Tiny Player vs MiniMoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Player
Easily transfer music to your iPhone or iPad without using iTunes. This app offers a folder-based structure for organizing your music and provides a fast, simple playback experience.
- Load music without iTunes
- Folder-based music structure
- Fast and simple interface
- Drag & drop file uploads
- Browser-based file transfer
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Q: “How do I put music on my iPhone?” A: “Use Tiny Player.” Tiny Player is a music player for iPhone and iPad. • Load music without iTunes • Folder based structure • Fast and simple How do I put music on my iPhone? • Open Tiny Player and enable uploads • Open a browser on your computer and go to the URL that the app gives you • Drag & drop files onto the page • Enjoy your music!
MiniMoon
Enjoy your personal music library with a beautiful interface and powerful tools. This app supports high-quality audio formats and allows for metadata editing, all while working completely offline. It's designed for music collectors who prefer to manage their own files.
- Plays FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, OPUS
- Album, artist, and genre browsing
- Fast search and smooth playback
- Edit metadata and album artwork
- Graphic equalizer
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Completely offline functionality
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Play the music you own, including FLAC, MP3, and ALAC, completely offline and with no subscription. MiniMoon is free to try, with a one-time purchase to unlock everything. Enjoy your collection without distractions: • Clean, modern interface designed entirely around listening. • Album-first browsing that encourages deeper, long-form listening. • Discover, an album-by-album feed for finding what to play next. • Works offline with your local library, no internet required. • Fast, always-available search across your entire collection. Powerful tools for serious library listeners: • Smart collections that fill themselves from your rules, plus traditional playlists. • Favorites keeps albums in your current rotation within easy reach. • Graphic equalizer that is powerful and easy to use, with ReplayGain support. • Synced lyrics from LRC files, or downloaded once and saved next to your music. • Sleep timer. • Play through AirPlay speakers. • Edit tags across multiple file formats. • Add or replace cover art. • Scrobble what you play to Last.fm. • Use Play Random Album to rediscover hidden gems. • Sync your library over Wi-Fi from a MiniMoon sync server, with transfers that resume if interrupted. Format support: • MP3, M4A (AAC and ALAC), FLAC, OPUS, WAV, and AIFF. • Surround playback for 5.1 and 7.1 files, or mixed down cleanly to stereo. • Imports M3U playlists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MiniMoon at 86% against Tiny Player's 58%. MiniMoon also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Tiny Player's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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. Tiny Player sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and MiniMoon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MiniMoon holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Tiny Player's written reviews are positive against 86% of MiniMoon's.
Tiny Player ships an update every 2 months, MiniMoon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Player | MiniMoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 4.6 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 86.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catnap Games | Miles Egan |
Customer experience
Tiny Player
MiniMoon
In-app purchases
Tiny Player
- Small tip$0.99
- Medium tip$4.99
- Large tip$9.99
MiniMoon
- Tip Jar$4.99
- Full Version Unlock$9.99









