mStream Player vs BlackCandy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mStream Player
Stream your personal music library from a self-hosted server directly to your mobile device. Browse folders, search by artist or album, and create dynamic playlists with Auto DJ. Enjoy fine volume control, shuffle, and loop features for a personalized listening experience.
- Browse music folders
- Search by artist/album/song
- Create dynamic playlists
- Shuffle and loop playback
- HTTP(S) support
- Authenticated login
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This is a mobile app client for personal and self-hosted mStream music servers (https://github.com/IrosTheBeggar/mStream). Current features: - Browse your music folders - Search in folders - Play music in a folder - Search by artist/album/song - Play an album, song, or playlist - Create dynamic playlists with "Auto DJ" - Fine volume control - Shuffle your queue - Loop a queue or single track - HTTP(S) support - Authenticated & password-less login Note, the app does not support the following features yet: - Playing OGG files - Self-signed certificates The app is completely private. No data is collected.
BlackCandy
This application serves as a personal music center, requiring a pre-configured Black Candy server to function. It provides access to your music library through a dedicated iOS interface. More information on server setup is available via the developer's GitHub page.
- Personal music center
- Requires Black Candy server
- iOS interface
- Music library access
- GitHub for setup info
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The official Black Candy iOS app. To use this app, you must have a Black Candy server set up. For more information, please visit https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlackCandy at none against mStream Player's 3. BlackCandy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). mStream Player's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. mStream Player sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BlackCandy asks for nothing beyond the download.
BlackCandy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mStream Player has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
mStream Player ships an update every 5 weeks, BlackCandy every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mStream Player | BlackCandy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niera Tech Inc. | 文冬 赵 |
In-app purchases
mStream Player
- Coffee-Sized Tip$6.99
- Snack-Sized Tip$9.99
- Meal-Sized Tip$14.99
BlackCandy
No in-app purchases
