Comparison

Fidelia Remote vs Ringer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fidelia Remote

Control your premium music player remotely from your iPhone or iPod touch. Browse your library, manage playback, and adjust volume wirelessly over your network.

Highlights
  • Browse music library and playlists
  • Adjust playback volume
  • Navigate between and within tracks
  • Artist and track title display
  • Track position slider
  • Sort library by Artist, Album, Songs, Playlists
Features
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Fidelia Remote is the free companion to Fidelia — the audiophile music player for Mac. Fidelia plays your music bit-perfect: no compression, no quality loss, no subscription, and full support for FLAC, DSD, and hi-res formats. Remote puts that player in your hand — browse your library and command playback from anywhere in the house, on iPhone or iPad. Rebuilt from the ground up — now with Audio Unit plugin control. What you can do: - Browse your full Fidelia library — artists, albums, playlists, and songs - Control playback — play, pause, skip, seek, and volume - See what's playing, with full album artwork - Switch shuffle and repeat modes - Toggle Fidelia's three Audio Unit effect slots on or off — set up your plugins on the Mac, then bypass or re-engage them from your phone, mid-session - Play Fidelia's internet radio — browse and start stations, with a live indicator while one's on air Auto-discovers Fidelia on your local network via Bonjour. No accounts, no setup, no configuration — open the app and your Mac appears. Fidelia Remote works with Fidelia 2.x on a Mac on the same Wi-Fi network. New to Fidelia? Find the audiophile player for Mac on the Mac App Store, then reach for your phone.

About

Ringer

Create custom ringtones, text tones, and alert tones from your music library or recordings. Easily select precise audio segments with waveform visualization and advanced editing tools for a personalized sound experience.

Highlights
  • Create ringtones, text tones, and alert tones
  • Use unprotected songs from iTunes
  • Edit videos from photo library
  • Direct audio recording
  • Waveform visualization
  • Zoom for precise editing
  • Fade-in/out and gap support
Features
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Ringer is the premiere ringtone creation app on the app store. Make a personal ringtone from any unprotected song in your iTunes Library, video in your photo library, or direct recording. Ringer lets you easily make a ringtone from 2 to 40 seconds long. Features: - Fully iOS 12 compatible. - Makes ringtones, text tones, and alert tones. - See the actual waveform to help you find the right part of your song. - Zoom in and out to help you choose the start and end of your ringtone with sub-second accuracy. - Support for fade-in, fade-out and ringtone gap. - Song navigator lets you jump to any part of the song instantly. - Auto volume support makes sure that quiet parts of a song can still be used as a ringtone. - Landscape mode to provide a larger view on your music. Note: - Songs that are protected by DRM cannot be used. - No app can install ringtones on the phone. Ringtones must be imported into iTunes and synced to the phone before they can be used.

Screenshots

Fidelia Remote4 screens
Ringer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ringer at 89% against Fidelia Remote's 43%. Ringer also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Fidelia Remote's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fidelia Remote is free to download; Ringer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fidelia Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, Ringer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fidelia Remote versus Ringer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFidelia RemoteRinger
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—4.0 (67 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews88.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudiofile Engineering, LLCPixel Research Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Fidelia Remote

Written reviews40 reviews
Positive42.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative45.0%

Ringer

All ratings67 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews610 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.2%

Bugs and requests

Fidelia Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ringer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Songs not recognized in library
  • Ringtones not appearing on device
  • Exporting issues with certain file formats

Requested features

4 requests
  • Direct ringtone installation without computer
  • Support for text message tones
  • Improved waveform editing tools
  • Ability to create ringtones from any audio source

In-app purchases

None

Fidelia Remote

No in-app purchases

None

Ringer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fidelia Remote free?
Fidelia Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ringer free?
Ringer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fidelia Remote or Ringer have ads?
Neither Fidelia Remote nor Ringer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fidelia Remote or Ringer?
Fidelia Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ringer every 6 months. Most recently, Fidelia Remote was updated on October 15, 2026 and Ringer on October 20, 2026.

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