mconnect control vs Roon Essentials Remote
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.
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 update cadence: mconnect control at every 3 weeks against Roon Essentials Remote's every 4 months. mconnect control also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 9). Roon Essentials Remote's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for mconnect control against 2.6 for Roon Essentials Remote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of mconnect control's written reviews are positive against 43% of Roon Essentials Remote's.
mconnect control ships an update every 3 weeks, Roon Essentials Remote every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mconnect control | Roon Essentials Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 2.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.9% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 278 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConversDigital Co., Ltd. | Roon Labs |
Customer experience
mconnect control
Roon Essentials Remote
In-app purchases
mconnect control
No in-app purchases
Roon Essentials Remote
No in-app purchases
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