PreSonus QMix® vs HD
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
HD
This app enables musicians to control their personal monitor mixes for a specific digital audio mixer. It allows individual control of input channels, grouping for easier adjustments, and visual feedback on levels. Multiple devices can connect simultaneously to the same mixer.
- Control personal mono/stereo monitor mixes
- Assign inputs to 4 groups for relative control
- Adjust all input send levels
- Meter inputs and bus master
- Connect multiple mobile devices
- Portrait and landscape orientation
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HD-Q is an iOS app that allows the control of personal mixes for the Heritage-D HD96-24. With HD-Q, musicians can control their own monitor mix (mono/stereo) with full access to all input channels individually. Inputs can also be combined into one of 4 groups for variable relative control. Setup is simple - just connect your device to the same wireless network as the Heritage-D. Enter the console IP in the start-up screen and connect. Once connected you can select which mix you wish to control. Key Features * Select the mix bus for your personal mono/stereo monitoring control from your phone * Assign any combination of inputs to the four available groups for quick level changes * Control all input send levels to your chosen bus * Meter inputs and bus master for visual feedback * Connector multiple mobile devices to the same mixer * HD-Q can be used in portrait or landscape Requirements Requires the mobile device and mixer to be on the same wireless network Heritage-D mixer must be on V1.18.0 or later.
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Verdict
PreSonus QMix® and HD both sit at 2.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 26% of PreSonus QMix®'s written reviews are positive against 0% of HD's. PreSonus QMix® also leads on ratings volume (95 vs 5). HD's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 2.8 for HD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PreSonus QMix® has 95 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of PreSonus QMix®'s written reviews are positive against 0% of HD's.
PreSonus QMix® ships an update every 4 months, HD every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | PreSonus QMix® | HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (95 ratings) — better | 2.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fender Digital | Empower Tribe Innovations DE GmbH |
Customer experience
PreSonus QMix®
HD
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
HD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PreSonus QMix®
No in-app purchases
HD
No in-app purchases
