Advance Playstream vs Primare Prisma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Advance Playstream
Control multiroom audio playback across your home network. Stream music from various sources including local devices, NAS, and popular streaming services with high-fidelity sound.
- Multiroom audio playback
- Stream from iPhone, iPad, Mac
- NAS and UPnP device support
- Integrates with Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz
- Internet radio streaming
- High-fidelity sound
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Advance Playstream is the app which controls our line of multiroom streamers. Play all your music on your home network (Wi-Fi or Ethernet*) in multiroom. Music from your iPhone, iPad and Mac but also from your NAS or UPnP devices including cloud or streaming services as Spotify, Qobuz, Amazon Music Unlimited, Tidal, i.Heart radio, Tune-in and vTuner internet radio. Our network player delivers real high fidelity sound for audiophiles. * Ethernet only on some models.
Primare Prisma
Control and configure your Prisma-enabled audio devices remotely over your local network. Manage input and audio settings, control playback functions, and access your music library with ease.
- Configure input and source settings
- Adjust audio balance and volume
- Control playback functions
- Access stored music files
- Search music by artist, album, track
- Create playlists and queues
- Display detailed track information
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Once connected to your network, the Prisma application allows for the configuration and control of virtually all functions of any of our Prisma enabled products, duplicating and enhancing the front panel and remote control systems, over your local area network from your mobile device. Primare Prisma application works with the following models: • Allt-i-Ett • CD15 Prisma • CD35 Prisma • I15 Prisma • I15 Prisma MK2 • I25 Prisma • I35 Prisma • NP5 Prisma • NP5 Prisma MK2 • PRE35 Prisma • SC15 Prisma • SC15 Prisma MK2 • SP25 Prisma • SPA25 Prisma Note: Prisma application is for Prisma enabled products only, and does not replace Primare APP and Primare AIR for MM30, NP30 and PRE60 models. For more information regarding current status of APP and AIR or for assistance with any issues you may be having using the Prisma application go to our website at www.primare.net to access our FAQ or to submit a help request. Configuration • Input and source settings: customize inputs and select media servers on your network • Input settings: input alias creation, enable or disable inputs, auto-sense input selection, fixed or variable volume output, and individual input gain adjustment • Audio settings: balance, default volume, maximum volume, mute level and digital output • Display settings: illumination level, input status and front panel control • Standby settings: auto-standby and wake up on input signal • Streaming settings: metadata display, Bluetooth, and network characteristics Control • Playback functions: input selection, play, pause, track forward and back, shuffle play, repeat single or all tracks, volume mute, volume adjustment • Stored music files access • Search by artist, album, track, and title • Playlist and queue creation • Display track information: source, duration, bitrate, bit depth, sampling rate, format and file size Our thanks to The Spirit of Turtle for permission to use their cover art. For information regarding their high-resolution recordings go to www.spriritofturtle.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Primare Prisma at 3.6 against Advance Playstream's 2.6. Advance Playstream's advantage is review sentiment (21% vs 11%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Primare Prisma holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Advance Playstream's written reviews are positive against 11% of Primare Prisma's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Advance Playstream | Primare Prisma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (7 ratings) | 3.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADVANCE PARIS | Primare AB |
Customer experience
Advance Playstream
Primare Prisma
In-app purchases
Advance Playstream
No in-app purchases
Primare Prisma
No in-app purchases
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