Roon Essentials Remote vs Hegel Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roon Essentials Remote
Control your Roon Essentials audio system to browse music, play tracks, and adjust settings. This app is specifically designed for Roon Essentials hardware like the ELAC Discovery and is not compatible with standard Roon.
- Browse music library
- Play favorite tracks
- Configure Roon Essentials system
- Control audio playback
- Designed for Roon Essentials hardware
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Browse your library, play your favorites, and configure your Roon Essentials system. Note that this application is only designed to work with Roon Essentials hardware such as the ELAC Discovery. This application is not compatible with Roon.
Hegel Control
This application allows users to control Hegel streaming amplifiers, offering features like playback control, internet radio, and podcast access. It also facilitates initial device setup, input selection, and configuration for supported models.
- Playback control
- Internet radio and podcasts
- Initial setup
- Input selection
- Device configuration
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Control app for Hegel streaming amplifiers. The app provides playback control as well as internet radio and podcasts. The app also features initial setup, input selection and device configuration. Supported models: H150, H400, H600
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Roon Essentials Remote at 2.6 against Hegel Control's 2.3. Roon Essentials Remote also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Roon Essentials Remote holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Roon Essentials Remote's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hegel Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Roon Essentials Remote ships an update every 4 months, Hegel Control every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roon Essentials Remote | Hegel Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (9 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 278 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roon Labs | Hegel Music System AS |
Customer experience
Roon Essentials Remote
Hegel Control
In-app purchases
Roon Essentials Remote
No in-app purchases
Hegel Control
No in-app purchases
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