OUTSIDIFY vs Ancient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OUTSIDIFY
Explore and manipulate ambient sounds using your smartphone's microphone and speaker. Create unique audio effects, capture environmental resonances, and experiment with sound in real-world spaces. Unleash your creativity and discover new sonic possibilities.
- Create feedback loops
- Manipulate external sounds
- Use phone as resonant filter
- Capture impulse responses
- Explore real-world acoustics
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Outsidify allows you to manipulate and explore the sounds happening around your smartphone. The microphone and speaker of your phone are hiding exciting potential: create feedback, manipulate resonances, use your mouth as a resonant filter, capture the impulse responses of your coffee cup or the pipe at the construction site you're accidentally passing by. Just have fun. Your imagination is the only limit. Early electronic music was full of exploration of what you can do with just a microphone and speaker. Now it's your time to explore! Go outside and make sounds outside of your phone. What would you Outsidify? Features - create feedbacks from your phone´s microphone and speaker - play sounds from the speaker and influence them with outside conditions - the world is your resonator - capture impulse responses of any space you can fit your phone into - anytime!
Ancient
A personal music player that lets you organize, customize, and enjoy your own audio files and album art. It offers a subscription-free, ad-free, and offline listening experience with extensive customization options for your library and player.
- Import audio files from Files app or USB
- Edit metadata for artists, albums, and songs
- Add custom artwork for artists, albums, and playlists
- Customize library theme (colors, fonts, text size)
- Offline playback without internet connection
- Export library, metadata, playlists, and themes
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Ancient is an audio library and music player for those who want to curate, customize, and connect with their music listening experience using their own files and album art. Experience a simple and more personal way to connect with your music. No subscription, no ads, no internet connection needed, no login, no data collection, no in-app purchases, just you and your favorite tunes. Organize: - Import your files directly from the Files app on your phone or via USB from Finder - Supports MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AAC, AIFF, and AIF audio file formats - Edit metadata for artists, albums, and songs for any file type - Optional automatic compilation grouping Enjoy: - Search or browse by artist, album, song, or playlist - Add custom artwork for artists and playlists - Add custom image collections for albums - Zoom, pan, and swipe through album art collections while listening - Customize the theme of the library and player (colors, fonts, text size, rounding, borders, shadows, artwork display, and which tabs appear) - Non-repeating shuffle aware of your current tab (artists, albums, songs, or playlists) Archive: - Export your library, metadata edits, playlists, settings, and custom artwork - Export playlists with embedded custom artwork and tracklists - Export and import themes Any questions, issues, or feedback, please contact at ancientaudioplayer@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OUTSIDIFY at $5.99 against Ancient's $9.99. OUTSIDIFY also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). Ancient's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On rating, 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
OUTSIDIFY costs $5.99 and Ancient $9.99 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 — 4.9 for OUTSIDIFY against 5.0 for Ancient. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of OUTSIDIFY's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ancient's.
OUTSIDIFY ships an update weekly, Ancient every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OUTSIDIFY | Ancient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BASTL INSTRUMENTS | Spiral Lab LLC |
Customer experience
OUTSIDIFY
Ancient
In-app purchases
OUTSIDIFY
No in-app purchases
Ancient
No in-app purchases
