VBAN Receptor

• Price: $5.99

Last verified 5 Aug 2026

3.5 17 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5It works

   I use it everyday, works as advertised and never drops audio. However better features could definitely be implemented. One example is if you take out an AirPod it’ll automatically pause the audio in the app, however the only way to play audio again is to unlock the phone, open the app and click play. The notification play button doesn’t do what it supposed to, and the play button shortcut on the AirPods themselves won’t resume the audio either. Small inconvenience. App works great

   Austin J.10 · 5 Aug 2026

2. 3/5Audio quality on airpods

   The app works perfectly when using the phone’s built in speakers but the same cannot be said for AirPods or other wireless headphones. The audio becomes extremely crackly and distorted when using wireless earbuds.

   EuphieEuphoria · 5 Aug 2026

3. 1/5I really wanted to like it

   Over the years I’ve used this app off and on with multiple iPhone models and multiple pc’s. After all that time I’ve come to finally delete it as it causes massive battery drain and heat buildup on my phone, even when paused and not streaming anything. My upgraded 2300mh battery tanks in half a day just sitting on my desk not streaming anything with the screen off and gets warm to the touch. Multiple pause/play, forced restarts or manual turn off and reboot, forced closing the app and turning off background play, nothing helps. As soon as I deleted the app that problem instantly vanished. I’m also a little annoyed that it doesn’t use the built-in iOS audio engine so you can’t play/pause the stream from the lock screen or from the control center if you want to hear something else on your phone real quick. And the last thing, I’m really annoyed at how unstable the stream is. I always thought it was down to my bad WiFi setup in the past in combination with a failing computer. Not only have I tried this on multiple networks over the years but I now have enterprise-level network gear and just built a new powerful computer and the app still can’t reliably handle a 100k/sec audio stream in real time without the ‘overrun’ and ‘underrun’ signals showing packet loss and the audio degrading into an inaudible mess. Oh and don’t even think about using Bluetooth headphones with this app. Even if you somehow managed to get them to work (it glitched once when a call came in and got routed to my headset) the audio gets so distorted it’s unlistenable. Overall I really wanted to like this app. To be able to use my phone as temporary portable speakers for a computer I only have headphones plugged into was awesome, when the app worked. But the battery issue alone is enough for me to stay away from it, let alone the other issues I’ve had repeatedly for as many years as this apps been available across 3+ networks, pc’s and iPhones shows this is not an isolated incident and never getting resolved.

   LittleTortillaBoy · 5 Aug 2026

4. 5/5To anyone seeing this using iOS 14

   iOS 14 network privacy has changed. This does not mean that the will never work again. The developer responded to me and said that he if fixing it. It’s a good app and I’m sure will work in no time.

   DoggoBoiWasTaken · 5 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Great

   Works well for what I needed 👍 FYI for those complaining about airpods; This is due to the latency introduced by bluetooth itself. There simply is no solution available for very low latency high quality audio via Bluetooth. When using this app, it’d be best to stick with hardwired headphones. But this is not a limitation of the app’s performance, so much as bluetooth. You could try ramping up the latency to lessen the dropouts and crackling.

   Aaronforaudio · 5 Aug 2026

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