DriveRack PA2 Control vs Mackie Thump Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DriveRack PA2 Control
Control your PA2 hardware wirelessly from any location. This app optimizes and protects your loudspeakers by managing audio processing between your mixer and amplifiers.
- Wireless control via WiFi
- System setup from any location
- Loudspeaker optimization
- Loudspeaker protection
- Audio processing management
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The DriveRack® PA2 Control app is the ultimate way to control the PA2 hardware. The DriveRack® PA2 provides all the processing you need between your mixer and amplifiers to optimize and protect your loudspeakers. With the PA2 app you can control all aspects of the hardware through a network (WiFi) connection allowing you to setup system from any location. DriveRack® PA2 continues the DriveRack® legacy of great-sounding, powerful, and affordable loudspeaker management processors.
Mackie Thump Connect
This app provides wireless control for Mackie Thump Boosted loudspeakers, allowing adjustments to levels, EQ, speaker modes, and presets. It also offers a demo mode for exploring features without connected speakers.
- Wireless control of speaker levels
- 3-Band channel EQ and high-pass filter
- 6 application-specific speaker modes
- 10 user recallable mix presets
- Wireless speaker linking up to 100 meters
- Demo mode for feature exploration
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The Thump Connect™ app for Mackie Thump Boosted™ loudspeakers allows wireless control over everything from channel levels, EQ, speaker modes, user presets, speaker linking, and more. Haven't purchased Thump Boosted speakers but want to try the app? The Thump Connect app allows you to explore every feature and even emulate connected Thump Boosted loudspeakers in Demo Mode. CONTROL EVERYTHING • All input and master output levels • 3-Band channel EQ plus high-pass filter • 6 application specific speaker modes • Auto Connect and Auto Link options • 10 user recallable mix presets • Custom channel naming • Auto flip between landscape and portrait view • Monitor levels with high-resolution metering for channels and outputs SPEAKER LINKING • Wirelessly link Thump Boosted speakers together for music streaming applications plus complete control over the entire Thump Boosted system • Up to 100 meters of range between linked speakers • Stereo or dual zone linking modes Thump Connect requires Thump Boosted Loudspeakers for operation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mackie Thump Connect at 3.5 against DriveRack PA2 Control's 3.2. DriveRack PA2 Control's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (110 vs 31). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Mackie Thump Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 110 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of DriveRack PA2 Control's written reviews are positive against 29% of Mackie Thump Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DriveRack PA2 Control ships an update every 8 months, Mackie Thump Connect every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DriveRack PA2 Control | Mackie Thump Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (110 ratings) | 3.5 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Harman Professional, Inc. | Loud Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
DriveRack PA2 Control
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In-app purchases
DriveRack PA2 Control
No in-app purchases
Mackie Thump Connect
No in-app purchases
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