Advance Playstream vs JPLAY
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.
JPLAY
This app is a high-fidelity music player designed for audiophiles. It seamlessly integrates streaming services like Qobuz and Tidal with local music files, offering a unified interface for all your audio content. Experience superior sound quality and discover new music through its intuitive design and advanced features.
- Plays Qobuz, Tidal, and local music files
- Works with most streamers and network DACs
- HQPlayer Control API integration
- Dramatically better sound quality
- Radio feature for music discovery
- Extended playlist management
- Artist bios and album reviews
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JPLAY is an award winning music playback app for audiophiles. It works instantly with nearly every streamer or network DAC on the market. It combines Qobuz, Tidal and local content in a single interface allowing user to access each library separately. Main features: • Beautiful, clean and easy to use app allowing you to play music on nearly all streamers/network DACs - no core needed! (UPnP AV/DLNA) • Plays from Qobuz, Tidal and files on local libraries • HQPlayer Control API – Seamlessly integrate and remotely control HQPlayer directly from JPLAY • Dramatically better sound quality thanks to minimizing network traffic • Radio feature discovers new music for you • Single library, individual library and folder views • Extended playlists management • Advanced search, sort, focus • Artists bios, album reviews etc • Highlighted audiophile formats • My Activity, My history keep your playback stats • Native iOS controls from locked screen • Sharing your favorite music on social media • And much, much more! JPLAY requires an active subscription to access its content and features. Sign up for a JPLAY subscription in the app. New users can enjoy a 14-day free trial period that will be automatically converted into a yearly subscription. Subscription is automatically renewed and charged on a yearly basis. You can cancel it at any time up until the day before renewal and you can at any time turn off the auto renewal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JPLAY at 4.2 against Advance Playstream's 2.6. JPLAY also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 21%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Advance Playstream's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads and device support 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. JPLAY sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Advance Playstream asks for nothing beyond the download.
JPLAY holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JPLAY has 55 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Advance Playstream's written reviews are positive against 59% of JPLAY's.
Advance Playstream ships an update every 4 months, JPLAY every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advance Playstream | JPLAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (55 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 58.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADVANCE PARIS | Marcin Ostapowicz |
Customer experience
Advance Playstream
JPLAY
Bugs and requests
Advance Playstream
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
JPLAY
Reported bugs
14 issues- Tracks fail to render or play from Tidal
- App crashes on startup with older iOS versions
- Playback stuttering and lag issues
- Renderer in transition errors
- Device discovery failures
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- Missing cover art for local files
- Playback gets stuck at end of songs
- Random track order despite settings
- Skips tracks mid-playback
- Connection drops with certain streamers
- Metadata not syncing properly
- Album art not loading from Synology/Plex servers
- Qobuz favorites import not working
- Tidal playlist suggestions missing
Requested features
16 requests- Monthly subscription option
- Cross-device synchronization for playlists and favorites
- EQ and tone adjustment controls
- DSD file playback support
- Multi-room audio capability
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- Apple Watch control support
- AirPlay support
- Android version
- Gapless playback improvement
- Family sharing support
- Apple Music integration
- Internet radio support
- Volume control in player screen
- Automatic iCloud backup between devices
- WebDAV support
- Better error messages for troubleshooting
In-app purchases
Advance Playstream
No in-app purchases
JPLAY
- JPLAY Premium14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Lifetime$149.00
- JPLAY Lifetime$199.00
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