SlimLibrary vs iDigMusic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SlimLibrary
Access and control your Logitech Media Server library. Browse music and videos, view album art and liner notes, and stream content to your iOS device.
- Browse entire media library
- Control all players
- View album images and liner notes
- Listen to music on iOS device
- View videos on iOS device
- Stream LMS supported services
- Today View widget for quick controls
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SlimLibrary is a player and remote control for the Logitech© Media server. Use it to: · Browse your entire media library · Control all your players. · View album images, like the back cover of the album, or the inner sleeve. · Listen to music on your IOS device. · Read the album information that you have uploaded to the server. · View videos on your ios device. · Stream any LMS supported streaming service to your iOS device. SlimLibrary uses a server plugin module to provide additional features, otherwise not available from the Logitech© Media server. (SlimLibrary Plugin currently supports LMS 7.9.1 and above) Browsing You can browse your music library by a selected artist, composer, genre or year, or view the newest albums uploaded to your server. Combine an artist with a genre or year to fine tune your selection. Choose from multiple possible sort fields to sort your selection by album, artist, year and various combinations. The SlimLibrary plugin allows you even greater control of your selection by combining multiple artists, composers, genres or years, in a single selection and letting you select an ascending or descending sort order. In addition the plugin also lets you sort by date added to the server. Now you can find those lost albums that you have forgotten about. View album Images* The SlimLibrary plugin gives you the ability to view any images you have uploaded to the album folder on the server. Now you can upload and view the back cover or inner sleeve of the album or cd, and view it on your ios device. Scan the booklet that comes with your cd and upload it to your server to view and read it on your device. Play videos* SlimLibrary will let you view and play videos the you have uploaded to your server. Video formats supported are the iOS supported formats. Read album information* You can upload a text file with album information and display it on your device with the plugin installed. Put the liner notes in a info.txt file, upload to the server in the album folder and view it on your device. If you have the "Music and Artist information" plugin installed, the app will display album reviews. Today View Quickly acces the main player controls from the today view. Increase or decrease volume, pause or play, go to to next or previous track and open SlimLibrary app form the today widget. *feature provided by SlimLibrary plugin module. https://bitbucket.org/matglo/slimlibraryplugin/wiki/Home The SLimLibrary plugin support LMS 7.9.1 and above. Logitech© is either a registered trademark or trademark of Logitech in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
iDigMusic
Easily add your physical music collection to your digital library. Scan barcodes on vinyl or CD covers to identify albums and automatically add them to your Apple Music library. Features include a flashlight for scanning and iCloud sync for multiple devices.
- Scan album barcodes
- Add to Apple Music library
- Flashlight for scanning
- Autoplay on Apple Music
- Scan history
- Dark Mode support
- iCloud sync
- Export data to CSV
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Adding albums to your Apple Music library has never been easier: Simply scan the barcode on the back side of a CD case or vinyl cover and you're done! Easy huh?! Features: • Scan barcodes to identify the album • Automatically add scanned items to your library* • Torch light for scanning in darker situations • Autoplay on Apple Music* • History of scanned items • Full Dark Mode support • Full iCloud support: Sync between your devices and backup in your iCloud • Export your data to csv * Apple Music subscription required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SlimLibrary at 3.3 against iDigMusic's 2.0. SlimLibrary also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). iDigMusic's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $6.99). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
SlimLibrary costs $6.99 and iDigMusic $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SlimLibrary holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 40% positive.
SlimLibrary ships an update every 3 weeks, iDigMusic every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SlimLibrary | iDigMusic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matglo Solutions LLC | Julian Anthes |
Customer experience
SlimLibrary
iDigMusic
In-app purchases
SlimLibrary
No in-app purchases
iDigMusic
No in-app purchases









