Fidelia Remote vs Insert Stream

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.

Insert Stream is a companion remote app for Insert which is a desktop app. Insert stream lets you monitor audio from your Mac on your phone over your local network. Connect to Insert, view the stream status, see the current sample rate, and switch the stream between pre- and post-FX chain monitoring from your phone. Insert Stream is designed for local studio and desktop workflows. It does not require an internet audio service; your phone and Mac just need to be on the same local network. Requires Insert running on macOS with streaming enabled.