Pioneer Remote App vs Thursday.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pioneer Remote App
Control compatible Pioneer and Elite audio-visual products from your smart device. Stream music from various services, adjust sound settings, and manage connected devices for an enhanced home entertainment experience.
- Music streaming integration
- Intuitive remote control
- AV receiver sound adjustment
- Control connected Pioneer devices
- Automatic sound field correction
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Pioneer Remote App is an application that allows users to enjoy their favorite music at home on compatible Pioneer & Elite products. The Pioneer Remote App lets you intuitively operate compatible Pioneer products (control the volume, select the input source and listing mode, etc.), granting more sophisticated and convenient control. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enjoy innovative AV entertainment. Main Features 1. Play music in each room or every room - Lets you play music from music streaming services such as Pandora, Tune in, Spotify, Amazon music, DEEZER and TIDAL, your music library on your smart device, or your NAS drive on compatible products. - You can play your music via radio, Bluetooth and USB. 2. Lets you intuitively operate remote control functions (control the volume, select the input source and listing mode, etc.), granting more sophisticated and convenient control over Pioneer stereo systems. 3. AV receiver sound quality adjustment feature You can adjust the equalizer settings, the channel levels of individual speakers, and the bass and treble settings to adjust sound quality to suit your own particular preferences. 4. Operation of connected Pioneer product(home theater product such as AV amplifier) Let you control a Pioneer Blu-Ray Disc player or TV that is connected to an AV amplifier or home theater product via HDMI. 5. Dirac Live-enabled products measure automatic sound field correction. In addition, filters can be edited. *By setting the “Network Standby” menu item in the unit’s initial settings to ON, you can use this application to turn on the power of the unit. Compatible models Network ready AV receivers/ Network Audio Player/ Hi-Fi/ Mini Component/ Wireless Speaker/ Speaker bar in April 2016 or later ■ Please note ・To use Application it needs to read and agree Terms of Service. ・All models require a firmware update to use Pioneer Remote App. ・The device on which Pioneer Remote App is installed and the FireConnect compatible model must be connected to the same router. ・Available music service depend on regions. ・Why Device's location is needed? Answer: In order to set-up your wireless devices which are located around you, SSID and Access Point info is needed. There is no other purpose to use the information of Device’s Location.
Thursday.
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Thursday. Everything you watch, in one place. Watched something? Log it. Slide the score, tag whoever was on the couch, add the one line you’ll want to reread later. That’s a ticket. Keep going and the tickets stack into a library you’ll actually enjoy scrolling on a Sunday. Your watchlist knows where things are streaming, so ‘what should we watch?’ takes thirty seconds instead of thirty minutes and one argument. Insights get sharper the more you log. Your numbers, your all-time top 100, your taste in three words. Yes, it will call you a rewatcher. It’s not wrong. Watching with someone? Add them, log the night once, and you both keep the ticket. Their score sits next to yours, the taste match settles the debate, and ‘we should watch that’ finally lives somewhere. Then December rolls around and you press play. Your whole year comes back as a recap, card by card. The numbers, the top five, the nights in between. It’s your diary, so it stays yours. Quietly backed up every week. Grab a seat. Log the first one tonight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thursday. at every 3 weeks against Pioneer Remote App's every 3 months. Pioneer Remote App's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pioneer Remote App ships an update every 3 months, Thursday. every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Pioneer Remote App | Thursday. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (251 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 11 Trading Company LLC | RAWAD JACOUB MITRI |
Bugs and requests
Pioneer Remote App
Reported bugs
8 issues- EQ settings don't save
- Can't save EQ settings
- EQ change doesn't get saved
- Equalizer settings don't persist
- App won't stay connected to certain models
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- App can't detect certain receiver models
- Dirac Live doesn't work
- Pandora takes 30 seconds to 1 minute to load
Requested features
8 requests- Adjust 'voice/dialogue' by single increments
- Show settings in a list rather than cycling through
- Add ability to control zone 2 and 3 volume
- Add ability to group speakers
- Add button to choose speakers (A, B, A+B)
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- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Bring back MCACC Pro settings view
Thursday.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pioneer Remote App
No in-app purchases
Thursday.
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pioneer Remote App free?
Is Thursday. free?
Do Pioneer Remote App or Thursday. have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pioneer Remote App or Thursday.?
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