CloudBeats vs LyricShards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudBeats
This app allows you to stream and organize your music collection from various cloud services and personal servers. Download songs for offline playback, create custom playlists, and manage audiobooks and podcasts seamlessly across multiple devices.
- Stream music from cloud services
- Offline playback support
- Sync music libraries
- Create custom playlists
- Organize audiobooks and podcasts
- Supports multiple audio formats
- Gapless playback
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EASIEST WAY TO STREAM & ORGANIZE YOUR MUSIC Take control over your music and enhance your music listening experience with CloudBeats – cloud music player. Whether you need an offline cloud music player listener, or a music cloud player to sync all your music albums and download mp3 songs on multiple devices, CloudBeats is the only app you need. It simply allows you to create your own music streaming service. All you audiophiles and die-hard music fans finally have a simple app that will organize and play your vast music collection the way you want it. Anywhere. Anytime. It’s time to easily upload, store and access your music on the cloud seamlessly with CloudBeats. ► CLOUD MUSIC PLAYER ● Works with the popular cloud services for music streaming: Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, Box, pCloud, HiDrive. Personal clouds that support webDAV, including ownCloud and NextCloud. Network-Attached Servers (NAS) by Synology, QNAP, Western Digital (WD) and others that support webDAV protocol. These integrations make our cloud music internet song player one of the most versatile cloud music song organizers. ● Plays audio files in different formats: Our free local music player offline app allows you to play mp3, m4a, wav and lossless FLAC and ALAC audio. Meaning our music cloud player can play almost any song you have on your iPhone. ● Works online and offline: Want to enjoy cloud music with no wifi? Well our no wifi music cloud player allows you that. Simply swap between offline and cloud tabs. Also supports shuffle mode & CarPlay. ► MUSIC MANAGER & ORGANIZER ◉ Sync music libraries: The cloud music organizer app auto detects all the music on your phone and syncs all your music libraries. All songs are grouped by artist, album, genre. ◉ Create playlists: Want to organize your music and create cloud playlists? Add files and entire folders to playlists, change the order of the tracks in the Playlist section of our free music player. ◉ Organize & download music, audiobooks, podcasts: download and sync any of your music across multiple devices on the cloud with this cloud music organizer. Our intuitive song manager & song organizer will give amazing control and effectively organize your music the way you want it. It also supports audiobooks and podcast file formats so you can listen offline without wifi. ► ALL FEATURES: ・Supports most cloud services, personal clouds and servers. ・Works without internet. Download albums, playlists, folders or files onto the device for playback in offline mode ・Playlist maker. ・Sync your music library with connected network accounts. ・Supports mp3, wav and m4a, lossless FLAC & ALAC ・Advanced buffering technologies to provide smooth gapless playback ・Repeat all, repeat one and shuffle mode. Shuffle the entire library, a single folder, artist or album. ・Sleep timer to automatically stop music when the timer ends ・Playback speed control (tempo) within the 0.5x-3.0x range ・Play offline–no internet or WiFi needed ・Add music to your favorite playlist ・Carplay ・Siri and Shortcuts “Sync Multiple Devices” is an optional service to keep your Playlists and My Library database in sync between multiple devices. It can also be used to backup and restore your music data. CloudBeats account is required for this service. We offer 1-year auto-renewing subscription for $6.99 per year. The price may vary from country to country. If you choose to purchase “Sync Multiple Devices”, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. You will be charged the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to the user’s Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. CloudBeats privacy policy and terms of use: https://www.cloudbeatsapp.com/privacy-policy/
LyricShards
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LyricShards — Music Cloud, Right On Your Wrist LyricShards is a standalone Apple Watch music app — no iPhone required. Browse and play your cloud storage, all without ever pulling out your phone. Your Music Library Built for quick access and clean navigation on a small screen. Tune into Cloud Storage Connect your cloud drives — including OneDrive, NextCloud,Koofr and more on the way — and stream your files straight to your Watch. Built for Apple Watch Every screen is designed specifically for the Watch — fast, glanceable, and fully independent of your iPhone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LyricShards at Free against CloudBeats's $9.99. LyricShards also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
LyricShards is free to download; CloudBeats costs $9.99 up front. CloudBeats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and LyricShards sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CloudBeats ships an update every 3 weeks, LyricShards weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudBeats | LyricShards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Burda | Tommy Chirayil |
In-app purchases
CloudBeats
- Sync Multiple Devices$9.991 Year
LyricShards
- LyricShards1 Year trial$1.991 Year









