Simple DAAP Client vs AVSub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple DAAP Client
Stream music from a DAAP server on your network. Automatically detects servers using Bonjour, allowing you to listen to your music library without complex setup. Compatible with various DAAP servers like mt-daapd.
- DAAP client functionality
- Stream music from DAAP servers
- Automatic server detection (Bonjour)
- Compatible with mt-daapd
- Simple, no-configuration setup
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This application is a simple DAAP client. It is possible to listen to the delivered music from the daapd server(like mt-daapd, not containing iTunes ). The server can be detected without any configuration (that is Bonjour). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FriyARCDxOQ
AVSub
Access and stream your entire music and video library from your SubSonic server. Enjoy offline playback, multi-format support, and seamless casting to various devices. Features include playlist management, enhanced media information, and a user-friendly interface.
- SubSonic server integration
- Multi-format audio and video streaming
- Offline caching for playback
- Playlist support
- CarPlay and Apple Watch integration
- Casting support (Chromecast, FireTV)
- Enhanced media information
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AVSub is a fully featured, multi-language music and video streaming (after in-app purchase) app for SubSonic. With multi-format (including FLAC) support, quick & easy browsing, caching for offline listening or viewing, playlist support and a great user interface, accessing your media is fast and simple. With full Bluetooth Audio, Apple Watch, CarPlay, Chromecast & Airplay support too, you can have your media with you anywhere, anytime. Connect AVSub to your licensed SubSonic server and you'll have access to your entire media collection. AVSub supports any audio format that SubSonic supports and SSL. AVSub's user interface is familiar and easy to use. Optimized views for both portrait & landscape orientations make the most of your device. AVSub has full Bluetooth Audio support - stream to any Bluetooth device (car stereo, amplifier, speaker, headphones) with superb quality. Bluetooth remote-control is fully supported. AVSub also fully suports CarPlay. The AVSub Apple Watch extension is the easiest way to get your Subsonic playlists and cached albums onto your watch. The extension supports full background playback. You can take your music with you even without your phone! AVSub supports offline caching so you can listen to your music or watch video even when you're not connected to the Internet. AVSub will intelligently cache what you listen to in the background, or you can choose to download tracks, albums or videos direct to the cache for quick pre-loading. Cache size is configurable, along with options such as cache reading & writing and the ability to control direct-downloading over a mobile/cellular network. AVSub supports Subsonic playlists and will intelligently cache tracks on your device. AVSub can be used on both WiFi or a mobile/cellular connection (3G/4G/5G). Audio caching ensure smoother playback. AVSub shows enhanced information for your media, recognising movies, TV, artists and giving bio information, top tracks and similar artists. With AVSub you can access your full media library by browsing, selecting from the most recently added, most recently played, most frequently played or highest rated tracks, or search over your entire library. AVSub also supports multiple SubSonic top-level music folders, allowing you to select an individual top-level folder, or your entire collection. You can browse by folder structure or ID3 tags. AVSub Features: - Universal app for iPhone & iPad - MP3/AAC/FLAC/MP4/ALAC/Vorbis/Opus/WAV/DSD - High-resolution digital audio output via CCK up to 24bit/192kHz - CarPlay - TMDb integration for full movie & TV posters and details - VLC integration - 10 band Equaliser - Mini player - AVCast support - Google Cast audio and video (after in-app purchase) - Supports all modern video codecs - Portrait and landscape - Video streaming with caching (in-app purchase) - Subsonic Jukebox (in-app purchase) - Home screen & Notification center widget with recent items - 3D Touch quick action shortcuts - Internet radio - Crossfade - SSL support, including self-signed certificates - Caching for all media - Folder & ID3 mode - Multi-disc album support - Artist Radio/Similar Songs - Intelligent Bookmarks - Podcasts - Gapless playback - Track seeking - Subsonic playlist support - Streams over 3G/4G/5G/WiFi - Maximum streaming bitrate control - Bluetooth Audio/Airplay support - Remembers your playlist from the last session - Streams from any licensed SubSonic server (v4.0 and up) - Browse/search music collection - Browse most recently added, recently played, frequently played, highest rated - Random albums/songs - Shuffle and repeat - Album cover art - Lock-screen integration - Documentation & guides available at the AVSub website
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple DAAP Client at Free against AVSub's $3.99. Simple DAAP Client also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). AVSub's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 2.7) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On ads and iOS requirement 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
Simple DAAP Client is free to download; AVSub costs $3.99 up front. AVSub sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Simple DAAP Client asks for nothing beyond the download.
AVSub holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AVSub has 64 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Simple DAAP Client's written reviews are positive against 60% of AVSub's.
Simple DAAP Client ships an update every 6 months, AVSub monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple DAAP Client | AVSub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 3.8 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.9% of reviews | 59.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | magnet-magic.com | Richard Levy |
Customer experience
Simple DAAP Client
AVSub
Bugs and requests
Simple DAAP Client
Reported bugs
12 issues- Crashes when selecting a song
- Crashes when connecting to server
- Crashes when playing music
- Crashes with large number of songs
- Crashes with FLAC files
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- Crashes with forked-daapd
- Crashes on app startup
- App closes immediately after starting server
- Connection error when selecting song
- Error message behind grey screen
- Playback stalls frequently
- Track order scrambled
Requested features
17 requests- Password support
- Backgrounding/multitasking
- Search functionality
- Improved UI/UX
- Audio controls (play/pause/next)
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- Album art display
- Playlist support
- Track order sorting
- Support for forked-daapd
- Support for Rhythmbox
- Support for iTunes 7+
- Airplay support
- Ability to specify server IP address
- Dark mode
- VPN access support
- Improved battery usage
- Login with authorization
AVSub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple DAAP Client
No in-app purchases
AVSub
- Jukebox mode$0.99
- Video Playback$1.99
- Chromecast Video/Audio$2.99
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- Fire TV support$2.99
- Google Cast and Fire TV Support$4.99









