DriveRack PA2 Control vs Qu
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.
Qu
This app offers personalized monitor mixing for musicians on stage. It allows individual control over monitor mixes using a mobile device, connecting wirelessly to compatible digital mixers. Users can customize source assignments, levels, EQ, and compression for their monitor mix.
- Personalized monitor mix control
- Wireless connection to Qu mixers
- Customizable source selection
- Level, pan, and EQ control
- Create 'Me' group for quick access
- View channel names and meters
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This version is for Qu mixers running V1.9* firmware. Qu-You is a personal monitor mixing app for the Qu mixer giving you customised control of a monitor mix on stage using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It connects wirelessly to a Qu-16, Qu-24, Qu-32, Qu-SB or Qu-Pac mixer via an attached router or access point. The Qu range supports simultaneous connection of up to 8 iOS devices with up to two of these running Qu-Pad (for complete control of the mixer) and the rest running Qu-Control or Qu-You apps, all of which are available free from the Apple Store. Qu-You lets you: - Choose a monitor mix (Qu Mix 1-10, and Grp1-8 if in mix mode) - Assign which sources to control (Channels, FX returns, Groups) - View channels numbers, names and meters - Assign up to 4 groups of sources to level trim wheels - Create a 'Me' group for quick control of your own channels - Name each group - Control the mix master level and mute - Control the mix master PEQ, Graphic EQ and Compressor - Control the mix send levels and pan - Lock the mix and/or processing (to prevent user error) - Use a login password if one is set at the Qu mixer Please note that Qu-You is for remote control of a single mix in the console and does not pass audio. Requirements: An Allen & Heath Qu-16, Qu-24, Qu-32, Qu-SB or Qu-Pac mixing console running V1.9* version firmware, with a wireless router (wireless access point) connected to its Network port. The Qu mixer firmware and Qu-You app maintenance version numbers ‘*’ do not need to be identical, for example Qu-You V1.93 can connect to a Qu mixer running firmware V1.96. Refer to the Allen & Heath web site for more information and to download the latest Qu mixer firmware.
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Verdict
DriveRack PA2 Control and Qu are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for DriveRack PA2 Control against 3.1 for Qu. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 109 and 37 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of DriveRack PA2 Control's written reviews are positive against 37% of Qu's.
DriveRack PA2 Control ships an update every 8 months, Qu every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | DriveRack PA2 Control | Qu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (109 ratings) — better | 3.1 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | 36.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 37 |
| 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 | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Harman Professional, Inc. | Allen & Heath Limited |
Customer experience
DriveRack PA2 Control
Qu
In-app purchases
DriveRack PA2 Control
No in-app purchases
Qu
No in-app purchases









