foobar2000 vs iRainwave 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).
iRainwave Player
Listen to video game music from a popular interactive radio website. This app offers a native experience with unique features like automatic voting, Siri integration, and notifications for requests and unrated songs. An account on the website is recommended for full functionality.
- Interactive radio streams
- Automatic song voting
- Now Playing artwork/info
- Request queue notifications
- Unrated song alerts
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- watchOS companion app
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Rainwave (rainwave.cc) is an interactive radio website that allows users to request, rate, and vote for songs in real time. The site hosts five separate radio streams and focuses completely on video game music. The iRainwave Player provides a native experience to access and listen to music on rainwave.cc while adding features and functionality that the website cannot provide. Please note, an account at https://rainwave.cc is recommended for full functionality of this app. Unique Features: - watchOS companion app - Automatic voting for a hands off listening experience - Now Playing artwork and information over Bluetooth/CarPlay - Request queue refill notifications - Unrated songs notifications to help curate your profile - Siri integration, try 'Hey Siri, play station OC Remix on rainwave' - Shorcuts and Automation integration [Icons by Icons8]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iRainwave Player at 5.0 against foobar2000's 4.5. iRainwave Player also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and device support (4 vs 2). foobar2000's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (212 vs 19). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iRainwave Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: foobar2000 has 212 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of foobar2000's written reviews are positive against 100% of iRainwave Player's.
foobar2000 ships an update monthly, iRainwave Player every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foobar2000 | iRainwave Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolute | Andrew Waterson |
Customer experience
foobar2000
iRainwave 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.
iRainwave Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
foobar2000
No in-app purchases
iRainwave Player
No in-app purchases
