DriveRack VENU360 Control vs Arc Lighting Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Arc Lighting Control
Control lighting cues remotely using network MIDI protocol. This app allows users to import cue libraries, play and release specific cue lists, and search for desired cues. It requires an iOS device and compatible lighting control hardware.
- Import cue libraries
- Play and release cue lists
- Play specific cues
- Search for cue lists
- Network MIDI control
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Arc Lighting Control is a new app available for iOS devices that plays cue lists via network midi protocol on Chroma Q Vista. Key Features- Import Cue Libraries Play and Release Cue Lists Play specific cues Search for cue lists Requirements- iOS, Chroma Q Vista 3, network access, MacOS10.12-12.x, Windows 10/11
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DriveRack VENU360 Control at Free against Arc Lighting Control's $4.99. DriveRack VENU360 Control also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (75 vs 3). Arc Lighting Control's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 1.8). On 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
DriveRack VENU360 Control is free to download; Arc Lighting Control costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Arc Lighting Control holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DriveRack VENU360 Control has 75 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DriveRack VENU360 Control ships an update every 6 months, Arc Lighting Control every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DriveRack VENU360 Control | Arc Lighting Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 1.8 (75 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harman Professional, Inc. | Robert Sanders |
Customer experience
DriveRack VENU360 Control
Arc Lighting Control
In-app purchases
DriveRack VENU360 Control
No in-app purchases
Arc Lighting Control
No in-app purchases
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