Fidelia Remote vs Cawing_Nam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fidelia Remote
Control your audiophile music player from your iPhone or iPad. Browse your library, manage playback, and even toggle audio effects remotely. Seamlessly connects to the Mac application over your local network.
- Browse Fidelia music library
- Control playback (play, pause, volume)
- View album artwork
- Switch shuffle and repeat modes
- Toggle Audio Unit effects
- Control internet radio playback
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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.
Cawing_Nam
This app allows musicians to load and play guitar amp models in real-time on their iPhone or iPad. It offers a full tone chain with effects, noise gate, and cabinet simulation for studio-quality sound. Organize your favorite amp captures and presets for easy access.
- Real-time Neural Amp Modeler player
- Dual A/B amp slots
- Noise gate, EQ, cabinet IR, chorus, delay, reverb
- Adaptive layout for iPhone/iPad
- Import .nam files
- Organize captures into groups
- Save full-chain presets
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Cawing NAM is a real-time Neural Amp Modeler player for iPhone and iPad. Load .nam captures, build a studio-quality tone chain, and play through your audio interface or headphones with low latency. STAGE PLAYER • Dual A/B amp slots for instant comparison • Noise gate, parametric EQ with live spectrum, cabinet IR, chorus, delay, room reverb, and shimmer • Adaptive layout for iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape LIBRARY • Import .nam files from Files, Mail, or cloud storage • Organize captures into groups • Audition a group to cycle profiles before committing to a slot TONE3000 (OPTIONAL) • Sign in to browse and download community NAM captures • TONE3000 is a third-party service and is not required to play • Report community captures on TONE3000.com IDEAS • Record or import clips and replay them through the current live chain • Sessions, favorites, and share/export PRESETS & iCLOUD • Save full-chain presets • Library sync via iCloud when signed in REQUIREMENTS • iOS 17 or later • iPhone or iPad • Microphone or USB audio interface (iOS will ask for permission) • NAM profiles you own, or optional TONE3000 downloads Cawing NAM processes your instrument on your device. Recordings and imported profiles stay in your library unless you export them. For Logic Pro / GarageBand, use Cawing NAM on Mac — the Audio Unit is not available on iOS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cawing_Nam at every 5 days against Fidelia Remote's fortnightly. 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.
Fidelia Remote ships an update fortnightly, Cawing_Nam every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Fidelia Remote | Cawing_Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audiofile Engineering, LLC | michael coxon |
In-app purchases
Fidelia Remote
No in-app purchases
Cawing_Nam
No in-app purchases









