Focal & Naim vs Audeze
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).
Audeze
This application provides control over Audeze hardware, including volume, microphone settings, and EQ adjustments. It also facilitates firmware updates for your devices.
- Volume control
- Microphone settings
- EQ adjustments
- Firmware updates
- Device function control
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With Maxwell, the Audeze app allows control of functions such as Volume, Microphone Settings, EQ, Firmware Updates, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Audeze at 3.4 against Focal & Naim's 2.2. Audeze also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 23%). Focal & Naim's advantage is ratings volume (254 vs 11). 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.
Audeze holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focal & Naim has 254 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Focal & Naim's written reviews are positive against 50% of Audeze's.
Focal & Naim ships an update every 5 weeks, Audeze every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focal & Naim | Audeze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (254 ratings) | 3.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 254 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 448 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Naim Audio Ltd | Audeze LLC |
Customer experience
Focal & Naim
Audeze
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
Audeze
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focal & Naim
No in-app purchases
Audeze
No in-app purchases
