# Equalizer — user reviews > 338 indexed App Store user reviews of Equalizer by Audioforge Labs Inc., rated 3.30/5 from 138 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/equalizer/id321267949/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/equalizer/id321267949.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 59 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of Equalizer? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Great Amazing Improved Sound - 🎧 Best EQ for audiophile gear - 🎚️ Awesome App! - 🔊 Fabulous Audio EQ App! - 🎶 Excellent app - 🎧 Phenomenal **Cons** - 🐛 Stability problems - 🚫 Lies - 🚫 Hobbles all DRM songs - 🐛 Can't import music files - 🚫 Doesn't work - 🚫 Doesn't work with Apple Music - 🚫 Worthless - 🐛 Crashes constantly - 🐛 Eating up my battery - 🐛 Constant and Consistent Crashing - 🐛 No longer working properly - 🐛 Doesn't work at all **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes after iOS 11 update - Scroll bar progress stuck - Buffering doesn't adjust properly - App crashes significantly - Playback may freeze at end of track - Songs not playing from Apple Music - Playlists don't load - Crashes immediately on iPhone 6 - Doesn't work with podcast - Clipping issue causing distortion **Most requested features** - Sort albums by date added - Tidal integration - Playlist support - Dark mode - Presets for different headphones/speakers - Ability to save EQ settings per song ## Newest reviews (11 of 338) ### 4/5 — Best Eq, everything I was looking for. *2026-02-15, version 5.20* This equalizer kick but! I can dial in exactly where I want my bass boost frequency, the amount of boost, and best of all the width of the Q ( how quickly the curve tapers off) it’s awesome. This was the biggest problem of listening to music on an iPhone. Apple’s E.Q. Is horrible for user control. Especially for anyone who loves a parametric Equalizer. Since apples iPhone E. G. So far versions of iOS you can’t select the frequency only presets curve assumptions of what the user might like. This equalizer fixes all of that. ### 4/5 — Great Amazing Improved Sound *2025-10-09, version 5.18* Update: 9/22/17 - App keeps crashing after iOS 11 update The ability to sort albums by date they were added would be a handy addition. Love the product otherwise Update: 10/6/23 - No longer working properly in iOS 17….scroll bar progress stuck in one place although music still playing. Buffering doesn’t adjust properly anymore Update: 9/18/24 - Still doesn’t work properly. Very unfortunate. Hopefully updating the app to iOS 18 will help Update: 10/9/25 - Issue I had was due to cross feed or cross fade. Don’t use them or set to default value. Worked mostly fine since ### 3/5 — Stability problems *2025-04-24, version 5.18* With the update to 18.4 the app crashes significantly less often but the problems are still there - original review - The EQ sounds amazing (easy to use curve editor), but the player often crashes at the end of a playlist, or playback may freeze at the end of a track. Installed on iOS 18.3 ### 3/5 — Hobbles all DRM songs *2025-02-15, version 5.18* 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆❜𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑰❜𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 1955, 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒃 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒊… 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 (𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓) 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 80s, 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 - 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝑵𝑶𝑫 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 - 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂.k.𝒂, 𝑫𝑹𝑴, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 elect 𝒂 song 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑺𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐❝𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚❞ 𝒐𝒓 ❝𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕❞, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒃 𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕: ❝𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑫𝑹𝑴 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅?❞ ❝𝒀𝒆𝒔❞, 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 fatal 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 cases 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝐲 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒊𝒕❜𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑, despite 𝒕𝒉𝒆 fact 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 Piracy 𝒉𝒂𝒔 absolutely 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 EQ. 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 rigged 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 re-𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 EQ-ed songs 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 during playback, 𝒐𝒇 course, but 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 hackers 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 probably rip CDs 𝒐𝒓 higher bitrate streams 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 EQ 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 hearts’ desires - lol. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏❜𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 App Store alternative 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 despite 𝒂𝒏 old reference 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 EQu. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 DRM 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 worst 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 industry 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 improving 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏. ### 3/5 — Can’t import music files *2024-12-25, version 5.18* Maybe it’s my fault, but I cannot import any music files into this app. I’m using the iPad Pro 13 inch (M4) with the latest software. I purchased this app and still haven’t been able to use it at all. HELP PLEASE! ### 2/5 — Blender *2024-12-03* Der Eq mag ja funktionieren, allerdings nur in diesem Player. Welcher übrigens hässlich und altbacken ist. Keine Einbindung in Apple Musik möglich. Rausgeschmissenes Geld. ### 3/5 — Great Amazing Improved Sound *2024-09-18, version 5.18* Update: 9/22/17 - App keeps crashing after iOS 11 update The ability to sort albums by date they were added would be a handy addition. Love the product otherwise Update: 10/6/23 - No longer working properly in iOS 17….scroll bar progress stuck in one place although music still playing. Buffering doesn’t adjust properly anymore Update: 9/18/24 - Still doesn’t work properly. Very unfortunate. Hopefully updating the app to iOS 18 will help ### 2/5 — Give me my money back *2023-04-09, version 5.17* Seriously… why did I pay for this? When a mate says.. it’s great… and then you find out it doesn’t do anything but downloaded apple tracks.. no Spotify etc. ### 2/5 — Oh well… no Starbucks today *2022-11-28, version 5.17* Couldn’t load any music. No time to figure out. Just want something that has separate LR eq and plays from my streaming services. It just doesn’t exist. ### 2/5 — Requires Apple Music *2022-03-23, version 5.17* The description does not mention you need Apple Music to play audio. I use VOX. This is just a shell around the Apple program, so no mater how good it might be, one must use The forced choice of music players. Apple has banned stand alone eq it looks like. EQu by Elephant candy is not available in the U.S. Android has many stand alone eq apps. ### 5/5 — please add the ability to use the service "Apple Music" *2022-02-18* I have been using your app for 8 years, but I started using the Apple Music service and have to stop using your app. Please add the ability to use the service "Apple Music"!!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Irreführend *2025-07-27* Beim Überfliegen der Beschreibung kein Hinweis, dass Spotify & Co. nicht funktionieren. Fühlt sich wie rausgeschmissenes Geld an – hätte ich das gewusst, hätte ich nicht gekauft. ### 1/5 — Lies *2025-04-21, version 5.18* They lie when they say you can play music directly from the Apple Music player. Nothing plays. Very deceptive developer. ### 1/5 — Lost $4.00 *2024-09-08, version 5.18* It only plays with iTunes playlist I wanted a eq for my Pandora songs and to use with AUM MIXER who knew ### 1/5 — This thing doesn’t open *2024-01-26, version 5.17* iPad Pro - flashes briefly on screen when tapped then quits. How did this get past the guards? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work With Apple Music, PERIOD! *2024-01-02, version 5.18* It keeps telling to download songs from iCloud, or is it DRM. I downloaded all my music and the app still gives me the same message. Wish there was a way to get a refund. ### 1/5 — Still won’t open *2023-11-27, version 5.18* Despite downloading the latest version this app still won’t open on iPhone 13 Pro ### 1/5 — Terrible Interface, gives no direction on how to use the app. *2023-04-21, version 5.17* Wish I could get money back. The app won’t import my Apple playlists, giving me the error message that I need to download said music from the cloud, even tho I have done so many times. ### 1/5 — Don’t work hasn’t worked prob never work *2023-01-30, version 5.17* Couldn’t get it to work with Apple Music like it said it could, I even changed the format to mp3 and nothing. Contacted the app makers and they said they would get back to me as soon as possible, that was in Dec. 22 it’s now just days before Feb 23 and no word whatsoever. Don’t wast your time and money on yet ANOTHER EQ. app for Apple Music. Save your money and don’t be like me and forget about your subscription fees being charged every month ### 1/5 — Worthless *2022-11-06, version 5.17* If you stream music from Apple, you cannot transfer to app. So a waste of money sadly. ### 1/5 — Lousy support for a non-working app *2022-01-26* This app does not work on my iphone 12, support does not respond either. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Superior EQ *2026-08-30, version 5.20* For audiophile systems EQ is unequalled. For systems with audiophile gear and especially with classical music, EQ surpasses the host of others I’ve auditioned. It’s also the only one with an option for 2 channel EQ leveling which functions as a balance control. Most valuable when dealing with a wide range of recording success. ### 5/5 — Avid Listener *2026-08-09, version 5.20* Perfection ! ### 5/5 — Outstanding! *2026-03-25, version 5.20* This app is outstanding but the auto normalizer only works occasionally lately in iOS 26.4. Can you please fix this outstanding feature? Thank you. ### 5/5 — Update *2026-02-14, version 5.20* Update please 2026 ### 5/5 — Best EQ for audiophile gear *2025-09-26, version 5.18* Equalizer is indispensable for classical and opera on audiophile equipment. Very impressed with its ease of use and wide range of EQ and soundstage options. Surprised it’s not more expensive. ### 5/5 — No hay mejor ya compré varios *2025-01-10* El mejor equalizador ya lo uso desde 2015 nunca me dio problemas el sonido de salida es excelente ### 5/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-10-17, version 5.18* Advertised as the best equalizer, it doesn’t work on my iPhone, you have to use it’s player, which can’t import songs from music folder on my phone.. No contact info, guess they just got my money ### 5/5 — Everyday user, The best EQ! *2023-06-01, version 5.17* Everyday user, The best EQ! No other apps got this amazing EQ! Pls update and maintain this app as long as possible! Pls add next button on watch version! ### 5/5 — How do you share *2023-05-07, version 5.17* How do you share a song in equalizer can’t seem to figure it out Thanks Elizabeth ### 5/5 — An equalizer that does just what it advertises *2022-11-01, version 5.17* This equalizer is phenomenal. I love how I can adjust left and right independently. Most of all NO MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS buy it once and everything is available. The two things I wish I could see happen with this app is that it is updated to work with Apple Music and spatial audio. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*