Esoteric Sound Stream vs Anthem Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Esoteric Sound Stream
Control your network audio player with this app. Easily select music, build custom playlists, and browse your library with intuitive navigation. Advanced search and tag utilization enhance the user experience.
- Select musical tracks
- Create custom playlists
- Intuitive interface
- Advanced search and retrieval
- Cache album artwork
- Sort library by artist, year, composer, category
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Esoteric Sound Stream is an Apple iOS application for the iPad/iPhone designed to work with Esoteric Network Audio Players. The basics of its operation include selecting musical tracks using the iPad/iPhone, creating customized personal playlists, and playing the selections or playlists. All screens for key operation, playlists, library, etc. are arranged for easy viewing, enabling even users unfamiliar with the app to operate it intuitively and trouble-free. Its high degree of refinement even meets the rigorous demands of advanced and experienced users. Key to this achievement is the app’s excellent search and retrieval performance, which takes full advantage of tag information. Since images are also cached in the app, album artwork can be instantly scrolled through and libraries can be freely sorted into such classifications as artist, year of recording, composer or category. This use of tag information even allows musical numbers of the same name which differ in format to be easily identified on the screen.
Anthem Remote
Control your compatible Anthem or Paradigm audio-visual receiver or amplifier wirelessly via Wi-Fi. Adjust volume, select inputs, manage settings, and even access room correction features from your mobile device.
- Wi-Fi device configuration
- Volume and mute control
- Input selection
- Power management
- Bass and treble adjustment
- Menu navigation
- Anthem Room Correction (ARC) control
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The Anthem Remote App uses a Wi-Fi connection to simplify the configuration of supported Anthem and Paradigm devices. App-based controls include volume level, muting, input selection, power, auto mode, bass, treble, level trims, menu navigation, and Anthem Room Correction (ARC) control. Supported Devices: • Anthem AVM 60, 70, 90 • Anthem MRX 540, 740, 1140 • Anthem MRX 520, 720, 1120 • Anthem MRX 310, 510, 710 • Anthem MRX SLM • Anthem STR Integrated Amplifier, STR Preamplifier • Paradigm SVX-1202 Streaming Amplifier
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Esoteric Sound Stream at 3.0 against Anthem Remote's 2.2. Esoteric Sound Stream also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 25%). Anthem Remote's advantage is ratings volume (138 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Esoteric Sound Stream holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anthem Remote has 138 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Esoteric Sound Stream's written reviews are positive against 25% of Anthem Remote's.
Esoteric Sound Stream ships an update every 8 months, Anthem Remote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Esoteric Sound Stream | Anthem Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (6 ratings) — better | 2.2 (138 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 25.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 138 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TEAC CORP. | Anthem AV |
Customer experience
Esoteric Sound Stream
Anthem Remote
Bugs and requests
Esoteric Sound Stream
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Anthem Remote
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch
- Loses connection with receiver
- Doesn't recognize devices
- Freezes and becomes unresponsive
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for newer devices
- Improve networking capabilities
- Restore missing features from previous app versions
- Add lip-sync adjustment
- Display more audio/video information
In-app purchases
Esoteric Sound Stream
No in-app purchases
Anthem Remote
No in-app purchases
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