Comparison

BurmesterMC vs D'AGOSTINO DSM HD

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

Head to head
About

BurmesterMC

Control your Burmester MusicCenter, Networkplayer, and AllInOne devices. Manage volume, playlists, ripping, and music browsing with extensive device feature support.

Highlights
  • Volume control
  • Playlist management
  • Rip process control
  • Music content search
  • Input selection
  • Device feature support
Features
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The BurmesterMC app allows you to control the Burmester 111, 151 MusicCenter, 150 Networkplayer and 161 AllInOne (Phase3). It supports almost all features of the MusicCenter, allowing you to: - control the volume - manage your playlists - control the rip process - search and browse the music content - running through the available inputs and many things more.

About

D'AGOSTINO DSM HD

Features
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The D'AGOSTINO DSM HD App provides complete unit control and music management. Unit Control Power, Volume, Input Selection, Balance, Phase, and Dark Mode. Inputs Analog 2 RCA, 1 with optional phono module 4 XLR, 1 with home theater bypass Digital USB. Coaxial, Optical Network/Control RJ45 WiFi RS-232 12V trigger in/out Connectivity: DLNA/UPnP, Spotify Connect and ROON. Audio Decoding: FLAC, Apple Lossless, AAC, AIFF, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, Monkey’s. MQA(Master Quality Authenticated) Support: MQA Decoding & Unfolding up to 4x (192kHz) audio out via I2S. Integrated Internet Streaming Music: Spotify, TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer and vTuner. Users use the Spotify App for Spotify Connect, and other music services are integrated into the Progression Integrated app. Cloud server integrated into the app: OneDrive and Dropbox Supports native DSD64 and DoP64 and 24bit/192KHz PCM audio input.

Verdict

The call

BurmesterMC and D'AGOSTINO DSM HD are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BurmesterMC versus D'AGOSTINO DSM HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBurmesterMCD'AGOSTINO DSM HD
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurmester Audiosysteme GmbHDan D'agostino Master Audio Systems

In-app purchases

None

BurmesterMC

No in-app purchases

None

D'AGOSTINO DSM HD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BurmesterMC free?
BurmesterMC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is D'AGOSTINO DSM HD free?
D'AGOSTINO DSM HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BurmesterMC or D'AGOSTINO DSM HD have ads?
Neither BurmesterMC nor D'AGOSTINO DSM HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BurmesterMC or D'AGOSTINO DSM HD?
BurmesterMC ships an update every 4 months, and D'AGOSTINO DSM HD every 4 months. Most recently, BurmesterMC was updated on November 6, 2026 and D'AGOSTINO DSM HD on November 7, 2026.

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