Advance Playstream vs Rotel
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.
Rotel
Control your integrated amplifier and access thousands of internet radio stations. Stream high-quality music files from Qobuz and manage music from a USB drive with an intuitive interface.
- Internet Radio access
- Qobuz streaming
- USB music playback
- Integrated amplifier control
- Intuitive user interface
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The new Rotel App supports the RAS-5000 and S14 Integrated Amplifier including an updated, intuitive, simplified user interface with seamless access to thousands of Internet Radio Stations and streaming your favorite high-quality music files from Qobuz. The App also provides transport control of your music stored on a USB Flash drive with ultimate ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Advance Playstream at 2.6 against Rotel's 1.4. Advance Playstream also leads on review sentiment (21% vs 11%). 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.
Advance Playstream holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Advance Playstream's written reviews are positive against 11% of Rotel's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Advance Playstream | Rotel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (7 ratings) — better | 1.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 17 — 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 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADVANCE PARIS | Rotel |
Customer experience
Advance Playstream
Rotel
In-app purchases
Advance Playstream
No in-app purchases
Rotel
No in-app purchases
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