Roon ARC vs SpinRoom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roon ARC
Access your entire Roon music library and streaming services on the go. Enjoy personalized recommendations, offline listening, and advanced audio controls with a familiar interface.
- Access Roon library anywhere
- Stream TIDAL, Qobuz, KKBOX
- Offline music downloads
- Personalized recommendations
- Advanced audio controls (MUSE)
- Car integration
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*** Roon ARC requires a valid Roon subscription *** ARC puts the best possible on-the-go music experience in your pocket and lets you enjoy your Roon library and all of Roon's immersive features wherever you are in the world. ARC is a custom-built streaming service powered by your Roon system at home. Explore your complete collection of artists, albums, playlists, and personal music files, plus TIDAL, Qobuz, and KKBOX streams. Discover added content from Roon's music experts and smart features, such as staff-curated playlists, Daily Mixes, New Releases for You, personalized recommendations, and Roon Radio. You can add albums to your collection, build playlists, set favorites, create tags, and more, just as you can in Roon. Offline listening lets you download your personal music files to keep the music playing wherever your adventures take you – even if you're off the grid entirely. ARC offers remote access to Roon's captivating library of in-depth artist bios and album articles, revealing the stories that take us deep into the heart of our favorite music. And there's more… Ready to hit the road? Your Roon library is too! Roon's browsing and discovery features fully integrate into your car's controls for safe and convenient playback. With ARC within easy reach of the wheel, every road you take is a journey in sound. ARC makes the driver's seat feel like your listening chair at home. ARC is designed to look and feel just like Roon. You get the same intuitive, aesthetically rich Roon interface you know and love, fully optimized for your phone. No more switching between streaming apps; ARC compiles all your music in one place for easy access and maximum enjoyment. And now, Roon's audio shaping suite and pristine sound quality have arrived in ARC - with bold styling never before seen in a mobile app! MUSE delivers the precision audio control of Roon when you're on the go or running a streamlined mobile setup with ARC. It places radically unique EQ handling, optimized balance control, precision volume leveling, FLAC, DSD & MQA support, crossfeed, headroom management, and sample rate conversion in the palm of your hand. You can customize sonic qualities to your specific tastes with MUSE, then save or apply them with a few clicks. To top it all off, MUSE even remembers your presets and reapplies them when you reconnect to a known device. The MUSE Signal Path display provides complete audio signal transparency as the music flows through your device - from source media all the way to your speakers. ARC offers artful design, sound quality, and a music listening experience unmatched by any other music app. Best of all, it's included free with your Roon subscription.
SpinRoom
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SpinRoom for Discogs is the end-to-end listening companion for collectors who love their shelves as much as their turntables. You've already done the hard part — cataloging every pressing, variant, and deep cut on Discogs. SpinRoom takes it from there. Connect your Discogs account, sync your collection, and turn that catalog into something you actually use from the moment you pick a record to the last track on the side. The listening experience SpinRoom is built around the spin itself — not just what you own, but what you're hearing right now. While a record is on the platter, your phone becomes a companion: browse cover art, follow the tracklist, and dig into the music without leaving the moment. Tap Bio on any artist or album for background from Genius. Tap the info icon beside a track for song context — and read the lyrics, courtesy of Genius, as you listen. Artist, album, and track — context for every layer of what you're spinning. It's cataloging on Discogs, listening in SpinRoom — one continuous experience from shelf to needle to last groove. Home — start here when you don't know what to play Open SpinRoom to a listening feed from your shelf and spin history. • What should I spin? suggests a record for today. Release anniversaries take priority; otherwise it rotates through random, neglected, equalize plays, and more. Tap Spin this to log it, or Another pick. • On this day, Rediscover, Last spun, New to your shelf, and Waiting for a spin surface calendar memories, neglected records, and unplayed corners of the shelf. • Your collection lately summarizes past 30 days: spins, artists, records added, and who you played most. Made for the way collectors listen Discogs is brilliant for documenting what you own. SpinRoom is for the moment after that — browsing cover art on your phone, logging what you played, rediscovering albums you forgot you had, and finally giving that unplayed corner of the shelf some love. Whether your collection is 50 records or 5,000, mostly vinyl with a few CDs tucked in, SpinRoom keeps the focus on your library and your listening habits. Browse your collection the way you think about it • Sync your Discogs collection and browse cover art on your phone — Albums, Artists, or Songs • Sort by artist, acquisition date, or last spin — see what you haven't touched in months • Album years reflect the original release, not just your pressing; filter by master release year when you want an era on the shelf • Set a custom sort name per artist (last name first, drop "The") — display names stay as on Discogs • Filter by format, label, and Discogs custom fields for vinyl night or a CD deep dive • Rich album detail: artwork, tracklist, format, play history — tap through to Discogs anytime Log every spin — one tap Drop the needle, tap once, done. Log plays from album detail, Home, or the picker. Build a personal listening history that Discogs was never built to track. Your plays stay in SpinRoom — nothing gets written back to Discogs. Search your shelf by song Hear a riff in your head and can't remember which album it's on? Search track titles across your synced collection and jump straight to the record. Stats for people who love the numbers See how your collection and listening habits stack up: total albums, total spins, most-played records, acquisition trends over time, and more. It's your collection — now with a story behind it. Built on Discogs, made for listening SpinRoom connects to your Discogs account via secure sign-in. Discogs remains the source of truth for your collection metadata. SpinRoom adds what collectors have been missing: fast mobile browsing, play logging, discovery tools, and personal stats. Requirements • A Discogs account • An internet connection (cloud sync required) You cataloged the collection. Now go spin it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mlpsoftwarellc.com/SpinRoom/PrivacyPolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roon ARC at none against SpinRoom's 3. SpinRoom's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SpinRoom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Roon ARC asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roon ARC ships an update monthly, SpinRoom every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roon ARC | SpinRoom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (196 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roon Labs | MLP Software |
Bugs and requests
Roon ARC
Reported bugs
4 issues- Corrupted media files
- Disappearing playlists
- Inability to select external storage for downloads
- Inconsistent connectivity to Roon server
Requested features
5 requests- Native iPad app
- Siri integration for voice control
- Improved browsing and search capabilities
- Automatic offline downloads
- MQA decoding support
SpinRoom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roon ARC
No in-app purchases
SpinRoom
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$14.991 Year
- SpinRoom LifeTime$49.99









