foobar2000 vs Wavecore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
foobar2000
This advanced audio player supports a wide range of formats and offers gapless playback with automatic volume adjustment. Customize its appearance with skins and stream music from UPnP servers.
- Supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, and more
- 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).
Wavecore
A premium Hi-Fi audio player offering advanced playback features and extensive customization for a refined music listening experience. It allows users to personalize their music library with custom themes, metadata editing, and powerful audio effects.
- Premium Hi-Fi audio playback
- Support for high-quality audio formats
- Powerful equalizer and audio effects
- Advanced audio customization
- Customizable themes
- Edit track metadata, artwork, and lyrics
- Organize and personalize music collection
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Rediscover your music with Wavecore — a premium Hi-Fi audio player designed for listeners who value sound quality, elegant design, and complete control over their music experience. Enjoy a refined listening experience with powerful playback features, advanced audio customization, and a beautifully crafted interface made for music enthusiasts. Wavecore brings your music library to life with: • Premium Hi-Fi audio playback • Support for high-quality audio formats • Powerful equalizer and audio effects • Advanced audio customization controls • Beautiful customizable themes • Edit track metadata, artwork, and lyrics • Organize and personalize your music collection Designed for those who appreciate every detail of their favorite tracks, Wavecore combines precision, simplicity, and a modern interface to deliver a premium listening experience. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: foobar2000 at none against Wavecore's 2. foobar2000 also leads on ratings volume (234 vs 10). Wavecore's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, rating, ads 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. Wavecore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. foobar2000 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for foobar2000 against 4.6 for Wavecore. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: foobar2000 has 234 ratings behind it against 10, 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 100% of Wavecore's.
foobar2000 ships an update every 4 weeks, Wavecore every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foobar2000 | Wavecore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (234 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 234 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolute | Valerii Lubenets |
Customer experience
foobar2000
Wavecore
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.
Wavecore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
foobar2000
No in-app purchases
Wavecore
- Wavecore Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Wavecore Pro$14.99
