Buchardt Audio vs Schiit Forkbeard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buchardt Audio
This utility app provides advanced audio control for compatible products. Users can access room correction and detailed EQ settings to optimize their listening experience.
- Room Correction
- Advanced EQ settings
- Audio product control
- Listening experience optimization
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The Buchardt app gives access to Room Correction, advanced EQ settings and more for your Buchardt audio products.
Schiit Forkbeard
Control multiple Schiit audio devices from a single app. Manage volume, input, output, and monitor system health without needing individual remotes. Enjoy unique features like Visual Volume for enhanced control.
- Unified remote control for multiple Schiit devices
- Volume, input, and output control
- System health reporting
- Visual Volume™ feature
- No pairing or account creation required
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Forkbeard replaces an entire rack of Schiit remotes with unified control on your iPhone or iPad. Multiple products and multiple systems are easily accommodated. There’s no pairing and no account creation—just add your Forkbeard-enabled products and you’re ready to go. Forkbeard Functionality: - Complete remote control, including volume, input select, output mode, mute, sample rate* - System health reporting, including output power, temperature, current, tube heater integrity* - Unique inter-product functions like Visual Volume™, instant headroom visualization *Functions vary by product Current Forkbeard-Enabled Products DAC - Yggdrasil - Gungnir 2 Multiform™ DAC - Bifrost 3 Modular Forkbeard™ Mesh™ DAC - Mimir Balanced DAC and Digital Preamp - Mesh Card Preamps - Saga 2 Preamp - Kara F Nexus™ Preamp - Freya+ F Tube Preamp - Freya 2 Fusion™ Tube or Solid State Preamp Power Amps - Gjallarhorn F Compact Continuity™ S Speaker Amp - Vidar 2F Power Amp - Aegir 2F Continuity™+Halo™ Power Amp - Wotan Nexus™ Power Amp - Tyr F Nexus™ and Continuity™ choke-input monoblock amplifier - Kraken™ 5-Channel Power Amp Headphone Amps - Lyr 5 EQ - Loki Max F Phono Preamps - Skoll F Phono Preamp - Stjarna Phono Preamp Fun Stuff - Eitr 2 Forkbeard is patent-pending.
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Verdict
Buchardt Audio and Schiit Forkbeard both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of Schiit Forkbeard's written reviews are positive against 33% of Buchardt Audio's. Schiit Forkbeard also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 7). Buchardt Audio's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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.
Buchardt Audio holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Buchardt Audio's written reviews are positive against 63% of Schiit Forkbeard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Buchardt Audio ships an update every 3 months, Schiit Forkbeard monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buchardt Audio | Schiit Forkbeard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.2 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Buchardt Audio ApS | Schiit Audio |
Customer experience
Buchardt Audio
Schiit Forkbeard
In-app purchases
Buchardt Audio
No in-app purchases
Schiit Forkbeard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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