Comparison

Roon vs INTONATO24

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Roon

This app serves as a controller for a Roon Server, enabling users to browse and play their music library. It offers a rich metadata-driven interface for musical discovery, connecting to over 1,000 compatible audio devices for seamless playback.

Highlights
  • Music library browsing and playback
  • Rich metadata for musical discovery
  • Connects to 1,000+ audio devices
  • Seamless in-home audio connection
  • Access music library remotely via Roon ARC
  • Bit-perfect playback and format support
Features
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*** The Roon experience requires a Roon Server on your network. *** The Roon App is another controller for your Roon Server. You browse and play your music library on over 1,000 compatible audio devices, and provides a seamless in-home connection. You can install the free Roon App on as many devices as you like. What is Roon? The very best way to experience your music: Roon reshapes the way you browse and explore music. Powered by rich metadata, Roon's interface invites you on a new journey of musical discovery every time you log in. Your music library becomes the starting point on a vast map of performers, composers, influences, and genres. Follow the path emanating from the music you love to discover exciting new sounds and reconnect with long-forgotten favorites. You can delve even deeper through lyrics, artist photos, bios, reviews, and tour dates - then continue the journey with recommendations specifically tailored to your tastes and listening habits. Listen anywhere, on all your gear: Roon lets you play from your collection of music files and TIDAL, Qobuz, and KKBOX libraries on thousands of Roon Ready, Airplay, Chromecast, and USB devices from one app inside your home. Meanwhile, Roon ARC provides access, playback, and precision audio control for your entire Roon music library directly from your phone, wherever you are in the world. Flawless playback. Everywhere, every time: Roon is built to ensure your music sounds perfect every time you hit play, no matter where you are. Roon guarantees the best possible sound quality from every piece of audio gear - our MUSE sound engine delivers bit-perfect playback, exhaustive format support, and precision audio control for a fully customizable and flawless listening experience. From headphones to your home hi-fi, and everything in between.

About

INTONATO24

This application provides comprehensive control for audio monitoring systems in production rooms. It offers automated calibration, precise setup, and intuitive management of stereo, surround, and immersive audio configurations across multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Automated speaker calibration
  • Comprehensive monitor management
  • Intuitive graphical user interface
  • Stereo, surround, and immersive audio support
  • User and room EQ settings
  • Down-mix profile storage and recall
Features
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HARMAN Professional Solutions introduces the new JBL Intonato 24 monitor management tuning system, one of the most comprehensive solutions for easy setup, precise automated calibration, and complete control of monitoring systems in stereo, surround, and immersive audio production rooms. An intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) allows you to control Intonato 24 from Mac, Windows, iOS and Android tablets. It is designed as a complete next-generation GUI application that takes control room monitoring to the next level, empowers to sound engineer as well as admin of JBL Intonato24. Also provides interface to configure Intonato Desktop Controller with JBL Intonato 24 monitor system. Some of the salient features are: • Complete configurations setup • Speaker setup including Bi-amp and Mono • User EQ Settings • Room EQ and Automated Speaker Calibration setup • Subwoofer settings • Input source patching • Down-mix preferences can be stored as profiles and scenes, and instantly recalled (even mid-session) to meet the requirements of specific projects and clients • BLU link I/O setup • Volume, Mute, and Dim controls, plus individual speaker Mute and Solo • Software-controlled analog input sensitivity switches, level indicators and gain trims • Intonato firmware upgrade. • Intonato Desktop controller configuration and firmware upgrade.

Screenshots

Roon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: INTONATO24 at 4.0 against Roon's 3.6. INTONATO24 also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Roon's advantage is ratings volume (558 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

INTONATO24 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roon has 558 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Roon versus INTONATO24: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoonINTONATO24
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (558 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings558 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size632 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoon LabsHarman Professional, Inc.

Customer experience

Roon

All ratings558 ratings
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.0%
Negative31.9%
Written reviews235 reviews
Positive33.2%
Neutral15.3%
Negative51.5%

INTONATO24

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Roon

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on search
  • Audio devices disappearing
  • Volume issues after updates
  • Inability to find Roon core

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Offline music playback
  • Better Tidal/Spotify integration
  • Improved metadata editing
  • Apple Watch support

INTONATO24

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Roon

No in-app purchases

None

INTONATO24

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roon free?
Roon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is INTONATO24 free?
INTONATO24 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roon or INTONATO24?
INTONATO24 is rated higher. Roon averages 3.6 out of 5 from 558 ratings, while INTONATO24 averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Roon or INTONATO24 have ads?
Neither Roon nor INTONATO24 shows ads.

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