Comparison

HiFi Room Planner vs Optimal Audio

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

Head to head
About

HiFi Room Planner

This app helps audiophiles and home studio owners analyze and improve their room's acoustics. It uses LiDAR to scan your space, identifies acoustic issues, and provides personalized treatment recommendations for optimal sound.

Highlights
  • LiDAR room scanning
  • 2D floor plan creation
  • Acoustic metric analysis
  • Tailored treatment recommendations
  • Sine sweep measurement
  • External microphone support
  • FIR room correction filter generation
Features
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HiFi Room Planner is the all-in-one acoustic analysis tool for audiophiles, home studio owners, and Hi-Fi enthusiasts. Scan your room with LiDAR, analyze its acoustics, and get professional treatment recommendations right from your iPhone. SCAN & MAP YOUR ROOM • Use LiDAR to scan your room in seconds • View a precise 2D floor plan with walls, doors, and windows • Add furniture and position speakers and listener for optimal setup • Works with any rectangular or irregular room shape ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS • Get a comprehensive acoustic score based on room geometry • Analyze key metrics: RT60 reverberation time, flutter echo, room modes, comb filtering, and SBIR • Identify acoustic problems before they affect your listening experience • Clap test measurement for quick RT60 estimation TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS • Receive tailored panel recommendations: absorbers, bass traps, and diffusers • See exactly where to place each panel on your floor plan • Understand why each panel is recommended with detailed explanations PREMIUM FEATURES (One-Time Purchase) • Sine Sweep measurement for lab-grade acoustic data • External microphone support: miniDSP UMIK-1, UMIK-2, Dayton Audio iMM-6 • Detailed RT60 per-band analysis with interactive charts • Full frequency response visualization (20 Hz – 20 kHz) • FIR room correction filter generation for your audio system • Enhanced treatment recommendations using real measurement data • Complete panel specifications: dimensions, materials, thickness, NRC ratings Whether you're setting up a home studio, optimizing your Hi-Fi listening room, or treating a home theater, HiFi Room Planner gives you the tools professionals use — no expensive equipment required.

About

Optimal Audio

Features
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Your speakers might be good. Your room might be the problem. Room Audio Balancer helps you assess and improve your home audio setup using your iPhone or iPad. Instead of guessing where speakers should go, you can scan your room, define your key listening spots, and get practical guidance to improve clarity, balance, and immersion. Whether you listen from the couch, your desk, the kitchen, or all three, Room Audio Balancer helps you understand how your space affects your sound. What it does • Scan your room to build a spatial understanding of the space • Mark key listening zones like sofa, desk, bed, or dining area • Review your current speaker setup and compare it against better placement options • Get clear recommendations for positioning, angle, spacing, and listening focus • Use AR guidance to refine placement in the real world • Improve balance, stereo imaging, and overall listening experience • Built for real homes Professional audio tuning is usually reserved for studios, venues, and high-end installs. Room Audio Balancer brings that thinking into everyday spaces, helping you get more from the speakers you already own. It is not about starting from scratch. It is about reviewing, understanding, and optimizing what is already in your room. Great for • Living rooms • Home offices • Bedroom setups • TV and movie spaces • Music listening zones • Multi-use rooms where sound changes by position Why use it? Because “good enough” speaker placement often leaves performance on the table. A small change in position can make dialogue clearer, bass tighter, and music more balanced. Room Audio Balancer helps you make those changes with confidence. Set up smarter. Listen better.

Screenshots

HiFi Room Planner4 screens
Optimal Audio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiFi Room Planner at Free against Optimal Audio's $9.99. Optimal Audio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

HiFi Room Planner is free to download; Optimal Audio costs $9.99 up front. HiFi Room Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Optimal Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HiFi Room Planner versus Optimal Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiFi Room PlannerOptimal Audio
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElisa Valeria DistefanoThomas Richardson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HiFi Room Planner

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$9.99
None

Optimal Audio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiFi Room Planner free?
HiFi Room Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Optimal Audio free?
Optimal Audio costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiFi Room Planner or Optimal Audio have ads?
Neither HiFi Room Planner nor Optimal Audio shows ads.

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