Comparison

Winamp vs Musical!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Winamp

This app unifies your local music, podcasts, and radio stations into a single, customizable player. Enjoy all your audio content in one convenient location, tailored to your preferences.

Highlights
  • Unified audio playback
  • Local music library
  • Podcast support
  • Radio station streaming
  • Customizable listening experience
Features
Read full description

The new Winamp Player brings the best of audio together in one powerful experience. Seamlessly access your local music library, exclusive Fanzone tracks, podcasts, and thousands of radio stations, all from a single player. Discover, organize, and enjoy everything you love in one place, then make it your own with the legendary customization features that made Winamp an icon. Your music, your content, your way.

About

Musical!

Features
Read full description

Music is yours again. Musical is a music player and library for the music you own. The free Mac app is the heart of your collection. Choose where your music lives and your Mac becomes your personal music server. Your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV can connect to it and access your library without uploading your music to a central service. You can also use Musical on iPhone and iPad as a standalone music player for music stored locally on your device. Your music, wherever you are: At home, connect your iPhone to your Mac and stream your music directly over your local network. Away from home, Musical can connect back to your Mac and stream your collection remotely, giving you access to music stored at home without downloading your entire library. Want music available without a connection? Download albums and songs to your iPhone and Musical automatically uses the local copy when it's available. You choose what you want to keep locally and what you want to stream. Made for iPhone * Browse your complete music library * Stream music directly from your Mac * Stream your collection remotely when you're away from home * Download albums and songs for offline playback * Play music stored locally on your iPhone * Automatically prefer local copies when available * Choose different quality levels for Wi-Fi and mobile data * Continue listening as your connection changes * Search your collection * Browse albums, artists, genres and playlists * Favourites and recently played * Queue, shuffle and repeat * Gapless playback * Lyrics and album artwork * Full-screen player * Listening history and statistics * CarPlay At home: stream from your Mac over your local network. Away from home: connect remotely to your Mac and stream your collection. Offline: download music to your iPhone and listen without a connection. Musical automatically reconnects your devices and knows when a local copy is available, so you can move between streaming and local playback without having to think about it. Apple TV, AirPlay and more Musical works across: * Mac * iPhone * iPad * Apple TV * CarPlay * AirPlay Use AirPlay to play your music around your home, or use your iPhone as a remote for your Mac or Apple TV. Your music. Your data. Musical is designed around keeping your music and your data under your control. No account. No sign-in. No subscription. No analytics. There is no Musical account to create and no service collecting information about what you listen to. Your music files stay on your devices and where you've chosen to store them. Your library stays with you. Musical does not store your music collection on our servers. Your devices communicate directly with each other when you connect them. We don't need to know what you're listening to, and there is no central Musical library holding your music or personal data. Built around ownership There is: * No streaming catalogue * No monthly or annual subscription * No account or sign-in * No analytics * No uploading your music collection * No central storage of your music * No disappearing tracks because of licensing The Mac app is free and provides the heart of the Musical experience. The iPhone, iPad and Apple TV apps bring your collection to your other devices. And so much more Musical can also help you discover music, find albums you're missing, keep a Hunt List of records you're looking for, discover new releases and find gigs near you. Build playlists. Save favourites. Get recommendations. Or turn the extras off. Welcome back to owning music.

Screenshots

Winamp4 screens
Musical!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Winamp at Free against Musical!'s $4.99. Winamp also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). Musical!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Winamp is free to download; Musical! costs $4.99 up front. Musical! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Winamp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Winamp ships an update every 2 months, Musical! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Winamp versus Musical!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinampMusical!
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.1 (95 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings95 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWinamp SAKevin Falencik

Bugs and requests

Winamp

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Library sync/import issues
  • Playback controls not working
  • Bluetooth connectivity problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add classic Winamp visualizer
  • Support for external cloud storage
  • Ability to create and manage playlists
  • Customizable equalizer settings
  • Seamless background playback

Musical!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Winamp

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Musical!

One-time1
  • Musical - Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Winamp free?
Winamp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Musical! free?
Musical! costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Winamp or Musical! have ads?
Neither Winamp nor Musical! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Winamp or Musical!?
Winamp ships an update every 2 months, and Musical! every 3 days. Most recently, Winamp was updated on November 3, 2026 and Musical! on November 1, 2026.

Other comparisons