Fileplay vs SpaceController
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fileplay
Play any file from your device, iCloud, or cloud storage providers. Enjoy advanced playback controls like speed adjustment, queuing, and background picture-in-picture. Optimize your listening experience with a bass booster and efficient battery usage.
- Play files from device and cloud
- Adjust playback speed
- Add files to queue
- Background Picture in Picture
- Bass booster
- Optimized for low battery use
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Fileplay brings a full-featured multimedia player for files on your device. Top picks: ▸ Play files from your device, iCloud and dozen of file providers* ▸ Adjust playback speed ▸ Add to queue multiple files ▸ Background Picture in Picture mode ▸ Bass booster ▸ Optimized for low battery use *Supported by File Provider extension
SpaceController
Control sound panning in immersive formats using your mobile device's motion sensors. This app and plugin combination offers an intuitive way to manipulate audio in home studios or mixing stages, making complex movements accessible.
- Immersive audio panning
- Motion sensor control
- DAW integration
- Intuitive sound manipulation
- Home studio and mixing stage use
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Space Controller is a plugin and an app, that together allow you to pan sound from stereo to any immersive format, either in a home studio or mixing stage. By connecting a mobile device and its motion sensors with any DAW, our patent pending technology offers a highly efficient and intuitive way to control sounds with the palm of your hand. Every movement you can imagine is now possible, easier than ever - and just a touch away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SpaceController at none against Fileplay's shown. SpaceController also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Fileplay's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 2). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Fileplay against 4.5 for SpaceController. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fileplay has 4.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fileplay ships an update every 6 weeks, SpaceController every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fileplay | SpaceController |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.2K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kristian Sepp | Sound Particles |
Customer experience
Fileplay
SpaceController
Bugs and requests
Fileplay
Reported bugs
4 issues- Playback issues with some files
- Sudden deletion of downloaded content
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Inability to download from certain websites
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to remove ads
- Improve playlist management
- Implement 15-second rewind/fast-forward
- Support for additional file formats
SpaceController
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fileplay
No in-app purchases
SpaceController
No in-app purchases
