foobar2000 vs ClassicPod Music Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
foobar2000
An advanced audio player for mobile devices supporting a wide range of formats. Enjoy gapless playback, automatic volume adjustment, and customization options. Stream music from UPnP servers.
- Wide audio format support (MP3, FLAC, AAC, etc.)
- Gapless playback
- ReplayGain volume adjustment
- UPnP media server streaming
- Customizable appearance with skins
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foobar2000 mobile is an advanced audio player for mobile devices. Main features: * Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack. * Gapless playback. * ReplayGain support - automatic playback volume adjustment. * Supports playback and downloading music from UPnP media servers. * Appearance can be customized with skin files (basic black and white themes inlcuded with the app).
ClassicPod Music Player
This application offers a fast and modern music playback experience with a classic interface. It allows users to easily browse their local music library by various categories and supports features like queue management, themes, and crossfade.
- Browse music by artist, album, song, playlist, genre, composer
- Simple, compact menus for small screens
- Manage play queue
- Light and dark themes with color customization
- Crossfade and podcast playback
- Plays local music synced via iTunes
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A fast, modern music player with a classic look and feel. - Easily browse your music library - by artist, album, song title, playlist, genre and composer - Simple, compact, uncluttered menus and searching - ideal for smaller screens - Add, view and remove songs in the play queue - Light and dark themes + color customization - Crossfade and podcast playback support * Important note: ClassicPod plays music already on your iOS device (synced using iTunes). It does not currently support iCloud or Apple Music playback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: foobar2000 at Free against ClassicPod Music Player's $0.99. foobar2000 also leads on ratings volume (231 vs 27). ClassicPod Music Player's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
foobar2000 is free to download; ClassicPod Music Player costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for foobar2000 against 4.6 for ClassicPod Music Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: foobar2000 has 231 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of foobar2000's written reviews are positive against 90% of ClassicPod Music Player's.
foobar2000 ships an update monthly, ClassicPod Music Player every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foobar2000 | ClassicPod Music Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (231 ratings) | 4.6 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 231 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolute | Alex Weeser |
Customer experience
foobar2000
ClassicPod Music Player
Bugs and requests
foobar2000
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on startup for some users
- Playback issues with certain audio formats
- Network detection failures
- SMB/DLNA server connectivity problems
- Album art not displaying correctly
Requested features
8 requests- Add queue and repeat single track features
- Improve playlist management and song deletion
- Implement CarPlay support
- Add more UI customization options
- Improve search functionality
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- Implement Last.fm scrobbling
- Add tag editing capabilities
- Provide sort options by artist, genre, etc.
ClassicPod Music Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
foobar2000
No in-app purchases
ClassicPod Music Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
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