foobar2000 vs Offline 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).
Offline Music Player
This app allows you to play your own music and video files completely offline on your iPhone and iPad. Import files from various sources, organize them into playlists, and enjoy playback without an internet connection.
- Offline playback of owned music and videos
- Import from Files app, Photos, iCloud Drive
- Transfer files over Wi-Fi from PC/Mac
- Supports MP3, FLAC, MP4, MOV, and more
- Customizable equalizer and playback settings
- Picture in Picture and background audio
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
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Your music, podcasts, radio and videos in one player for iPhone and iPad. Files you own play fully offline, with no streaming account. Offly is a free media player for the music and films you already have. Import MP3, FLAC and MP4, link a folder, or send files from a computer over Wi-Fi. Once they are on the device, playback does not need the internet. When you are online, Offly also follows podcasts, plays live radio and streams from your own music server. YOUR LIBRARY • Import from the Files app, or pull videos from Photos • Link folders, including iCloud Drive, and play files in place without copying them onto the device • Transfer over Wi-Fi from a Mac or PC browser: drop files, build playlists or scan a QR code • Bring in songs already downloaded in Apple’s Music app (local files, not streaming) • Audio and video in one library: albums, films and lectures • Formats: MP3, FLAC, AAC, WAV, M4A, AIFF, CAF, OGG, MP4, MOV and M4V • Favorites, Recently Added, In Progress, Lectures and Lossless • Edit titles, artists and lyrics, including synced LRC SMART PLAYLISTS • Playlists built from rules, which update as your library changes • Offly listens to new songs on the device and tags their instruments, tempo and energy, so a rule can match an instrument, a BPM range or an energy level • Describe a Playlist: type a mood or a scene and Apple Intelligence writes the rules on your device (on devices that support Apple Intelligence) PODCASTS • Search for shows, paste a feed link, or import an OPML file • New episodes download by themselves, ready to play offline • Transcripts that follow along, 15 and 30 second skips, and new-episode notifications LIVE RADIO AND YOUR OWN SERVER • Search internet radio stations by name, genre or country • Add a station by pasting its web page, a stream link or a playlist file • Connect a Subsonic-compatible server (Navidrome, Gonic, Airsonic) or Jellyfin, then browse, stream, or download songs to keep offline PLAY ANYWHERE • CarPlay, with your library, podcasts and radio • Siri and Shortcuts: play a playlist, play the latest episode of a show, or set the equalizer • Home Screen widgets with large play and skip buttons, progress and one-tap playlists • Lock Screen widgets and Control Center playback controls • Background audio, Lock Screen Now Playing, headset controls and Picture in Picture SOUND • Parametric equalizer: set each band’s type, frequency, gain and width on a graph you can drag, import AutoEq profiles, and have profiles switch with your headphones • Ten-band equalizer with presets for quick changes • Crossfade from 1 to 10 seconds • Sleep timer, playback speed, shuffle, repeat and HiFi mode • Resume where you left off, with remembered volume YOUR LOOK • Twelve Looks restyle the app, the player and the widgets: Cassette Pop, Cryo Silver, Amber Cockpit, Brick Deck, Stud Wave, Orrery Pop, Helios Desk, Sunlit Meadow, Koi Pond, Glass Terrarium, Whale Song and Grand Tour • Swipe through the Looks and see the whole app change before you choose one • Make your own theme from an accent, a background and a corner style, and share it as a file • Looks never color the video OPTIONAL SUPPORT Every feature in Offly is free. Optional in-app purchases support development and do not unlock anything. Offly Support (auto-renewable subscription) • Monthly: US$0.49 per month • Yearly: US$5.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Prices may vary by region. • Optional one-time support Privacy Policy: https://offly.karmafy.com.au/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://offly.karmafy.com.au/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Offline Music Player at 5.0 against foobar2000's 4.5. Offline Music Player also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). foobar2000's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (228 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Offline Music Player sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. foobar2000 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Offline Music Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: foobar2000 has 228 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of foobar2000's written reviews are positive against 100% of Offline Music Player's.
foobar2000 ships an update monthly, Offline Music Player every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foobar2000 | Offline Music Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (228 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 228 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolute | Karmjit Singh |
Customer experience
foobar2000
Offline 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.
Offline Music Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
foobar2000
No in-app purchases
Offline Music Player
- Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
- Yearly Subscription$5.991 Year
- Kind$0.49
- Generous$2.99
- amazing$9.99
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- Legendary$29.99
Questions
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