A really expensive way to learn networking
If you want to learn networking, have money to burn, and like the idea of possibly one day accessing your music collection when away from home, this is a great way to do it.
The app hardly ever works; occasionally it does. But don't worry. In a matter of hours there will be a room update that ensures Arc breaks again.
You will need to install Tailscale, change the settings, then change them back again, constantly hoping that the most basic functionality will be achieved. It never will.
Give up on this overpriced wild goose chase. Use Spotify. It works. It doesn't sound great, but then nor does an iPhone.
The app hardly ever works; occasionally it does. But don't worry. In a matter of hours there will be a room update that ensures Arc breaks again.
You will need to install Tailscale, change the settings, then change them back again, constantly hoping that the most basic functionality will be achieved. It never will.
Give up on this overpriced wild goose chase. Use Spotify. It works. It doesn't sound great, but then nor does an iPhone.
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Very good but …
I love what Roon ARC does - extends my music library to wherever I want to listen. In the car, in a plane, in the gym, on vacation, etc. it just works (for me. YMMV). But the UI needs some work. Personally, I wish it worked more like the main Roon app in terms of music selection. But if you love Roon (and I do), then Roon ARC is indispensable.
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Complete rubbish
“Your server can’t be found, even though the Roon app reports that ARC ‘can securely access your server’. Please delete the app, download it again, and then re-download all of your offline content again.”
Better & Better
Don’t get turned off by older negative reviews. Roon Arc works well to bring Roon magic out your front door.
Much Improved
I’ve been a user since day one. ARC has been flawless for me in the past 6 months. Integration with Apple CarPlay is also very good.
So unreliable
On home network and went connect. Tedious.
No iPad app in 2026
Needs to be compatible with iPad. Come on now, this is 2026. I know you can use the regular Roon app, but what if I want to listen to music on the go?
Gets better and better
This has become an indispensable portable companion to the at-home Roon experience! The app has really improved in terms of UI/UX. My thanks and congrats to the team!
As they update it it just gets more buggy
First it is designed by geeks for geeks. Simple to set up successfully, IT IS NOT. But it can be done if you can drill into your router settings and set up port forwarding, etc. Unlike Apple Music etc, Arc doesn’t just work. And then the updates have consistently broken it on my system. And good luck getting support. Remember it is geek-centric. You need to join their support community post your problem and hope for the best. When it works it’s great. Good luck.
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Connectivity issues
This app seems not ready for prime time. It’s great when it works, but works half the time. Was going to replace Spotify with this. Full disclosure, I only used Spotify for listening to music. It’s no where near able to be reliable
iPad!
Please please please add native iPad (and thereby M-series MacBook) support so we can FULLY enjoy Roon on the go!! 🙏🏻
Great App, Needs Some Polish
I love this app for managing playlists and saving music to my phone. One area that needs major improvement is battery use. This app for whatever reason just churns through my battery on a new iphone 16 pro. Maybe they should add a battery saver mode for online only use and no filters?
More broken after each release.
What can I say. This app is getting more broken after each release. List of issues wouldn’t fit here.
No iPad app in 2026
Needs to be comparable with iPad. Come on now, this is 2026. I know you can use the regular Roon app, but what if I want to listen to music on the go?
No CarPlay
CarPlay promised but not available for some reason
Unexpectedly, probably the best music player on the go
A long time Roon user, I held back for years before trying ARC on the go - it didn’t work without tinkering with my router settings, and if I already have a Tidal subscription, why not use that on the go. But I often missed my playlists from home, as well as music that I have on the server but not available on Tidal. Finally I read about Tailscale and gave it a try. Setting up Tailscale was very easy, but I still had to add some firewall rules and restart the Roon server before it worked. However, since I started using it, I’ve been very pleased with the whole thing. It’s a surprisingly good player app, has offline downloads for local content, and works actually more stable and smooth than the Tidal app. The only thing I don’t like is that tapping a song plays it, instead of bringing up the context menu (play next, queue). I don’t want my music interrupted and my queue gone because I hit a song title instead of the little ellipsis button.
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Not usable for years
Do not subscribe to Roon if you think this app will let you listen to your collection when you are on a cellular connection. It continually crashes and locks up. Suggested fixes like Tailscale don’t work long term. An uninstall/reinstall/resync will work for a few hours, but it always crashes again. No logs to troubleshoot the problem. No improvement after years reporting the same issues. The app is junk.
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Decent.
The UI is great, very good looking, easy to use. It just HAMMERS battery. Easily 10% an hour, my phone is very warm when I’m playing music as well, I can’t fathom why, it seems to need some optimism.
Otherwise it can’t complain, it’s all I use nowadays.
Otherwise it can’t complain, it’s all I use nowadays.
So buggy it’s not worth spending time in this app at all
It works only half of the time, on good days. And when it works, it’s sooooo buggy with all sorts of interruptions to user experience. How can any serious company release a half-baked product like this?!
Does not work
Tried it all, does not work.
