Mirage Media Controller vs Hegel Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Hegel Control
This application allows users to control Hegel streaming amplifiers, offering features like playback control, internet radio, and podcast access. It also facilitates initial device setup, input selection, and configuration for supported models.
- Playback control
- Internet radio and podcasts
- Initial setup
- Input selection
- Device configuration
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Control app for Hegel streaming amplifiers. The app provides playback control as well as internet radio and podcasts. The app also features initial setup, input selection and device configuration. Supported models: H150, H400, H600
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Verdict
Mirage Media Controller and Hegel Control both sit at 2.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Hegel Control's written reviews are positive against 20% of Mirage Media Controller's. Mirage Media Controller's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for Mirage Media Controller against 2.3 for Hegel Control. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mirage Media Controller has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Mirage Media Controller's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hegel Control's.
Mirage Media Controller ships an update every 3 months, Hegel Control every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mirage Media Controller | Hegel Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (24 ratings) | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Autonomic Controls, Inc. | Hegel Music System AS |
Customer experience
Mirage Media Controller
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In-app purchases
Mirage Media Controller
No in-app purchases
Hegel Control
No in-app purchases
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