Comparison

Jalso vs Smart Remote Connect

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Jalso4 screens
Smart Remote Connect3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jalso ships an update every 5 weeks, Smart Remote Connect monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Jalso versus Smart Remote Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJalsoSmart Remote Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better1.6 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews — better10.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB191 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmam ShahSaregama

Customer experience

Jalso

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

Smart Remote Connect

All ratings38 ratings
Positive7.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative81.6%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive10.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative82.4%

In-app purchases

None

Jalso

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Smart Remote Connect

Subscriptions10
  • 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

Questions

Is Jalso free?
Jalso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Remote Connect free?
Smart Remote Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jalso or Smart Remote Connect?
Jalso is rated higher. Jalso averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Smart Remote Connect averages 1.6 from 38 ratings.
Do Jalso or Smart Remote Connect have ads?
Jalso shows ads; Smart Remote Connect does not.
Which is updated more often, Jalso or Smart Remote Connect?
Jalso ships an update every 5 weeks, and Smart Remote Connect monthly. Most recently, Jalso was updated on November 2, 2026 and Smart Remote Connect on November 2, 2026.

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