Stezza Music Player vs Openmusic
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.
Openmusic
Stream, download, and discover music from your personal server with a beautiful interface. Customize your listening experience with themes, EQ presets, and playlist imports. Enjoy features like car mode and volume skip for convenient control.
- Stream and download music
- Customizable EQ presets
- 6+ custom themes
- Import playlists from Spotify/Apple Music
- Car Mode with gesture control
- Volume button song skipping
- Navidrome server support
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Access your Openmusic-Compatible server in a beautiful UI. Stream, Download, and Discover music from your custom database! Features: • Queue, Crossfade, and Add music to your Library • Download Music and Customize EQ - Adjust and save EQ presets • Clean/Explicit Switching - Switch between Clean/Explicit versions during playback • 6 Custom Themes - Classic - Honeycrisp - Spotty - Wii - Frutiger Aero - Frutiger Eco - Plus many more on the way! • Import Playlists - Automatically import from an Apple Music or Spotify link • Fullscreen Mode - Experience your music in a beautiful new way • Car Mode - Control your music by waving your hand over the TrueDepth Sensor • Volume Skip - Skip songs from your pocket with the volume buttons • Infinite Queue - Automatically add songs to the queue based on the music you're enjoying • Import Audio Files - Manage and manually update your library in the File Manager • Navidrome Support (NEW) - Add a Navidrome URL and credentials to enjoy your music collection anywhere Download Openmusic to start streaming now! Also: Learn how to create an Openmusic-Compatible server at create.openmusic.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stezza Music Player at 74% against Openmusic's 0%. Stezza Music Player also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (135 vs 4). Openmusic's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stezza Music Player holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stezza Music Player has 135 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Stezza Music Player's written reviews are positive against 0% of Openmusic's.
Stezza Music Player ships an update every 2 months, Openmusic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stezza Music Player | Openmusic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (135 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | Charlie Giannis |
Customer experience
Stezza Music Player
Openmusic
In-app purchases
Stezza Music Player
No in-app purchases
Openmusic
No in-app purchases
