Mackie Connect vs DriveRack VENU360 Control
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
DriveRack VENU360 Control
Control your VENU360 hardware remotely with this app. It offers comprehensive management for your loudspeakers, optimizing sound and protecting your equipment. Features advanced algorithms and Ethernet control for a seamless audio experience.
- Remote VENU360 hardware control
- Loudspeaker processing and optimization
- Protection for loudspeakers
- Advanced AutoEQ and AFS algorithms
- Ethernet control via iOS/Mac
- Updated setup wizards
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The DriveRack® VENU360 Control app is the ultimate way to control the VENU360 hardware. The all-new DriveRack VENU360 provides all the processing and flexibility you need between your mixer and amplifiers to optimize and protect your loudspeakers. dbx took the dominant DriveRack 260, improved its features, and added more. The result is dbx’s first-ever, 3 input, 6 output Loudspeaker Management processor. With the latest advancements in dbx’s proprietary AutoEQ™ and AFS™ algorithms, additional input channels, ethernet control via an iOS®, or Mac® device, and updated wizards, the DriveRack VENU360 continues the DriveRack legacy of great-sounding, powerful, and affordable loudspeaker management processors, for a whole new generation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mackie Connect at 2.1 against DriveRack VENU360 Control's 1.8. Mackie Connect also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 13%). DriveRack VENU360 Control's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 24). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 75 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Mackie Connect's written reviews are positive against 13% of DriveRack VENU360 Control's.
Mackie Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, DriveRack VENU360 Control every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mackie Connect | DriveRack VENU360 Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (24 ratings) — better | 1.8 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loud Technologies, Inc. | Harman Professional, Inc. |
Customer experience
Mackie Connect
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In-app purchases
Mackie Connect
No in-app purchases
DriveRack VENU360 Control
No in-app purchases
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