Comparison

MixAlign vs Mastering Everest

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

Head to head
About

MixAlign

This app helps music producers and mixers optimize their audio for various streaming platforms. It allows you to match loudness standards like LUFS -14, adjust EQ, and control dynamics for professional playback on services like Spotify and Apple Music.

Highlights
  • Emulate streaming standards (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal)
  • Match LUFS targets
  • Adjust EQ and dynamics
  • Optimize mixes for pro playback
  • Simple audio upload and comparison
Features
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MixAlign: Upload audio and emulate streaming standards. Match LUFS -14, EQ, and dynamics for Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and more. Optimize mixes for pro playback across platforms. Simple upload, compare, and align for producers and mixers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mastering Everest

Features
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Finished your mix? Mastering Everest gets it ready to publish: it brings the loudness to the right level for the platform, keeps the peaks under the limit, creates the file in the format you need and checks it before handing it to you. WHAT IT DOES • Audio mastering for your tracks • Normalizes volume • Converts tracks to MP3, WAV, FLAC and AIFF • The right volume for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, social media, podcasts, web radio, TV and radio You choose where you publish. The app takes care of the rest. WHY IT MATTERS Every platform has its own loudness and peak targets. If a track is too loud, the platform turns it down. If the peaks are too high, the sound can distort after MP3 or AAC encoding. Mastering Everest brings your track to the targets of the platform you choose and checks the result. YOUR MIX STAYS YOURS • No EQ, no effects: it sets the loudness and, only when needed, brings the peaks down. • First it tells you what it will do: for example, lower the volume by 4.1 dB and reduce the peaks, or nothing at all. • If a track is already fine, it leaves it untouched. • If reaching the loudness would squash the sound too much, it stops and tells you why. HOW IT WORKS 1. Import your track from the Files app or from another app: WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, OGG and OPUS, mono or stereo. 2. Choose where you publish it: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, social media, podcasts, web radio, TV and radio (EBU R128), archive (original volume). Or set your own values in Manual. 3. The app analyzes the track and shows its loudness (LUFS), its true peaks and what it will do. 4. Create the master. The app measures it again after encoding and tells you whether it is ready. EVERY MASTER IS CHECKED • Right loudness (LUFS) for the platform • True peaks within the limit, even after encoding • No distortion • Same length and correct format: a complete, intact file LISTEN AND DECIDE • A/B listening between the original and the master at equal loudness: you compare the sound, not the volume. • Waveform and spectrum views compare the two: see where the peaks were reduced and whether the tone has changed. • Hear the master after an encoding similar to the platforms': AAC, MP3 and Opus. • When your choice is needed, the app asks you. SEVERAL TRACKS, ALBUMS AND REPORTS • Several tracks in a queue, one after the other. • Albums: all tracks go up or down together, so a ballad stays quieter than a rock song, as on the record. • History with a report for every master, to share as a PDF. • Your masters are also in the Files app. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Analysis and mastering happen on your iPhone or iPad: Mastering Everest never uploads your tracks to the internet. TRY IT FREE, THEN PAY ONCE • Analyzing tracks is always free. • 3 free masters, no account needed, in every format. A track that is already fine does not use up the trial. • Then choose: Lite exports MP3 320 kbit/s, Pro also WAV, FLAC and AIFF. Everything else is the same. • Bought Lite in the app? No need to buy it again: just upgrade to Pro. No subscription. Purchases work on all your iPhones and iPads with the same Apple Account. Mastering Everest does not replace mixing and promises no miracles: it does the final technical step with precision, and shows you what it did. A Radio Everest project. Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube are trademarks of their respective owners. Mastering Everest is not affiliated with them.

Screenshots

MixAlign2 screens
Mastering Everest4 screens

Verdict

The call

MixAlign and Mastering Everest are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MixAlign sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Mastering Everest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MixAlign ships an update every 9 days, Mastering Everest every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MixAlign versus Mastering Everest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMixAlignMastering Everest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRonald BonhamAntonio Di Gioia

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MixAlign

Subscriptions1
  • MixAlign Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
3 purchases

Mastering Everest

One-time3
  • Upgrade to Pro$3.00
  • Mastering Everest Lite$3.99
  • Mastering Everest Pro$6.99

Questions

Is MixAlign free?
MixAlign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mastering Everest free?
Mastering Everest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MixAlign or Mastering Everest have ads?
Neither MixAlign nor Mastering Everest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MixAlign or Mastering Everest?
MixAlign ships an update every 9 days, and Mastering Everest every 5 days. Most recently, MixAlign was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mastering Everest on November 6, 2026.

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