Experts recommend Amazon Fire TV Stick more than Roku Express
As of 3 Apr 2024, experts prefer Amazon Fire TV Stick over Roku Express, but both Streaming Players have solid expert endorsements.
As per this month's meta ranking, Amazon Fire TV Stick received 2 recommendations: from PCMag (6 Oct 2023) and Reviewed (25 Jul 2023). Roku Express was also endorsed 2 times: by Reviewed (25 Jul 2023) and TechRadar (7 Oct 2022). However, experts generally ranked Roku Express lower than Amazon Fire TV Stick in their articles, which caused it to rank lower in ReviewFinder ranking.
Rank | Change | Price | Streaming Player | Tom's Guide | IGN | PCMag | The Verge | Reviewed | Business Insider | TechHive | TechRadar | WIRED | Digital Trends |
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11 | - | Check price | Amazon Fire TV Stick | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | - | $25 | Roku Express | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
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Endorsement summary:
- On 25 Jul 2023 Reviewed ranked Amazon Fire TV Stick as #6 and Roku Express as #7
Rank Streaming Player ... ... #6 out of 7 Amazon Fire TV Stick #7 out of 7 Roku Express Source: www.reviewed.com - On 6 Oct 2023 PCMag ranked Amazon Fire TV Stick as #1
Rank Streaming Player Comment #1 out of 9 Amazon Fire TV Stick Best for Alexa Users / Editors' Choice... ... ... Source: www.pcmag.com - On 7 Oct 2022 TechRadar ranked Roku Express as #5
Rank Streaming Player Comment ... ... ... #5 out of 9 Roku Express The best streaming stick for good value HD content... ... ... Source: www.techradar.com
After counting and adding up the 73 expert endorsements of the April rankings, Amazon Fire TV Stick outranks Roku Express. This is not to say that Roku Express is a bad option. Like Amazon Fire TV Stick, it is recommended by experts, but less.
Rank | Change | Price | Streaming Player | Tom's Guide | IGN | PCMag | The Verge | Reviewed | Business Insider | TechHive | TechRadar | WIRED | Digital Trends |
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1 | - | $200 | Apple TV 4K | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
2 | - | $46 | Roku Streaming Stick 4K | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 | - | - |
3 | - | $50 | Chromecast with Google TV 4K | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - |
4 | - | $92 | Roku Ultra 2022 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - |
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Expert reviews [13]
- with a score: 8
- without a score: 5
Highest score by Gadget Review | 98 |
Average score based on 13 reviews | 87 |
Lowest score by Engadget | 79 |
Score distribution:
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Expert reviews [23]
- with a score: 14
- without a score: 9
Highest score by techadvisor | 90 |
Average score based on 23 reviews | 73 |
Lowest score by CNET | 40 |
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Roku Express is a very popular option at the bottom of the price range. It has quite a few popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Roku 2 or Leelbox Q1 .
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Roku Express is $50 cheaper than the average streaming player ($74.99).