RoseConnect Premium vs Ascend Audio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoseConnect Premium
Control your Rose audio devices remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Manage power, volume, and playback for music, podcasts, and internet radio. Stream content from TIDAL directly to your device.
- Rose device search
- Remote control (mute, power, volume)
- Play music remotely
- Podcast playback
- Internet radio streaming
- TIDAL integration
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RoseConnect Premium is the best way to use Rose devices on your network. You can do all of this on your iPad and iPhone. -rose device search Automatically searches for Roses connected to the same network. If the search does not work, you can run the search again by clicking the Rescan button in the upper right corner. -Remote control function You can control your Rose device remotely. ( Mute, power on/off, volume control, service control ) - play music You can remotely play the sound source in the Rose device on the rose device. - Podcast play You can import podcast list remotely and play it on the rose device. -Internet radio You can search for Internet radio addresses on rose connect and play them on the rose device. -TIDAL After logging in to TIDAL in rose connect, you can play TIDAL sound sources on the Rose device. RoseConnect Premium is available for RS-201 / RS-150 devices.
Ascend Audio
This utility app helps users set up and control the Dutch & Dutch 8c audio system. It allows for custom filter profiles, room correction, and mode adjustments. Users can also manage firmware updates through the application.
- Initial setup guidance
- Custom filter profiles
- Room correction
- Input and phase mode switching
- Firmware updates
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Ascend is the companion app for the Dutch & Dutch 8c. It guides you through the initial set-up and offers fine-grained control over the system's features. This includes setting up custom filter profiles, room correction, switching input and phase mode as well as updating firmware.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ascend Audio at 4.0 against RoseConnect Premium's 1.8. Ascend Audio also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). RoseConnect Premium's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (66 vs 2). 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.
Ascend Audio holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RoseConnect Premium has 66 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of RoseConnect Premium's written reviews are positive against 20% of Ascend Audio's.
RoseConnect Premium ships an update fortnightly, Ascend Audio every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | RoseConnect Premium | Ascend Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (66 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.5% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CITech | Dutch & Dutch |
Customer experience
RoseConnect Premium
Ascend Audio
In-app purchases
RoseConnect Premium
No in-app purchases
Ascend Audio
No in-app purchases
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