mconnect Player Lite vs Roon Essentials Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mconnect Player Lite
Stream your videos, photos, and music to various devices like smart TVs and speakers. Enjoy gapless playback and support for high-quality audio formats. This version offers core media streaming functionalities.
- Stream video, photo, and music
- Support for UPnP and Google Cast
- Gapless playback
- DSD and FLAC audio playback
- Stream from cloud services
- Send media to AirPlay devices
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mconnect Player is a media player app to support UPnP/DLNA and Google Cast(Chromecast). - Send Video/Photo/Music to UPnP and Google Cast (Chromecast) devices. - Gapless Playback by App and to UPnP renderers. - DSD and FLAC music playback by App. - Play TIDAL, Qobuz and Bugs music & video to UPnP and Google Cast devices. - Send media files to Apple AirPlay compatible devices from PC, NAS and Internet. === mconnect Player Lite is a compact version of mconnect Player. This version does not have full functions of mconnect Player, such as Track Sorting, Folder Bookmarking, and Remembering Renderer. === You can play media files from any Servers to any Playback Devices with mconnect Player. [Media Servers] - Your iPhone and iPad. - UPnP compatible servers: PC and NAS. - Internet Music integrated into App: TIDAL, Qobuz and Bugs. - Cloud Server integrated into App: OneDrive and Dropbox. [Playback Devices] - Your iPhone and iPad. - UPnP compatible renderers: Smart TV, UPnP supported Audio, UPnP receivers. - Google Cast: Chromecast, Google Cast compatible Audio. - AirPlay compatible devices: Apple TV, Airport Express, AirPlay Audio. Note: If you send a media file to a remote playback device, the playable media format depends on the media decoder in the remote playback device. iPhone, iPad, AirPlay, Apple TV, and AirPort Express are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Google Cast and Chromecast are registered trademarks of Google Inc. DLNA is a trademark of Digital Living Network Alliance. UPnP is a certification mark of the UPnP Forum in the United States and other countries. TIDAL is a trademark of ASPIRO AB. Qobuz is a trademark of XANDRIE SA. Bugs is a trademark of NHN Bugs Corp.
Roon Essentials Remote
Control your Roon Essentials audio system to browse music, play tracks, and adjust settings. This app is specifically designed for Roon Essentials hardware like the ELAC Discovery and is not compatible with standard Roon.
- Browse music library
- Play favorite tracks
- Configure Roon Essentials system
- Control audio playback
- Designed for Roon Essentials hardware
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Browse your library, play your favorites, and configure your Roon Essentials system. Note that this application is only designed to work with Roon Essentials hardware such as the ELAC Discovery. This application is not compatible with Roon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mconnect Player Lite at 3.5 against Roon Essentials Remote's 2.6. mconnect Player Lite also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (62% vs 43%). Roon Essentials Remote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mconnect Player Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of mconnect Player Lite's written reviews are positive against 43% of Roon Essentials Remote's.
mconnect Player Lite ships an update monthly, Roon Essentials Remote every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mconnect Player Lite | Roon Essentials Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (42 ratings) — better | 2.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 278 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConversDigital Co., Ltd. | Roon Labs |
Customer experience
mconnect Player Lite
Roon Essentials Remote
Bugs and requests
mconnect Player Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracks not playing in correct order
- Unable to connect to some NAS devices
- Album art not displaying properly
- Streaming issues after long periods of use
Requested features
5 requests- Add gapless playback
- Implement playlist/queue management features
- Add support for landscape mode on iPad
- Integrate Spotify support
- Improve Chromecast video casting
Roon Essentials Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mconnect Player Lite
No in-app purchases
Roon Essentials Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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