Comparison

Stezza Music Player vs Arpeggi

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Arpeggi

Stream your music library from a Subsonic server with a clean, Apple-inspired interface. Enjoy gapless playback, offline downloads, and customizable design for a seamless listening experience.

Highlights
  • Open Subsonic client
  • Gapless playback
  • Offline music downloads
  • Continuous queue system
  • Playlist creation and editing
  • CarPlay support
  • Customizable design
Features
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Arpeggi is an OpenSubsonic client designed with the same clean aesthetic as Apple’s apps, built for people who care about how their app feels. Whether you're at home, in the car, or completely offline, your library is always within reach, beautifully presented and ready to play. Gapless playback across AAC, FLAC, ALAC, and OPUS keeps your albums flowing exactly as they were meant to be heard. ReplayGain support ensures consistent volume across your entire collection, and server-side transcoding lets you balance quality and bandwidth. Connect to multiple Subsonic servers and music folders from a single app. Arpeggi's continuous queue system keeps the music going, while Song and Artist Station modes let you explore your collection in a whole new direction. Download your favourite albums and playlists in the background so your music is ready before you go offline. Scrobbles are cached locally with timestamps and synced when you're back online, so not a single play goes unrecorded. Create and edit playlists directly from the app. Full CarPlay support keeps your eyes on the road. A customisable design means the experience adapts to you, not the other way around. Built entirely in SwiftUI with a native-first approach, every interaction in Arpeggi feels at home on iOS fast, fluid, and familiar. Requires a Subsonic or Open Subsonic compatible server.

Screenshots

Stezza Music Player4 screens
Arpeggi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arpeggi at 4.9 against Stezza Music Player's 3.9. Arpeggi also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (93% vs 74%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arpeggi holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 106 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Stezza Music Player's written reviews are positive against 93% of Arpeggi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stezza Music Player ships an update every 2 months, Arpeggi every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stezza Music Player versus Arpeggi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStezza Music PlayerArpeggi
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (135 ratings)4.9 (106 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews92.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better106
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoobar CreativeReilly Wilkinson

Customer experience

Stezza Music Player

All ratings135 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews325 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.9%

Arpeggi

All ratings106 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative5.6%

In-app purchases

None

Stezza Music Player

No in-app purchases

None

Arpeggi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stezza Music Player free?
Stezza Music Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arpeggi free?
Arpeggi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stezza Music Player or Arpeggi?
Arpeggi is rated higher. Stezza Music Player averages 3.9 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Arpeggi averages 4.9 from 106 ratings.
Do Stezza Music Player or Arpeggi have ads?
Neither Stezza Music Player nor Arpeggi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stezza Music Player or Arpeggi?
Stezza Music Player ships an update every 2 months, and Arpeggi every 9 days. Most recently, Stezza Music Player was updated on October 23, 2026 and Arpeggi on October 27, 2026.

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