Web Audio Player vs AUVideoPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Audio Player
This audio unit plugin enables routing audio from various web sources into an audio unit host. It supports platforms like SoundCloud, Mixcloud, web radio, and audio from streaming videos. Limitations include some secure login sites and less common video formats.
- Route web audio streams
- Supports SoundCloud and Mixcloud
- Plays audio from web radio
- Extracts audio from streaming videos
- Works with most audio file websites
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Web Audio Player is an audio unit plugin that allows you to route audio streams from a wide variety of web-based sources into an audio unit host. USES - SoundCloud - Mixcloud - Web radio streams - Free audio sample websites - Most websites that play audio files - Listen to audio from streaming videos LIMITATIONS - Currently doesn't support some websites that require secure login - Doesn't support some of the less popular streaming video formats - Doesn't support software defined radio - Doesn't support most web based synthesizers
AUVideoPlayer
This app functions as an Audio Unit v3 instrument plug-in for Digital Audio Workstations, enabling video playback within music production software. It supports various cloud storage and local files, offering sample-accurate synchronization with host transport clocks.
- AUv3 instrument plug-in for DAWs
- Supports local and cloud storage
- Sample-accurate sync with host transport
- Audio output with sample rate conversion
- Playback of videos without audio tracks
- Picture-in-Picture mode
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AUVideoPlayer is a video player that works as an Audio Unit v3 (AUv3) instrument plug-in your favorite DAW host apps such as AUM, Cubasis 3, BeatMaker 2, NanoStudio 2, GarageBand, or Audiobus 3. AUVideoPlayer can open video files stored in local, Photos, iCloud Drive, and other 3rd party cloud storage. AUVideoPlayer can output an audio signal and automatically converts the input sample rate to match the sample rate in the host app. AUVideoPlayer can also playback video files with no audio track. By enabling sync mode, AUVideoPlayer can playback a video file with the transport clock in host app for sample accurate synchronization. By running AUVideoPlayer standalone app and syncing with AUVideoPlayer plug-in in host app, you can play a video in Picture in Picture window even while closing the AUVideoPlayer plug-in window in host app. Supported Formats: MP4, MOV, ..., which Apple's Files app supports You can check the development status by following the Twitter account @AUVideoPlayer. Feel free to send your feedback! Support: https://twitter.com/AUVideoPlayer auvideoplayer@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AUVideoPlayer at 4.5 against Web Audio Player's 3.5. AUVideoPlayer also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 37%). Web Audio Player's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Web Audio Player costs $5.99 and AUVideoPlayer $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AUVideoPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Web Audio Player's written reviews are positive against 67% of AUVideoPlayer's.
Web Audio Player ships an update every 3 days, AUVideoPlayer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Audio Player | AUVideoPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited | Hiroshi Kajihata |
Customer experience
Web Audio Player
AUVideoPlayer
In-app purchases
Web Audio Player
No in-app purchases
AUVideoPlayer
No in-app purchases
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