Sony | Content Browser Mobile vs Sound Devices Wingman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sony | Content Browser Mobile
Control Sony professional camcorders and recorders remotely. Monitor live video, adjust settings like focus and zoom, and manage clips. Upload, download, and even perform rough cut edits directly from your mobile device.
- Live video monitoring
- Remote focus and zoom control
- Rec start/stop
- Clip list browsing and playback
- Metadata editing
- Clip uploading and downloading
- Rough cut editing
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Content Browser Mobile is an application to remotely control CBK-WA100/101 Wireless Adapter and Wi-Fi compatible Sony professional camcorders/recorders. LIVE OPERATION - Monitoring live video from camcorders/recorders - Displaying the status of connected devices - Remotely controlling focus, zoom, rec start/stop, and etc. - Live logging (Essence Mark) BROWSE - Displaying the clip list - Playing clips - Editing metadata of clips TRANSFER - Uploading clips to FTP, FTPS, or other servers - Uploading clips partially by marking in and out points - Downloading clips to mobile devices - Managing transfer jobs via job lists STORYBOARD - Rough cut editing - Uploading clips partially and an EDL based on storyboards PLANNING METADATA - Naming clips - Assigning Essence Mark lists to buttons - Browsing and uploading related clips TC LINK - Synchronizing the timecode of multiple camcorders DEVICE SETTINGS - Making setting of network functions for connected devices NOTES: - System Requirements OS: iOS/iPadOS 18.0〜27.0 - For details about usage, please see the help page below. https://helpguide.sony.net/promobile/cbm/v2/en/index.html
Sound Devices Wingman
Control compatible Sound Devices mixer/recorders remotely from your iOS device. View metering, manage recordings, edit metadata, and generate sound reports. Requires specific hardware for some models.
- Remote control of mixer/recorders
- View metering and timecode
- Start/stop recordings
- Edit metadata
- Arm/disarm and rename tracks
- Create and email sound reports
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Gain convenient remote control of your Sound Devices 688, 664, and 633 mixer/recorders plus MixPre and MixPre II Series recorders with Wingman, a free iOS-based application. Wingman provides clear views of metering and timecode display on the larger screens of iOS smartphones and tablets. The touchscreen interface is easy to use and provides fast remote-control access to key 6-Series and MixPre Series functionality. With Wingman, users can view meters, start and stop audio recordings, enter and edit metadata, as well as arm/disarm, and rename tracks. Additionally on the 6-Series, Circle a take or designate False takes with the touch of a fingertip. Create sound reports quickly, and instantly email them directly from your iPhone or iPad. The Sound Devices WM-Connect hardware accessory is required to operate the 6-Series mixer/recorders with the Wingman app. This accessory is not required for the MixPre Series which have built-in Bluetooth LE. WM-Connect can be purchased separately from an authorized Sound Devices reseller:
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sound Devices Wingman at 3.1 against Sony | Content Browser Mobile's 2.1. Sound Devices Wingman also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 15%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Sound Devices Wingman holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Sony | Content Browser Mobile's written reviews are positive against 32% of Sound Devices Wingman's.
Sony | Content Browser Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Sound Devices Wingman every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sony | Content Browser Mobile | Sound Devices Wingman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (30 ratings) | 3.1 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.6% of reviews | 32.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sony Corporation | Sound Devices, LLC |
Customer experience
Sony | Content Browser Mobile
Sound Devices Wingman
In-app purchases
Sony | Content Browser Mobile
No in-app purchases
Sound Devices Wingman
No in-app purchases
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