Boom Remote vs Spatial Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boom Remote
Control your Mac's audio and media playback wirelessly from your iPhone or iPad. Adjust volume, toggle equalizers and effects, and manage playback for popular Mac apps like Spotify and iTunes without leaving your seat.
- Wireless volume control
- Equalizer and effects adjustment
- Media playback control
- Control Mac system volume
- Remote control for popular Mac apps
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The Boom Remote is a companion app for Boom 2 and Boom 3D, the most popular system-wide audio booster for Mac. With the Boom Remote on your iPhone or iPad (iOS 9 and later), you get to wirelessly control your favorite Boom 2 and Boom 3D features in addition to other well known Mac apps like Spotify, VLC, QuickTime and iTunes. Simply connect your iPhone or iPad to the same WiFi network as your Mac and watch the magic unfold! This remote gives you the convenience of being able to wirelessly change the volume, toggle equalizers and effects as well as control playback on other Mac media apps from anywhere in your home. The best part is that you only need to have Boom 3D installed on your Mac for you to enjoy these features from the comfort of your seat. The Boom Remote can: • Control Boom's volume as well as your Mac's default volume • Change Boom's Equalizers and Effects • Access playback controls of Spotify, VLC, QuickTime and iTunes on your Mac This app is perfect for when you’re away from your Mac and watching a movie, playing and changing tracks and just about any other situation where you simply want to wirelessly control your favorite Boom features. Note: Boom Remote runs only when paired with Boom 2 (v1.2.1) and later and Boom 3D (V1.1) and later on the Mac. *** Boom 3D is an audio app for Mac (10.10.3 and later) that enhances any audio to make it sound much more optimized. With an intelligent algorithm, Boom 3D personalizes audio to perfectly fit the type of Mac in use; be it the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac etc. Please search for Boom 3D on the Mac App Store for more details ***
Spatial Control
This app allows for real-time control and interaction with immersive audio spaces. Design, deploy, and customize dynamic soundscapes for various environments like retail, hospitality, and museums. It offers user-friendly scene controls, event triggering, and detailed permissions for a seamless audio experience.
- Real-time control of audio spaces
- Interactive soundscape management
- User-friendly scene and space controls
- Trigger interactive events
- Detailed user roles and permissions
- Easy setup, tuning, and customization
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Spatial, the immersive audio experience company, provides compelling, dynamic soundscapes in all of the places we work, play and stay. Spatial brings realistic interactive soundscapes to real-world spaces. - Retail: Ignite your customers’ imaginations - Hospitality: Create a world of wonder - Residential: Make home their favorite destination - Museum: Exhibit the unexpected - Theme Park and Experience: Tell your biggest story Spatial experiences are Realistic, Interactive and Flexible - Built on an object-driven platform that renders realistic, believable soundscapes in real-time. - Comprehensive and immediate support for both inputs and outputs, allowing interactive and dynamic experiences and integration with third-party lights, screens, control systems, and more. - Design once; deploy anywhere. Spatial can scale and adapt to any location and installation; place speakers anywhere you want to strengthen the impact. Using real-world acoustic physics, Spatial scenes automatically adjust to the space for the best possible experience. Next Generation Tools: Spatial Control - Real-time control of and interaction with all your spaces - User friendly scene and space controls - Adjust volume, browse scene information, lock and unlock spaces and more - Trigger interactive events right from the Control app - Detailed user roles and permissions for a business-critical service experience - Easy setup, tuning, and customization of your spaces - Get everything just right without ever leaving the space - Use device features to fine tune the acoustics of each location Also available at www.spatialinc.com: Next Generation Tools: Spatial Reality Spatial Reality runs on inexpensive high performance macOS and Linux computers and works with all industry standard audio hardware to create Spatial experiences anywhere you can imagine. Next Generation Tools: Spatial Studio Spatial Studio is a powerful creation environment with detailed control of a fully visualized experiential scene. Creators from beginner to pro can see the whole scene take place on the 3D canvas and a few quick clicks publishes the scene to the Spatial account hosted in the cloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spatial Control at 4.3 against Boom Remote's 2.9. Spatial Control also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Boom Remote's advantage is review sentiment (42% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Spatial Control holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Boom Remote's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spatial Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Boom Remote ships an update every 5 months, Spatial Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boom Remote | Spatial Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (29 ratings) | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd | Spatial Inc. |
Customer experience
Boom Remote
Spatial Control
Bugs and requests
Boom Remote
Reported bugs
64 issues- App paired seamlessly but immense lag
- App locked up computer audio
- App overrode Mac controls
- MacBook locked at louder setting
- Connection between app and client gets lost
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- Boom3D not running system wide
- Application starts to open then abruptly quits
- Difficulty connecting to MacBook Air when streaming
- iPhone SE, MacBook Pro 16” 2019: only volume up/down works
- Permission to control Mac not found in Automation
- Updated Boom 3D on Mac, can't find or pair
- Boom Remote freezes and shows rainbow wheel
- Keeps disconnecting immediately from computer
- Computer refused connection
- Doesn't work with Sierra
- Doesn't work on High Sierra
- Can't see MBP running High Sierra
- Doesn't work with MBP with High Sierra
- Won't find Mac with High Sierra
- Boom 2 freezes and shows rainbow wheel
- Boom 2 remote does not work
- Boom 2 and iPhone app don't talk
- Remote version 1.2 incompatible with Mac version 1.5
- Messages: 'update boom 2 on your Mac, no device found'
- Boom2 takes over Mac's audio settings on launch
- Boom 2 sound generator ceases and leaves frequency response looking like Himalayas
- Boom 2 made Mac's audio sound dreadful
- Boom 2 audio driver installed, remote stopped working
- Doesn't seem to find the device within the app
- App won't work, won't find device
- Remote doesn't connect to Mac
- App tells to update Boom 2 on Mac
- Remote control feature simply doesn't work
- Says nothing connected
- Sometimes connect broken
- Can't write review from App Store
- Doesn't work with App Store version of Boom2
- No system-wide volume control
- App Store version issues
- Connection times out as soon as cell's screen dims
- No device found on iPhone 6 and iPad 3
- App only works when active app on iPhone
- Disconnects if home button pressed
- Disconnects if screen turned off
- Doesn't work in background mode
- Inconsistent operation
- Hoping for iPhone version, huge let down
- Released too soon, buggy
- Connection declined
- Remote finds computer but won't connect
- Doesn't work on iPhone or iPad
- App literally never connects to Boom on Mac
- Connection times out as soon as cell's screen dims
- No device found on iPhone 6 and iPad 3
- App only works when active app on iPhone
- Disconnects if home button pressed
- Disconnects if screen turned off
- Doesn't work in background mode
- Inconsistent operation
- Needs version for iPhone
- Compound with horrible customer service
- Can't find a single time I would use this
- Multitasking issue on phone
- Connection declined
Requested features
14 requests- Reset connection from within the app
- More than 31 frequencies for advanced EQ
- Support for Windows PC
- Port to Apple Watch
- Phone audio for bathroom breaks
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- Support for Plex Player
- Spotify control
- Custom EQ everywhere
- Background operation on iPhone
- Improve preset switching
- System-wide volume control
- More features beyond volume/EQ
- Update Boom 2 on App Store for Mac
- Add Spotify control
Spatial Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boom Remote
No in-app purchases
Spatial Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Boom Remote free?
Is Spatial Control free?
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