Cary Audio vs Bel Canto Seek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cary Audio
Control your Cary Audio DAC-200ts or SI-300.2d with an intuitive interface. This app mirrors the physical unit's faceplate, offering two-way functionality to display information directly from your device.
- Control DAC-200ts / SI-300.2d
- Intuitive interface
- Mirrors faceplate controls
- Two-way information display
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Explanation of APP function: This app is specifically designed to control the Cary Audio DAC-200ts / SI-300.2d. All functions of the DAC and Integrated Amplifier can be control with the intuitive interface which is designed to function similarly to the actual unit faceplate. The app has two way functionality which displays the same information as the unit itself.
Bel Canto Seek
Control your music streaming to network components. Access high-resolution audio from Tidal and Qobuz, stream from USB drives, cloud storage, or internet radio. Manage multiple music libraries seamlessly.
- High-resolution audio streaming (up to 24/192)
- Tidal and Qobuz integration
- USB drive and cloud storage streaming
- DLNA server discovery
- Internet radio streaming (vTuner)
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The Bel Canto Seek app controls music streaming to Bel Canto Network components. Music file streaming up to 24/192 is supported and you can link to your Tidal account for MQA and full CD resolution and your Qobuz account for CD and High Res Streaming. The Seek app also controls the server function of Bel Canto Stream devices to stream music from an attached USB drive, your iOS device, Dropbox or OneDrive accounts. The Seek app will find any DLNA compatible servers on your network for full streaming control of multiple music libraries and includes vTuner worldwide internet radio streaming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bel Canto Seek at 3.8 against Cary Audio's 1.0. Bel Canto Seek also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). Cary Audio's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). 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.
Bel Canto Seek holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bel Canto Seek has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cary Audio ships an update every 7 months, Bel Canto Seek every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cary Audio | Bel Canto Seek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cary Audio Design LLC | Bel Canto Design, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Cary Audio
Bel Canto Seek
In-app purchases
Cary Audio
No in-app purchases
Bel Canto Seek
No in-app purchases
