Comparison

Sonstream vs Our Music Library

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

Head to head
About

Sonstream

Stream music without ads or subscriptions. Search for any track, build your personal jukebox, and create custom compilation albums. Sign in to your account to listen.

Highlights
  • Ad-free music streaming
  • No subscription required
  • Pay per play model
  • Searchable music catalog
  • Build personal jukebox
  • Create compilation albums
Features
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Music streaming made simple. No Advertising, No Subscription, just Great "Pay per Play" Music Streaming... Search for any track either from our catalog or from third-party sellers, build your own Jukebox album collection, and create your own compilation albums. Sign in with your Sonstream account and listen.

About

Our Music Library

This music player connects to your self-hosted Navidrome or Subsonic server, allowing family members to access their own music libraries. It offers profiles, parental controls, and offline playback on Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Family profiles with shared libraries
  • Parental controls with Face ID/passcode
  • Browse by artists, albums, genres, songs
  • Create and manage playlists
  • Offline playback on Apple Watch
  • Sleep timer and full-screen player
  • Private by design, no ads or tracking
Features
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Our Music Library is a third-party music player for your own self-hosted Navidrome or Subsonic (OpenSubsonic) server. It requires a server you already run and includes no music of its own — Our Music Library simply plays the library you already have, and makes it feel at home on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - Give each person their own profile. Everyone sees their own library plus a shared library the whole household can enjoy. - On a shared iPhone or iPad, an optional profile picker lets whoever picked up the device choose who's listening. - The settings that matter — the server, the profiles, and Server Admin — sit behind Face ID or a passcode, out of little hands. - Server Admin (on Navidrome servers) lets a parent add family accounts, change a password, and choose which libraries each person can see, right from the app. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED - Browse by Artists, Albums, Genres, Songs, Playlists, Favorites, and Recently Added. - Search across artists, albums, and songs. - Open any album to see its full track list and artwork. - Tap the heart to favorite a song; build, rename, and reorder your own playlists. A PLAYER YOU'LL ENJOY - A bold, colorful design with sticker-style artwork, and seven app icons to choose from. - A full-screen player with a play queue, shuffle, and repeat. - A sleep timer that fades the music out at bedtime. - A mini-player stays with you while you keep browsing. ON YOUR WRIST - Our Music Library for Apple Watch keeps music on the watch itself, so it plays on AirPods with no phone nearby and no network at all — made for a kid's watch. - Choose what to keep on the watch from the iPad or iPhone: Save to Watch on any album, playlist, or song. The watch copies it over your home Wi-Fi. - Pick standard (128 kbps) or original quality. - A parent can turn watch sync on or off for the whole device. PLAYS THE WAY YOU LISTEN - Streams over your own network. - Keeps playing in the background. - Full Lock Screen and Control Center controls. - AirPlay to your speakers, Apple TV, and other devices. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Stores only your server login, kept in the iOS Keychain. Watch sync uses your own iCloud account to carry the login and the keep-on-watch list between your devices — nothing is sent to us. - No ads. No tracking. No analytics. No accounts to create. - Your music and your server stay yours. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Our Music Library connects to a Navidrome or Subsonic (OpenSubsonic) server that you host yourself. If you don't already run one, this app won't have anything to play. Point it at your server, sign in, and your library is ready. The Apple Watch app needs watchOS 26 and, to copy music, Wi-Fi that can reach your server. Our Music Library is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Navidrome or Subsonic projects.

Screenshots

Sonstream4 screens
Our Music Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Our Music Library at 100% against Sonstream's 0%. Our Music Library also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). Sonstream's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonstream ships an update every 3 weeks, Our Music Library every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sonstream versus Our Music Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonstreamOur Music Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonstream LtdHope Endures LLC

Customer experience

Sonstream

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Our Music Library

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sonstream

No in-app purchases

None

Our Music Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sonstream free?
Sonstream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Our Music Library free?
Our Music Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sonstream or Our Music Library have ads?
Neither Sonstream nor Our Music Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonstream or Our Music Library?
Sonstream ships an update every 3 weeks, and Our Music Library every 11 days. Most recently, Sonstream was updated on November 3, 2026 and Our Music Library on October 31, 2026.

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