Bel Canto Seek vs Hegel Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bel Canto Seek
Control your music streaming to network components. Access high-resolution audio from Tidal and Qobuz, stream from USB drives, cloud storage, or internet radio. Manage multiple music libraries seamlessly.
- High-resolution audio streaming (up to 24/192)
- Tidal and Qobuz integration
- USB drive and cloud storage streaming
- DLNA server discovery
- Internet radio streaming (vTuner)
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The Bel Canto Seek app controls music streaming to Bel Canto Network components. Music file streaming up to 24/192 is supported and you can link to your Tidal account for MQA and full CD resolution and your Qobuz account for CD and High Res Streaming. The Seek app also controls the server function of Bel Canto Stream devices to stream music from an attached USB drive, your iOS device, Dropbox or OneDrive accounts. The Seek app will find any DLNA compatible servers on your network for full streaming control of multiple music libraries and includes vTuner worldwide internet radio streaming.
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: Bel Canto Seek at 3.8 against Hegel Control's 2.0. Bel Canto Seek also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Bel Canto Seek holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Bel Canto Seek'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.
Bel Canto Seek ships an update every 2 months, Hegel Control every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bel Canto Seek | Hegel Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 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 | 12.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bel Canto Design, Ltd. | Hegel Music System AS |
Customer experience
Bel Canto Seek
Hegel Control
In-app purchases
Bel Canto Seek
No in-app purchases
Hegel Control
No in-app purchases
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