Eclipse Remote Control vs TotalMix Remote for iPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eclipse Remote Control
Control Eventide audio hardware remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Send key presses, adjust parameters with sliders, and load presets. Supports network MIDI over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
- Remote control for Eventide hardware
- Send key presses
- Adjust parameters with sliders
- Load presets
- Network MIDI over Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
- Display mirroring
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The Eclipse Remote Control app allows you to remotely control an Eventide Eclipse using either an iPhone or iPad running iOS 8 or above. Using an iPad you can also control the DSP4000, DSP4500, DSP7000, DSP7500, Orville, H8000 and H7600. Key-presses can be sent from the app to the Eventide device and the Eventide Device display is mirrored onto the apps display. 16 midi CC sliders can be set up for controlling the Eventide device. On the DSP Series, Orville series and H series there are also 8 onscreen sliders that can be used to control the 8 displayed parameters. (DSP4000 not supported). On the Eclipse using an iPad there is a selection screen for loading presets. The app supports network midi over WIFI or Bluetooth and uses Bonjour to find any network midi connections on the local network. The app also supports any Core Audio compliant midi interface connected to the device. The app supports landscape and portrait on the iPad. Portrait is not supported on the iPhone. Limitations: The Encoder on the Eventide devices is not supported due to limitations in the Eventide Sysex. The Screen display takes a time to be transferred to the app over midi, for an eclipse this takes around ½ a second, the other devices can take between 1 and 2 ½ seconds depending on the model. Updates using the onscreen controls or sliders are instant so you can hear the changes in real time, after you stop changing the control then the screen will be retrieved. There are some limitations in how the Eventide devices display is displayed in the app. For example if you are in the modulation setup and you have a source of an LFO, on the actual Device display you will see a bar-graph animating with the varying value, you will not see this on the app display. The reason for this is that the the screen data is transmitted over midi Sysex and this is too slow to show these sorts of animations.
TotalMix Remote for iPad
Control your RME audio interface's mixer and effects remotely from your iPad. This app connects wirelessly via TCP/IP to TotalMix FX software running on your Windows or Mac computer, offering similar functionality to the desktop version.
- Remote mixer control
- Effects software control
- Wireless TCP/IP connection
- iPad compatibility
- Low resource usage
- Similar to desktop version
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TotalMix Remote is a remote client for RME’s Windows/Mac software TotalMix FX 1.50 and up. It gives remote control over the audio interface’s mixer and effects software TotalMix FX that runs on the host computer. TotalMix Remote uses TCP/IP and therefore works on the iPad wirelessly in any network. *** This app works only with RME audio interfaces that are supported by TotalMix FX! *** TotalMix Remote runs on iPad2 or newer, and all iOS versions from 12.0 up, using only few resources. It does not process audio, but acts as remote control for a Windows/Mac computer which has an RME audio interface attached, and TotalMix FX v1.50 or up installed. The app is nearly identical to the desktop version of TotalMix FX, in features, operation, design and functionality. Some limitations apply. Please refer to the included help for details. The latest version of TotalMix FX is part of the audio interface's driver installation, available for download at http://www.rme-audio.de, section Download.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Eclipse Remote Control at 100% against TotalMix Remote for iPad's 53%. Eclipse Remote Control also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and device support (3 vs 1). TotalMix Remote for iPad's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
TotalMix Remote for iPad is free to download; Eclipse Remote Control costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eclipse Remote Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TotalMix Remote for iPad has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Eclipse Remote Control's written reviews are positive against 53% of TotalMix Remote for iPad's.
Eclipse Remote Control ships an update every 18 months, TotalMix Remote for iPad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eclipse Remote Control | TotalMix Remote for iPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ctrl Alt Delete Ltd. | RME GmbH |
Customer experience
Eclipse Remote Control
TotalMix Remote for iPad
In-app purchases
Eclipse Remote Control
No in-app purchases
TotalMix Remote for iPad
No in-app purchases
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