Comparison

MFPlayer HD vs aud

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

Head to head
About

MFPlayer HD

This media player allows you to organize and play music directly from folders on your device, eliminating the need for iTunes syncing. It supports album art and offers Apple CarPlay integration for a seamless listening experience.

Highlights
  • Plays music by folders
  • No iTunes sync required
  • Supports album art
  • Apple CarPlay integration
  • Upload files via iTunes
Features
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Best media player for iOS that plays music by folders! Now with Apple CarPlay support. No more sync process with iTunes, just put your music into Documents of this application and you are good to go! How to prepare folder: Create folder for each album you have. Additionally you can create folder with the name of artist and then put folders with albums inside it. If you have album art put it inside each folder and name it as "folder.jpg". You can also search for album atr on the web from inside this application just tap and hold on any folder. How to upload files: Connect to Mac or PC Run iTunes, switch to Apps and scroll down to Documents. Find MFPlayerHD and click on it. Drag and drop folders with music files to the right side.

About

aud

This app combines your local music files with your Apple Music library into a single, beautifully organized interface. It offers advanced playback features and seamless import options from various sources, all while respecting your existing library structure.

Highlights
  • Combines local files and Apple Music
  • Organized library browsing
  • Multiple import methods
  • Supports various audio formats
  • Advanced playback controls
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Your music. On your devices. Beautifully. aud-io is a local-first music player for the music you actually own, with the option of adding your Apple Music library alongside it. Two libraries, one beautiful app, never merged and never overwritten. EVERYONE ELSE MAKES YOU CHOOSE Local players cannot touch Apple Music. Apple Music players cannot touch your files. aud-io does both, and keeps a hard line between them, so your collection stays exactly as you built it. MEET THE SHELF Cover Flow, rebuilt. Scroll through your own artwork, from your own files, and tap to play. Browse by artist, album, song, playlist or genre when you know what you want, and use The Shelf when you do not. BRING YOUR LIBRARY IN, YOUR WAY Import from Files, share or AirDrop from anywhere, watch a folder, open a ZIP, or send your library straight from your Mac over local Wi-Fi. Peer to peer, device to device, no cloud in between. aud-io reads your existing metadata and artwork. FLAC, ALAC, M4A, MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, Opus, Ogg Vorbis and CAF. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO LISTEN CAREFULLY The free player handles your whole library, in every format, at up to 256 kbps. Pro removes the ceiling: every file at its native resolution, bit-perfect to your DAC, with automatic source rate matching, true gapless, crossfade, a 10-band EQ and EBU R128 loudness normalisation. EVERYWHERE YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN iPhone and iPad, with a native Mac app available separately. Apple Watch as a remote. CarPlay for your library and playlists on the road. AirPlay to your speakers. Home screen widgets for Now Playing, Recently Added and The Shelf. Use aud-io on iPhone as a remote for the Mac from anywhere in the house. BRING IN A WHOLE COLLECTION Import CDs. Connect a NAS. Point aud-io at the library you already have, wherever it lives, without running server software. DISCOVER MORE IN THE MUSIC YOU ALREADY HAVE Find deep cuts. Surface recently added music. Group by genre. Build mixes from the files on your device, generated on your device. OPTIONAL, AND ONLY IF YOU WANT IT Add your own Google Gemini key and aud-io can curate mixes, suggest radio-style listening and enrich music details. The key lives in your device Keychain. Your audio is never uploaded. Without a key, it is simply off. Apple Music, if you connect it, uses your own subscription through Apple's system permission. NO ACCOUNT. NO SUBSCRIPTION. The free player is a capable local music player. One Pro purchase unlocks advanced listening. There is no recurring fee, and there never will be. Pro on iPhone and iPad is a separate purchase from Pro on Mac. Works fully offline. No aud-io server. No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. Made in Sydney by DIGITAL x DESIGN, for people who still care about their music library.

Screenshots

MFPlayer HD3 screens
aud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: aud at 100% against MFPlayer HD's 33%. aud also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.0). MFPlayer HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.5). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

aud is free to download; MFPlayer HD costs $1.99 up front. aud sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MFPlayer HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

aud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of MFPlayer HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of aud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MFPlayer HD ships an update every 5 weeks, aud weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MFPlayer HD versus aud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMFPlayer HDaud
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKonstantin AdamovSanjiv Sathiah

Customer experience

MFPlayer HD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

aud

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MFPlayer HD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

aud

One-time1
  • aud-io Pro$14.99

Questions

Is MFPlayer HD free?
MFPlayer HD costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is aud free?
aud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MFPlayer HD or aud?
aud is rated higher. MFPlayer HD averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while aud averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MFPlayer HD or aud have ads?
Neither MFPlayer HD nor aud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MFPlayer HD or aud?
MFPlayer HD ships an update every 5 weeks, and aud weekly. Most recently, MFPlayer HD was updated on October 21, 2026 and aud on October 8, 2026.

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