Anthem Remote vs iBest Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
iBest Plus
Control your home's entertainment, lighting, and climate with this universal remote app. It offers comprehensive management of A/V streaming, domotics, and system scenarios. Requires a Benetti's BEST(TM) integrated system.
- Multi-terminal A/V streaming control
- A/V library browsing
- Multi-zone lighting control
- Curtain and motor control
- Air conditioning management
- System scenario creation
- User authentication
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iBest Plus is a universal remote control application, designed to provide you with a simple yet powerful control over your domotics, entertainment and surveillance system. The application is specifically targeted at Benetti's BEST(TM). The functions available on your iPhone, iPod and iPad depend on the hardware currently installed in your system, and include: - complete multi-terminal, multi-zone A/V streaming control - A/V library browsing directly on your iPhone / iPod / iPad - multi-zone domotics control for lighting (on/off, dimmers, RGB, RGBW, multi-white) - multi-zone domotics control for curtains and shaders, lifters and motors - multi-zone domotics control for air conditioning - comprehensive scenarios capturing the status of the entire system - user authentication with different pages and levels of functionality - easy access to all zones and terminals The application can be used only if you have a Benetti's BEST(TM) integrated system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iBest Plus at 5.0 against Anthem Remote's 2.2. iBest Plus also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.1). Anthem Remote's advantage is ratings volume (138 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
iBest Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anthem Remote has 138 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Anthem Remote ships an update every 5 months, iBest Plus every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anthem Remote | iBest Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (138 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthem AV | neXtworks Srl |
Customer experience
Anthem Remote
iBest Plus
Bugs and 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
iBest Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anthem Remote
No in-app purchases
iBest Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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