Comparison

Wireless Workbench Mobile vs Hyperlay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wireless Workbench Mobile

This app provides wireless control and monitoring for Shure wireless systems on the go. It offers frequency coordination, guided alerts, and real-time system data to help professionals manage their wireless setups efficiently from their mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Wireless control on the go
  • Frequency coordination on iOS
  • Guided alerts for troubleshooting
  • Real-time RF, battery, and audio data
  • Tag, color-label, and favorite channels
  • Wi-Fi or Ethernet connectivity
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ShurePlus Channels is now Wireless Workbench Mobile. Wireless Workbench Mobile puts wireless control in your hands, wherever the job takes you. Built for professionals on the move, the app replaces ShurePlus Channels with a sleeker interface and powerful new tools, including frequency coordination on iOS mobile devices and guided alerts. Whether on a walk test, working from a cart, or managing a live show, Wireless Workbench Mobile keeps you connected to your Shure Wireless and one step ahead. Wireless Workbench Mobile supports the following Shure devices: • Axient® Digital receivers • Axient® Digital PSM transmitters • ANX4 • SLX-D+ • SLX-D® • ULX-D® • QLX-D® • PSM®1000 Wireless Control, Always Within Reach: • Control your Shure wireless systems on the go with fast, intuitive mobile access. • Make quick, informed decisions with an interface that highlights key channel data. • Scan and assign clean frequencies on iOS using built-in coordination tools to simplify your setup. • Receive guided alerts that show precisely what’s wrong and how to fix it. • Tag, color-label, and favorite channels to match your unique workflow. • Connect over Wi-Fi or Ethernet for reliable performance in any environment. How It Works: Wireless Workbench Mobile connects to supported Shure Wireless, displaying essential RF, battery, and audio data in real time. The streamlined layout adapts to your workflow, enabling you to focus on what matters most. Scan and deploy frequencies, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot directly from your tablet or phone. Why It's Better: On the Go Coordination Find and deploy frequencies to your Shure Wireless from your iOS mobile device with the same trusted performance of Wireless Workbench desktop. Stay Ahead of Issues Real-time alerts flag potential problems and provide guidance to resolve them, keeping your production on track. Built for How You Work Designed for speed and precision, the focused interface supports fast decisions in live production environments.

About

Hyperlay

This app automates complex rigging calculations for live shows and productions. It generates markout lists, venue overlays, and detailed steel counts, saving time and reducing errors. Features include load distribution analysis and unit conversion for global use.

Highlights
  • Automated markout list generation
  • Zoomable venue overlay with heat map
  • Bridle assembly calculations
  • Automatic steel counting and export
  • Built-in distance, load, and bridle tools
  • Load distribution analysis
  • Units switcher (metric/imperial)
Features
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Hyperlay Enterprise is a rigging app that helps you automate calculations of various aspects needed in the pre-production and load-in phase of setting up a show…and much more. Hyperlay has already saved experienced riggers, productions and venues hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars setting up their shows. Hyperlay is built for riggers by riggers. Feature Highlights: - MARKOUT LIST: Creates a sorted markout list. X- and Y-coordinates are translated into US/DS and SL/SR and points are automatically grouped. Small tolerances are automatically filtered out, so all point within 50mm are grouped together. Minimize errors and time used for chalk out with this functionality. SR or SL points can be filtered out to make it possible for two riggers to chalk out on the same dataset on bigger productions. - OVERLAY: Hyperlay automatically creates a zoomable venue overlay with tappable points for your show. The overlay has an option to show the points with symbols as a default overlay, or as a heat map where heavy point loads are red and the lighter points are yellow. - BRIDLE CALCULATIONS Hyperlay can automatically creates individual bridle assemblies. The bridles are automatically calculated based on hook height or bridle drop. But the user can easy adjust the individual assemblies to their needs and the total steel count are updated instantly with every change you make. Hyperlay even utilizes the iPhone's gyroscope to orientate the bridle correctly within the venue to avoid wrong configurations. Accurate calculations gives increased safety and reduces load-in time of the production and needed WAH. - STEEL COUNTING Automatically count points and calculate the steel count of the entire setup including wires, chains, shackles, master links, and even burlaps. Available steels are selectable by the user. Steels are divided between 1- and 2ton equipment, displaying an individual steel counts for 1- and 2ton equipment. Link size of non standard deck chains can be adjusted to maintain accurate calculations on that type of equipment. You can even export your steel count as a PDF. - BUILT-IN UTILITIES: Need to measure the distance between two objects in the Overlay? Hyperlay lets do that with just a couple of taps! Select the Tools in the Overlay tab and select the "Distance Tool". Other built-in tools includes a "Load Tool" (to view combined load on a point/beam) and a "Bridle Tool" (lets you attach legs of a bridge to another beam). - LOAD DISTRIBUTION Automatically calculates load distribution to the roof structure. Forces are summed on all objects in the load path. To display the combined load on a beam or a secondary steel, simply tap on it in the overlay. - UNITS SWITCHER Switch at any time between meters, millimeters, feet, inches, kilograms, pounds, kilo-newton and tons. From any location in the app. - PROJECT SHARING Hyperlay enhances your workflow by allowing you to share your project with your rigging team. Project files can shared via cloud services like iCloud/Dropbox, or via email. Files can even be shared when you are not on a network using AirDrop. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@hyperlay.dk.

Screenshots

Wireless Workbench Mobile4 screens
Hyperlay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wireless Workbench Mobile at 4.4 against Hyperlay's 3.0. Wireless Workbench Mobile also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 2). Hyperlay's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (50% vs 31%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wireless Workbench Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wireless Workbench Mobile has 48 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Wireless Workbench Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hyperlay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wireless Workbench Mobile ships an update every 4 months, Hyperlay every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wireless Workbench Mobile versus Hyperlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWireless Workbench MobileHyperlay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (48 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews31.5% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShureDrop APS

Customer experience

Wireless Workbench Mobile

All ratings47 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive31.5%
Neutral16.7%
Negative51.9%

Hyperlay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wireless Workbench Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Hyperlay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wireless Workbench Mobile free?
Wireless Workbench Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hyperlay free?
Hyperlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wireless Workbench Mobile or Hyperlay?
Wireless Workbench Mobile is rated higher. Wireless Workbench Mobile averages 4.4 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Hyperlay averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Wireless Workbench Mobile or Hyperlay have ads?
Neither Wireless Workbench Mobile nor Hyperlay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wireless Workbench Mobile or Hyperlay?
Wireless Workbench Mobile ships an update every 4 months, and Hyperlay every 3 months. Most recently, Wireless Workbench Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hyperlay on October 24, 2026.

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