Focal & Naim vs Marshall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focal & Naim
This app unifies your music experience, offering seamless control over your audio devices and streaming services. Manage your entire ecosystem, set up new products, and enjoy high-resolution playback with personalized settings.
- Unified ecosystem control
- Intuitive product setup
- High-resolution streaming
- Multi-room audio synchronization
- Personalized EQ and settings
- Internet radio access
- CarPlay integration
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The Focal & Naim app gives you total control of your entire Focal & Naim ecosystem. It brings streaming, radio, and your personal music library together in one beautifully simple interface. Your Focal & Naim Account Create your free account to register your products, access local Internet Radio, and receive exclusive benefits such as extended warranties and enhanced customer support. Seamless Setup Ready your new Naim & Focal devices with our intuitive product setup process. Total Control Manage every aspect of your system — speakers, streamers, and settings — all from your phone or tablet. Whole-Home Sound Stream music perfectly in sync across rooms or set a unique mood in each of your spaces with Naim Multiroom technology. Stream Without Limits Access high-resolution playback up to 24-bit/96 kHz from your favourite streaming services. Enjoy thousands of internet radio stations, including Naim Radio, now also available locally on your mobile device. Tailor Your Experience Fine-tune your speakers to your room with ADAPT™ technology, adjust EQ, lighting, and noise cancellation for Focal Bathys headphones, or personalise settings across the Naim Mu-so range. Stay Connected Anywhere Control playback from your wrist with Apple Watch support. Version 8.0 also adds CarPlay integration, bringing high-fidelity Internet Radio straight to your car. Compatible with all current Focal & Naim network-connected music players (some legacy products not supported).
Marshall
Customize your soundbar experience with personalized audio settings and room correction. Receive automatic updates to ensure your device is always up-to-date with the latest features and improvements.
- Personalized sound customization
- Room correction for balanced audio
- Adjustable sound modes
- Over-the-air updates
- Guided initial setup
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After spending over 60 years mastering the art of sound, we know that the only right way to listen to music, is your way. The Marshall app puts you in control, letting you shape your sound the way you want it. Let the app walk you through the initial quick setup to put the all the settings right at your fingertips. Enjoy the Marshall signature sound straight up or fine-tune it to match your playlist, your film, your mood. This app is built for listeners who refuse to settle, and the Over-the-Air updates make sure your speakers are up to date with little or no effort.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marshall at 3.0 against Focal & Naim's 2.2. Focal & Naim's advantage is ratings volume (251 vs 8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marshall holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focal & Naim has 251 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Focal & Naim's written reviews are positive against 14% of Marshall's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Focal & Naim ships an update monthly, Marshall every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focal & Naim | Marshall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (251 ratings) | 3.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews — better | 13.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 342 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Naim Audio Ltd | Marshall Group AB (publ) |
Customer experience
Focal & Naim
Marshall
Bugs and requests
Focal & Naim
Reported bugs
6 issues- Frequent disconnections from devices
- Inability to find and connect to devices
- Crashes and freezes during use
- Issues with firmware updates
- Compatibility problems with iOS 16
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- Metadata issues and incorrect album art
Requested features
7 requests- Improve volume control granularity
- Add EQ controls and presets
- Improve Tidal integration
- Enhance radio station browsing
- Implement better multi-room support
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- Provide more customization options
- Improve overall app stability and reliability
Marshall
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focal & Naim
No in-app purchases
Marshall
No in-app purchases
