foobar2000 vs Glorious Music Caster
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).
Glorious Music Caster
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Glorious Music Caster plays the music you already keep on your own SMB/Samba server. Connect to a network share, scan your music folder, search your indexed library, and play tracks through this device, AirPlay, or a DLNA renderer on your local network. Designed for personal music collections: - Browse and search an indexed SMB music library - Play MP3 and FLAC files - Cast supported tracks to DLNA speakers and receivers - Use AirPlay through the system audio picker - Keep playback controls close at hand - Refresh your library when files change on your server Glorious Music Caster does not provide a music catalog or streaming subscription. It is built for people who manage their own music files and want a direct way to play them around the house.
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Verdict
foobar2000 and Glorious Music Caster are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
foobar2000 ships an update monthly, Glorious Music Caster every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foobar2000 | Glorious Music Caster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (228 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 228 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolute | Frans Glorie |
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.
Glorious Music Caster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
foobar2000
No in-app purchases
Glorious Music Caster
No in-app purchases
