mconnect control vs Amarra Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mconnect control
Control network audio products with this app. Stream music from your phone, PC, or NAS to compatible devices. Enjoy internet radio and manage playlists across multiple servers.
- Stream music from phone, PC, NAS
- Play TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer, vTuner
- Internet radio playback
- Multi-room audio control
- Playlist management
- Network audio device setup
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mconnect Control is a dedicated control app for ConversDigital’s mconnect technology compatible network audio products. 1. Play TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer and vTuner to mconnect compatible audio. 2. Stream music files to mconnect compatible audio from your phone, PCs and NAS. 3. Play music files in PCs and Network Attached Storages (NAS) with your phone and tablet. [Features] - Works with “mconnect compatible” network audio products. - Stream music from your phone to mconnect compatible audio. - Stream music from PC, network storage, and cloud to mconnect compatible audio. - Listening Internet streaming music and Internet Radio with mconnect compatible audio. - Play music in any servers with your phone. - Network Audio Device Setup: WiFi selection, firmware update and other setups. - Multi-room control: select group of speakers to play music simultaneously. - Playlist management across servers. - Track Sorting, Folder Bookmarking, and Remembering Renderer. - TIDAL Integration. - Qobuz Integration. - Deezer Integration. - vTuner Integration. mconnect is a technology and trademark of ConversDigital Co., Ltd. TIDAL is a trademark of ASPIRO AB. Qobuz is a trademark of XANDRIE SA. Deezer is a trademark of ODYSSEY MUSIC GROUP. vTuner is a trademark of Nothing Else Matters Software Ltd.
Amarra Play
Experience superior audio quality on your iOS device. Enjoy local music files and stream from Qobuz and TIDAL. Unlock advanced features like MQA decoding and customizable EQ with an in-app purchase or Amarra Luxe license.
- High-resolution audio playback
- Qobuz and TIDAL streaming
- MQA decoding (with purchase)
- Customizable EQ
- Support for FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more
- Remote control for Amarra Luxe
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Amarra Play brings the highest quality playback to your IOS device. Now providing access to your Qobuz account and soon your TIDAL account, Amarra Play is the app that brings you the tools to get the music you love right at your fingertips. As a stand-alone app you'll enjoy: • A free version to get superior sound for your audio files copied to your mobile device including FLAC files as well as your local Apple Music library. Spice it all up with a set of powerful EQ presets. • Upgrade with the in-app purchase for MQA decoding, expand to a professional grade, customizable EQ and add access to your Qobuz and TIDAL accounts as well! When used with Amarra Luxe, unlock the following features: • Remote control of Amarra Luxe and Amarra sQ+ from Amarra Play. Relax, sit back and enjoy! • Use Amarra Play to play your music on your IOS device Download files to your IOS device (local files only) Stream files to your IOS device (local, Qobuz and TIDAL files) • Formats Supported MQA Decode up to 96 kHz (Amarra Luxe license required) AIFF, AIFC, MP3, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AAC, DSD->PCM real-time conversion NOTE: Amarra Play must be running on same wireless network as computer. Visit www.sonicstudio.com to get your free 15 day free trial of Amarra Luxe
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mconnect control at none against Amarra Play's 5. mconnect control also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 22%). Amarra Play's advantage is rating (2.9 vs 2.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Amarra Play sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. mconnect control asks for nothing beyond the download.
Amarra Play holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of mconnect control's written reviews are positive against 22% of Amarra Play's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | mconnect control | Amarra Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 2.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.9% of reviews — better | 21.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConversDigital Co., Ltd. | Sonic Studio |
Customer experience
mconnect control
Amarra Play
Bugs and requests
mconnect control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Amarra Play
Reported bugs
32 issues- App crashes on launch or during playback
- Remote app doesn't pair or loses connection
- Playback controls are unresponsive
- Album art is missing or corrupted
- MQA decoding is slow or outputs PCM
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- Gapless playback not supported
- App doesn't open on iPhone 15
- Music files load very slowly or not at all
- EQ distorts audio
- Remote app loses connection frequently
- App crashes when trying to use Tidal add-on
- Music shows as 00:00
- Remote app doesn't wake laptop from sleep
- Remote app requires constant re-pairing
- Desktop app crashes after scanning library
- Remote app doesn't display album art
- Remote app doesn't control music playback properly
- Remote app is slow to respond
- Remote app loses connection to computer
- App stops after two songs
- iTunes library sync issues
- File sharing removes cover art
- App crashes when adding more albums
- Tidal add-on doesn't work
- MQA not working on m12
- Remote app doesn't pair after upgrade
- Playlists don't show all tracks
- No search index
- EQ settings don't stick
- User presets not accessible
- Remote app doesn't open
- App crashes when loading library
Requested features
13 requests- Add more equalizer settings from MacBook version
- Timeline for updates
- Ability to add more EQ presets
- Improved album art handling
- Fix gapless playback
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- Native MQA output
- Amazon Music EQ support
- Improved UI/UX
- Search functionality
- Now Playing button in remote
- Wake laptop from sleep via remote
- Persistent login for remote
- More sophisticated EQ with frequency, gain, and Q settings
In-app purchases
mconnect control
No in-app purchases
Amarra Play
- EQ support$2.99
- Adds support for MQA decoding$3.99
- TIDAL Streaming$4.99
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- Qobuz streaming support$4.99
- Adds Qobuz, TIDAL, MQA and EQ$12.99
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