Art Music Controller vs 4STREAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Music Controller
This application provides user-friendly control for a multi-zone audio distribution system. It allows individuals to manage their preferred music sources across four or eight separate zones, offering a comprehensive audio experience.
- Control audio distribution system
- Manage four or eight zones
- Select integrated or non-integrated sources
- User-friendly interface
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The ART5.4 or ART8.8 is a complete and user-friendly audio distribution system for four or eight separate zones. The extensive choice of integrated or non-integrated sources lets everyone listen to his or her favourite music. Control your ART5.4 or ART8.8 system with this free app.
4STREAM
Stream music from online services and local storage to compatible audio devices. Control playback across multiple rooms, group devices, and manage audio sources wirelessly from your smartphone or tablet.
- Stream from online music services
- Play music from local storage
- Multi-room audio sync
- Independent room playback
- Wireless device control
- Group and ungroup devices
- Volume and playback management
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The 4STREAM application can play music from the most popular online music services and local storage from smartphones, tablets or home NAS to one or multiple preamplifiers or amplifiers that are designed and produced by ourselves. The Main App Functions and Features - The 4STREAM application can control our devices, and play the same music to all rooms in sync or play different different music to different rooms within the distance that your home router can cover. -Users can wirelessly control the all the 4STREAM WiFi enabled products including the speakers, audio preamplifiers and amplifiers in the same home network . -With 4STREAM application, on the smart phones and tablets, users can manage their online audio sources like music, radio stations and preset programs. They can also group and ungroup any devices that this application supports, control the volume, change the music and so on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Art Music Controller at 5.0 against 4STREAM's 2.7. Art Music Controller also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 10.0). 4STREAM's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Art Music Controller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 4STREAM has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Art Music Controller ships an update every 9 months, 4STREAM every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art Music Controller | 4STREAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.7 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 47.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | House Of Music nv | 小英 向 |
Customer experience
Art Music Controller
4STREAM
In-app purchases
Art Music Controller
No in-app purchases
4STREAM
No in-app purchases
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