Comparison

PreSonus QMix® vs LSV Tools 3

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

Head to head

PreSonus QMix®

Free

🎵 Music

★ 2.995 ratingsView app →

About

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.

Highlights

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

Features

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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

About

LSV Tools 3

Features

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La calculadora más completa para los shows en vivo. Ahora compatible con SubMate Se compone de 4 secciones: -Optimización de sistemas -Arreglo de Sub -Radiofrecuencia -Calculadoras varias de audio

Screenshots

PreSonus QMix®4 screens

LSV Tools 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PreSonus QMix® at Free against LSV Tools 3's $39.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PreSonus QMix® is free to download; LSV Tools 3 costs $39.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PreSonus QMix® ships an update every 4 months, LSV Tools 3 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level

PreSonus QMix® versus LSV Tools 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	PreSonus QMix®	LSV Tools 3
Price	Free — better	$39.99
Rating	2.9 (95 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	26.1% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	95 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 4 months — better	Every 6 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	15 — better	16.6
Further details — not scored
Size	34 MB	5 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Fender Digital	Ramiro Contreras Leon

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

LSV Tools 3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PreSonus QMix®

No in-app purchases

None

LSV Tools 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PreSonus QMix® free?

PreSonus QMix® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is LSV Tools 3 free?

LSV Tools 3 costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.

Do PreSonus QMix® or LSV Tools 3 have ads?

Neither PreSonus QMix® nor LSV Tools 3 shows ads.

Which is updated more often, PreSonus QMix® or LSV Tools 3?

PreSonus QMix® ships an update every 4 months, and LSV Tools 3 every 6 months. Most recently, PreSonus QMix® was updated on November 3, 2026 and LSV Tools 3 on October 30, 2026.