Advance Playstream vs BluOS NAD remote
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.
BluOS NAD remote
Control your Bluesound and NAD high-resolution wireless music systems with this open-source remote. It supports a wide range of BluOS-compatible devices and offers advanced command options for NAD electronics.
- Universal remote for BluOS systems
- Supports Bluesound and NAD
- Advanced NAD Ethernet commands
- Open-source code available
- Control PSB, DALI, Monitor Audio, Cyrus Audio
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Unofficial open source and nicely featured remote control for Bluesound and NAD products. Like the official BluOS controller, this app acts as a universal remote control for all BluOS-compatible high-resolution wireless music systems, including Bluesound, NAD Electronics, PSB speakers, Bluesound Professional, DALI speakers, Monitor Audio and Cyrus Audio. Also features an advanced tab to send specific NAD Electronics Txxx Ethernet (RS232) commands. This app cannot be used to install or upgrade your bluOS system. Source code is here: https://github.com/crwsolutions/BluOsNadRemote
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BluOS NAD remote at 3.0 against Advance Playstream's 2.6. BluOS NAD remote also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). Advance Playstream's advantage is review sentiment (21% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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.
BluOS NAD remote holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Advance Playstream's written reviews are positive against 13% of BluOS NAD remote'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, BluOS NAD remote every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Advance Playstream | BluOS NAD remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (7 ratings) | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ADVANCE PARIS | CRW Solutions |
Customer experience
Advance Playstream
BluOS NAD remote
In-app purchases
Advance Playstream
No in-app purchases
BluOS NAD remote
No in-app purchases
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