Comparison

RMS Mix vs Stage Write

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

Head to head
About

RMS Mix

This app allows users to access and manage live theatre music resources on their mobile devices. It provides high-quality multitrack audio playback, intuitive mixing controls, and convenient navigation for musical productions.

Highlights
  • High-quality multitrack audio (up to 16 channels)
  • Intuitive mix controls
  • Convenient part organization
  • Arbitrary vamp control
  • Bar-by-bar music navigation
  • Customizable reverb engine
  • Unlimited show file downloads
Features
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This app is to be used in conjunction with live theatre resources offered through Realtime Music Solutions - including: * Sinfonia (OrchExtra, InstrumentalEase) * RMS Coach (AccompanEase) * RMS Mix With this app, you can take content developed and edited with any of the above on the go, on your iPhone or iPad. Features include: * High quality multitrack audio, up to 16 channels, 8 stereo tracks. * Intuitive mix controls. * Convenient part organization and separation, allows you to focus on what you need. * Arbitrary vamp control. * Bar by bar music navigation. * Customizable reverb engine. * Unlimited downloads of all show files associated with your production. If you've been using these resources for years, you now have an amazing and powerful new extension to the capabilities! If you're new to these technologies, you've got a new reason to give it a try! Check out why so many theaters and schools around the world won't do a show without them!

About

Stage Write

This app helps capture and organize theatrical staging, blocking, and cues. It allows users to import ground plans and scripts, track performer and scenery movement, and create a calling script. Collaboration and cross-device syncing are also supported.

Highlights
  • Import scenic ground plans
  • Import script PDFs
  • Add light, sound, and blocking cues
  • Track performer and scenery movement
  • Collaborate and sync across devices
  • Create calling scripts
  • Document choreography with Staging Score
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Stage Write is the best method to capture choreography, staging blocking for theatrical productions of all sizes. Upload the ground plans and scenery and track the positions, movement of performers and scenery throughout the production. Create your calling script by uploading your script and easily entering cues and notes. Stage Write allows you to add collaborators to your production and share/sync data seamlessly between you and your team and sync across devices. Features: - Import scenic ground plan (or draw your own) - Import script PDF to your production. - Easily add light cues, sound cues, blocking notes into the script. - Track the movement of performers, scenery, and props. - Use your iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to freehand draw traffic patterns and movement of performers, scenery. - Link spacing charts to portions of the script. - Add collaborators to easily edit and sync across devices. - Create a Calling Script showing the blocking and cues at-a-glance. - Work on or off-line and sync data across devices. - Sync data automatically to other collaborators - Create custom number line - Detail choreography and staging with The Staging Score. - Create PDF of combined charts and script or score to easily print. - Document choreography aligned with the counts in the music.

Screenshots

RMS Mix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RMS Mix at 5.0 against Stage Write's 3.5. RMS Mix also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

RMS Mix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of RMS Mix's written reviews are positive against 62% of Stage Write's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RMS Mix ships an update fortnightly, Stage Write every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RMS Mix versus Stage Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRMS MixStage Write
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better3.5 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings714 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRealtime Music Solutions, LLCOpen Jar Productions LLC

Customer experience

RMS Mix

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%

Stage Write

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

None

RMS Mix

No in-app purchases

None

Stage Write

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RMS Mix free?
RMS Mix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stage Write free?
Stage Write is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RMS Mix or Stage Write?
RMS Mix is rated higher. RMS Mix averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Stage Write averages 3.5 from 14 ratings.
Do RMS Mix or Stage Write have ads?
Neither RMS Mix nor Stage Write shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RMS Mix or Stage Write?
RMS Mix ships an update fortnightly, and Stage Write every 3 weeks. Most recently, RMS Mix was updated on June 11, 2026 and Stage Write on August 9, 2026.

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