DriveRack PA2 Control vs Custom Sound
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.
Custom Sound
This application allows users to control IP Speakers and Wifi Speakers by adjusting various audio parameters. It offers features like frequency and gain adjustment, filter type selection, and the ability to save custom presets for personalized sound experiences.
- Adjust frequency, gain, and q factor
- Select filter types
- Adjust input gain
- Save current presets
- Automatic device search
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Custom Sound is the updated version of CS-EQ is used to control IP Speakers and Wifi Speakers. Features: 1.Adjust frequency, gain, q factor , filter type and other parameters of eq 2.Adjust input gain 3. Save current preset. 4.Search device automatically. 5.Apply to iOS 6.0 and later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Custom Sound at 5.0 against DriveRack PA2 Control's 3.1. Custom Sound also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). DriveRack PA2 Control's advantage is ratings volume (109 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Custom Sound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DriveRack PA2 Control has 109 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DriveRack PA2 Control ships an update every 8 months, Custom Sound every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DriveRack PA2 Control | Custom Sound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (109 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Harman Professional, Inc. | SEIKAKU |
Customer experience
DriveRack PA2 Control
Custom Sound
In-app purchases
DriveRack PA2 Control
No in-app purchases
Custom Sound
No in-app purchases
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