Simple Music Player vs Basic Music Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Music Player
This app allows you to play your locally stored music files with a straightforward interface. Easily search, shuffle, and navigate through your songs, albums, and artists. It focuses on providing a simple, ad-free experience for your personal music library.
- Play local music files
- Search functionality
- Shuffle playback
- Song scrubbing
- Navigate by album or artist
- Ad-free experience
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Simple Music Player. Play your music, simply. Easy to find buttons, search, shuffle, play, etc.. A pull up shelf let's you get more information about the song your playing, scrub to any point in the song and easily navigate to the song's album or get to all songs by the song's artist. No ads. No selling music. Just your songs the way you want them. If you want streaming music, use the other guys' apps, but for your own music saved on your iPhone, use the Simple Music Player!
Basic Music Player
This audio player allows you to enjoy your local music files with features like playlist creation, synchronized lyrics, and seamless playback. It offers an elegant and intuitive interface for easy navigation.
- Play local music files (MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC)
- Create and manage playlists
- Synchronized and embedded lyrics support
- Seamless playback
- Repeat and shuffle modes
- Intuitive interface
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Your music should stay yours. Basic Music Player is a one-time purchase with no in-app ads and no subscriptions. Play local audio files offline, organize your library, and control playback from your iPhone, iPad, Home Screen, Apple Watch, or CarPlay. EVERY FEATURE IS INCLUDED There are no feature tiers or recurring payments. Buy the app once and use the complete player. KEY FEATURES - Live radio: Find stations by name, country, or genre with Radio Browser, add them to your library, and listen live. Internet connection required. Broadcasts may include ads. - Podcasts: Add shows from recommendations or an RSS feed URL, stream episodes, and resume where you left off. Internet connection required. - Offline local playback: Enjoy MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, and other supported audio formats. - Library and playlists: Browse all songs, artists, albums, genres, favorites, and your own playlists. - Home Screen widgets: See what is playing, control playback, or quickly start your library and playlists. - Apple Watch controls: View and control playback on your iPhone from your wrist, including volume, favorites, repeat modes, and playlists. - CarPlay support: Browse playlists and control playback safely from your car display. - Synced lyrics: View LRC lyrics or lyrics embedded in ID3 tags while listening. - A–B repeat: Select a section on the waveform and repeat it for practice or close listening. - Flexible playback: Adjust speed and pitch independently, use repeat and shuffle, or set a sleep timer. - Equalizer: Choose a preset or create a custom sound profile. - Metadata editing: Update MP3 title, artist, album, track number, genre, and artwork in the app. - Playlist tools: Add covers, manage the queue, mark favorites, and copy songs between playlists. Built for people who want a focused local music player without accounts, in-app ads, or subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple Music Player at Free against Basic Music Player's $2.99. Simple Music Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Basic Music Player's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (77% vs 44%). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model and device support 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
Simple Music Player is free to download; Basic Music Player costs $2.99 up front. Basic Music Player sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Music Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Music Player holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Simple Music Player's written reviews are positive against 77% of Basic Music Player's.
Simple Music Player ships an update every 2 months, Basic Music Player every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Music Player | Basic Music Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Rynn | dotori king |
Customer experience
Simple Music Player
Basic Music Player
In-app purchases
Simple Music Player
No in-app purchases
Basic Music Player
- Buy Me a Coffee$0.99
- Pro Version Upgrade$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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