SubStreamer User Reviews

Name: SubStreamer
Rating: 4 (131 reviews)

SubStreamer

Gaven Henry

🎵 Music

Customer Experience

Positive experience71.6% of reviews

Neutral11.1% of reviews

Negative experience17.4% of reviews

~ Based on 190 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of SubStreamer. Based on 131 reviews and a 4.0/5 average, it highlights the 12 positives and 14 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

🎨Beautiful and modern UI design
⚡Clean, intuitive interface
🎵Excellent Navidrome server compatibility
📱Works seamlessly with self-hosted music servers
🔄Reliable background playback functionality
💾Offline download and caching features
🎯Feature-rich playlist generator
🆓Free with no ads or tracking
🏠Internal/external IP configuration for home/away
🎧Subsonic/Airsonic/Libresonic support
📊Home screen with recents and suggestions
🔐Works with authentication systems like Authelia SSO

Negative things

🐛Frequent playback failures and stalling
🐛Random crashes during playback
🐛Scrobbling not working reliably
🐛Large file playback issues (10MB+)
🐛AirPlay/Apple TV streaming broken
🐛Rewind/fast forward causes crashes
🐛Background playback stops at track end
🐛UI freezes on cellular connections
🐛Slow app startup and load times
⚠️Overwhelming UI with too many features
⚠️Limited language support
⚠️No CarPlay support (frequently requested)
⚠️Missing all-songs library view
⚠️Inconsistent offline mode organization

Is SubStreamer Safe?

SubStreamer appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for SubStreamer is 79/100.

This assessment is based on 131 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4/5.

Safety Analysis

74.8% of ratings point to a safe experience

11.5% of ratings suggest some concerns

13.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 131 App Store ratings for SubStreamer.

Is SubStreamer Legit?

SubStreamer appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SubStreamer is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

Excellent App

I have found SubStreamer to be the app with the best combination of features, usability, and stability. I tried a lot of apps, including some that are still being developed, but this one was the only one that wor my rd consistently and could donate all the things. I wanted. Good wotk!

Michael Carnell

14 days ago

Nect button not working

Hi! I found a bug in the app. When I play music from the Songs tab, the Next button doesn’t work. It won’t skip to the next track, even though the song is playing normally. Could you please look into this issue? Thanks for all your hard work on the app.

Metty_14

21 days ago

Falta PT-Br

O app parece bom, mas falta suporte ao idioma PT-BR e também suporte a lyrics, pra acompanhar a letra da música, pra ele ficar 100%

TSPERSONALTRAINER

a month ago

Great experience!

I just recently got into self-hosting my collection and I needed an app to replace the other streaming apps I was paying way too much for. The interface is intuitive. The only feature I wish it had was a way to automatically download favorite songs or just make a playlist since you can download playlists. Maybe that would be harder since playlists are created and saved on the server-side? Still, this app was the first one I tried and I have been loving it!

groodscom

a month ago

Super aplikacja

Wszystko co potrzebujesz jest tu dostępne, po za Radio

AA-2109

a month ago

Really well designed ui

This is probably the best designed ui for streaming your music media, I really how the layout is only thing would make it perfect is adding the option to move the order of the queue.

KevinR1724

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the 5 stars! Really glad the UI is hitting the mark for you. Queue reordering is a great idea — it's something we've thought about but haven't built yet since it starts to add complexity to the interface. If this is important to you, the best way to get it on our radar is to open a request on GitHub: https://github.com/ghenry22/substreamer/issues. We love hearing ideas from our users and tracking them there helps us prioritise. Thanks again for the feedback!

Amazing

For an app thats free and allows to utilise self-hosted media solutions it's simply incredible. Amazing user interface, fuctionality and reliability. I cannot state how great it truly is! Serious props to the dev

LucasStarly

2 months ago

Die beste Musik App!

Zuverlässig und es funktioniert alles!

Vielen Dank für deine Mühen!

eHbry

2 months ago

Приложение становится только лучше

С обновлением исправили создание волны по эпохам и это просто прекрасно.

Не понятно почему треки, которые отмечены как «нравится», попадают в navidrome не в избранное. Это странно.

Вит Ден

2 months ago

Great player

After recently setting up my Navidrome server, I wanted something clean with more options than just using the browser. Really glad I found this one. It works beautifully. Thank you to the dev. I owe you a cup of coffee

Star Fire 84

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the 5 stars! Really means a lot to hear that Navidrome + Substreamer is hitting the spot for you. And hey, about that cup of coffee — you're in luck! There's a donation link on https://substreamer.org if you genuinely want to chip in. Honestly, this project runs on coffee (and the dev's time), so every bit helps keep things moving. For release updates and to see what's coming next, swing by https://reddit.com/r/substreamer — we share news there and love hearing what the community is excited about. Thanks again for the support! 🎉

Amazing app!

Works quite well without losing on look and feel, which I dare to say looks better than Spotify

92alanc

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the 5 stars! Really glad Substreamer is working well for you — and we love hearing that the design is working for you, it's always a balancing act between simplicity and functionality. We've got some exciting updates in the works. Come hang with us at https://reddit.com/r/substreamer for release news! 🎉

Best player for Navidrome out there

I tried maybe couple of dozen of players and they either make dubious UI choices or simply too buggy. This one is just perfect. Clean ui, without trying to be too smart, all the buttons you need right here and no visual glitches.

p2t2p

2 months ago

Très bonne app

Très bonne application la seul choses à revoir est qu’elle crash quand les sous titre son activé et que le tel est éteint

Moi sayez frr

2 months ago

Great App

Logged in to my navidrome server and it works seamlessly. Very impressed! Bravo team.

Sergigrus

2 months ago

Great app just missing CarPlay

This is by far the best app for Navidrome. The design is great, Tuned In is awesome, and Favorites is great. The only thing missing is CarPlay support. I have hour weekday drives, so that’s when I listen to most of my music.

Martinoj2009