Sony | Content Browser Mobile vs Dracast DRX
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
Dracast DRX
This app offers wireless Bluetooth control for compatible lighting equipment. Adjust brightness, color temperature, RGB, and access preset color gels and special lighting effects. Manage lights individually or in groups for versatile scene creation.
- Wireless Bluetooth control
- Dimming and color temperature adjustment
- Full-spectrum RGB control
- Color gel presets
- Lighting effects control
- Individual and group light management
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Dracast DRX v1.1, provides wireless control via bluetooth for Dracast X-Series lights. Control dimming, color temperature, lighting effects, full-spectrum RGB, and color gel presets. * Lights can be controlled individually or in assigned groups. * Lighting effects can be controlled and modified within the app. * Full-spectrum RGB can be controlled via color picker or HSI sliders. * CCT can be adjusted in the 3200K - 5600K range or 2800K - 8000K range * Special effects included in the DRX app: Color Chase, Lightning, Cop Car, Paparrazzi, Strobe, Fireworks, Pulsing, Explosion, Television, and Fire
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dracast DRX at 100% against Sony | Content Browser Mobile's 15%. Dracast DRX also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 18.0). Sony | Content Browser Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Dracast DRX holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sony | Content Browser Mobile has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Sony | Content Browser Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dracast DRX's.
Sony | Content Browser Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Dracast DRX every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sony | Content Browser Mobile | Dracast DRX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (30 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sony Corporation | Draco Broadcast Inc |
Customer experience
Sony | Content Browser Mobile
Dracast DRX
In-app purchases
Sony | Content Browser Mobile
No in-app purchases
Dracast DRX
No in-app purchases
Questions
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