ArcamRemote vs Dirac Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArcamRemote
Control compatible Arcam AV receivers and UDP players from your iPad. Manage basic functions like volume and input selection, as well as advanced settings such as audio modes and video adjustments.
- Control Arcam AVR380, AVR450, AV750, AV950
- Control UDP411
- Input selection
- Volume control
- Audio mode adjustments
- Video adjustments
- Network control
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Free for use with the Arcam AVR380, AVR450, AV750 & AV950. Effortlessly control your AVR380, AVR450, AVR750, AV950 and UDP411 directly from your iPad. Arcam's AVR380, AVR450, AVR750, AVR950 High-End Home Cinema components all feature an advanced network control. This app gives you complete control of your Arcam AVR, including basic control such as input selection & volume control and advanced features such as audio modes & video adjustments. Note: Please ensure that the control setting of your AVR (found in Menu > General Setup) is set to “IP”. IMPORTANT NOTE: This app only works with the Arcam equipment listed above. Please check www.arcam.co.uk for the latest product firmware.
Dirac Live
This app digitally corrects your room's acoustics to improve sound quality. It addresses timing issues and reflections that affect audio clarity, localization, and bass response. Offers a tailored target curve and simplified calibration for a better listening experience.
- Digital room acoustics correction
- Improves sound localization
- Enhances clarity and intelligibility
- Deeper, tighter bass response
- Tailored target curve algorithm
- Simplified calibration process
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Note: To use this app, you will need a Dirac capable device. This device must additionally support connecting a microphone - you cannot use your phone as a microphone with this app. If your device does not support a microphone, instead use the desktop version. No matter how much you’ve invested in your sound system, your room will always have an impact on the sound quality – an all-too-often overlooked fact. Dirac Live Room Correction deals with these challenges in a unique way by addressing the issues that no other product on the market can. That’s why Dirac Live has been adopted by the world’s leading manufacturers of high-end audio-video equipment and praised by audiophiles and music creators all over the world. Room correction solutions have been around for decades. But we at Dirac realize these only act as advanced equalizers, smoothing the frequency curve but totally missing the timing aspect. Room reflections and misaligned speakers will cause sounds to arrive at your ears with different time delays, blurring the sound image. With Dirac Live® you’ll experience three key benefits: 1. Improved localization of sound events, or staging. 2. Better clarity and intelligibility in both music and speech. 3. A deeper, tighter bass response, free of resonance throughout the entire listening area. Dirac Live on iOS provides a richer user experience and better interactivity compared to using an on-screen display with remote control. For existing users of Dirac Live on iOS, you will enjoy the following enhancements: 1. A new and unique algorithm that tailors the target curve to your room and sound system. 2. A tool that lets you design your sound profile by adjusting two bars with your fingertips. 3. A simplified calibration process with fewer steps. Dirac Live® makes use of QT. QT is licensed under LGPLv3. For more information about Dirac Live please visit https://www.dirac.com/live/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dirac Live at 1.8 against ArcamRemote's 1.0. Dirac Live also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). ArcamRemote's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dirac Live holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dirac Live has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of ArcamRemote's written reviews are positive against 14% of Dirac Live's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ArcamRemote ships an update every 14 months, Dirac Live every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArcamRemote | Dirac Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.8 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 14.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED | Dirac Research AB |
Customer experience
ArcamRemote
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In-app purchases
ArcamRemote
No in-app purchases
Dirac Live
No in-app purchases
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