Brennan vs CLZ Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brennan
Control and manage your Brennan hi-fi system from your iPhone. Search, play, and organize your music library, control playback, and access internet radio. Stream to Sonos speakers and manage CDs and playlists with ease.
- Network discovery for Brennan devices
- Music playback control
- Search and browse music library
- Internet radio access
- CD ripping and management
- Playlist creation and management
- Sonos speaker integration
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The Brennan can be controlled from any iPhone on the same wifi network. The app will allow you to control and search music on your Brennan The Brennan B2 is a hard disk hi-fi that can be controlled with from the Brennan app. This app simply searches for a Brennan B2 or BB1 on your home network and shows an overview of whats playing - allow you to search music and control it right from the app. Features of app include: - Brennan Discover, automatically searching your network to discover Brennan B2 and/or BB1 - Overview of whats playing on your Brennan - Media control - Play/Pause, Next and Previous Track, Random and Mute, Volume Control - Play your media to Sonos speakers on your network - Search and browse your Brennan - Internet Radio - CD functionality (List CD, Play/Stop, Rip CD, CD Artwork) - Playlist (List, Create New, Delete, Rename, Assign to Preset, Play) - Presets (Play, Delete) - Album and Track Management from Action Menu (Rename, Add to Playlist, Delete) - Get Album Artwork - YouTube for Breanna speakers - Shortcut to Web UI The app usually finds the Brennan within a second or two then disappears. This saves you having to type in the IP address of the Brennan B2 or BB1 and gives you one touch access to your Brennan from your phone or tablet. This can be even more useful if you have a wireless router that often changes the IP address assigned to the Brennan.
CLZ Scanner
This barcode scanner app integrates with web-based software to instantly send scanned barcodes to your computer. It streamlines inventory management by allowing you to add items via barcode directly from your phone.
- Scan barcodes with your phone
- Instantly send scans to web software
- Add items via barcode
- Integrates with CLZ Web
- Streamlines inventory management
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CLZ Scanner is a barcode scanner app for use with the CLZ Web web-based software. In short, you can use CLZ Scanner to scan barcodes with your phone and instantly send the scanned barcodes to the Add by Barcode tab of your CLZ Web software on your computer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CLZ Scanner at 91% against Brennan's 17%. CLZ Scanner also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5). Brennan's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). 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.
CLZ Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 84 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Brennan's written reviews are positive against 91% of CLZ Scanner's.
Brennan ships an update fortnightly, CLZ Scanner every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brennan | CLZ Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (34 ratings) | 4.6 (84 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Brennan | CLZ |
Customer experience
Brennan
CLZ Scanner
Bugs and requests
Brennan
Reported bugs
53 issues- App doesn't look like ads
- Connects to Sonos but cuts out
- App only works for first ten radio presets
- App not accepting input
- Unable to pause or stop from app
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- App lockups
- Sound at max
- App crashes
- App doesn't find Brennan
- App doesn't allow config editing
- App doesn't show device content
- App doesn't connect to B2/B3
- App doesn't recognize B3 after update
- Changes made in app not recorded
- Album art not displayed
- App drops connection
- App doesn't find B3
- App crashes on selection
- App doesn't connect to B3+
- App crashes repeatedly
- App cannot find B2 after iOS update
- App randomly disconnects
- App drops connection constantly
- App can't find B3 even with IP
- App won't connect to phone
- App doesn't find B2
- App claims BrennanVB doesn't exist
- App claims no Brennan on network
- App is intransigent
- App can't find Brennan after Wi-Fi changes
- App loses connection
- App won't reconnect without reboot
- App refuses to connect to Wi-Fi
- App won't register Brennan
- App doesn't play through playlist
- App search function only works for first page
- App can't display multiple albums
- App doesn't recognize IP address
- App fails to find JB IP address
- App has to be deleted and reinstalled
- App has mixed feelings
- App goes back to previous song
- App is buggy
- App doesn't work well
- App fails to connect repeatedly
- App UI is unusable
- App UI on device needs support
- App loses connectivity
- App only works intermittently
- App has issues with Sonos connection
- App has issues with radio presets
- App has issues changing speaker input
- App has issues with pausing/stopping
Requested features
12 requests- Deal with a proper developer
- Search for other music and line up next
- Add music to playlist while playing
- Timeline for track duration
- Home button for easy navigation
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- Improve UX and UI
- Make it plug and play
- Radically revise app
- Finish the app
- Better app slickness
- Improve search function
- Allow playing music outside home network
CLZ Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brennan
No in-app purchases
CLZ Scanner
No in-app purchases
