Comparison

BluOS Controller vs Bon Entendeur

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

Head to head
About

BluOS Controller

Control your wireless hi-res music systems from multiple brands. Stream music from various sources, synchronize playback across rooms, and manage your entire audio experience wirelessly from your smartphone or tablet.

Highlights
  • Universal remote for BluOS-enabled systems
  • Wireless multi-room music streaming
  • Access streaming services, libraries, and radio
  • Synchronized playback across multiple rooms
  • Control from smartphone, tablet, or laptop
  • High-resolution audio with no lag
Features
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The BluOS Controller app serves as the universal remote for all BluOS-enabled wireless hi-res music systems, including Bluesound, NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, Bluesound Professional, Cyrus Audio, DALI Speakers, and Monitor Audio. Link multiple BluOS-enabled systems to enjoy synchronized music throughout your home. Access, stream, and enjoy music from various sources, such as streaming services, your music library, or global Internet radio stations and podcasts. The best part? It's all wireless, effortlessly controlled from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop, delivering stunning audio with no lag and zero loss in sound quality. Available for iOS devices, the BluOS Controller app is everything you need to set up, control and listen to your music on a BluOS-enabled wireless music system. • Wirelessly stream your music to any BluOS-enabled stereo system, wired loudspeakers, or wireless speakers. • Effortlessly browse, access, and enjoy music from numerous streaming services, Internet radio stations, or your personal library. • Take control of your music from anywhere within your home using your smartphone or tablet. • Play different music in each room simultaneously, or achieve flawless synchronization across all BluOS-enabled speakers and players. • Easily position BluOS-enabled speakers and players throughout your home, connecting them to your WiFi network with user-friendly setup tutorials and support. Learn more about BluOS at www.bluos.io. Have questions or need support? Go to support.bluesound.com for BluOS FAQs, setup tips, and troubleshooting articles.

About

Bon Entendeur

Discover curated electronic music mixtapes with dynamic tracklists and offline listening. Sync your SoundCloud, create custom covers, and find live event dates. Enjoy an intuitive user experience with added features.

Highlights
  • Dynamic track-lists
  • Curated playlists
  • SoundCloud synchronization
  • Offline mode
  • Custom cover creation
  • Live event dates
Features
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Bon Entendeur has a new look on the App Store with this 2.0 version providing many new features. • We paid special attention to user experience and made this app the most comfortable and intuitive as possible. • Easily navigate within each mixtape through dynamic track-lists to listen to your favorite moment. • You now have access to a selection of our favorite tracks thanks to a playlist crafted with love by Bon Entendeur. • Synchronize your SoundCloud account in order to access to your favorite tracks. • Have a look at our Dates and come see us live. • Use the Contact page to send us a message. • A new offline mode lets you download your favorite mixtape and check if it’s well downloaded. • Still a BE photo booth to create your own covers. • You have an iPhone6S? We have integrated 3D Touch to save time from your dashboard :wink: • We obviously used this update to resolve a lot of bugs hanging in the last version. If you find some, do not hesitate to use the app's contact form to tell us what happened. If you like us, tell us in the App Store with stars, it encourages us!

Screenshots

BluOS Controller4 screens
Bon Entendeur3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bon Entendeur at 88% against BluOS Controller's 39%. Bon Entendeur also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). BluOS Controller's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (5.3K vs 323). 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

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

Bon Entendeur holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BluOS Controller has 5.3K ratings behind it against 323, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of BluOS Controller's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bon Entendeur's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BluOS Controller ships an update monthly, Bon Entendeur every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BluOS Controller versus Bon Entendeur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluOS ControllerBon Entendeur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.3K ratings)4.9 (323 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.6% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.3K — better323
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB27 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBluesoundBON ENTENDEUR

Customer experience

BluOS Controller

All ratings5,325 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews813 reviews
Positive38.6%
Neutral11.9%
Negative49.4%

Bon Entendeur

All ratings318 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.3%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.0%

Bugs and requests

BluOS Controller

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App fails to detect/connect to players
  • Playlists not saving/loading properly
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Streaming service integration issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved Spotify/Apple Music integration
  • Better local music library support
  • Chromecast/AirPlay integration
  • Customizable app interface

Bon Entendeur

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BluOS Controller

No in-app purchases

None

Bon Entendeur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BluOS Controller free?
BluOS Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bon Entendeur free?
Bon Entendeur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BluOS Controller or Bon Entendeur?
Bon Entendeur is rated higher. BluOS Controller averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5.3K ratings, while Bon Entendeur averages 4.9 from 323 ratings.
Do BluOS Controller or Bon Entendeur have ads?
Neither BluOS Controller nor Bon Entendeur shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BluOS Controller or Bon Entendeur?
BluOS Controller ships an update monthly, and Bon Entendeur every 9 months. Most recently, BluOS Controller was updated on October 23, 2026 and Bon Entendeur on October 24, 2026.

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