Comparison

Arr Control vs RoomSync for Home Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Arr Control

Manage your entire media server ecosystem from a single, fast, and modern mobile app. Stay in control of downloads, requests, library monitoring, and server status from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Monitor downloads in real time
  • Manage Sonarr and Radarr libraries
  • Browse and approve Seerr requests
  • View Plex activity
  • Monitor Tautulli statistics
  • Check server health
  • Modern mobile-first interface
Features
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Arr Control – Your Mobile Companion for the *arr Ecosystem Manage your entire media server from a single app. Arr Control brings together your favorite self-hosted services into one fast, modern, and privacy-focused mobile experience. Whether you’re managing downloads, approving requests, monitoring your library, or checking server status, Arr Control makes it easy to stay in control from anywhere. Supported Services • Sonarr • Radarr • Prowlarr • Lidarr • Bazarr • Readarr (coming soon) • qBittorrent • Plex • Tautulli • Seerr / Overseerr Features • Monitor downloads in real time • Manage Sonarr and Radarr libraries • Browse and approve Seerr requests • View Plex activity • Monitor Tautulli statistics • Check server health • Quick access to recent additions • Modern mobile-first interface • Fast and responsive experience Free Forever Arr Control will always have a free version with no feature restrictions. If you’d like to support future development, optional donations are available—but they will never unlock exclusive features or limit the free experience. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RoomSync for Home Assistant

Features
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Added your Home Assistant devices to Apple Home and they all landed in the same room? HomeKit doesn't know which room a bridged accessory belongs to, and the Home app makes you move them one by one. RoomSync reads your Home Assistant areas and puts every Apple Home accessory in the room with the same name. One direction, no surprises: Home Assistant is the source of truth and the app never changes anything in HA. • Preview before applying: which rooms get created, renamed, and which accessories move. • Automatic backup before every change, with one-tap restore. • Recognizes HomeKit Bridge accessories by identity, not by name. Everything else is paired once, by hand. • Home screen with the state of every room: in sync, to move, to create. • Bulk move: select several accessories, from HA or not, and send them to any room. • Home Assistant and Apple Home inventories as tiles, with icons per accessory type. • Sign in to your own Home Assistant from the app; the token is stored encrypted on the iPhone and never leaves it. • No accounts, no cloud, no data collected. Free: preview, room mapping, backups, diagnostics and syncing up to 5 complete rooms. A single one-time purchase unlocks all rooms and full room cleanup. No subscriptions. Requires Home Assistant with the HomeKit Bridge integration (or accessories already paired in Apple Home) and an iPhone on the same network.

Screenshots

Arr Control4 screens
RoomSync for Home Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

Arr Control and RoomSync for Home Assistant are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Arr Control sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and RoomSync for Home Assistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Arr Control versus RoomSync for Home Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArr ControlRoomSync for Home Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet POLATMANUEL RODRIGO ESCOBAR VIDES

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Arr Control

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Supporter$0.991 Month
One-time3
  • Coffee Tip$0.99
  • Lunch Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$9.99
1 purchases

RoomSync for Home Assistant

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$4.99

Questions

Is Arr Control free?
Arr Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RoomSync for Home Assistant free?
RoomSync for Home Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arr Control or RoomSync for Home Assistant have ads?
Neither Arr Control nor RoomSync for Home Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arr Control or RoomSync for Home Assistant?
Arr Control ships an update weekly, and RoomSync for Home Assistant weekly. Most recently, Arr Control was updated on October 19, 2026 and RoomSync for Home Assistant on October 12, 2026.

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