Advance Playstream vs Hegel 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.
Hegel Control
This application allows users to control Hegel streaming amplifiers, offering features like playback control, internet radio, and podcast access. It also facilitates initial device setup, input selection, and configuration for supported models.
- Playback control
- Internet radio and podcasts
- Initial setup
- Input selection
- Device configuration
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Control app for Hegel streaming amplifiers. The app provides playback control as well as internet radio and podcasts. The app also features initial setup, input selection and device configuration. Supported models: H150, H400, H600
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Advance Playstream at 2.8 against Hegel Control's 2.3. Advance Playstream also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.1). Hegel Control's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 21%). 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.
Advance Playstream holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Advance Playstream's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hegel Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Advance Playstream ships an update every 4 months, Hegel Control every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advance Playstream | Hegel Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADVANCE PARIS | Hegel Music System AS |
Customer experience
Advance Playstream
Hegel Control
In-app purchases
Advance Playstream
No in-app purchases
Hegel Control
No in-app purchases
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