HIFI vs SoundExchange
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HIFI
This app provides real-time music royalty payments, allowing artists to see their earnings grow as fans stream their music. It offers detailed tracking of various royalty types and personalized recommendations to enhance career growth and income.
- Real-time royalty payments
- Automatic tracking of masters, publishing, and PRO royalties
- Detailed income visualization by service, royalty type, project, and territory
- Personalized recommendations for career and earnings growth
- HIFI Visa Debit card for spending royalties
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HIFI pays your music royalties in real time. Which means your cash balance continuously grows as fans stream your music. You can save your money, cash it out or spend it with your choice of HIFI Visa® Debit card. And HIFI automatically tracks your masters, publishing and PRO royalties across the globe. Letting you visualize your income in the aggregate or as a granular breakdown by service, type of royalty, project, territory and more. In addition, we offer personalized recommendations and forecasts to boost your career traction and earnings.
SoundExchange
Access your royalty account information on the go. View registrant and payment details, manage your account information, and access help resources. Securely log in with your existing credentials and opt-in for biometric access.
- View registrant details
- Access payment data
- Manage account information
- View associated recordings
- Download PDF statements
- In-app help and FAQs
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The SoundExchange App is a way to access your SX account on the go! Remotely view your registrant details, payment data, and your account details. Log-in Log into the SoundExchange App using your existing SXDirect email and password Opt-in to Biometrics for ease-of-access to the SoundExchange app Note: You must be a registered user of SXDirect in order to log into the SoundExchange app Payment Details If you've received a payment from SoundExchange, you can view your payment details in the app and on the go Get details related to your earnings and then download and view your PDF statements Recordings If you have royalty items associated to your account as an Artist or a Rights Owner, you’ll now have the ability to view all associated recordings linked to your account Account If you are a user of SXDirect you can log into the SoundExchange app and view your details related to the following areas: • Contact • Tax • Payment • Guest Users • Membership Help • Have questions about a topic related to your account, payments, or something more general? Reach out to us via the SoundExchange app! • Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HIFI at 4.4 against SoundExchange's 2.4. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HIFI holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of HIFI's written reviews are positive against 6% of SoundExchange's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HIFI ships an update every 2 months, SoundExchange every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HIFI | SoundExchange |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (28 ratings) — better | 2.4 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 5.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIDAL Music AS | SoundExchange, Inc. |
Customer experience
HIFI
SoundExchange
In-app purchases
HIFI
No in-app purchases
SoundExchange
No in-app purchases
