Helium Streamer vs QXPlayer remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helium Streamer
Stream your personal music library from your PC to your iOS device. Access playlists, search your collection, and view track details, all through a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. Enjoy your music anywhere, away from your computer.
- Stream music from PC
- Multi-user support
- Play/Pause and track selection
- Set rating and favorite status
- Album artwork and details
- Search music library
- Scrobble to Last.fm
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Helium Streamer enables you to playback your personal music collection on your iOS device. It streams music from Helium Streamer on your PC. This application is ideal if you want to listen to your Helium music collection away from your PC. It uses the Wi-Fi connection to receive streamed music from Helium from anywhere in and around your home and 3G/4G if you are out and about. Helium Streamer enables the playback of Playlists, Searches and User Favourites. Details of the currently playing track are shown; as is information about the playing track's artist. Helium Streamer interacts with Helium Streamer's in-built Web Service to stream and download music to the device. Features +Easily stream music from Helium Streamer on your PC +Full support for Helium's multi-user capability +Play or Pause your music +Select Next or Previous track +Set rating and favourite status for the playing track +Album artwork and details shown for the playing track +Built in play queue handling +Search Heliums library for albums, artists, titles, genre, recording years, release years and publishers +Browse Playlists / Smart Playlists +Browse Playlist / Smart Playlist contents +Browse Favourite Album, Artist and Tracks and play them +Scrobble played music to Last.fm Requirements +This App requires Helium Streamer 5. +Wi-Fi or 3G/4G connection to the PC running Helium Streamer 5.
QXPlayer remote
Control your Mac's music player from your iPhone or iPad. Browse files, folders, and artists, and manage playback remotely. Ensures optimal audio quality from your Mac.
- Remote control for QXPlayer on Mac
- Browse music files and folders
- Full music playback control
- Access artists and files
- Connect via Wi-Fi
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The QXPlayer Remote control app allows you to control your MacOS QXPlayer from your iPhone or iPad. Your files, folders, artists are all accessible from the QXPlayer Remote, but the QXPlayer running on your Mac still guarantees optimal audio playback. - Browse all music files and folders accessible from the application. - Full play music control How use QXPlayer Remote Control: - Update the Mac OS QXPlayer 1.2+ on your Mac and install QXPlayer remote app on your iPhone or iPad - Connect your computer and your iPhone or iPad to the same wifi network with your Mac. - Select your computer from the QXPlayer Remote app. About QXPlayer: (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qxplayer/id1481703720) QXPlayer is an audiophile player. This player based on custom audio engine that allows you enjoying high-quality music of various formats on your Mac. You will have full control over any of your audio files while utilizing the folder system that is in Finder. Among the basic functions included in the initial release of QXPlayer V1.20 are: Now with remote control via your iPhone or iPad. Ability to listen to files in a variety of formats without any quality loss: FLAC, WAVE, Apple Lossless, AAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, WavPack, Monkey's Audio, Speex, True Audio, MOD, AIFF, and DSF are supported; 31 bands equalizer. Opportunity to choose between the external and internal storage devices; Support of files and folders view; Coming soon: CUE support, playlists and metadata editor If you are looking for a simple HQ player with a user-friendly interface, solid set of functions and an extensive set of supported formats, QXPlayer is the right choice at a reasonable price.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: QXPlayer remote at 67% against Helium Streamer's 0%. QXPlayer remote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Helium Streamer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 54 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
QXPlayer remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Helium Streamer's written reviews are positive against 67% of QXPlayer remote's.
Helium Streamer ships an update every 6 weeks, QXPlayer remote every 54 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helium Streamer | QXPlayer remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 54 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imploded Software AB | Sergei Morozov |
Customer experience
Helium Streamer
QXPlayer remote
In-app purchases
Helium Streamer
No in-app purchases
QXPlayer remote
No in-app purchases
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