Roon vs MySetlists
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.
MySetlists
Log your live music history, including setlists, venues, and tours. Track songs you've seen, discover stats, and get alerts for upcoming shows. Connect with friends to see shared concert experiences.
- Log live music history
- Track setlists and venues
- Analyze concert statistics
- Scan ticket stubs
- Upcoming show alerts
- Friend comparisons
- Wishlist and bucket list
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MySetlists is a home for your live music history, built for jam band fans. Log every show you've been to, see the exact setlist that was played, and watch your stats build over years of touring: songs caught, venues visited, tours followed, the rarities you were lucky enough to see, and the ones you're still chasing. TRACK WHAT YOU'VE SEEN • Search millions of setlists and add a show in a couple of taps • Add a whole tour, or a venue's whole year, at once • Scan a ticket stub with your camera and let the app fill in the details • Import your existing show history from a spreadsheet • Rate shows, save photos, and keep notes on the nights that mattered SETLISTS FROM THE ARCHIVES FANS TRUST • Goose setlists from elgoose.net and Phish setlists from phish.net, with real segues, footnotes and jam-chart picks • Every other artist from setlist.fm • Edit any setlist: add a song the archive missed, move songs between sets, or remove one KNOW YOUR NUMBERS • Song gap tracking: how long since you last caught it • Bust-out badges when a rare song returns • Stats by artist, venue, year, tour and festival • A Year in Review of your shows, bands and venues GO WITH FRIENDS • Tag the people you went with, for past shows and upcoming ones • See which shows you and your friends were both at • Comments, photos and meetups at shows DON'T MISS THE NEXT ONE • Follow a band and get an email when they announce a tour or play a venue on your bucket list • A wishlist and bucket list for the songs and venues you're still chasing COMMUNITY Comments, photos and meetups are moderated. You can report anything and block anyone, and reports are reviewed within 24 hours. MySetlists is free to use, with no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MySetlists at 5.0 against Roon's 3.6. MySetlists also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Roon's advantage is ratings volume (558 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MySetlists holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roon has 558 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Roon ships an update every 3 weeks, MySetlists every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Roon | MySetlists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (558 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 558 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 632 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roon Labs | PHILLIP DAVID LEONARD |
Customer experience
Roon
MySetlists
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
MySetlists
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roon
No in-app purchases
MySetlists
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Roon free?
Is MySetlists free?
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