99

Questions

Is WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote free?
WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plotwright free?
Plotwright is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote or Plotwright have ads?
Neither WAVETOOL 4 Mobile Remote nor Plotwright shows ads.

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