Cog (kode54) vs Phono

Cog is a free, open-source music player for people with music in more formats than any one player expects. Born on the Mac, it now plays your collection on iPhone and iPad, with the same audio engine and format support. PLAYS NEARLY EVERYTHING • Everyday and lossless audio: MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, Opus, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, Musepack, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, WAV, AIFF and much more • Cue sheets, M3U and PLS playlists, and music inside ZIP and other archives • Internet radio and streams, including HLS, from any URL A HOME FOR GAME AND CHIPTUNE MUSIC • Console and computer rips: NSF, SPC, GBS, VGM/VGZ, HES, KSS, AY, SAP and more • PSF family: PSF, PSF2, SSF, DSF, GSF, 2SF, NCSF, USF, QSF • Commodore 64 SID tunes • Tracker modules: MOD, S3M, XM, IT, MPTM and dozens more, plus AHX/HivelyTracker, Syntrax and AdLib formats • Streamed game audio through vgmstream, covering hundreds of formats • Cave Story's Organya music MIDI, DONE PROPERLY • Play MIDI files with your own SoundFonts • Emulate a classic Sound Canvas synthesizer from ROM files you provide • Or use the built-in system synthesizer NOW PLAYING • A Now Playing screen themed from the album art • Lyrics, from your files or looked up online with LRCLIB • Spectrum visualizer • Equalizer with presets • Change speed, tempo and pitch independently • Hold Next to fast-forward and Previous to rewind, in the app, on the lock screen, with headphones or in the car • Shuffle, repeat, queue and Stop After This • AirPlay, Control Center and lock screen controls YOUR MUSIC, YOUR WAY • Import from Files, or add Music Locations to play folders in place, anywhere the Files app can reach • Folders are scanned with their tags and album art • Search your playlist instantly • Music copied into Cog appears in the Files app and in Finder SCROBBLING • Last.fm and ListenBrainz support BUILT FOR iPAD TOO • A layout made for the larger screen • Menus and keyboard shortcuts for hardware keyboards PRIVATE AND OPEN Cog has no ads, no accounts and no tracking. Your music stays on your device and in the places you choose. Cog is open source and developed in the open on GitHub, where you can report bugs, request features and read every line of code. Available in English and Spanish.

Phono is the offline music player for your own library — built for the people who never wanted to leave iTunes behind. Drop your MP3, FLAC, AAC and WAV files into iCloud Drive. Phono plays them on every Apple device — iPhone, iPad and Mac — offline, ad-free, and 100% yours. WHY PHONO Streaming is great, until your favorite song disappears, your subscription expires, or you lose signal. With Phono, you own your library. Your files. Your rules. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Play MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, M4A and WAV • Build playlists by hand, the way you used to • Browse by song, album, artist, or folder • Background playback with lock-screen controls • Sync your library across iPhone, iPad and Mac via iCloud Drive • 100% offline. No streaming. No ads. No account. BUILT NATIVE, BUILT FAST Native SwiftUI for iOS 26 and macOS. Light, snappy, and modern. The classic iTunes library experience, reimagined for today. MADE FOR MUSIC COLLECTORS If you've been searching for an iTunes replacement, an offline FLAC player, or a clean iCloud music app — you found it. We read every email. Tell us what you'd like to see next. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/