Marvis Pro vs NostalgicPod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marvis Pro
Explore and interact with your music library in a visually appealing and customizable interface. This app enhances your listening experience by offering advanced sorting, grouping, and playback options for your Apple Music and iTunes collections.
- Customizable UI for music library
- Advanced sorting and grouping
- Drag & drop playback control
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Smart filtering and limiting
- Multiple layout options
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Interact with your music and fall in love with your library all over again. ** Featured on MacStories, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog, iMore, and more. ** ** App of the Year 2022 - MacStories ** Marvis offers a beautiful presentation of your Music Library with loads of powerful features in a minimalistic yet highly customizable UI. • For Apple Music & iTunes Library. ‣ Supports Apple Music Search, Charts, Listen Now, Radio, and more. ‣ Non-subscribers can search & browse the Apple Music catalog and play 30s preview for all available songs. • Use Drag & Drop to add one or more items to Up Next, Play, or Shuffle. • Advanced Media Details and Artist Info. • List & Grid Layout. Multiple Grid styles to choose from, like Cover Flow. • 40+ App icon choices. • Sort and Group ‣ Sort by Recently Played/Added, Year, Rating, Play Count, and more. ‣ Group Playlists and Genres into Albums, Artists, Composers, etc. • Smart Rules: Filter, Sort, and Limit. • Last.fm support. ‣ The ability to scrobble is included with your purchase. ‣ Advanced features require an additional one-time fee. IMPORTANT: • It is required to have the Music app installed on your device to use Marvis. • Due to iOS restrictions, deleting items from your library or playlists via Marvis is not allowed. Reddit: r/MarvisApp
NostalgicPod
Experience your personal music library, internet radio, and podcasts with a retro-inspired interface. Enjoy lossless audio playback and classic games, all without ads or subscriptions. Your music, your rules, offline and ad-free.
- Retro music player interface
- Personal music library import
- Home media server streaming
- Internet radio and podcast player
- Lossless FLAC playback
- Offline playback
- Includes classic games
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Remember when a music player was just that: a player? You would scroll the wheel, pick a song and listen. No algorithms deciding for you. No notifications. No endless feed. Just your music, in your pocket, NostalgicPod brings that feeling back, rebuilt from scratch for iPhone. A retro music player for your personal library, home media servers, internet radio and podcasts built in. The soul of a classic music player, with the engine of a serious modern app. ALL YOUR MUSIC, ONE WHEEL Bring your library from anywhere and play it all in one place. Import your own files through the Files app, iCloud Drive or whole folders — played in place, with no duplicates. Pull in the music already synced to your iPhone, songs and playlists included, with no subscription needed. Stream from your own server, Plex, Navidrome, Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, Jellyfin and Emby. Your old M3U playlists import automatically. THE SOUND Underneath the nostalgia is a serious audio player. FLAC lossless playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz with an automatic Hi-Res badge, gapless playback, and support for MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A, OGG and more. Server streams direct-play whenever possible, so lossless stays lossless. Shuffle with no unwanted repeats, plus Shuffle Albums for full records. Albums keep playing like the classics did: the last track flows into the next album. Plus star ratings and automatic playlists. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES One-time purchase. No subscriptions required for your own music, no in-app purchases, no account, no advertising, no tracking, no personal data collection. Your library stays on your device, and your own files play 100% offline. Pay once and keep it forever. You choose the music — NostalgicPod simply gives you a better way to enjoy it. MORE THAN A PLAYER Internet radio with stations from around the world. A full podcast player with RSS support and playback progress. A sleep timer. Classic games including Snake and Brick. Available in English, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Japanese. More games, audiobook support, CarPlay and additional customization are planned for future updates. Your music. Your device. Press play. NostalgicPod is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc. or any media server project. No account is required, and the app does not collect personal data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marvis Pro at 4.8 against NostalgicPod's 3.7. Marvis Pro also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 3). NostalgicPod's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On review sentiment, ads, chart position 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
Marvis Pro costs $9.99 and NostalgicPod $4.99 up front. Marvis Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NostalgicPod asks for nothing beyond the download.
Marvis Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marvis Pro has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Marvis Pro's written reviews are positive against 83% of NostalgicPod's.
Marvis Pro ships an update every 9 days, NostalgicPod daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marvis Pro | NostalgicPod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #38 | #34 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aditya Rajveer | Jesus manuel Curreri |
Customer experience
Marvis Pro
NostalgicPod
Bugs and requests
Marvis Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent scrobbling to Last.fm
- Playback issues when switching between apps
- Metadata not always displaying correctly
Requested features
6 requests- Advanced EQ and audio controls
- Improved music discovery features
- Ability to edit playlists and queue
- Dedicated iPad and Apple Watch apps
- Lyrics integration without third-party apps
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- Sync settings and configurations across devices
NostalgicPod
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Marvis Pro
- Last.fm⁺$5.99
NostalgicPod
No in-app purchases









