# FLAC Player — user reviews > 242 indexed App Store user reviews of FLAC Player by Dan Leehr L.L.C., rated 2.70/5 from 18 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flac-player/id390532592/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flac-player/id390532592.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of FLAC Player? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Plays FLAC files - 🎧 Excellent sound quality - 📚 Supports high-resolution audio - 📁 Easy file transfer via iTunes - 🔍 Detailed song metadata display **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔀 Lack of shuffle and playlist features - 🔍 Limited organization and search options - 💰 Expensive for a single-purpose app - 🔌 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to import files - Playback issues with certain FLAC files - Database resets causing loss of user data - Compatibility problems with newer iPhone models - Inconsistent performance on different iOS versions **Most requested features** - Add support for other audio formats (MP3, WAV, etc.) - Implement playlist creation and management - Improve file organization and search functionality - Add support for album artwork and lyrics - Provide background playback and lock screen controls ## Newest reviews (13 of 242) ### 2/5 — Playlists are broken *2022-08-31* Newest update broke playlists. Can’t create playlists, app just crashes. ### 3/5 — Great for years *2021-09-30* Been using this for years. Never fails me. Always get pristine audio output to whatever is in my ears. Works with every DAC I’ve tried. Needs an update though, especially for compatibility with the newer screens of the X series phones. Also could use a dark mode overhaul. Incredibly difficult to use if you have dark mode enabled. ### 2/5 — Locks up requiring reinstall *2021-07-16* Why dan why does it crash? it’s always crashed dan. For years it’s crashed several times a year, for years. Love the app otherwise. ### 3/5 — Lack of support *2020-03-07* How are you meant to delete files..? ### 3/5 — Sounds great but needs some fixes *2019-05-09* There’s lots to love here but a few things that need improvement. Great: Plays all resolutions of your flac files and passes them through to your output device to process. Tap the album art and you get a technical breakdown of what you are listening to. Easy to add files with iTunes for iOS users. Can’t say about other devices. Making playlists is easy. Needs work: Crashes frequently after iOS updates. Seems to settle down after while but you have to reset the database in settings to get the app to work again and you lose your playlists and EQ settings when you do this. Repeats songs frequently even if repeat is not enabled. It’s not consistent either. No way to see what songs are coming up in Shuffle mode so there’s also no way to move a song in the upcoming play order. No way to delete songs from playlists once you add them. I still like it because it sounds so good but an update is sorely needed. ### 3/5 — Works well... when it does *2019-01-07* I recently downloaded the app and I’m loving it so far. Occasionally the app has an issue where it skips certain songs at a specific time of the song. In other words, say a 1:34 into a specific song, it’ll skip to the next track. Oddly enough, if I seek a specific point of the song after the 1:34 mark, it’ll play without issues. This ruins the point of having a playlist ### 2/5 — Is this app abandoned? *2018-09-30* I downloaded this app about three months ago, and up until about two weeks ago it worked perfectly. It allowed me to rediscover my favorite songs in unimaginable clarity through FLAC. Then it stopped working. It would launch and immediately crash. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling (which involves re-downloading my flac library to my phone). The app worked again for a day or two, only to crash again. I uninstalled and re-installed once more—same story. It looks like this app hasn’t been updated for about two years, so I’m guessing it’s an OS compatibility issue. I hope the developers haven’t abandoned this app, but it looks as if they have... Two years is a long time. ### 2/5 — Poor Peru *2018-05-02* App works great when it’s working, after a month or so it stops and won’t open. Like others said you too uninstall and reinstall all music. Pain in the you know what. ### 4/5 — 1 Fatal flaw... *2017-11-30* I love this app and have used it for years. Love the functionality, support for my playlists and the shuffle feature. The one fatal flaw it has is that every once in a while it will just stop working. You launch it, it flashes like it is opening and then hits down. The only way to fix is to uninstall, reboot and reinstall. When you uninstall you lose everything and have to download all your songs again. I have several very large compilations that have multiple gigs of files, so this is quite annoying and pisses me off to no end. I keep coming back to this app because it does what I want, the way I want it... when it doesn't crash. I am writing this review in the hopes they fix this fatal flaw. Work the problem guys! ### 1/5 — Перестал включаться *2017-09-05* 30гб музыки пропали( ### 1/5 — Приложение нуждается в обновлении! *2017-07-26* Приложение хорошее, но из-за постоянных вылетов ставлю одну звезду. Player вылетает в самый не подходящий момент и лечиться это только переустановкой. Разработчики исправьте все баги, пожалуйста! ### 1/5 — После обновления iOS10.3.2 *2017-06-22* После обновления перестал видеть некоторые песни. Не помещает их вплей-лист ### 4/5 — Please Update! *2017-04-12, version 2.1.3* The best so far, plays FLAC perfectly! For future update: when adding music to a playlist, could you make it easy same as spotify playlist works. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t use SFTP without iTunes *2022-10-26* Claims to import files via either iTunes or SFTP. I bought this because I don’t use a Windows PC or a Mac. (OpenBSD, FWIW.) No iTunes. Guess how I’m supposed to get my public key file onto the iPhone? Yup, iTunes. Suggestions, developer? ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2021-12-10, version 2.2.1* Unless you use Apple Music player (which I don’t) this app is a waste of money, get music streamer instead ### 1/5 — Não está funcionando. *2021-05-29* Precisa de atualização. Não está funcionando. ### 1/5 — I am confused *2020-12-10, version 2.2.1* I just bought this app and the first screen presented is add music with iTunes or SFTP server and nothing else happens. I want to add music by uploading it to the server but there is no server given to upload it to. I would appreciate some support as I am stuck ### 1/5 — Crashes *2020-10-02* It crashes often. Texts are not readable in dark mode! It would be great if the dev would fix ASAP ### 1/5 — 起動しなくなりました *2020-07-26* そのうち直るかと思ってたんですが、 もしかしたら1年位その状態なので、 諦めて削除します。 ### 1/5 — Looks like the develop is dead *2019-12-01* Looks like the developer is dead. ### 1/5 — 구매하면 후회합니다. *2019-11-21* 10일 사용 후 갑자기 열리지 않음. 엉터리 ### 1/5 — Used to be Great *2018-06-17* This app used to be great but it’s died on the vine and hasn’t been updated in years. App will crash randomly and scramble your collection. It stops randomly during playback. Not worth it. ### 1/5 — Crashes on iOS11.4 *2018-06-14* Major bug in iOS11.4 crashes this app. After a first crash, this application refuses to open at all. Is there an update coming? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best flac player *2021-03-07, version 2.2.1* With regards to sound quality nest app for sure. Great EQ settings etc. I would like to be able to do more in the app. Be able to upload artwork inside app and shuffle music option would be good. ### 5/5 — need to repair this app *2020-10-07* cant open app on iphone X. please repair! ### 5/5 — Displays .log files and PDFs of booklets, etc. *2019-10-04* I have tried all of the flac players out there, and this is the only one that allows you to load jpgs pdfs and text files through iTunes file sharing with your flac files. It really allows you to feel like you have a more physical music collection with you! If the developer adds dark mode or theme color choice, it would be the perfect app! This one is still the best. Having scans of album artwork, jewel cases and booklets is really enjoyable. I have ripped all of my CDs with XLD on my Mac, and the log files created are only visible in this app. Thanks so much! ### 5/5 — Not working *2017-12-01* Why does not in work? ### 5/5 — One of the best apps I have used *2017-08-07* The app is a bit costly but its worth every penny. I have used this app in past I can say that this flac player is quite polished and high end. There are some frequent crashes but I guess new version fixes them. Thanks dan for this awesome app !! ### 5/5 — Please update *2017-06-21* Could you please update your player it is the best flac player on iTunes but it needs a update ### 5/5 — Superb sound quality with advanced import functions *2017-06-03, version 2.1.3* This app is my absolute top pick for best audio quality and import functionality. Have used with iPhones 4, 6 plus and SE. Superb reproduction of overtones; really shows up good and bad masters. Using wireless import function from MacBook. Works very well and I completely avoid iTunes. ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for *2016-12-19* Finally, I'm rid of that tiresome, worthless Apple Music app. Finally, I'm rid of the rest of Apple's marketing driven apps and have an app that does what I've always wanted: play FLAC music files. Thanks Dan Leehr, you've made my day! ### 5/5 — Keeps freezing *2016-03-26, version 2.1.3* Select album and track, but nothing plays. ### 5/5 — Great app, latest update fixes layout problems *2016-03-08, version 2.1.2* Four years on this app. is still my favourite for playing FLAC files. However if you have an iPhone 5, 5s or iPod touch the screen layout is not quite right. Track names overlay the track numbers. Suggest you wait for the next minor update. I'm sure it won't be long. I bought this in 2012 for use with my iPad, a CCK and various Fiio DACs. Now that my iphone will support a DAC I tried this app. but found it continually crashed out or got stuck in a mess of menus. The latest update fixes all of that. The app. looks good and sounds great. --- *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 2026-08-24.*