Music Plus vs DS Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Plus
Enhance your music listening experience with a third-party player offering landscape mode, easy song addition, and customizable artwork display. Enjoy intuitive controls and quick library management for seamless music enjoyment.
- Landscape playback mode
- Quick song addition to library
- Lock screen widget for song addition
- High-quality artwork saving
- Customizable text sharing for music
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Music Plus is a third-party music player app that was born from two simple ideas: the lack of support for landscape mode in the music app on iOS and the complicated process of adding songs to the library. It's constantly adding new features and aims to be the best companion for enjoying music. With Music Plus, you can enjoy a landscape mode that keeps the screen from turning off and displays the song's beautiful artwork and information. The large playback controls make it easy to switch songs, and gestures can even enable fuzzy operation. Music Plus offers multiple options for quickly adding songs to the library, including within the app and through widgets. This feature is especially useful for radio enthusiasts who don't want to miss out on a good song. iOS 16 users can also add a lock screen widget for one-click song additions. In addition to its landscape mode and quick add features, Music Plus also supports high-quality artwork saving and sharing music using fancy text. More new extended features are coming soon. We're always looking for ways to improve, so if you have any thoughts or ideas, please don't hesitate to reach out. Email: feedback@ideasfrom.com Twitter: @IdeasFormApp
DS Player
This app is a NAS music player designed for a smooth and enjoyable listening experience. It supports a wide range of audio formats, displays lyrics and album art, and offers convenient features like automatic transcoding for non-Wi-Fi environments and CarPlay integration.
- Smooth interface and interaction
- Supports mainstream and lossless audio formats
- Displays lyrics and album art
- Simple music management
- Automatic transcoding for Wi-Fi offload
- CarPlay support
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DS Player是一款NAS音乐播放器。 DS Player拥有如下功能： 1. 流畅顺滑的界面和交互，让你听音乐更加舒心； 2. 支持主流格式和无损格式的音乐播放，包括FLAC / MP3 / WMA / APE / OGG / AAC / DTS / PCM / WAV等； 3. 支持音乐歌词/封面显示，助你打造赏心悦目的私人音乐库； 4. 支持简单的音乐管理； 4. 贴心转码，支持在非WI-FI环境下自动转码播放，节约流量； 5. 支持CarPlay，车上听歌更轻松； 你的付费支持将给我们莫大的肯定和信心，我们将持续更新「一款好的音乐软件应该开发」的功能，让听音乐回归音乐本身。 更多使用请参照： 《使用条款》：https://shimo.im/docs/KlkKV6dQMDcBw4qd/ 《隐私协议》：https://shimo.im/docs/m4kMLzxBajhwBQqD/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DS Player at 70% against Music Plus's 14%. DS Player also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (3.8 vs 3.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Music Plus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DS Player sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DS Player holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DS Player has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Music Plus's written reviews are positive against 70% of DS Player's.
Music Plus ships an update every 6 weeks, DS Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Plus | DS Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 3.8 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Gongshu District Xiangde Software Development Studio | 建明 肖 |
Customer experience
Music Plus
DS Player
Bugs and requests
Music Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DS Player
Reported bugs
18 issues- Login failures
- App crashes on update
- Cannot connect to My Cloud Home
- CarPlay login failures
- Cannot log in
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- App freezes when creating playlists
- Subscription prompt after short use
- Crash when changing song cover
- Cannot restore purchase
- Login slow on external network
- Sudden connection loss
- Frequent disconnections
- Local save function not working well
- QuickconnectID resolution failure
- Non-Wi-Fi environment login failure
- Siri voice control only opens app
- Sharing permission issues
- Lyrics too high on screen
Requested features
11 requests- iPad app support
- Green Union NAS support
- CarPlay login stability
- Chromecast support
- Playlist import/export
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- Radio function from Audio Station
- Apple TV app
- Siri voice control for playback
- Support for CUE sheets
- Hide login page on open
- Better app icon
In-app purchases
Music Plus
- Music Plus Pro$0.99
- Music Plus Pro EA$0.99
DS Player
- 3. 连续包月3 Days trial$0.491 Month
- 2. 连续包季3 Days trial$0.993 Months
- 1. 连续包年3 Days trial$1.491 Year
