BeoLink vs RoseConnect Premium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeoLink
Control your Bang & Olufsen home automation systems from your iPhone or iPod touch. Manage audio, video, lighting, and curtains with intuitive gestures and pre-set scenes. Experience seamless integration and effortless control of your smart home environment.
- Control Bang & Olufsen products
- Intuitive finger gestures
- Create custom automation scenes
- Automatic screen generation
- Automatic system discovery
- Support for multiple homes and users
- Demo mode for preview
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Close the curtains, dim the lights and adjust the music, all with a single tap on your iPhone or iPod touch. Bang & Olufsen home automation (BeoLink) controls all systems of modern homes; audio, video, lighting, curtains, etc. BeoLink for iPhone puts all this power in your pocket. Using Wi-Fi, BeoLink for iPhone controls Bang & Olufsen products and other home automation devices in your home, via the BeoLink Gateway. You get a simple and intuitive iPhone app built with Bang & Olufsen's exceptional ergonomics and ease of operation, that is an experience in itself. A simple swipe of your finger changes the channel or raises the volume, without even looking away from the TV screen. A quick tap and the mood of the room changes completely, including lighting, temperature, music and more. Features: - controls Bang & Olufsen's products in your BeoLink network. - finger gestures: control your home without looking at the phone screen. - automation scenes: completely change the mood of a room, or of the whole house. - automatically generates the screens to match your home set-up. - discovers your system automatically and downloads your home configurations. - supports multiple homes and multiple user profiles. - a demo mode is also included to preview the experience. Requirements: - Bang & Olufsen products connected via BeoLink network. - Either Bang & Olufsen Master Link Gateway or BeoLink Gateway in the same network as your iPhone or iPod Touch. Please contact your Bang & Olufsen dealer for details on installation and compatibility.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BeoLink at 2.9 against RoseConnect Premium's 1.8. BeoLink also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (52% vs 16%). RoseConnect Premium's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (66 vs 9). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BeoLink holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RoseConnect Premium has 66 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of BeoLink's written reviews are positive against 16% of RoseConnect Premium's.
BeoLink ships an update every 3 months, RoseConnect Premium fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeoLink | RoseConnect Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) — better | 1.8 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.5% of reviews — better | 15.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bang & Olufsen a/s | CITech |
Customer experience
BeoLink
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In-app purchases
BeoLink
No in-app purchases
RoseConnect Premium
No in-app purchases
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