Jalso vs Smart Remote Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jalso
Access a vast library of Gujarati music, including film songs, folk music, and devotional tracks. Stream your favorite artists and explore new genres with this free app. Enjoy audio stories and radio shows for a complete entertainment experience.
- Wide range of Gujarati music genres
- Gujarati film songs and folk music
- Navratri Garba and devotional songs
- Gujarati radio streaming
- Audio stories (Jal-Show)
- Easy sharing of music
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Jalso is the one-stop solution for all the global Gujarati music lovers. As a free to download iOS app, Jalso offers free and unlimited access to Gujarati songs, all-time classic Gujarati film songs, Navratri Garba songs, Lok Geet, along with Gujarati radio on your phone. All these right there on your iOS device. Listen to your favourite music, anywhere or everywhere. With the plethora of collection from Gujarati film songs, devotional songs (Bhakti sangeet), Navratri Traditional Garba, Sugam Sangeet, and forever loved Ghazals by Ghayal, Mariz, Befam, Ramesh Parekh and many more. You get to choose your favourites from millions. Browse through Top trending songs, recently played songs or listen to audio stories as Jal-Show. Listen to all-time favourites or explore new and interesting music genres depending upon your mood and likings. Listen to classics or contemporary, folk or film, devotional or chartbusters. There is a great host of audio stories for children, radio shows, and crowd-sourced content. Thousands of songs to choose from your favourite artists like Aishwarya Majumdar, Jigardan gadhvi, Alap desai, Ashit desai, Bhaskar Vohra, Mehul Surti to Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Alka Yagnik, Praful Dave, Mahendra Kapoor. Key Features: Jalso app comes with a vibrant yet user-friendly interface. It allows easy music streaming experience. This app comes with free and unlimited limited streaming. Not only that, Jalso does much more: ++ Covers the widest range of Gujarati music ++ Includes genres from Gujarati Film Music, Gujarati Folk songs, Chartbusters, Ghazals, Sugam Sangeet, Contemporary Gujarati songs, Navratri Garba songs, etc. ++ Offers Gujarati radio ++ Also available are classic and popular Gujarati stories as Audio stories – Jal-show. ++ Easy Play All button to listen to the compete album ++ Easy share button to share your favourite music with your friends via Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter etc
Smart Remote Connect
Transform your compatible device into a smart music player. Browse pre-loaded stations and songs, control playback, create custom playlists, and search for specific tracks directly from your phone.
- Connects to physical Carvaan devices
- Browse pre-loaded stations and songs
- Control song playback
- Create custom playlists
- Search for specific songs
- View all stations and categories
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• Connect the app with your physical Carvaan device to use the app as a remote. • The app is compatible with Premium, Gold, 2.0, Gold 2.0, Karaoke, Mini +, Musicbar and GO. • The app works only if you own a device compatible with the App. • Connect with your device with the app via Bluetooth and browse through stations that are pre-loaded on your device, control the song playout, set your favourites or pause right from the app sitting anywhere. • APP FEATURES: o Once connected to your device, you can do the following on the App. • Choose a station • View list of songs available under a station. These stations are the same on your device • All stations, across all categories for connected device can be viewed on the app • Play songs by choice • Each station’s song list will be displayed to you. Now that you have the entire song list in front of you, play songs as per your choice • Play songs by our choice • Play any station and it will work as a radio, just back-to-back songs of that station will play • Search for a song • Look for a song you want to play and it will play from your device • Create playlists • Add songs of your choice across stations and make a playlist you like Privacy policy: https://www.saregama.com/carvaangold-static/privacy_policy Terms of use: https://www.saregama.com/carvaangold-static/terms_of_use FAQ: https://www.saregama.com/carvaangold-static/faq Supported by:* iOS: 12 and above Love the Saregama Carvaan app? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saregama/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saregama_official/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/saregamaglobal • Please help us improve your experience by emailing to feedback@saregama.com • Don’t forget to rate the app & also write a review
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jalso at 89% against Smart Remote Connect's 10%. Jalso also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Smart Remote Connect's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Smart Remote Connect sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Jalso asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jalso holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Jalso's written reviews are positive against 10% of Smart Remote Connect's.
Jalso ships an update every 5 weeks, Smart Remote Connect monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Jalso | Smart Remote Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better | 1.6 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 10.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 191 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amam Shah | Saregama |
Customer experience
Jalso
Smart Remote Connect
In-app purchases
Jalso
No in-app purchases
Smart Remote Connect
- Carvaan Gold App Monthly$1.491 Month
- Carvaan Premium Monthly$1.491 Month
- Carvaan 2.0 Gold Monthly$1.491 Month
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- Carvaan 2.0 Monthly$1.491 Month
- Carvaan Karaoke Monthly$1.491 Month
- Carvaan Premium Annual$10.991 Year
- Carvaan Gold Annual$10.991 Year
- Carvaan GO Annual$10.991 Year
- Carvaan 2.0 Annual$10.991 Year
- Carvaan 2.0 Gold Annual$10.991 Year
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