Comparison

Piano Sounds vs Voca Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Piano Sounds

Listen to high-quality, absolutely relaxing piano sounds to help you sleep or de-stress. Choose your preferred sound, set a timer, and enjoy beautiful background images for a tranquil experience.

Highlights
  • High-quality piano sounds
  • Relaxing and sleep-inducing audio
  • Customizable sound selection
  • Sleep timer functionality
  • Beautiful background images
  • Absolutely relaxing experience
Features
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Want to Sleep Better? Overworked? So why not listen to the sound of Piano absolutely Relaxing and great quality of the sound. Close your eyes, put on a headphone , touch this application. You can choose a sound to relax or sleep, you can choose the time. You can choose the music. Beautiful background images Great quality of the sound Absolutely Relaxing! The best relaxing sound!

About

Voca Player

Stream audiobooks from your personal media server, including local files, Plex, or Audiobookshelf. Enjoy features like companion file playback, offline downloads, and customizable playback controls. Organize your entire library with ease and enjoy a privacy-focused listening experience.

Highlights
  • Stream from personal media servers (Local, Plex, Audiobookshelf)
  • Companion file playback (maps, liner notes, PDFs)
  • Offline downloads with one-time purchase
  • Apple Watch transfer and controls
  • Adjustable playback speed and sleep timer
  • Gapless playback and chapter navigation
Features
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Voca is a beautifully simple audiobook player for your own media server. Connect to Audiobookshelf, Plex or files on your device and start listening in seconds, at home or on the go. Stream from your own server Voca connects directly to your Audiobookshelf or Plex server, or plays audiobooks stored on your device. No third-party cloud. No subscriptions. Your library, your way. Pick up where you left off Home shows what you're listening to, the next book in each series you're reading, your downloads, your Reading List, recent additions, a few discoveries, and the books you've finished. Your Reading List syncs across your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Live captions Turn on captions to see the narration as it's read, scrolling like lyrics with the sentence being spoken highlighted, in place of the cover on iPhone and beside the player on iPad and Mac. The text is made on your device as the book plays, so your audio never leaves it. Extras built in Companion files stored alongside the audio, such as maps, liner notes, author commentary, or the full text of the book as a PDF or EPUB, appear with your audiobook. Open them beside the player and read along while you listen. Take it offline Unlock unlimited downloads with a single one-time purchase. Download your audiobooks, with their chapters and extras, and listen anywhere with no internet connection. You can even send books to your Apple Watch and leave your phone at home. Built for listening • Gapless playback across multi-file audiobooks • Lock Screen, Control Centre and CarPlay controls • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a Play or Pause control for Control Centre and the Action button • Bluetooth headphone support: single press to skip 30 seconds, double press to jump chapters • Playback speed from 0.5× to 3.0× • A scrubber that follows the current chapter, with a tap to switch to the whole book • Sleep timer by time, at the end of a chapter, or after any number of chapters • Double-tap the cover art to move between chapters Every screen Voca adapts to iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Macs with Apple silicon, putting the player beside your chapters or documents when there's room. On Mac and on iPad with a keyboard, Playback and Go menus come with shortcuts. On Apple Watch, play books sent from your iPhone and follow along from your watch face. On Apple TV, browse your library while you listen, with your current book in the Top Shelf. Your whole library, beautifully organised Browse thousands of books in a fast, searchable grid, arranged A to Z, by author, series, genre and collection. With Audiobookshelf, a Series tab shows the series you're in the middle of, the next book in each, and every series in reading order. Privacy first Voca collects nothing. Everything stays between your device and your own server. Requirements Voca needs your own Audiobookshelf or Plex server, or audiobooks stored on your device. It includes no audiobook content. Offline downloads, and sending books to Apple Watch, require a one-time in-app purchase. Live captions need iOS 27 or later on a device that supports on-device transcription.

Screenshots

Piano Sounds3 screens
Voca Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piano Sounds at none against Voca Player's 1. Piano Sounds also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Voca Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Piano Sounds asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Piano Sounds against 5.0 for Voca Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piano Sounds versus Voca Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano SoundsVoca Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerusman hamidLV-223 PTY LTD

Customer experience

Piano Sounds

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Voca Player

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Piano Sounds

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Voca Player

One-time1
  • Offline Playback$4.99

Questions

Is Piano Sounds free?
Piano Sounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Voca Player free?
Voca Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Sounds or Voca Player?
Piano Sounds and Voca Player are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Piano Sounds or Voca Player have ads?
Neither Piano Sounds nor Voca Player shows ads.

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