Ruddarr vs Sauce+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ruddarr
This open-source companion app allows you to manage your movie and TV series collections remotely. Browse upcoming releases, receive notifications, and automate actions. It requires a separate Radarr or Sonarr instance to function.
- Manage movies and TV series
- Browse upcoming releases calendar
- Receive fine-grained notifications
- View activity queue and history
- Switch between multiple instances
- Customize app appearance
- Automate actions with Siri Shortcuts
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Ruddarr is a beautifully designed, open source, privacy-first companion app for Radarr and Sonarr instances. Manage your movies, documentaries and TV series from anywhere, anytime. Features: • Manage movies and TV series • Browse upcoming releases in the calendar • Receive fine-grained notifications • View activity queue tasks and history events • Switch between multiple instances • Customize the app color scheme and appearance • Synchronize settings/instances between devices (iCloud) • Automate actions using Siri Shortcuts • Connect to reverse proxies using custom HTTP headers • Use Spotlight search to quickly jump to media • Fully localized, ready to be translated Notifications require a subscription to Ruddarr+, because sending push notifications to devices requires reliable server infrastructure, which incurs monthly operating expenses for this free, open-source project. Alternatively, *arrs come with many notification integrations that can be self-hosted. Requirements: • Ruddarr does not provide any media and requires a Radarr or Sonarr instance to interact with. - - - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sauce+
Access exclusive original content, recordings from live events, and full video catalogs from your favorite creators. This ad-free platform is built by creators for creators and their fans.
- Ad-free viewing experience
- Exclusive original content
- Live event recordings
- Full creator video catalogs
- Creator-focused platform
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Welcome to Sauce Plus! Sauce Plus gives you an ad-free, front-row seat to the content you already love and so much more. Enjoy exclusive originals, recordings from Open Sauce Live, and full video catalogs from your favorite creators. Sauce + was built by creators.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ruddarr at 4.9 against Sauce+'s 3.5. Ruddarr also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 55%) and ratings volume (771 vs 22). Sauce+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads and device support 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. Ruddarr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Sauce+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ruddarr holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ruddarr has 771 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Ruddarr's written reviews are positive against 55% of Sauce+'s.
Ruddarr ships an update monthly, Sauce+ fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Ruddarr | Sauce+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (771 ratings) — better | 3.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 771 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ruddarr | Floatplane Media Inc. |
Customer experience
Ruddarr
Sauce+
Bugs and requests
Ruddarr
Reported bugs
2 issues- Fails with error when trying to add any service
- Crashes and freezes all the time
Requested features
3 requests- Support one time purchase
- List view not just posters
- Latest releases or trending lists that could be pulled from trakt or IMDb
Sauce+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ruddarr
- Ruddarr+$5.991 Year
Sauce+
No in-app purchases
