Comparison

Sooloos vs Marantz AVR Remote

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

Head to head
About

Sooloos

This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a wireless controller for your Meridian Sooloos digital media system. Manage, browse, and play high-quality audio across multiple zones in your home with intuitive controls and advanced music exploration features.

Highlights
  • Wireless music control
  • Multi-zone playback
  • Browse by artist, genre, date, tags
  • Playlist creation and editing
  • Quick music search
  • Custom music collections (Focuses)
  • Volume and mute controls
Features
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Get the most out of your Meridian Sooloos system by using your iPhone™, iPad™ or iPod® Touch as a rich wireless controller. The Sooloos app lets you take full advantage of Meridian's award-winning Sooloos digital media system to store, manage, browse, and play the highest quality audio in multiple zones around your home. NOTE: This app requires a Sooloos digital media system running version 2.368 or later, however 2.535 or later is recommended. To learn more about Sooloos products, visit the Meridian web site at http://www.meridian-audio.com/ The Sooloos app from Meridian connects to your WiFi network, locates your Sooloos system and connects to it automatically... no configuration is necessary. Once connected, you can browse your music and control all aspects of playback in all your system's zones. Sooloos offers you many ways to explore your music collection: browse by artist, genre, release date, import date, or using tags you create yourself. Control how you listen to your playlists using shuffle, loop, and the unique Swim mode, which uses your preferences to select music for you. Quick search allows you to enter text using the on-screen keyboard, and displays album and track results as you type. Play different music in each room of your home, or link zones to play the same music in multiple rooms. Use transport and seek to control playback in each of your zones independently. Control the volume of the outputs of your Sooloos system, or even your Meridian processor or DSP loudspeakers directly. Create or load playlists, then edit and save them right from your iPhone™, iPad™ or iPod® Touch. Using the built in Focus feature, you can create custom tailored music collections -- like "Hard Rock from the 1970's", "Top-rated Post-Bop Jazz", or "Most-played albums featuring Yo-Yo Ma" -- and recall them at a touch from the Sooloos app. FEATURES on iPhone™ and iPod® Touch: - WiFi auto-discovery - Transport control - Volume and mute controls - View full-screen cover art for current track - Control multiple zone playback - Browse by artist, genre, release date, import date, tags - Shuffle, Loop, and Seek - Swim chooses music for you - Quick Search using on-screen keyboard - Create, Load, Edit, and Save playlists - Browse Focuses created on your Sooloos system - Switch sources in Meridian Integrated Zones, and power up/down the Zone. ADDITIONAL FEATURES on iPad™: - Graphical browser featuring album cover-art with the ability to focus on albums and view their metadata - Select and Edit mode allowing editing of tags, genres and the creation of album sets - Internet radio channel browser - Transfer play queues between zones - Manage streaming accounts - Display notification messages from the Sooloos Core.

About

Marantz AVR Remote

Control your compatible Marantz AV receiver with your iOS device. Manage power, volume, inputs, and settings. Seamlessly integrate with HEOS for network browsing and control.

Highlights
  • Control power, volume, and inputs
  • Access Smart Select and Surround Modes
  • Network browsing with HEOS integration
  • ECO Mode settings
  • Option settings (Sleep Tone, Channel Level)
  • Marantz CD Player control
  • View user manuals
Features
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The “Marantz AVR Remote” app for iPhone and iPad will give you an unprecedented level of command and control over the latest generation of Marantz AV Receivers (due to hardware differences, older models are not supported with this app. Please check the model compatibility list below). A wide portfolio of useful features, nicely designed graphics and easy to operate user interface do make the app a useful tool to control your AVR. Control the basic functions of your Marantz product with power, volume, input and settings. Have direct access to Smart Select and Surround Modes. Network browsing is either done within the Marantz AVR Remote app or depending on model by selecting HEOS network as input which opens the HEOS app automatically. With the new Marantz AVR Remote, your iOS device just became an integral part of your home entertainment experience. "Because Music Matters" Compatible Marantz Models (*1, *2) 2026 New Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV 30 Network AV Receiver: CINEMA 50 SERIES 2, CINEMA 60 SERIES 2, CINEMA 70s SERIES 2 2025 Model Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV 20 2024 Model Network AV Receiver: CINEMA 30 2023 Model Network AV Receiver: STEREO 70s 2022 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV 10 Network AV Receiver: CINEMA 40, CINEMA 50, CINEMA 60, CINEMA 70s 2021 Model Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV8805A 2020 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV7706 Network AV Receiver: SR8015, SR7015, SR6015, SR5015, NR1711 2019 Models Network AV Receiver: SR6014, SR5014, NR1710, NR1510, NR1200 2018 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV7705 Network AV Receiver: SR7013, SR6013, SR5013, NR1609, NR1509 2017 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV8805, AV7704 Network AV Receiver: SR8012, SR7012, SR6012, SR5012, NR1608, NR1508 2016 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV7703 Network AV Receiver: SR7011, SR6011, SR5011, NR1607 2015 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV7702mkII Network AV Receiver: SR7010, SR6010, SR5010, NR1606, NR1506 2014 Models Network AV Pre-Amplifier: AV8802, AV8802A *Not compatible with Marantz models other than the above models. Main feature: •On the fly HEOS app switching for network browsing and control for HEOS built-in AVR and AVP •ECO Mode setting •Option settings (Sleep Tone, Channel Level etc.) and Selected Setup Features •Marantz CD Control when your Marantz AVR is connected to Marantz CD Player with a remote cable •Viewing User manuals •Multi-Language Support (English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Polish.) (*3) Notes: *1: A firmware update for your Marantz product is may be needed, please update the firmware via the system setup menu. (General > Firmware) If the App doesn't work well, please try to reboot your mobile device, unplug the power cord of the main unit and reinsert into the power outlet or check your home network. *2: Please set "Network Control" to "ON" in your product via the system setup menu to use this app. (Network > Network Control) *3: The OS language setting is automatically detected; when not available, English is selected.

Screenshots

Sooloos4 screens
Marantz AVR Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sooloos at 4.0 against Marantz AVR Remote's 2.0. Sooloos also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 21%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Marantz AVR Remote's advantage is ratings volume (627 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Sooloos holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marantz AVR Remote has 627 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Sooloos's written reviews are positive against 21% of Marantz AVR Remote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sooloos ships an update every 5 months, Marantz AVR Remote every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sooloos versus Marantz AVR Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSooloosMarantz AVR Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better2.0 (627 ratings)
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews — better20.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2627 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMERIDIAN AUDIO LIMITEDD&M Holdings

Customer experience

Sooloos

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative26.1%

Marantz AVR Remote

All ratings625 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative71.5%
Written reviews613 reviews
Positive20.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative69.7%

Bugs and requests

Sooloos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Marantz AVR Remote

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to detect receiver
  • Crashing on certain functions
  • Inconsistent volume and power controls
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved media server integration
  • Better Audyssey settings control
  • Faster navigation and UI responsiveness

In-app purchases

None

Sooloos

No in-app purchases

None

Marantz AVR Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sooloos free?
Sooloos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marantz AVR Remote free?
Marantz AVR Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sooloos or Marantz AVR Remote?
Sooloos is rated higher. Sooloos averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Marantz AVR Remote averages 2.0 from 627 ratings.
Do Sooloos or Marantz AVR Remote have ads?
Neither Sooloos nor Marantz AVR Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sooloos or Marantz AVR Remote?
Sooloos ships an update every 5 months, and Marantz AVR Remote every 3 months. Most recently, Sooloos was updated on October 15, 2026 and Marantz AVR Remote on October 26, 2026.

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