Helium Streamer vs YBA
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.
YBA
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The YBA streaming control app gives you full control of all YBA network players via your smartphone/tablet. You can browse music and internet radio stations as well as control playback. Requires one or more YBA network players (like the HERITAGE MP100B MEDIA STREAMER) in the same network. For more infos on YBA network players / audio streaming clients please see http://www.ybahifi.com/mp100b.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: YBA at every 2 weeks against Helium Streamer's every 6 weeks. YBA also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Helium Streamer ships an update every 6 weeks, YBA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helium Streamer | YBA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imploded Software AB | StreamUnlimited Engineering |
In-app purchases
Helium Streamer
No in-app purchases
YBA
No in-app purchases
