Bass Boost Player vs Fairbuds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bass Boost Player
Enhance your music listening experience with a powerful player that offers advanced sound effects. Adjust bass, pitch, reverb, and more with a 12-band equalizer for a personalized audio output. Supports various formats and cloud syncing.
- 12-band equalizer
- Bass booster
- Pitch and reverb effects
- Compressor and tube amplifier
- Supports popular audio formats
- Cloud storage sync
- Background music playback
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Do you want to improve the sound of your music? Or make it more spacious, louder and add elastic and punchy bass? Or just listen to the music with a comfortable player for a wider range of sensations? Then this player is exactly for you. You can play music from any available source in a variety of popular audio formats, as well as add various sound effects. What's inside? - Convenient and up-to-date player; - Possibility to add to and sync your library and cloud storage; - Seamless Wi-Fi file transfer – easily move your music files from your Mac to the app wirelessly, without the need for cables or third-party software; - Audio effects processing with high quality; - 12-band equalizer AI; - Auto EQ: the app detects the genre of the track and automatically adjusts the equalizer to suit it; - Support for all popular audio formats (MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC & more); - Simple and intuitive interface and customization without unnecessary buttons; - Possibility to play music in the background; - Export to M4A, WAV, FLAC, MP3, and AIF formats, and select the desired quality; - Offline player - you don't need Wi-Fi connection. Description of effects: - Bass Booster boosts and "pumps" the sound at the lowest frequencies; - Pitch effect allows you to make the sound higher or lower - you can use it to change the music beyond recognition; - Reverb gives the sound a sense of spatial depth and breadth; - Spatial Audio with 8D effect – immerse yourself in a three-dimensional soundscape where music seems to move around you, creating an enveloping, cinematic listening experience that brings every track to life; - The compressor makes the sound of the track louder and gives additional power to the sound, as well as allows you to highlight the quiet moments in the tracks; - The tube amplifier saturates the sound with additional harmonics and adds warmth to the sound, and you can also achieve an overdrive effect (Important! Be careful when adjusting this effect so as not to damage your ears or devices. You should be very careful about this setting); - 12-band equalizer will allow you to fine-tune the sound exactly for your headphones or stereo system. Advanced headphone optimization: The app automatically detects many popular headphone models and applies specially tuned audio profiles tailored to their unique acoustic characteristics. With built-in support for over 6,000 headphone models, you get a personalized soundstage that brings out the best in your gear — no manual tuning required. For a truly immersive experience, we recommend using headphones or external speakers. Customize the sound to your liking. Important! We also want to warn all users that long-term listening to music at high volume, as well as at maximum settings for bass and other effects can damage your devices or impair your hearing. Please be careful. We, for our part, provide a full set of high-quality tools for working with sound, but the final result will always depend only on you. Also we are not responsible for anything that might happen to your phone, audio device or yourself! Use it wisely! Thank you for your understanding. -------------------------------------- * Subscription: Get access to all premium functions of the app. * You can turn off the auto-renewal at any time: you'll find the option to do this change to a different payment plan in the settings of your iTunes and App Store account. * The first time you can try the free trial for 3 days. After that, your account will be automatically charged for the subscription if you will not stop it before the end of the free trial. * The length of the subscription is 1 month, this subscription is auto-renewing. You can stop the subscription at any moment; * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the and of the current period, and identity the cost of the renewal. ATTENTION: before you subscribe please read: Terms Of Use (https://clck.ru/VL63C) Privacy Policy (https://clck.ru/TussC)
Fairbuds
Customize your audio experience with advanced equalizer settings and ensure your device is always up-to-date. Tailor bass, vocals, and more to your preferences for music and podcasts.
- Customizable equalizer presets
- Multi-band EQ for granular control
- Firmware update notifications
- Sound profile creation
- Adjust bass and vocals
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Unlock the full potential of your Fairbuds or Fairbuds XL with the newly revamped Fairbuds app. Take full control of your sound, and tailor it exactly to your liking. Choose from an array of new presets to adjust the equalizer. Go heavy on the bass when listening to electronic music, or switch to clearer vocals for your favorite podcasts. You can go even more granular with the custom EQ feature and tweak the sound from scratch. Use the Fairbuds apps to play around with a multi-band equalizer, and create the perfect sound profile for yourself. You can also use the Fairbuds app to make sure your device's firmware is always up-to-date. Get notifications when a new update is available, and make sure your Fairphone audio product is always performing at its peak.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bass Boost Player at 4.5 against Fairbuds's 2.7. Bass Boost Player also leads on ratings volume (704 vs 3) and review sentiment (32% vs 13%). Fairbuds's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and iOS requirement 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. Bass Boost Player sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Fairbuds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bass Boost Player holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bass Boost Player has 704 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Bass Boost Player's written reviews are positive against 13% of Fairbuds's.
Bass Boost Player ships an update monthly, Fairbuds every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bass Boost Player | Fairbuds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (704 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews — better | 13.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 704 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tsovinar Popova | Fairphone B.V. |
Customer experience
Bass Boost Player
Fairbuds
Bugs and requests
Bass Boost Player
Reported bugs
3 issues- Repeated songs
- Distorted audio with boosting
- Frequent app crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Add Spotify integration
- Add SoundCloud integration
- Allow importing music from other services
- Improve music mixing capabilities
Fairbuds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bass Boost Player
- Bass Booster Volume Power Amp3 Days trial$5.991 Month
Fairbuds
No in-app purchases
Questions
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