Focal & Naim vs Primare App
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).
Primare App
Stream high-resolution audio from network sources, USB devices, and internet radio. Manage playlists, control playback, and adjust volume for compatible hardware. This app allows renaming inputs and network devices.
- Network audio streaming
- USB playback
- High-resolution audio support (24bit/192kHz)
- Internet radio playback
- Playlist management
- Volume control
- Input source selection
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The Primare App allows you to choose and play media (including Internet radio) at resolutions up to 24bit/192kHz from network shared music sources and storage through NP30, PRE60 and from I32 and PRE32 with installed MM30 board. Primare App will: - Establish network connections and play from any network shared music source - Play from USB-A, (stick, iPhone etc) - Play files up to 24bit /192 kHz resolution - Play internet radio (vTuner – http://www.vtuner.com) - Display and save playlists - Display format, bit rate and sample rate of the song playing - Provide fast forward and back navigation of the song playing - Provide volume control (fixed or variable on NP30) - Allow source selection of devices connected to inputs of the I32, PRE32, PRE60 and NP30 - Allow the renaming of inputs on I32, PRE32 and PRE60 - Give the I32, PRE32, PRE60 or NP30 a name on the network - Manage software updates on I32, PRE32, PRE60 and NP30
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Primare App at 2.8 against Focal & Naim's 2.2. Primare App also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 16.4). Focal & Naim's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (254 vs 5). 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.
Primare App holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focal & Naim has 254 ratings behind it against 5, 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 43% of Primare App's.
Focal & Naim ships an update every 5 weeks, Primare App every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focal & Naim | Primare App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (254 ratings) | 2.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.2% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 254 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 5.1.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 448 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naim Audio Ltd | Primare AB |
Customer experience
Focal & Naim
Primare App
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
Primare App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focal & Naim
No in-app purchases
Primare App
No in-app purchases









