Soor ▹ vs ControlBar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soor ▹
A premium music player for iPhone and iPad, offering a feature-rich experience for Apple Music users. Enjoy personalized content, gesture-driven navigation, and extensive customization options. Integrates with Last.fm and Musixmatch, and supports widgets and CarPlay.
- Feature-rich Apple Music app
- Personalized Apple curated content
- Gesture-driven interface
- Light, Dark, and Black themes
- Musixmatch integration
- Last.fm auto-scrobbling
- Widgets and CarPlay support
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Soor is a beautiful, premium music player for your iPhone & iPad. Features: - First feature rich 3rd party Apple Music app. - Apple curated content personalised to your listening taste. - Play, search, like, share and add songs from across the entire Apple Music catalogue. - Intuitive, fully gesture driven user interface. - Light, Dark and Black themes. - Musixmatch integration. - Last.fm auto-scrobbling. - Widgets. - Magic Mix. - Release Alerts. - iPad support including split-screen and slide-over. - CarPlay support. Requirements: - Music app is required to use Soor. - App only works with Apple Music or songs you uploaded to Music.app. No other music service is supported. In case you're wondering what Soor means, pronounced Sur (Soar), it's Hindi for melody/note. For F.A.Q. and limitations visit: soor.app/faq If you have any doubts please email: support@soor.app *Soor is a 3rd party Music player. Apple, the Apple logo, Apple Music, iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. Album artworks used in screenshots above are not actual artwork image for the albums due to licensing concerns. Actual artworks in app will be shown correctly.
ControlBar
Enhance your music listening experience with quick access to playback controls directly from your lock screen. Customize which actions appear and personalize their look for seamless music management.
- Lock screen music controls
- Like, seek, shuffle, repeat functions
- Playlist and volume adjustments
- Customizable control layout
- Appearance customization
- Works with Apple Music and Spotify
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ControlBar is a utility for your music player. With ControlBar you can add additional controls such as; like, seek forward and back, change shuffle and repeat mode, change playlists and volume. These controls can be accessed directly from your lock screen so you quickly select them. In the ControlBar app you can customize which controls show up, and the appearance for your controls. ControlBar is a must-have for any music lover. Note: ControlBar only works with Apple Music or Spotify. Some actions may require an Apple Music subscription or Spotify Premium.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Soor ▹ at every 2 weeks against ControlBar's every 12 months. Soor ▹ also leads on ratings volume (451 vs 20) and device support (3 vs 1). ControlBar's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $6.99). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Soor ▹ costs $6.99 and ControlBar $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Soor ▹ against 4.3 for ControlBar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soor ▹ has 451 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Soor ▹'s written reviews are positive against 59% of ControlBar's.
Soor ▹ ships an update every 2 weeks, ControlBar every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soor ▹ | ControlBar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (451 ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 451 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanmay Sonawane | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
Soor ▹
ControlBar
Bugs and requests
Soor ▹
Reported bugs
5 issues- Widgets not working as expected
- Inconsistent behavior when skipping songs
- Artwork not loading properly
- Sorting issues in playlists
- Conflicts with the native Apple Music app
Requested features
7 requests- Add volume controls
- Implement a true shuffle mode
- Allow reordering of playlists
- Add support for local music files
- Provide more customization options
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- Integrate with other music services like Spotify
- Add an Apple Watch app
ControlBar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Soor ▹
No in-app purchases
ControlBar
No in-app purchases
