Mackie Connect vs STAGEPAS Controller
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
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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 Controller
Remotely control your portable PA system's volume and EQ settings via Bluetooth. Save custom presets for songs or applications to streamline setup and ensure consistent sound. Manage multiple units simultaneously for complex setups.
- Bluetooth remote control
- Volume adjustment
- 1-knob EQ
- 4-band PEQ
- Save custom settings
- Multi-unit control
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STAGEPAS Controller is a dedicated remote control application for the STAGEPAS 1K mkII and STAGEPAS 200 that allows users to adjust volume and 1-knob EQ or 4-band PEQ via Bluetooth 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, and even control the volume of multiple STAGEPAS 1K mkII and STAGEPAS 200 units from within the application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mackie Connect at every 6 weeks against STAGEPAS Controller's every 5 months. Mackie Connect also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 16%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for Mackie Connect against 2.1 for STAGEPAS Controller. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Mackie Connect's written reviews are positive against 16% of STAGEPAS Controller's.
Mackie Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, STAGEPAS Controller every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mackie Connect | STAGEPAS Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (24 ratings) | 2.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 15.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 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 | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Loud Technologies, Inc. | Yamaha Corporation |
Customer experience
Mackie Connect
STAGEPAS Controller
In-app purchases
Mackie Connect
No in-app purchases
STAGEPAS Controller
No in-app purchases
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