Mackie Connect vs STAGEPAS Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mackie Connect
This application offers wireless control for Mackie PA systems, allowing adjustments to levels, EQ, and effects directly from your device. It enables users to fine-tune their audio mix, apply EQ and FX, and even utilize a feedback destroyer. A demo mode is available to explore software features before purchasing compatible hardware.
- Wireless PA system control
- Adjust levels, EQ, and FX
- Intuitive multi-touch interface
- Input/output metering
- Built-in feedback destroyer
- User voicing modes
- Demo mode available
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mackie Connect™ provides complete wireless control over your Mackie FreePlay™ Personal PA or Mackie Reach™ Professional PA System – allowing for adjustments of levels, EQ, FX and more – all right from your mic stand, podium or pocket. Mackie Connect v2.0 also allows you to demo the software before deciding to buy a Mackie FreePlay or Reach! Features: * Intuitive multi-touch control over every mix function * Grow and Glow™ clearly shows controls being adjusted * Mixer view allows fast adjustment of channel controls including level and mute, while also providing full input/output metering * Channel view gives control over 3-band EQ and FX send level * System view provides control over additional features, like 4 different user voicing modes and a built-in Feedback Destroyer * Three memory locations for instant venue setting recall (Mackie Reach only) Requirements: * Supports iOS 8.0 and later * Supports iPhone 6+, iPhone 6, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPad (4th generation), iPad (3rd generation), iPad 2, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini, iPod Touch (5th generation) * Mackie Connect does not mix audio on its own; it requires a Mackie FreePlay or Reach to fully function
STAGEPAS Editor
Control your sound system remotely during rehearsals or performances. Adjust volume and EQ settings, and save configurations for different songs to streamline setup and ensure consistent audio quality.
- Remote volume control
- Remote EQ adjustment
- Save custom settings
- Streamlined setup
- Consistent performance audio
Read full descriptionHide full description
STAGEPAS Editor is STAGEPAS 1K’s dedicated remote control application that allows users to adjust volume and EQ at a distance via this application during rehearsal or performance. You can also save the adjusted settings for certain songs or applications in order to shorten your setup process in the future and maintain consistency from one performance to the next.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mackie Connect at 2.1 against STAGEPAS Editor's 1.5. Mackie Connect also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 7%). On price, ratings volume, 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 Connect holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Mackie Connect's written reviews are positive against 7% of STAGEPAS Editor's.
Mackie Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, STAGEPAS Editor every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mackie Connect | STAGEPAS Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (24 ratings) — better | 1.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loud Technologies, Inc. | Yamaha Corporation |
Customer experience
Mackie Connect
STAGEPAS Editor
In-app purchases
Mackie Connect
No in-app purchases
STAGEPAS Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mackie Connect free?
Is STAGEPAS Editor free?
Which has better reviews, Mackie Connect or STAGEPAS Editor?
Do Mackie Connect or STAGEPAS Editor have ads?
Which is updated more often, Mackie Connect or STAGEPAS Editor?
Other comparisons
