# HiByMusic — user reviews

> 401 indexed App Store user reviews of HiByMusic by Dongguan Hiby Music Technology Co., Ltd., rated 3.40/5 from 140 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hibymusic/id1048838844/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hibymusic/id1048838844.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 54 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 32

## What do users think of HiByMusic?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎵 Excellent hi-res audio support (DSD, FLAC, WAV, APE)
- 🆓 Free app without ads or hidden fees
- 🎨 Clean and intuitive user interface
- 🔗 HibyLink functionality for controlling compatible devices
- ⚙️ Effective equalizer and DSP effects
- 📁 File management and local library support
- 🌐 Network playback capabilities (NAS, DLNA, SMB)
- 🔊 Bit-perfect audio output option
- 📊 Track bitrate and resolution indicators

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 📱 Poor iOS optimization compared to Android version
- 🔌 Unreliable Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity
- 🎯 Clunky and unintuitive user experience
- 🚫 CarPlay support removed in recent updates
- 📖 Inadequate documentation and instructions
- 🔄 Infrequent updates and slow bug fixes
- 🎨 Limited customization options (themes, UI styles)
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🎪 Inconsistent UI elements and Chinese language pop-ups
- 🎵 Album sorting issues (alphabetical instead of track order)
- 🎬 Album art display problems and misalignment

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes during music library scanning (around 3,000 files)
- HibyLink connection drops repeatedly
- Music playback stops when app is backgrounded
- Rewind button behavior inconsistent (goes to previous song instead of replaying)
- Album shuffle mixing with existing playlist songs
- SMBv3 compatibility issues
- DLNA functionality crashes
- EQ and DSP effects not working on iOS
- DSD DoP not functioning on iPhone 15 Pro Max
- MQA track playback crashes
- Search function keyboard disappears after each letter
- Album art cropping and stretching issues
- Lyric loading failures
- Some MP3 and M4A files fail to play
- Bluetooth pairing inconsistency with Hiby devices
- Firmware update required every startup (2-3 minutes)
- Music file scanning not detecting all formats
- Volume control glitches when pressing quickly
- Plugin deactivation after app closure
- Folder sorting in reverse alphabetical order
- Track order randomization in folder view

**Most requested features**

- Manual playlist reordering
- ID3 tag editing capability
- Folder-based music library scanning
- Album artist sorting (not just track artist)
- Album favorites/bookmarking
- Gapless playback
- Crossfade between tracks
- Folder icon display in browser
- Font size adjustment
- Language settings
- Dark mode and theme customization
- Background playback support
- Search by filename
- HTTP/NAS access support
- Lyrics matching and custom lyric sources
- Portrait mode support for iPad
- Online lyrics and cover art fetching improvements
- Ascending/descending sort order options
- Playlist organization and song management
- VoiceOver accessibility improvements for iOS

## Newest reviews (14 of 401)

### 2/5 — 闪退

*2026-07-04, version 3.5.0*

经常闪退，软件长期不更新。

### 2/5 — No es tan buena

*2026-06-06, version 3.5.0*

Se oye bien, si. Pero no es compatible de manera adecuada con iOS. La mejor versión de esta app, está en Android

### 4/5 — Its not sending bit perfect

*2026-05-10, version 3.5.0*

Hi developer, can yiu fox this ?

### 4/5 — Good app

*2026-05-06, version 3.5.0*

Good app to pair with your Hiby player. Would be good if Album Artist categorization is added.

### 3/5 — 歌词匹配

*2026-04-04, version 3.5.0*

在本地歌词读取不完美，有些有本地歌词但就是读不出，在线歌词又找没有。

### 3/5 — No iPhone 14 screen support

*2026-03-05, version 3.5.0*

Cuts off at the top and bottom like I'm on an iPhone 7

### 3/5 — Dop dsd

*2026-02-06, version 3.5.0*

iPhone 17無法輸出dop dsd

### 2/5 — DOP not supported

*2026-01-04, version 3.5.0*

Not support DSD play like before on old iPhone, i’m using iPhone Air

### 4/5 — Software update

*2025-11-12, version 3.5.0*

Pls update

### 2/5 — 不能播放nas中的任何音乐

*2025-10-25, version 3.5.0*

android的都可以为啥i phone的就不行呢

### 2/5 — They tried

*2025-10-24, version 3.5.0*

They make great audiophile products so I thought, why not? It’s a great looking app and I love transferring all my FLAC files to my phone using the web interface, but that’s about it. The first red flag is that this app gets updated every few years or so. That bug you found will be fixed during the next Winter Olympics or Summer Olympics. The usability is so clunky. Something as simple as adding a full album to a playlist will shuffle the songs with the existing songs in the playlist. Why? Other apps will add to the end of the playlist in the album order. The rewind button takes you right to the beginning of the previous song. Why? I want to play a song again, not go to the previous song. That’s a double tap on the rewind button in other apps. Heaven forbid you shuffle a playlist and hit that rewind button because it will shuffle the previous songs. At the gym and need to hear that song again for the next hard set? Forget it. I can go on and on but I just recommend you use a different app for to play your FLAC files.

### 3/5 — Carplay和歌词

*2025-10-08, version 3.5.0*

用了好几年海贝音乐了，最新版不支持CarPlay，本地歌词也无法加载。

### 2/5 — Needs Updating

*2025-10-02, version 3.5.0*

The cover art is cropped in way that makes it look terrible. Why is the song progress displayed in a circle. My R6 III & R6 III 2025 have normal looking player features. Let me sort my music with Album Artist.

### 2/5 — 增加檔案排序

*2025-09-19, version 3.5.0*

增加依照ID3 tag或給更多預設排序檔案的方法 現有的排序非常爛 買的海貝播放器被這海貝音樂搞到不更改以後也不會考慮海貝播放器

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Hiby link fails on r1

*2026-06-01, version 3.5.0*

It always fails to connect to Hiby link with the Hiby r1.

### 1/5 — Не работает

*2026-05-11, version 3.5.0*

Плеер hiby r1 не подключается его даже нет в списке устройств , хотя на андроиде все работает

### 1/5 — Невозможно пользоваться

*2026-01-29, version 3.5.0*

Как я вас ненавижу за то, что всё находится сверху! Как этим можно пользоваться, если туда не дотянуться?!

### 1/5 — Không thể kết nối Hiby R3 Pro 2

*2026-01-29, version 3.5.0*

Kết nối quá tệ

### 1/5 — Cannot use for Hidizs Ap80pro max copper

*2025-12-13, version 3.5.0*

Cannot use connect for Hidizs Ap80pro max copper for sync link funtcion on ios26.1

### 1/5 — Can’t play any music I’ve tried

*2025-10-22, version 3.5.0*

Doesn’t play any file I’ve tried

### 1/5 — Hiby r1

*2025-10-05, version 3.5.0*

Hiby r1 по Hiby link не подключается,на айфоне 11 в приложении вообще плеер не видит

### 1/5 — Please update the app :(

*2025-09-26, version 3.5.0*

Volume control doesn’t work, album art doesn’t show up, duration of songs is displayed as longer by 30 minutes

### 1/5 — SMB Error

*2025-09-23, version 3.5.0*

Doesn’t support my SMBv3 service which works smoothly with other LAN devices including Mac, PC, and Apple TV. Misaligned icon indicates requirement for IP address but always reported “SMB Error”

### 1/5 — CarPlay

*2025-06-02, version 3.5.0*

No se reconoce como aplicación compatible con CarPlay.
Una pena.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — It works fine

*2026-06-30, version 3.5.0*

Nothing wrong with this app, seems people have issues with their DACs, if you have an issue with the app on iPhone it’s a skill issue, works fine.

### 5/5 — 小反馈

*2026-03-29, version 3.5.0*

希望能支持手动调整播放列表的音乐顺序，有时候导入专辑顺序是乱的。
希望能支持手动修改ID3信息。
还有希望能支持读取指定文件夹的音乐。
希望海贝越来越好！

### 5/5 — Hiby Music

*2026-02-28, version 3.5.0*

Excellent Hi Res quality sound

### 5/5 — Simple music player with ability to manage your files and without annoying ad! Love it!

*2026-02-22, version 3.5.0*

Simple music player with ability to manage your files and without annoying ad! Love it!

### 5/5 — Good!

*2026-01-17, version 3.5.0*

好用，UI 靚，找了好耐play flac app 暫是最好

### 5/5 — Great music app for audiophile

*2025-10-11, version 3.5.0*

This is so far one of the beat apps that supports all music formats that I have in my library. This includes dsf. 

With latest update startup time on iPhone becoming too long (16 pro max) if you can fix that, the app will be just unbeatable

### 5/5 — Thử nghiệm

*2025-09-16, version 3.5.0*

Tốt

### 5/5 — เพิ่งเริ่มใช้…New User

*2025-03-06, version 3.5.0*

ยังใช้ได้ไม่เต็มประสิทธิภาพ
เพราะไม่มี คู่มือแนะนำการใช้งาน
พยายามค้นหา ทั้งใน Google และ YouTube แล้ว ยังไม่เจอ

นักพัฒนา ช่วยให้ Link คำแนะนำการใช้งานด้วย ขอบคุณมากๆ

### 5/5 — 希望可以用檔名排序

*2024-12-26, version 3.5.0*

因為有些音檔資訊，容易造成曲目排序錯誤，所以希望可以用檔名排序

### 5/5 — Très bon complément du Hidizs Ap80x Pro

*2024-12-04, version 3.5.0*

Fonctionne très bien avec le baladeur Ap80X Pro de chez Hidizs.
Liaison BT sans latence entre l’app et le baladeur. Dommage qu’un contrôle du son ne soit pas possible directement depuis les contrôles du téléphone dans l´appli. 
En dehors de ce point précis, le reste est au top. 
Merci à l’équipe de dev!

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*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 2026-09-05.*