Stezza Music Player vs MusicView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stezza Music Player
This application offers a streamlined and visually appealing method for accessing and enjoying your existing music and video library. It provides essential playback features within an intuitive interface designed for ease of use.
- Adaptive album themes
- Custom color themes
- Video playback
- Accessibility support
- Simple interface
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Stezza is the music player where your record collection and Apple Music share the same stage. Equal billing, no second-class library tab. For years your library has been the also ran, buried behind algorithmic feeds and endless suggestions. Stezza puts it back front and centre, and puts Apple Music right beside it. Two tabs at the top. Same player. Same queue. Your records and your streaming, finally on level ground. Playback • Your music library and Apple Music in one player, and in one queue • Beautiful mesh backgrounds drawn from your album art • Floating glass mini player, reachable from every screen • Full screen player with big buttons Search • Unified search, scoped to your library or Apple Music • Songs, albums, artists and playlists are grouped into one result view • Recent searches remembered, because who remembers! Apple Music • Rich artist pages with Play, Shuffle, Station, top songs, full discography, related artists • Album detail with track list, Play, and Shuffle Design • If you got this far, just know its been painstakingly designed • Like every pixel • Full accessibility support Built by one developer who still listens front to back. Indie developed.
MusicView
This app allows users to view top music charts from any country and play tracks directly. It also provides customizable widgets to display and control currently playing music for both Spotify and Apple Music.
- View top music charts by country
- Play tracks directly
- Display and edit currently playing song widget
- Create custom widget themes
- Spotify and Apple Music integration
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MusicView is a simple client for Spotify and AppleMusic. You can view top charts in any country and quickly play any of the tracks. You can view and edit your currently playing song which can be displayed as a widget. You can create your own custom widget themes so they match any setup. Note: Some actions such as playback control require a Spotify Premium account. All playback controls are available with Apple Music. MusicView is not affiliated with Spotify or Apple Music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stezza Music Player at Free against MusicView's $0.99. Stezza Music Player also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 42%). MusicView's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Stezza Music Player is free to download; MusicView costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Stezza Music Player against 3.8 for MusicView. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 285 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Stezza Music Player's written reviews are positive against 42% of MusicView's.
Stezza Music Player ships an update every 2 months, MusicView weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stezza Music Player | MusicView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (135 ratings) — better | 3.8 (285 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better | 41.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135 | 285 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
Stezza Music Player
MusicView
Bugs and requests
Stezza Music Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MusicView
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widget doesn't show album art or song info
- Widget controls don't work consistently
- App fails to connect to Spotify or Apple Music
- Crashes when trying to customize widgets
Requested features
4 requests- Transparent widget background option
- Improved widget refresh/update functionality
- More customization options for widget appearance
- Ability to control music without opening app
In-app purchases
Stezza Music Player
No in-app purchases
MusicView
No in-app purchases
Questions
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