Roon vs TRIANGLE AIO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
TRIANGLE AIO
Stream music from various online services and your home network to compatible audio products. Group speakers for multiroom audio or synchronized playback, and manage volume and inputs for each zone.
- Stream from Qobuz, Deezer, Tidal, Spotify, Napster
- Listen to Internet radio via TuneIn
- Play music from home network (NAS/DLNA)
- Access music from USB drives
- Multiroom speaker grouping and ungrouping
- Individual room volume control
- Select product input sources
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Take control of your TRIANGLE AIO products with the TRIANGLE AIO app. This easy to use app will let you stream your music from your smartphone or tablet to your AIO products. With the TRIANGLE AIO app you can : - listen to music from QOBUZ, DEEZER, TIDAL, SPOTIFY and NAPSTER (and others) - listen to Internet radio (TuneIn) - listen to the music available on your home network (from your NAS or computer with DLNA) - listen to music available on a USB key plugged into your AIO product (AIO 3) - group and ungroup speakers in a multiroom setup (different music in each room or "Party Mode" for the same music in your whole house) - control volume for each room - select input on your AIO product
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Roon at 3.6 against TRIANGLE AIO's 2.0. Roon also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (556 vs 5). TRIANGLE AIO's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Roon holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roon has 556 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Roon's written reviews are positive against 16% of TRIANGLE AIO's.
Roon ships an update every 3 weeks, TRIANGLE AIO every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roon | TRIANGLE AIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (556 ratings) — better | 2.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.6% of reviews — better | 16.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 556 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 616 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roon Labs | TRIANGLE HI-FI |
Customer experience
Roon
TRIANGLE AIO
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
TRIANGLE AIO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roon
No in-app purchases
TRIANGLE AIO
No in-app purchases
