Box Control vs Bel Canto Seek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Box Control
Control your Box Design devices, including music playback from various sources and amplifier functions. Requires specific hardware for full functionality. Offers remote control for volume and channel selection.
- Control Box Design devices
- Play music from media servers
- Internet radio playback
- USB storage and iPod control
- Remote amplifier control
- Volume and channel selection
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This App needs specific Hardware. If you have stability issues please deinstall the app and install it again. Box Control was developed for Pro·ject Audio Systems and will revolutionise the way of controlling your Box Design devices: play music from media servers, internet radio, connected USB storage and iPods on your Stream Box DSnet by the touch of a finger. Together with a Remote Box S you are be able to control amplifiers and other analogue sources using infrared – from volume settings on your amplifier to channel selection on your TV. * To controll the full functionality of your Stream Box you need a DSnet version. If you own a Stream Box DS, contact your dealer for an update to DSnet. * To controll TIDAL you need valid user account on TIDAL service. * The sorting and display of music titles from media servers can vary depending on the type of server software you use. * Volume control currently works only in conjunction with the Remote Box S.
Bel Canto Seek
Control your music streaming to network components. Access high-resolution audio from Tidal and Qobuz, stream from USB drives, cloud storage, or internet radio. Manage multiple music libraries seamlessly.
- High-resolution audio streaming (up to 24/192)
- Tidal and Qobuz integration
- USB drive and cloud storage streaming
- DLNA server discovery
- Internet radio streaming (vTuner)
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The Bel Canto Seek app controls music streaming to Bel Canto Network components. Music file streaming up to 24/192 is supported and you can link to your Tidal account for MQA and full CD resolution and your Qobuz account for CD and High Res Streaming. The Seek app also controls the server function of Bel Canto Stream devices to stream music from an attached USB drive, your iOS device, Dropbox or OneDrive accounts. The Seek app will find any DLNA compatible servers on your network for full streaming control of multiple music libraries and includes vTuner worldwide internet radio streaming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bel Canto Seek at 3.8 against Box Control's 2.2. Bel Canto Seek also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 14%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Box Control's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 12.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bel Canto Seek holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Box Control's written reviews are positive against 44% of Bel Canto Seek's.
Box Control ships an update every 5 months, Bel Canto Seek every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Box Control | Bel Canto Seek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (5 ratings) | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audio Tuning Vertriebs GmbH | Bel Canto Design, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Box Control
Bel Canto Seek
In-app purchases
Box Control
No in-app purchases
Bel Canto Seek
No in-app purchases
