Comparison

SqueezePad vs foobar2000

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

Head to head
About

SqueezePad

Control your Logitech Squeezebox with a fast and intuitive interface on your iPad. An optional upgrade allows you to stream music directly to your device, turning it into a standalone player. Enjoy gapless playback and synchronized audio for a seamless listening experience.

Highlights
  • Instant player selection
  • Cached menus and album art
  • Preloaded playlist
  • Drag and drop playlist reordering
  • Screensaver mode with large cover art
  • Music streaming to iPad
  • Gapless playback and synchronization
Features
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SqueezePad is the preeminent controller for your Logitech Squeezebox. This smooth operating, fast and intuitive controller for your Squeezebox will provide you with complete remote control from your iPad. An upgrade allows music streaming directly to your iPad as well. An unbeatable price tag to get full control of your Squeezebox! Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZxbumV0Wao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzgUOuZtmE ◆◆◆ SqueezePad is … FAST! ◆◆◆ - instant player selection: a simple touch on the player in the top left shows an instant popup menu. Experience how fast player switching can really be. - cached menus and album art: when you browse the artist or albums menu, their content (with images) is saved. On every subsequent visit the lists are instantly available until the next rescan automatically invalidates the cache. - preloaded playlist: a big chunk of your playlist is preloaded and available on the right hand side of the screen. No waiting times when you want to take a peek at the future songs. - instant alphabetical index and smooth scrolling: the alphabetical index updates the album and artist list already when you just drag your finger over it. - shortcuts to most used functions: on the bottom bar you have buttons for artist, albums, internet radio and favorites menu. Also common playlist function have their own buttons. ◆◆◆ SqueezePad is … SMOOTH! ◆◆◆ - awesome looks: obvious when you look at the screenshots - smooth transitions and animations: As to be expected from a real iPad App, SqueezePad supports menu transitions and smooth scrolling. - volume + progress popups: when changing volume or progress of a song, you get popups telling you the actual values. So stop guessing your desired values today! - drag+drop for playlist entries: playlist entries can be reordered with drag and drop. A quick swipe shows a delete button. - screensaver mode: Tap the big cover-art and SqueezePad switches to a screensaver mode working in portrait and landscape orientation. Now you get even bigger cover art on your iPad. This makes SqueezePad a great information screen for your next party. ◆◆◆ SqueezePad has … PLAYBACK! * ◆◆◆ - stream music to your iPad: now your iPad becomes a small player on its own, and is able to stream your local music or internet radio stations. You’ll find this feature as an in app purchase in the players menu. - many supported formats: SqueezePad has native suport for mp3, FLAC, aac, alac, wav, aiff, pcm. With the help of your Squeezebox Server you can also stream OGG-files to your iPad (it will convert them automatically to either WAV or MP3). If your Squeezebox Server runs on a Windows machine, even WMA-files are supported! - gapless playback and synchronization: SqueezePad will preload the next song in the playlist, so that it will start without any delay. Also the full synchronization protocol of the Squeezeboxes are implemented. - many supported Apps: Last.FM, Deezer or WiMP are supported out of the box. Spotify works with the help of triodes plugin installed in Squeezebox-Server Rhapsody, Napster and Pandora are not working due to licensing issues issues * Please be aware that Logitech blocks direct streaming access to MySqueezebox.com. Squeezebox-Server required to use the playback feature. ◆◆◆ SqueezePad's got … EXTRAS! ◆◆◆ So many extras - please visit my web-site to get a full descriptions: - integrated browser for fast information retrieval - playlist modification mode - configure manual server for advanced networks/remote streaming - set up your alarms - automatically wake your server with Wake On LAN - much much more ... ◆◆◆ Requirements ◆◆◆ Compatible with SqueezeBox-Server from v7.4 to v7.9, to be downloaded from http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download. Also supports direct connection to MySqueezebox.com if you don't own a local server.

About

foobar2000

An advanced audio player for mobile devices supporting a wide range of formats. Enjoy gapless playback, automatic volume adjustment, and customization options. Stream music from UPnP servers.

Highlights
  • Wide audio format support (MP3, FLAC, AAC, etc.)
  • Gapless playback
  • ReplayGain volume adjustment
  • UPnP media server streaming
  • Customizable appearance with skins
Features
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foobar2000 mobile is an advanced audio player for mobile devices. Main features: * Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack. * Gapless playback. * ReplayGain support - automatic playback volume adjustment. * Supports playback and downloading music from UPnP media servers. * Appearance can be customized with skin files (basic black and white themes inlcuded with the app).

Screenshots

foobar20003 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: foobar2000 at Free against SqueezePad's $4.99. foobar2000 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (196 vs 24). SqueezePad's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (91% vs 80%). On update cadence and ads 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

foobar2000 is free to download; SqueezePad costs $4.99 up front. SqueezePad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. foobar2000 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SqueezePad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: foobar2000 has 196 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of SqueezePad's written reviews are positive against 80% of foobar2000's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SqueezePad ships an update every 5 weeks, foobar2000 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
SqueezePad versus foobar2000: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSqueezePadfoobar2000
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (24 ratings) — better4.5 (196 ratings)
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews — better79.7% of reviews
Number of ratings24196 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)Resolute

Customer experience

SqueezePad

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews277 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.8%

foobar2000

All ratings196 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews883 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative11.7%

User reviews

SqueezePad

From 24 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive performance
  • 💡 Excellent integration with Squeezebox ecosystem
  • 🔍 Useful information lookup features (e.g. Wikipedia)
  • 🔧 Reliable and trouble-free operation

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Landscape-mode only (no portrait support)
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption when used as a player

foobar2000

From 196 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for offline use
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Customizable with skins
  • 👍 Plays a variety of audio formats
  • 👍 Convenient FTP transfer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Lacking search functionality
  • 🔍 Difficult to manage playlists and delete songs
  • 🔍 Inconsistent UI and navigation
  • 🔍 Missing CarPlay support

Bugs and requests

SqueezePad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Connectivity issues with some users
  • Playback problems with certain audio formats

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add portrait mode support
  • Improve performance for very large music libraries
  • Integrate more closely with Squeezebox server settings

foobar2000

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on startup for some users
  • Playback issues with certain audio formats
  • Network detection failures
  • SMB/DLNA server connectivity problems
  • Album art not displaying correctly

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add queue and repeat single track features
  • Improve playlist management and song deletion
  • Implement CarPlay support
  • Add more UI customization options
  • Improve search functionality
Show 3 more
  • Implement Last.fm scrobbling
  • Add tag editing capabilities
  • Provide sort options by artist, genre, etc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SqueezePad

One-time1
  • SqueezePad Playback$3.99
None

foobar2000

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SqueezePad free?
SqueezePad costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is foobar2000 free?
foobar2000 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SqueezePad or foobar2000?
SqueezePad is rated higher. SqueezePad averages 4.7 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while foobar2000 averages 4.5 from 196 ratings.
Do SqueezePad or foobar2000 have ads?
Neither SqueezePad nor foobar2000 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SqueezePad or foobar2000?
SqueezePad ships an update every 5 weeks, and foobar2000 monthly. Most recently, SqueezePad was updated on October 2, 2026 and foobar2000 on October 11, 2026.

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