Mix Stream solves a specific problem in mobile mixing: you finish a session on studio monitors, but you need to know how the mix translates to phone speakers before calling it done. The traditional route — bounce to MP3, AirDrop, find it in Files, hit play — breaks the flow every time you make a change. Mix Stream replaces that with a real-time stream from your Mac to your iPhone or iPad over Wi-Fi, so you hear your DAW’s output on the phone the moment you hit play. From the same developer as ZOA and AutoPad.
The setup is two parts: a lightweight Mac menu bar utility and an iOS receiver app. You open Mix Stream on the Mac, select your iPhone from the detected device list, grant one-time permission on the phone, and it’s running. Auto-reconnect picks up trusted devices instantly on subsequent opens. Because it runs over local Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth, you avoid Bluetooth’s distance limits and the latency associated with screen-mirroring audio. The stream carries all Mac system audio — Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Spotify, anything playing through the Mac — so referencing works whether you’re checking a rough mix or a mastered file. Multiple devices can receive the stream simultaneously, which is useful if a client wants to monitor on their own headphones while you work.
Key features:
- Real-time Mac system audio stream to iPhone or iPad over local Wi-Fi
- Mac menu bar utility plus iOS receiver app
- Auto-reconnect — trusted devices detected instantly on launch
- Multi-device streaming for client monitoring
- Streams all Mac system audio regardless of source application
- Requires iOS 18.2+, macOS 14.8+, same local Wi-Fi network
- Apple Vision Pro supported (visionOS 2.2+)
App price: $4.99 (intro price until May 7, 2026; regular price $8.99).
No in-app purchases, no subscription.
