PreSonus QMix® vs MonitorMix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PreSonus QMix®
This app transforms your mobile device into a personal monitor mix controller for digital mixers. It allows musicians and engineers to easily manage and adjust their own stage or aux mixes wirelessly. Take full control of your sound with intuitive remote access.
- Wireless control of StudioLive Series III mixers
- Remote control aux mix levels and panning
- Create up to 4 channel groups
- Wheel of Me for custom channel group control
- Intuitive and flexible mix management
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PreSonus® QMix-UC monitor mix app turns your mobile device into a powerful personal monitoring controller for StudioLive® Series III digital mixers. Whether you’re a busy front-of-house engineer looking for a better way to manage monitors, or a musician who’s ready to take control of their own stage mix, QMix-UC makes remotely controlling aux mixes easy, flexible, and intuitive. Just connect your device to the same wireless network as your StudioLive Series III mixer, and you’re in control of your mix. Features: Provides wireless control over any StudioLive Series III mixer Remote-control aux mix send levels and panning Create up to 4 channel groups Wheel of Me controls the relative level of all customized “Me” channels with one simple control Compatible Series III hardware includes: StudioLive 64S StudioLive 32S StudioLive 32SX StudioLive 32SC StudioLive 32 StudioLive 24 StudioLive 16 StudioLive 32R StudioLive 24R StudioLive 16R Note: StudioLive 16.0.2USB, and StudioLive AI- and RM-series mixers should still continue to work as usual in this app, but are no longer officially supported. No further work is planned for the AI mixer series in this app. System Requirements Supported: - Compatible with iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS 11.4 or later Control of supported mixers requires that the mobile device running be connected to the same wireless network as a StudioLive Series III mixer. StudioLive Classic mixers (16.0.2 FireWire, 16.4.2, 24.4.2) require QMix and are not compatible with QMix-UC
MonitorMix
Control individual mix, matrix, and auxiliary buses wirelessly from your mobile device. Performers can easily adjust their assigned buses without complex settings, creating personalized group adjustments for simplified control.
- Wireless personal mixing
- Control MIX/MATRIX/AUX buses
- Individual performer control
- Simplified settings
- Customizable group settings
- One-fader level adjustment
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The MonitorMix application for the Yamaha Digital Mixer RIVAGE PM/DM7/DM5/DM3/CL/QL/TF series allows individual wireless MIX/MATRIX/AUX mixing from iPhone, iPad or iPod touch devices. Each performer can have convenient control over the MIX/MATRIX/AUX buses assigned to them, without having to deal with complex settings or parameters. They can also create personal Group settings for even easier adjustment: all levels on just one fader, for example.
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Verdict
PreSonus QMix® and MonitorMix both sit at 2.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 26% of PreSonus QMix®'s written reviews are positive against 16% of MonitorMix's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for PreSonus QMix® against 3.0 for MonitorMix. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 87 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of PreSonus QMix®'s written reviews are positive against 16% of MonitorMix's.
PreSonus QMix® ships an update every 4 months, MonitorMix every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PreSonus QMix® | MonitorMix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (95 ratings) | 3.0 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews — better | 16.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 87 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | Yamaha Corporation of America |
Customer experience
PreSonus QMix®
MonitorMix
User reviews
PreSonus QMix®
From 95 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Handy for IEM mixes
- 💡 Genius 'Me/Band' balancing wheel
- 👍 Fantastic for IEM users
- 👍 Perfect for wireless control
- 👍 Great for monitor mixes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashing frequently
- 🐛 Unreliable connection
- 🐛 Landscape mode issues
- 🐛 No iPad version
- 🐛 Inconsistent and buggy
MonitorMix
From 87 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Game changer for mixes
- 👍 Great for personal monitor mixes
- 👍 Works well with QL5
- 👍 Seamless operation with QL5
- 👍 Usable remote features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connection issues on iOS
- 🐛 App not finding mixer
- 🐛 Spinning wheel of death
- 🐛 IP address deletion bug
- 🐛 "Lock channel" feature not disableable
Bugs and requests
PreSonus QMix®
Reported bugs
92 issues- Unable to connect phone
- Not running on iPhone 16
- Landscape mode doesn't work
- Cannot go into landscape mode
- No iPad Version
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- Unreliable
- Very buggy
- Levels defaulted to unknown setting
- Phones not able to use landscape setting
- Cannot connect to sound desk
- iPhone app not connecting to mixer
- App 3.0v doesn't work
- Couldn't get it to work
- Screen won't rotate
- Phones have not been able to use the landscape setting
- Cannot connect to mixer
- App crashes
- Mixers are gone on the app
- Mixing portion is greyed out
- Gray boxes where sliders used to be
- Shows grey channels without content
- No access to mixers since update
- Remote control over aux mixes broken
- Mix window has grayed out and unusable
- App no longer works
- Won't allow for adjustment of individual mixes
- Murders every battery
- Does not work with iPhone X
- Cannot see individual mixers
- Phone doesn't respond to rotation
- Crashes in the middle of a show
- Cannot select an Aux mix
- Landscape mode is grayed out or non-functional
- Most devices will not go into landscape mode
- Cannot change orientation of phone/tablet displays
- Cannot access all pages
- Cannot change mixer parameters other than the “wheel of me.”
- App crashes every time it's opened
- App crashes upon connecting to the board
- Incompatibility with certain saved Scenes
- App breaks when EQ and Dyn are recalled
- New updates took place, cannot control sound
- This version doesn't work
- Faders wider causing less usable screen space
- Won't even open
- Must restart every time phone goes to sleep
- Wifi interface issues
- Auto lock function issues
- Interruptive signals cause disconnects
- Digital faders are clumsy
- No way to switch between 'me' and 'band' on the wheel
- Text is too small with no ability to increase size
- Accessibility issues with VoiceOver
- Monitors channels look zeroed out and labels are gone
- App freezes and disconnects
- Cannot unmute channels
- Severe battery drain
- App is a severe battery drainer
- Does not connect to aux 1-8
- App freezes and disconnects
- Cannot see what channels are muted
- New update broke rotation
- New update no longer lets me scan in my surface
- Gray boxes... useless now
- Update broke the app
- Update takes away all usefulness
- Stopped working after this update
- No access to mixers since update
- Update blanked out sliders
- New Version Won’t Allow Mix Adjustments
- Terrific battery killer
- Does not work
- PoS
- Worked well but...........
- Does not work with iPhone X
- Grrrr.
- Worked great for awhile, now un-useable in Landscape Mode, very fragile app
- Bugged!
- Please add listen feature
- No support for old Studiolive consoles
- Accessibility?
- Great app when it work
- Absolutely does not work !!!
- Was great, till the update came
- Horrible, Crashing
- Disappointed!!!
- Broken After Update
- Not working with IPhone 7 plus
- doesn't work
- From 5 stars to -1 star in one update
- Must restart every time
- Ehh
Requested features
14 requests- Update for iPhone 16
- Landscape mode fix
- iPad version needed
- Update app for consistency
- Add faders instead of wheel
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- Add EQ on monitor master
- Add listen feature for headphones
- Add panning feature
- Apple Watch app
- Add SPL meter
- Mix normally on iPhone Plus
- Show only grouped channels
- Improve channel color contrast
- Add feedback button
MonitorMix
Reported bugs
65 issues- IP address won't recognize '0'
- IP address deleting zeros when entering manually
- Cannot type IP addresses manually on iPhone
- App requests access to local network but doesn't show in settings
- iPhone stuck synchronizing
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- No audio with TF
- App doesn't auto-rotate
- List text difficult to read
- Network infrastructure issues
- Does not work with CL3
- Does not work with CL5 or QL5
- No audio with TF
- App doesn't find M7CL
- Does not work with QL5 on iPhone
- No connection for months
- Cannot connect TF5
- Connectivity issues
- New update not working on iOS
- New update issues
- Connection issue
- Won't connect
- Lock channel is TERRIBLE
- Connectivity issues
- Amazing app that breaks often
- Nope!
- Issues
- Can not connect TF5
- MM on iPhone
- Won’t work iPhone/DM7
- Was working perfectly.
- Recent update broke connection
- Not working on iPhone 11 Pro
- Would be 5 stars if it still worked
- Update broke app
- Worked on my iPad until recent update
- Cannot connect to TF5
- Issues connecting in current release
- LS9 unsupported??
- Is Yamaha planning to fix this app?
- Needs Fixed Update
- No longer working
- Happy
- This is a game changer!!!!
- Works great with QL5
- Cannot connect
- Will not connect
- App doesn’t work on Iphone
- Good except one key drawback
- BIG HELPER!!!!!
- Yamaha monitor mix
- Not usable.
- App doesn’t auto rotate
- A small request...
- Doesn't work QL5
- Wrong FIRMWARE
- Works awesome!
- Will not find M7CL
- No go with TF1 and D-Link router
- Does Not Work - Period
- EQ accessibility needed
- Tech Director
- Does not see the QL5
- Not working on CL5 or QL5
- No audio with TF
- Does not work with CL3
Requested features
4 requests- Keep phone awake while using app
- Control GEQ and PEQ for monitor
- Admin control over GEQ/PEQ activation
- Lighter text color for network list
In-app purchases
PreSonus QMix®
No in-app purchases
MonitorMix
No in-app purchases
