Advance Playstream vs GN Control
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.
GN Control
Control your Gold Note IS-1000 and DS-10 audio devices remotely. Manage streaming services, internet radio, local storage, and analogue functions like active input and accessory features.
- Control IS-1000 and DS-10 devices
- Manage streaming services
- Access internet radio
- Control local storage playback
- Adjust analogue functions
- Select active input
- Manage accessory features
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Control app for the Gold Note IS-1000 and DS-10 audio devices. The app allows controlling the streaming services (including internet radio and local storage) and the analogue functions of the units, such as the active input and the accessory features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GN Control at 3.5 against Advance Playstream's 2.8. GN Control also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 21%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Advance Playstream's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
GN Control holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Advance Playstream's written reviews are positive against 40% of GN Control's.
Advance Playstream ships an update every 4 months, GN Control every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advance Playstream | GN Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADVANCE PARIS | Akamai s.r.l. |
Customer experience
Advance Playstream
GN Control
In-app purchases
Advance Playstream
No in-app purchases
GN Control
No in-app purchases
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