EC Play vs SubZone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EC Play
Control your Electrocompaniet audio system remotely. Browse your music library and manage system settings directly from your iOS device. Access external inputs for a seamless listening experience.
- Remote control functionality
- System setup and control
- Music browsing from iOS
- Access to external inputs
- Manage system settings
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This is the remote control for the Electrocompaniet EC Living and Classic Line series. EC Play offers easy access to all features and settings of the system. It allows you to command your system, set it up and control it. Browse your music directly from your iOS device. The app can also function as a remote control, and can be used to access the external inputs of the EC Living and Classic Line products. With all your music at your fingertips, you can rediscover your collection.
SubZone
Optimize your subwoofer's placement for superior sound quality. This app uses advanced acoustic simulations to find the ideal spot in your room, eliminating boomy or weak bass. Achieve clear, deep bass for music and movies scientifically and affordably.
- Rectangular room support
- Acoustic simulation
- Zone performance scoring
- Optimum zone recommendation
- Frequency response plotting
- Multiple listening position optimization
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Experience unparalleled sound quality with SubZone - the ultimate app for optimizing your subwoofer's position. Simply enter the details of your room and listening position, and our advanced acoustic simulation will find the sweet spot. The result is clear, well-defined, deep bass that brings the very best out of music and movies. When sound waves reflect off the walls, ceiling, and floor of a room they produce "room modes". These affect the sound by boosting or cutting certain frequencies, making some sound too boomy and others not present enough. To get the best performance out of your subwoofer, it is important to position it in a location that minimizes the effect of room modes. Previously, finding the best place to put a subwoofer has involved trial-and-error or expensive acoustic software. Some even suggest crawling around on your hands and knees to listen for the best spot. Now, SubZone allows you to calculate the optimal position in a scientific and affordable way from the comfort of your seat. Key features: - Supports any rectangular-shaped room - Simulates the acoustic effect of placing your subwoofer in each possible zone of your room - Calculates a score out of 10 for how well each zone performs - Recommends the optimum zones, marked with a star - Plots the frequency response for each zone, showing which frequencies are boosted/cut and by how much - Can optimize to a specified frequency range - Supports optimization for multiple listening positions - Uses information about the construction materials of the room to improve the accuracy of the simulation - Simple interface with step-by-step guide - No account or sign-in required - Respects your privacy by storing data locally - Detailed documentation with a comprehensive FAQ - Expert support on-hand to handle any questions or issues - Dark and light color schemes - Complies with GDPR legislation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EC Play at Free against SubZone's $4.99. EC Play also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). SubZone's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
EC Play is free to download; SubZone costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EC Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubZone has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of EC Play's written reviews are positive against 80% of SubZone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EC Play ships an update every 3 months, SubZone every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EC Play | SubZone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EC Living AS | Sonic Baume LTD |
Customer experience
EC Play
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In-app purchases
EC Play
No in-app purchases
SubZone
No in-app purchases
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