foobar2000 vs Cleansing 2000s
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).
Cleansing 2000s
Explore and enjoy curated music from the 2000s. This app brings together hits from crossover and indie bands, offering a clean and reviewed selection from the era.
- 2000s music curation
- Reviewed music selection
- Crossover band hits
- Indie band features
- Clean music library
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The dawning of a new millennium expands the traditional music mix as crossover and indie bands, and their hits, bring the lovers of good music together. Having clean and reviewed music from this era make it even better.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cleansing 2000s at 5.0 against foobar2000's 4.5. foobar2000's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cleansing 2000s holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: foobar2000 has 187 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
foobar2000 ships an update monthly, Cleansing 2000s every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foobar2000 | Cleansing 2000s |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (187 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolute | Cleansing Media, LLC |
Customer experience
foobar2000
Cleansing 2000s
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.
Cleansing 2000s
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
foobar2000
No in-app purchases
Cleansing 2000s
No in-app purchases
