Comparison

Roon vs ACS Manager

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

ACS Manager

This application serves as a companion for the Aurender ACS platform, enabling users to manage all its functions. It allows for personalized settings related to CD ripping, storage, data copying between devices, and metadata editing.

Highlights
  • Manage ACS platform functions
  • Set CD ripping preferences
  • Storage management
  • Copy data between devices
  • Metadata editing
Features
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ACSManager is the companion application for Aurender ACS platform. It is your app for managing all the functions and features that ACS can perform. Use it to set personal settings for CD ripping preferences, storage management, copying between various devices, metadata editing, and more. To use this app, you need at least one ACS units.

Screenshots

Roon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Roon at 3.6 against ACS Manager's 1.0. Roon also leads on ratings volume (556 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). ACS Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

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

Roon holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roon has 556 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roon ships an update every 3 weeks, ACS Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Roon versus ACS Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoonACS Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (556 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings556 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size616 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoon LabsAurender Inc.

Customer experience

Roon

All ratings556 ratings
Positive59.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews233 reviews
Positive32.6%
Neutral15.5%
Negative51.9%

ACS Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

ACS Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Roon

No in-app purchases

None

ACS Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roon free?
Roon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACS Manager free?
ACS Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roon or ACS Manager?
Roon is rated higher. Roon averages 3.6 out of 5 from 556 ratings, while ACS Manager averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Roon or ACS Manager have ads?
Neither Roon nor ACS Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roon or ACS Manager?
Roon ships an update every 3 weeks, and ACS Manager every 3 months. Most recently, Roon was updated on October 13, 2026 and ACS Manager on September 29, 2026.

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