# Boom Remote

> Wireless remote control for Mac audio booster and media apps. (iPhone/iPad app by Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boom-remote/id989780581 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/307372311)
- Category: Entertainment, Music
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.90/5 from 29 App Store ratings · 193 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: Korean, Dutch, German (Germany), Russian, European Spanish, American English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) and 2 more
- Released: 2015-06-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-13
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boom-remote/id989780581/reviews.md

## What is Boom Remote?

The Boom Remote is a companion app for Boom 2 and Boom 3D, the most popular system-wide audio booster for Mac. With the Boom Remote on your iPhone or iPad (iOS 9 and later), you get to wirelessly control your favorite Boom 2 and Boom 3D features in addition to other well known Mac apps like Spotify, VLC, QuickTime and iTunes. Simply connect your iPhone or iPad to the same WiFi network as your Mac and watch the magic unfold!

This remote gives you the convenience of being able to wirelessly change the volume, toggle equalizers and effects as well as control playback on other Mac media apps from anywhere in your home. The best part is that you only need to have Boom 3D installed on your Mac for you to enjoy these features from the comfort of your seat.

The Boom Remote can:

•	 Control Boom's volume as well as your Mac's default volume
•	 Change Boom's Equalizers and Effects
•	 Access playback controls of Spotify, VLC, QuickTime and iTunes on your Mac

This app is perfect for when you’re away from your Mac and watching a movie, playing and changing tracks and just about any other situation where you simply want to wirelessly control your favorite Boom features.


Note: Boom Remote runs only when paired with Boom 2 (v1.2.1) and later and Boom 3D (V1.1) and later on the Mac.

*** Boom 3D is an audio app for Mac (10.10.3 and later) that enhances any audio to make it sound much more optimized. With an intelligent algorithm, Boom 3D personalizes audio to perfectly fit the type of Mac in use; be it the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac etc. Please search for Boom 3D on the Mac App Store for more details ***

## Key features

- Wireless volume control
- Equalizer and effects adjustment
- Media playback control
- Control Mac system volume
- Remote control for popular Mac apps

## What do users think of Boom Remote?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Seamless pairing
- 👍 Controls Boom 3D volume
- 👍 Controls app volume (Spotify)
- 👍 EQ settings adjustment
- 👍 Effects adjustment (3D, Fidelity)
- 👍 Mute button included
- 👍 Works in background
- 👍 Great companion app
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Solves remote control problem
- 👍 Simple volume adjustment
- 👍 Works great
- 👍 Amazing audio experience
- 👍 Super convenient
- 👍 Works brilliantly
- 👍 Control music remotely
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Remote control is fun
- 👍 Makes music come alive
- 👍 Adds amazing sound fidelity
- 👍 Flawless connection
- 👍 Great sound quality
- 👍 Makes streamed audio warm and clear
- 👍 Beautiful interface
- 👍 Great tool

**Cons**

- 🐛 Immense lag
- 🐛 Locks up computer audio
- 🐛 Overrides Mac controls
- 🐛 Volume locked high
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Can't connect phone to Mac
- 🐛 Connection lost occasionally
- 🐛 Uninstall/reinstall needed
- 🐛 No EQ custom presets
- 🐛 Boom 3D not running system-wide
- 🐛 App quits on launch
- 🐛 Difficulty connecting
- 🐛 Can't control playback (start, pause, next)
- 🐛 Permission issues (automation/accessibility)
- 🐛 Doesn't connect to Windows PC
- 🐛 Freezes Boom 3D
- 🐛 Rainbow wheel of horrors
- 🐛 Disconnecting immediately
- 🐛 Refused connection
- 🐛 Doesn't work on High Sierra
- 🐛 Can't see MBP on iPhone
- 🐛 No response to support emails
- 🐛 Crashes instantly
- 🐛 Doesn't work on iPads
- 🐛 Blew Mac's speaker
- 🐛 Doesn't connect to iPhone/iPad
- 🐛 Incompatible versions
- 🐛 Horrid sound quality
- 🐛 Distorting sound
- 🐛 Stops working after driver install
- 🐛 Doesn't find device
- 🐛 App tells to update Boom 2
- 🐛 Remote doesn't connect
- 🐛 Doesn't work with App Store version
- 🐛 No system-wide volume control
- 🐛 App Store version issues
- 🐛 Connection times out
- 🐛 Doesn't stay connected in background
- 🐛 Disconnects when phone locked
- 🐛 Released too soon
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Connection declined
- 🐛 Useless
- 🐛 Not safe (burn speakers)
- 🐛 Confusing
- 🐛 Needs better preset switching
- 🐛 App doesn't connect to wifi
- 🐛 No devices found
- 🐛 Complete waste of space
- 🐛 Remote control feature doesn't work
- 🐛 Says nothing connected
- 🐛 Sometimes connect broken
- 🐛 Can't write review from App Store
- 🐛 Can't watch anything without headphones/external speakers
- 🐛 Remote is useless
- 🐛 Doesn't work on iPhone or iPad
- 🐛 Why not OS 7?
- 🐛 Fix connection problem
- 🐛 App title truncated
- 🐛 Never connects
- 🐛 Criteria satisfied but no device found
- 🐛 Doesn't look good truncated
- 🐛 Doesn't work with Boom2 Apple Store version
- 🐛 Needs a lot of work
- 🐛 Does not work in background mode
- 🐛 Inconsistent operation
- 🐛 Needs version for iPhone
- 🐛 Compound with horrible customer service
- 🐛 Can't find a single time I would use this
- 🐛 Multitasking issue on phone
- 🐛 Connection declined
- 🐛 Doesn't work on iPhone or iPad
- 🐛 Doesn't work with Boom2 Apple Store version
- 🐛 Needs better preset switching
- 🐛 App doesn't connect to wifi
- 🐛 No devices found
- 🐛 Complete waste of space
- 🐛 Remote control feature doesn't work
- 🐛 Says nothing connected
- 🐛 Sometimes connect broken
- 🐛 Can't write review from App Store
- 🐛 Doesn't work on iPhone or iPad
- 🐛 Why not OS 7?
- 🐛 Fix connection problem
- 🐛 App title truncated
- 🐛 Never connects
- 🐛 Criteria satisfied but no device found
- 🐛 Doesn't look good truncated
- 🐛 Doesn't work with Boom2 Apple Store version
- 🐛 Needs a lot of work
- 🐛 Does not work in background mode
- 🐛 Inconsistent operation
- 🐛 Needs version for iPhone
- 🐛 Compound with horrible customer service
- 🐛 Can't find a single time I would use this
- 🐛 Multitasking issue on phone
- 🐛 Connection declined

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App paired seamlessly but immense lag
- App locked up computer audio
- App overrode Mac controls
- MacBook locked at louder setting
- Connection between app and client gets lost
- Boom3D not running system wide
- Application starts to open then abruptly quits
- Difficulty connecting to MacBook Air when streaming
- iPhone SE, MacBook Pro 16” 2019: only volume up/down works
- Permission to control Mac not found in Automation
- Updated Boom 3D on Mac, can't find or pair
- Boom Remote freezes and shows rainbow wheel
- Keeps disconnecting immediately from computer
- Computer refused connection
- Doesn't work with Sierra
- Doesn't work on High Sierra
- Can't see MBP running High Sierra
- Doesn't work with MBP with High Sierra
- Won't find Mac with High Sierra
- Boom 2 freezes and shows rainbow wheel
- Boom 2 remote does not work
- Boom 2 and iPhone app don't talk
- Remote version 1.2 incompatible with Mac version 1.5
- Messages: 'update boom 2 on your Mac, no device found'
- Boom2 takes over Mac's audio settings on launch
- Boom 2 sound generator ceases and leaves frequency response looking like Himalayas
- Boom 2 made Mac's audio sound dreadful
- Boom 2 audio driver installed, remote stopped working
- Doesn't seem to find the device within the app
- App won't work, won't find device
- Remote doesn't connect to Mac
- App tells to update Boom 2 on Mac
- Remote control feature simply doesn't work
- Says nothing connected
- Sometimes connect broken
- Can't write review from App Store
- Doesn't work with App Store version of Boom2
- No system-wide volume control
- App Store version issues
- Connection times out as soon as cell's screen dims
- No device found on iPhone 6 and iPad 3
- App only works when active app on iPhone
- Disconnects if home button pressed
- Disconnects if screen turned off
- Doesn't work in background mode
- Inconsistent operation
- Hoping for iPhone version, huge let down
- Released too soon, buggy
- Connection declined
- Remote finds computer but won't connect
- Doesn't work on iPhone or iPad
- App literally never connects to Boom on Mac
- Connection times out as soon as cell's screen dims
- No device found on iPhone 6 and iPad 3
- App only works when active app on iPhone
- Disconnects if home button pressed
- Disconnects if screen turned off
- Doesn't work in background mode
- Inconsistent operation
- Needs version for iPhone
- Compound with horrible customer service
- Can't find a single time I would use this
- Multitasking issue on phone
- Connection declined

**Most requested features**

- Reset connection from within the app
- More than 31 frequencies for advanced EQ
- Support for Windows PC
- Port to Apple Watch
- Phone audio for bathroom breaks
- Support for Plex Player
- Spotify control
- Custom EQ everywhere
- Background operation on iPhone
- Improve preset switching
- System-wide volume control
- More features beyond volume/EQ
- Update Boom 2 on App Store for Mac
- Add Spotify control

## Recent user reviews (10 of 193)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boom-remote/id989780581/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Flashing Lights That Are Unable to Be Disabled

*2026-04-08*

While this app functions well enough, the inability to turn off the flashing light visualizations that respond to the music is a hazard to anyone at risk of light-triggered seizures.

### 1/5 — Completely unusable.

*2024-10-25*

I was excited to download this as Boom 3D has been awesome for years but this app is insane. It paired seamlessly but when I tried to use it to control things there was immense lag and then it locked up, locking up my computer audio as well. I would change the level on my laptop and it would jump back to where this app’s screen was frozen at. I then tried swiping up and down quickly and after a few seconds it unfroze and began to swipe wildly without me touching it, again overriding the controls on my MacBook. I quit the app to get it to stop but it persisted for a little bit and then finally it stopped but my MacBook was locked at louder than it was when I started this fiasco, even at the lowest audio setting on the computer. Will be uninstalling this and possibly Boom 3D to try to get my MacBook’s volume levels back to normal.

### 5/5 — Horizontal mode on iPhone

*2024-02-06*

Horizontal mode is not supported on iPhone.
Please allow me to use the landscape mode as well.

**Developer response:** Thank you for sharing your positive thoughts on the app. We're always striving to improve and your feedback helps us do just that.

### 4/5 — Bugged app

*2024-01-04, version 1.3.6*

I have to say I payed about 90€ for boom 2, and after 6 months of subscription you make boom 3/ 3D wich is lower range of sound options and quality and,
You have to subscribe again…

Boom remote does not work for Boom 3/3D

And now my boom2 don’t work so I have the 3D but it cant be controlled with the iphone(boom remote last update…Iphone 15Pro and MacbookPro all updated max

I recommend this app as great,
But please check these 2 issues and solve them out🫡💪🏽

### 5/5 — Works perfectly iPhone to MacBook Air M2

*2023-10-31, version 1.3.6*

Works perfectly in October 2023! I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max and a MacBook Air M2. It’s controlling both the MacBook volume and the Boom 3D volume (separate controls). I can change the Equalizer settings, adjust Effects (like 3D and Fidelity) and separately control volume for apps like Spotify if playing. I love that it has a mute button! It’s working fine in the background. Not sure yet if it will use memory and/or battery when not near the MacBook or its turned off. May have to manually quit the app, will see. Great app, just what I needed!

### 2/5 — Connection Issue

*2023-09-26*

I don’t know what’s happening but I can’t seem to connect my phone to my Mac so I can’t even enjoy the features in this app… c’mon guys what’s going on?

### 1/5 — Não funciona

*2023-05-24*

Antes dos processadores M1, funcionava, agora não funciona mais… 

Uma pena, mas tem como corrigir hein pessoal?

**Developer response:** Hi there, Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Could you please drop us an email regarding your issue so that we can investigate it further. You can send us a mail to boom3@globaldelight.com. Looking forward for your mail.

### 5/5 — Cool app

*2023-05-15*

Great app to have!

### 4/5 — Useful

*2022-08-12*

It’s a really useful addition to Boom 3D. It solves the problem of not having a remote control on my monitor that I watch TV from my Mac on. So it’s a simple way of adjusting the volume. 

But it seems like the connection between the app and the Boom 3D client gets lost every now and again. So I have to uninstall this app and reinstall it again, and make a new connection. Which seems to fix it. 

It would be good to be able to reset the connection from within the app so I don’t have to reinstall it.

### 5/5 — Works perfectly with ios15 and mbp m1

*2022-07-06, version 1.3.4*

I purchased Boom 2 for my MBP M1.  In the boom 2 app there was info on yhis iOS remote app. I installed it, tapped through the necessary setup to link it to the laptop, and works flawlessly.  I’m able to control all the aspects of boom 2 that I want to.  Nice work devs!

## Frequently asked questions about Boom Remote

### What does the Boom Remote app do?

The Boom Remote app allows you to wirelessly control your Mac's audio settings and media playback from your iPhone or iPad. It works in conjunction with Boom 2 and Boom 3D for Mac, enabling you to adjust volume, toggle equalizers and effects, and manage playback for applications like Spotify, VLC, QuickTime, and iTunes.

### What are the key features of Boom Remote?

Key features include wireless control of Boom's volume, your Mac's default volume, Boom's equalizers and effects, and playback controls for popular Mac media apps. This allows for convenient control from anywhere in your home.

### Is Boom Remote free to use?

Yes, the Boom Remote app is free to download and use. It serves as a companion app for Boom 2 and Boom 3D, which are audio enhancement applications for Mac.

### What devices is Boom Remote compatible with?

Boom Remote is compatible with iPhone and iPad devices running iOS 9 and later. On the Mac side, it requires Boom 2 (v1.2.1 and later) or Boom 3D (V1.1 and later) to be installed.

### When would I use the Boom Remote app?

This app is ideal for situations where you are away from your Mac, such as while watching a movie, listening to music and changing tracks, or any other scenario where you want to wirelessly manage your audio and media playback.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.6 — 2023-05-15

Since it’s now possible to turn on multiple effects at once (in the latest version) of Boom 2 and Boom 3D, we've tweaked the interface on the Boom Remote to match!

- You can now turn on and turn off multiple effects via the Boom Remote app.

We really hope you enjoy the app updates, and the new and improved Boom Remote :)

### 1.3.5 — 2022-09-07

Fixed an issue while connecting to the Mac version of Boom.

### 1.3.4 — 2021-10-13

In the latest update of Boom Remote:
- We’ve fixed an issue that was causing the app to crash on iOS 15.

### 1.3.3 — 2021-07-07

- Defect fixes.

### 1.3.2 — 2018-05-23

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Defect Fixes

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