CasaTunes vs Mirage Media Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CasaTunes
Control and enjoy music throughout your home with this multi-room audio app. Stream from various sources, schedule playback, and integrate with smart home systems. A demo mode is available for evaluation.
- Multi-room music control
- Stream from iTunes, DLNA, and internet radio
- Voice control with Amazon Alexa
- Flexible scheduling for playback
- Integration with home control systems
- Demo mode for evaluation
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The latest CasaTunes Multi-Room Music App makes it easy and fun to listen to music throughout your home, or certain rooms within a home, or in the privacy of your own room. Everyone in your home can control and listen to their favorite tunes, quickly and easily using your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. You can also control your CasaTunes music server using your voice and Amazon Alexa You can play your favorite iTunes and Window music collections, play music from your DLNA or uPnP media servers, play music from various popular Internet based streaming music services, and listen to more than 100,000 free Internet radio stations from SHOUTcast and TuneIn. Start and end your day listening to your favorite tunes with CasaTunes' flexible scheduling. CasaTunes provides out-of-the-box integration with various home control systems, including Compass by Key Digital, Control4, HDL Automation, KNX, OnControls, Roomie, RTI and URC. CasaTunes supports several popular whole house audio distribution systems, including those from CasaTunes, Audio Authority, AudioControl, Axium, ChannelVision, Dayton Audio, Knoll Systems, Leviton/HAI, Monoprice, Nuvo, RTI, Russound, SpeakerCraft and Vanco PulseAudio. INTERESTED IN EVALUATING CASATUNES? NOW YOU CAN. THE LATEST APP ALLOWS YOU TEST DRIVE THE CASATUNES APP USING ONE OF OUR OWN DEMO MUSIC SERVERS. SIMPLY SELECT "DEMO" WHEN PROMPTED. You can use CasaSetup to check and upgrade your CasaTunes version, or you can visit http://www.CasaTunes.com/Downloads and download the latest CasaTunes version.
Mirage Media Controller
Control media playback from anywhere in your home. Access and play your entire media collection, including iTunes, Windows Media, Sirius XM, Pandora, and internet radio stations. Create custom Pandora stations and integrate with home automation systems.
- Orchestrate media playback remotely
- Access and play entire media collection
- Consolidated collection from multiple sources
- Create custom Pandora stations
- Stream Sirius XM via broadband
- Integrate with home automation systems
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Turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a powerful controller that will allow you to orchestrate media playback from anywhere in your home. With the Mirage Media Controller, you can instantly access and play your entire media collection, including multiple iTunes and Windows Media collections, Sirius XM, Pandora, and thousands of free internet radio stations with TuneIn Radio, all in one consolidated collection from a single application. If you hear something you like on any source, a single button press creates a customized Pandora station that will help you discover more music to love by playing back content with a similar style. When used with the Mirage Media Control System, the Mirage Media Controller will allow you to remotely control iTunes, Windows Media Center, or Windows Media Player on your PC complete with metadata, album art, and full media browsing. For professional A/V installers, the Mirage Media Controller will communicate over IP with Crestron, AMX, and other control systems to relay zone/source selection, volume, and power commands to the central automation processor. The Mirage Media Controller requires the Autonomic Mirage Media Server or the Mirage Media Control System, both available separately from Autonomic Controls. FEATURES -Play your entire media collection all over the house -Listen to different content in each room -Create, edit, and listen to custom radio stations with Pandora Internet Radio -Listen to thousands of radio stations around the world with TuneIn Radio -Stream your Sirius XM satellite radio subscription via broadband, no antenna required -Interfaces with Home Automation equipment wirelessly over IP
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CasaTunes at 75% against Mirage Media Controller's 20%. CasaTunes also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Mirage Media Controller's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CasaTunes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mirage Media Controller has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of CasaTunes's written reviews are positive against 20% of Mirage Media Controller's.
CasaTunes ships an update monthly, Mirage Media Controller every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CasaTunes | Mirage Media Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CasaTunes | Autonomic Controls, Inc. |
Customer experience
CasaTunes
Mirage Media Controller
In-app purchases
CasaTunes
No in-app purchases
Mirage Media Controller
No in-app purchases
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