Comparison

Mirage Media Controller for iPad vs 1

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

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About

Mirage Media Controller for iPad

Transform your iPad into a remote control for your home audio system. Stream music from various sources, discover new tracks with a unique feature, and manage playback across multiple zones.

Highlights
  • Control music playback remotely
  • Access local and streaming music libraries
  • Discover similar music with TuneBridge
  • Manage multi-zone audio
  • Integrate with home automation systems
  • Stream from Pandora, Spotify, SiriusXM, and more
Features
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Turn your iPad into a powerful controller that will allow you to orchestrate music playback from anywhere in your home through your Mirage Audio System. With the Mirage Media Controller, you can instantly access and play your entire music collection, including multiple iTunes accounts, Windows Media collections and any of your favorite internet streaming services such as Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify, Rhapsody, Napster, Last.fm and TuneIn Radio. If you hear something that you like during playback of your local content or streaming services, a single button press of our TuneBridge feature will enable you to instantly browse similar content on Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, or Spotify. TuneBridge is an exclusive and fun feature that will help you discover more music you love by finding content with a similar style. When the application is supported by the installation of a Mirage Audio System, zone grouping and zone volume control will allow you to control and play multiple streams of all of your content throughout your home at your leisure. Select party mode and have all of your zones playing one stream of music throughout your home. For professional A/V installers, the Mirage Media Controller will communicate over IP with Crestron, AMX, Control4, RTI 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 Audio System, both available separately from Autonomic. Designed to work with the Mirage Media Server firmware version 4.5. FEATURES •Play your entire media collection all over the house •Listen to different content in each room •Create and edit radio stations through Pandora using our TuneBridge application •Listen to custom radio stations with Pandora Internet Radio •Listen to thousands of radio stations around the world with TuneIn Radio •Stream your SiriusXM satellite radio subscription via broadband, no antenna required •Listen to thousands of titles with Spotify •Play your favorite albums through Rhapsody •Interfaces with Home Automation equipment wirelessly over IP

About

1

This app offers bit-exact playback of DSD and Hi-Res audio files from various local sources like SMB shares and UPnP/DLNA servers. It supports offline downloads and provides advanced audio features for audiophiles, including gapless transitions and DAC-aware settings.

Highlights
  • Bit-exact PCM and DSD playback
  • Supports UPnP/DLNA, SMB, and local files
  • Offline downloads for playback
  • Gapless transitions
  • DAC-aware settings
  • CarPlay integration
  • Advanced library management
Features
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1-bit is a private, bit-exact music player for iPhone and iPad. Play your own files from a UPnP/DLNA media server, an SMB share, your own 1-bit-bridge server, a folder on your device, or 1-bit Cloud, a private library we host for you. No analytics, no ads, and no account unless you choose the cloud. SOURCES • UPnP/DLNA media servers on your Wi-Fi: NAS, MiniDLNA, Plex, a Chord 2Go. Found automatically, streamed bit-exact, DSD included. • SMB shares on your home network. • 1-bit-bridge, a free, open-source (MIT) server you run on Mac, Linux, Pi or Windows. Pinned HTTPS, tap-to-pair by Bonjour or QR. • 1-bit Cloud: the same bridge, run by us. Sign in with Apple, upload from any computer, and it appears in Sources. 20 GB free. Strictly private, downloadable bit-exact, deletable in one step. • Any folder on your device or an external drive, picked in Files, nothing copied. Download for offline play. • No server yet? Add the read-only demo library in one tap. AUDIO • Bit-exact PCM (FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC, MP3, M4A) up to the limits of your DAC. • Bit-exact DSD over DoP for DSF and DSDIFF, up to DSD256, with a USB DAC that reports DoP lock (Chord, iFi, Topping, Mytek and others). • DSD on any output: AirPods, AirPlay, CarPlay and the speaker play DSD converted to PCM on the phone and labeled as such. A wired DAC still gets the untouched path. • SACD .iso rips open into per-track rows; DST-compressed DSDIFF decodes as it plays. • Gapless when adjacent tracks match. Per-DAC tuning, anti-click rate switching and thermal-aware buffering keep DSD256 smooth. • Spatial audio (beta): a binaural renderer with head tracking on supported AirPods. PCM only. • Large FLAC, WAV and AIFF files can start while they download (optional). LYRICS • Synced lyrics that follow the music line by line, from the file's tags, a sidecar, your bridge, or an online source you switch on yourself. Tap the artwork on Now Playing. SEE WHAT YOU HEAR • Signal Path shows what actually reached your DAC, with an optional live spectrum and true-peak analyzer. • Whole-track analysis answers "is this really hi-res?"; a bridge adds dynamic range, key, tempo and a FLAC checksum that flags an altered file. • Profile my DAC: guided measurements you can send in so your hardware gets supported properly. VOICE, SIRI & CARPLAY • "Hey Siri, play [album, artist, playlist, or genre] on 1-bit". Shortcuts and Spotlight too. • CarPlay: Recently Added and Played, Artists, Albums, Playlists, Favorites and Downloads, A to Z indexed, with voice search and Shuffle. Its browser lists PCM; DSD started from the phone plays converted. HOME MIXES (WITH A BRIDGE) • Your bridge builds mixes from your listening: Heavy Rotation, Daily Mix, On Repeat, Favorites and more; they can cache overnight for offline play. OUTPUT • Play through a USB DAC, AirPods, AirPlay 2 or the speaker, or cast to a DLNA renderer such as a Chord 2Go. LIBRARY • Fast enough for 50,000+ tracks across every source; the first scan carries on overnight while charging. • Browse by artist, album, composer, genre, folder, playlist or a flat Tracks list, with an "Appears On" section. Search everything, filter by source. • Heart tracks and albums; Favorites can follow you across devices with a bridge. PLAYER • A redesigned Now Playing with a waveform scrubber; the floating player arrives on iPad. • Resume where you left off. Home Screen widget, Lock Screen and Control Center transport, sleep timer, optional crossfeed. BRIDGE EXTRAS • Upscaling and DSD-to-PCM renditions made on your own hardware, the original always one tap away. • Atlas notes and better cover art; backup of playlists, favorites and playback history to your own bridge. All off by default on a bridge you run. PRIVACY • No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Optional lookups are off by default; passwords and tokens live in the iOS Keychain. The only server of ours that holds anything is 1-bit Cloud, and only if you create a library. Requires iOS 26.1 or later.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 1 at 100% against Mirage Media Controller for iPad's 23%. 1 also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). Mirage Media Controller for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.1). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

1 holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Mirage Media Controller for iPad's written reviews are positive against 100% of 1's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mirage Media Controller for iPad ships an update every 4 months, 1 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mirage Media Controller for iPad versus 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMirage Media Controller for iPad1
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAutonomic Controls, Inc.Arsenie Coseac

Customer experience

Mirage Media Controller for iPad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral30.8%
Negative46.2%

1

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mirage Media Controller for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mirage Media Controller for iPad free?
Mirage Media Controller for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mirage Media Controller for iPad or 1?
1 is rated higher. Mirage Media Controller for iPad averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while 1 averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Mirage Media Controller for iPad or 1 have ads?
Neither Mirage Media Controller for iPad nor 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mirage Media Controller for iPad or 1?
Mirage Media Controller for iPad ships an update every 4 months, and 1 every 11 days. Most recently, Mirage Media Controller for iPad was updated on October 6, 2026 and 1 on October 10, 2026.

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