JPLAY vs Audiophilio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JPLAY
This app is a high-fidelity music player designed for audiophiles. It seamlessly integrates streaming services like Qobuz and Tidal with local music files, offering a unified interface for all your audio content. Experience superior sound quality and discover new music through its intuitive design and advanced features.
- Plays Qobuz, Tidal, and local music files
- Works with most streamers and network DACs
- HQPlayer Control API integration
- Dramatically better sound quality
- Radio feature for music discovery
- Extended playlist management
- Artist bios and album reviews
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JPLAY is an award winning music playback app for audiophiles. It works instantly with nearly every streamer or network DAC on the market. It combines Qobuz, Tidal and local content in a single interface allowing user to access each library separately. Main features: • Beautiful, clean and easy to use app allowing you to play music on nearly all streamers/network DACs - no core needed! (UPnP AV/DLNA) • Plays from Qobuz, Tidal and files on local libraries • HQPlayer Control API – Seamlessly integrate and remotely control HQPlayer directly from JPLAY • Dramatically better sound quality thanks to minimizing network traffic • Radio feature discovers new music for you • Single library, individual library and folder views • Extended playlists management • Advanced search, sort, focus • Artists bios, album reviews etc • Highlighted audiophile formats • My Activity, My history keep your playback stats • Native iOS controls from locked screen • Sharing your favorite music on social media • And much, much more! JPLAY requires an active subscription to access its content and features. Sign up for a JPLAY subscription in the app. New users can enjoy a 14-day free trial period that will be automatically converted into a yearly subscription. Subscription is automatically renewed and charged on a yearly basis. You can cancel it at any time up until the day before renewal and you can at any time turn off the auto renewal.
Audiophilio
This professional audio toolkit offers comprehensive measurement, room design, and system planning features for serious listeners. It allows users to analyze audio systems, diagnose issues, and plan room acoustics with advanced tools and AI-powered insights.
- SPL Meter
- Real-Time Analyzer
- LUFS Meter
- Waterfall Plot
- Spectrogram
- Frequency Response & PEQ
- RT60 Measurement
- Room Designer
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Audiophilio is the measurement toolkit for people who take their sound seriously. Turn your iPhone, iPad, or Mac into a pocket acoustics lab — measure a room, analyze a signal, design a system, and tune your setup by ear and by the numbers. MEASURE • SPL Meter — real-time sound levels with Z/A/B/C and ITU-468 weighting, fast/slow/impulse response, live history, and min/avg/peak capture • RTA — real-time 1/3-octave spectrum analyzer • LUFS loudness metering, distortion (THD), impedance, channel balance, and polarity checks VISUALIZE • Spectrogram and Waterfall for spectral detail over time • Frequency Response, RT60 reverb time, and Energy-Time Curve for room analysis • Oscilloscope and delay finder DESIGN • System Builder — document your whole signal chain source-to-speaker as a live signal-flow diagram • Room Designer — lay out your listening room in 3D, place speakers and seating to scale, and read an acoustic score before you move a thing LEARN & CALCULATE • Ear Trainer, signal & noise generators, dB converter, Ohm’s Law, room modes, Thiele-Small, and more SHARE • Publish your rigs and rooms and discover setups from the community Built for the whole lineup — iPhone, iPad, Mac, and now fully bespoke for the foldable iPhone Duo, with a layout that adapts from the cover screen to the inner display. Audiophilio is free to use, with advanced tools unlocked by a one-time Premium purchase — no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Audiophilio at 5.0 against JPLAY's 4.2. Audiophilio also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and monetization model (free vs subscription). JPLAY's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. JPLAY sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year and Audiophilio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Audiophilio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JPLAY has 55 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of JPLAY's written reviews are positive against 100% of Audiophilio's.
JPLAY ships an update every 3 weeks, Audiophilio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JPLAY | Audiophilio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marcin Ostapowicz | Ryan Katsanes |
Customer experience
JPLAY
Audiophilio
Bugs and requests
JPLAY
Reported bugs
14 issues- Tracks fail to render or play from Tidal
- App crashes on startup with older iOS versions
- Playback stuttering and lag issues
- Renderer in transition errors
- Device discovery failures
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- Missing cover art for local files
- Playback gets stuck at end of songs
- Random track order despite settings
- Skips tracks mid-playback
- Connection drops with certain streamers
- Metadata not syncing properly
- Album art not loading from Synology/Plex servers
- Qobuz favorites import not working
- Tidal playlist suggestions missing
Requested features
16 requests- Monthly subscription option
- Cross-device synchronization for playlists and favorites
- EQ and tone adjustment controls
- DSD file playback support
- Multi-room audio capability
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- Apple Watch control support
- AirPlay support
- Android version
- Gapless playback improvement
- Family sharing support
- Apple Music integration
- Internet radio support
- Volume control in player screen
- Automatic iCloud backup between devices
- WebDAV support
- Better error messages for troubleshooting
Audiophilio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
JPLAY
- JPLAY Premium14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Lifetime$149.00
- JPLAY Lifetime$199.00
Audiophilio
- Audiophilio Premium$44.99








