TouchMix vs SID3KICK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TouchMix
This app provides wireless remote control for QSC TouchMix digital sound reinforcement mixers. It allows for independent control of mixer functions on an iPad or iPhone, offering features like channel processing, real-time analysis, and multi-track recording control.
- Wireless mixer control
- Input channel processing
- Output channel processing
- Real Time Analyzer (RTA)
- Personal stage monitor mix
- Multi-track recorder control
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TouchMix-8/16 Control is an app for iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and iPod touch that provides wireless control of QSC TouchMix-8 and TouchMix-16 digital sound reinforcement mixers. Visit http://www.qsc.com for more information. The app is not intended to perform any audio mixing or processing tasks on its own. When run on the iPad and iPad mini, the TouchMix Control app closely follows the operational paradigm of the mixers. The iPad and the mixer GUI operate independently so it is possible for the iPad to act as an additional user interface that can display and control a set of functions completely different from those being controlled by the mixer’s screen and hardware. An alternate operation mode – Follow Mixer – is also available. With Follow Mixer engaged, the iPad follows the fader selection on the mixer. Touch a fader on the mixer and the iPad will display that channel’s Overview, EQ, Compressor, Sends or Gate screen. Touch a parameter on the iPad and the mixer’s rotary control will adjust it – or just drag on the iPad screen. When used without an actual TouchMix, the app acts as a demonstration of the mixer GUI and functionality but does not control audio in any way. On the iPhone, the TouchMix Control app functions as a personal stage monitor mix control with the option to also remotely operate the mixer’s record and playback features as well as programmable user buttons. To prevent inadvertent adjustment of controls, the mixer operator may allow or restrict access to selected functions on a per-device basis. Features - Input channel processing (4-band PEQ, variable high & Low-cut filters, gates, compressor) - Output channel processing (1/3 octave GEQ, 6-band PEQ, variable high & Low-cut filters, anti-feedback filters and wizard, delay) - Real Time Analyzer (RTA) - Select Simple or Advanced mode - Displays channel and output level meters - Channel and output levels - Effects and aux (monitor) send levels - Select input presets from extensive library - Select and control 4 simultaneous effects - Input and output mutes and cues - Configure and control DCA and Mute groups - Multi-track recorder arm, playback and transport - Includes TouchMix Info system, built-in reference guide. - And more Requirements - iPad, iPad mini, iPhone, iPod touch running iOS 16.5 or later. - QSC TouchMix-8 or TouchMix-16 with version 3.0 or higher firmware installed. - QSC TouchMix-8 or TouchMix-16 with supplied Wi-Fi adaptor installed or connected to a network via USB-to-Ethernet adaptor. - Note that controlling a mixer with multiple iOS devices running different versions of the app is not recommended. - QSC, LLC Website TouchMix Support Application License Agreement.
SID3KICK
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SID3KICK records what you say out loud, transcribes it, and turns it into notes you can search and question later. Speech recognition runs on the device. Recordings, transcripts and summaries are stored on the device. There is no account, no sign-in, and no server of ours involved. HOW IT WORKS Tap the mic on Home and talk. SID3KICK captures the audio, transcribes it, writes a summary, pulls out the action items it heard, and flags dates and appointments so you can add them to your calendar in one tap. SIX TABS Home: a record button that pulses with the level of your voice, an elapsed-time readout, and your latest captures. Ask: put a question to everything you have recorded. Ask what you said about the lease last week and it answers across every stored transcript and summary, using the date, time and place each capture was tagged with. To-dos: action items pulled from what was actually said, split into open and done, plus anything you add by hand. Tap one to jump back to the recording it came from. Days: a written digest of a day with that day's action items appended as a checklist, generated when you ask for it. Recordings: every capture with status, duration and playback. Open one for the transcript, the summary, the events it found, the place it was recorded, and the original audio. Settings: all of the above, spelled out in plain language. TRANSCRIPTION, YOUR CHOICE On device: Apple's speech recognizer with on-device recognition forced on. No key, no account, no network, and the audio never leaves the phone. Cloud: OpenAI speech-to-text with your own API key, when you want that accuracy instead. AI: YOUR PROVIDER, YOUR KEY Summaries, action items, event extraction, daily digests and the Ask tab run through whichever provider you set in Settings: OpenAI, Anthropic, an Ollama or LM Studio instance on your own network, or any endpoint that speaks the OpenAI chat-completions API. You paste your own key or base URL. Nothing is sent to any of them until you configure one, and pointing the app at a local model keeps every byte inside your network. AI usage is billed to you by the provider you choose. SID3KICK logs every call it makes: provider, model, input and output tokens, audio seconds and the computed cost, with all-time, today and this-month totals, a price table you can edit, and $0 against local engines. WHERE YOUR DATA GOES No accounts. No analytics. No crash reporting. No ads. No tracking SDKs. There is no SID3KICK server for your data to sit on. Apart from turning coordinates into a place name, which asks the system geocoder and only when location tagging is on, every network destination is one you typed into Settings yourself. Location tagging starts in its low-power mode, which keeps the place name while blurring coordinates to roughly a kilometre, and you can switch it off entirely. MAKE IT YOURS Dark and light, each with five accent colours, plus a retro sci-fi console theme that keeps its own signature palette. Rename the assistant and the new name is used throughout the app. The layout adapts from iPhone SE to iPad and holds together at 200% text size. HONEST LIMITS Summaries, digests and the Ask tab need an AI provider configured. Recording, playback and on-device transcription work with nothing configured at all. Recording laws differ by place. Some require every participant's consent, others only yours. You are responsible for recording lawfully wherever you are. Privacy policy: https://sid3kick.app/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ sid3kick.app - by codedatda.casa
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SID3KICK at every 3 days against TouchMix's every 3 months. TouchMix's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
TouchMix ships an update every 3 months, SID3KICK every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TouchMix | SID3KICK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (64 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSC Audio Products, LLC. | Codedatda.casa |
Bugs and requests
TouchMix
Reported bugs
11 issues- iPad/iPhone not connecting
- Mute buttons grayed out
- Cannot click OK on pop-ups
- YES button missing on pop-ups
- App crashes on exit/re-entry
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- Controls disabled after iOS 17 update
- Faders grayed out/unmovable
- Lost control of aux master
- App crashes on load
- MP3 playback issue (single mode)
- Incorrect language in help menu
Requested features
10 requests- Layer 3 connectivity (hostname/IP)
- Make iPhone app more useful
- Split View on iPad
- Control AUX sends
- Channel color and icons
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- Android app improvements
- Aux mute button
- Scaled-back version for musicians
- Italian language support
- Dark mode option
SID3KICK
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TouchMix
No in-app purchases
SID3KICK
No in-app purchases








