# Hi-Fly

> Mobile remote control for Dayton Audio Hi-Fly enabled devices for multi-room audio streaming. (iPhone/iPad app by Dayton Audio.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hi-fly/id1051107518 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dayton Audio](https://appshunter.io/developer/1051107517)
- Category: Entertainment, Music
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.70/5 from 21 App Store ratings · 16 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 191 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2015-11-20
- Data updated: 2026-06-06
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hi-fly/id1051107518/reviews.md

## What is Hi?

Hi-Fly™ turns your mobile device or tablet into a remote control for all Dayton Audio Hi-Fly™ enabled devices. Stream music from your favorite providers, or from your home network or mobile device. With Hi-Fly™ you can send music to individual speakers, assign left and right channels, or group your speakers together for true Multi-room audio. Plus, your music continues to play even if your phone is turned off or you need to take a call.

ALL-IN-ONE
Integrates directly with popular music streaming services for instant access. Save your favorite songs, playlists or preset radio stations. Hi-Fly™ does it all!

TOTAL CONTROL
Enables Multi-room (same song, all rooms), Multi-channel (any song, any room) and Multi-user (any user, any room), for the ultimate in whole house audio.

MUSIC UNINTERRUPTED
Take a call or close Hi-Fly™ without any disruption to your music stream.

## Key features

- Remote control for Hi-Fly enabled devices
- Stream music from favorite providers
- Stream from home network or mobile device
- Individual speaker control
- Group speakers for multi-room audio
- Uninterrupted music playback

## Recent user reviews (10 of 16)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hi-fly/id1051107518/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Needs major improvements

*2025-12-07*

This app will stop right in the middle of a song, making it unreliable specially when you have guests. This is an embarrassment.

### 1/5 — Terrible connectivity

*2025-05-16*

Impossible to troubleshoot— will not stay connected

### 2/5 — Stuck on Repeat Track

*2024-09-28*

This is a great concept and exactly what we need to play a single track announcement over a PA system using an iPhone but it’s buggy in that it repeats the track continuously (regardless of whether this option is selected or not) and the user must manually stop the track after a single play. Frustrating!!!

### 3/5 — It works

*2023-12-12*

Props to Dayton audio for building these apps for so many products and actually having them work (cough cough KEF)

### 5/5 — Adding

*2023-10-14*

can you please add youtube to music service thanks. i love your app

### 1/5 — Worst sound system ever

*2022-09-05*

This app don’t do nothing with all the hype.tried connecting it but it don’t stay longer and sometimes it don’t connect at all.what a waste of technology

### 1/5 — Doesn’t stay connected to Wi-Fi or reconnect very well at all

*2021-05-23*

This came in my apartment. It doesn’t connect to the Wi-Fi very well. It’s not like something you can just open the app and play music unfortunately. Sometimes it’ll connect but usually not. Sometimes it’ll connect a few hours later and you know because it announces over the speakers the Wi-Fi is connected. Sometimes you try to connect and it won’t and then three or four days later you’ll get the announcement that it’s connected.

### 3/5 — It’s ok...

*2020-11-21, version 2.8.7511*

I came here to look for other people’s reviews on this app but saw there was only one?! Surprising considering the apps been out for ages. I did notice that the last update was done a year ago though.

I bought a couple of the WBA31 audio receivers to trial to hopefully buy more of for home audio distribution. 
I do have a few Sonos speakers and a Connect and was hoping to expand in the Dayton gear instead.
The WBA’s work ok once I could finally get them connected to my wifi. I needed to join the same network as the unit itself via the WAP and then point the unit to the network I wanted it to join to.
I find that the devices are a little slow to be “found” once you close then open the app.
There are times when one of the devices just drops off the network.
The app controller doesn’t have any EQ control.
The balance between left, right and stereo doesn’t seem to make a difference which is annoying as I run each channel into separate speakers and want to control them individually.
The app does a fairly good job of controls and looks but it definitely doesn’t compare to other controllers unfortunately.

### 3/5 — Needs a revamp

*2020-06-13*

It works as advertised but sometimes need to swap the “master” and “slave” units to get the effect of whole home audio. Furthermore, the app interface is VERY poky and it makes joining zones annoying because sometimes it times out. I have one amplified module and one non amplified and am adding a stand-alone AERO speaker next week to test further capabilities. Granted it is much more cost effective than a SONOS setup but that interface is much less buggy and integrates much better with different streaming services. Better support for pandora is hopefully coming in future releases of the app???

### 4/5 — Dayton WBA31

*2020-05-08*

Was a bit confusing to set up at first, most likely user error. Works as intended. It did crash on me the first 10mins of installing. Pairs well w Spotify but you have to go to Spotify itself to add the device, not the app. Some people might not recognize that workaround.

## Frequently asked questions about Hi

### What is Hi-Fly used for?

Hi-Fly turns your mobile device into a remote control for Dayton Audio Hi-Fly enabled devices. It allows you to stream music from various sources and manage multi-room audio setups.

### Does Hi-Fly work with any speaker?

No, Hi-Fly is specifically designed to work with Dayton Audio Hi-Fly™ enabled devices. It is not a universal speaker remote.

### Can I play different songs in different rooms with Hi-Fly?

Yes, Hi-Fly supports Multi-channel audio, meaning you can play any song in any room, offering complete flexibility for your whole-house audio experience.

### Does music stop if I close Hi-Fly or take a call?

No, one of Hi-Fly's key features is uninterrupted music playback. Your music will continue to play even if you close the app or receive a phone call.

### What music services does Hi-Fly integrate with?

Hi-Fly integrates directly with popular music streaming services, providing instant access to your favorite songs, playlists, and preset radio stations.

### How often is Hi-Fly updated?

The latest version of Hi-Fly is 2.8.11913, and it was last updated on March 9, 2023. Updates typically include bug fixes and performance improvements.

### What devices is Hi-Fly compatible with?

Hi-Fly is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed for iOS operating systems.

### What is the user rating for Hi-Fly?

Hi-Fly has a user rating of 2.7 stars based on 21 ratings. This suggests a mixed reception from users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.8.11913 — 2023-03-09

1. UI update

### 2.8.7511 — 2019-10-12

bug fixes

### 2.8.5923 — 2018-07-23

Changed Wi-Fi connection setup, Optimize OTA process and fixed bugs

### 2.8.4221 — 2017-04-06

1. Changed WPS image.
2. Show AUX.
3. Update the basic version,fixed some issues we found.

### 2.8 — 2016-07-12

Removed Pandora
Added TIDAL music service
​Improved Smartlink compatibility

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All apps by Dayton Audio: https://appshunter.io/developer/1051107517

## Related topics

[hyfly](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/hyfly) · [dayton audio](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/dayton-audio)

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