Comparison

Symphony vs Lysoniq

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

Head to head
About

Symphony

Explore your Apple Music listening habits with detailed stats and trends. Discover your top artists, hidden gems, and evolving tastes. Features Shazam integration, customizable widgets, and smart music discovery.

Highlights
  • Apple Music listening stats and trends
  • Shazam song identification
  • Customizable interface and widgets
  • Import Spotify playlists
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Artist event notifications
Features
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Symphony turns Apple Music into your personal listening dashboard. See your stats like never before, top songs, artists, albums and genres, total listening time, daily trends, streaks, and a year-round calendar of everything you play. Then go further: identify songs with Shazam, scrobble to Last.fm, play local files, and take it all to CarPlay. Symphony Connect: switch audio seamlessly between multiple devices. YOUR LISTENING STORY • Top songs, artists, albums & genres • Listening time, daily trends & streaks • Listening calendar heatmap & clock • Weekly standouts & all-time favorites • Hidden gems in your library • Build custom charts in Insights Lab • Home Screen stat widgets • Apple Intelligence powered AI summary for Music Insights. MAKE APPLE MUSIC YOURS • Themes, 10 accent colors & app icons • Fully customizable CoverFlow • Playlist artwork collages • Custom library sorting & tabs • Crossfade & sleep timer • Mini player controls & Seek HUD DISCOVER & MANAGE MORE • Shazam from the Lock Screen or Control Center • Apple Music Radio • Play local MP3s & audio files • Artist info & upcoming concerts • Block artists you don't want to hear • Playlist backup & restore • Last.fm scrobbling • CarPlay & Siri Symphony makes Apple Music feel personal, visual, and powerful, without the clutter. Download Symphony and rediscover your music. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lysoniq

This app allows you to stream Hi-Res Lossless music from Apple Music across your Apple devices with full remote control. It offers advanced library management, true shuffle, and detailed browsing of the Apple Music catalog. Designed for audiophiles, it supports automatic sample rate switching and high-resolution output on compatible devices.

Highlights
  • Cross-device remote control
  • Hi-Res Lossless streaming
  • Full Apple Music catalog browsing
  • Advanced queue management
  • True shuffle randomization
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Automatic sample rate switching
Features
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Lysoniq is a premium music player/streamer with cross-device remote control. Install it on your Apple devices to seamlessly play music through any one of them and control the app with the others. Unlike AirPlay, the playing device streams directly from Apple Music at full resolution — enabling Hi-Res Lossless with zero compression or downsampling on compatible devices. Using an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV in your hifi system just became easier. No more extension cables or compromises. Built to handle huge libraries — load thousands of songs into the player without slowdown. Full queue management with swipe to delete, drag to rearrange, tap to skip ahead, and insert into the queue. True Shuffle that actually randomizes your music. Browse the full Apple Music catalog with top songs, albums, and playlists across 30+ cities and countries, 17 genres, and dedicated Hi-Res Lossless and Dolby Atmos sections. Access Made For You, Recently Played, New Releases, live radio stations, and all of Apple Music's personalized recommendations. Your full synced library with sorting and filtering included. Connect and control devices across your home Wi-Fi network with LYNQ. Extend connectivity across cellular data and different Wi-Fi networks with the LYNQ+ subscription. Built-in Last.fm scrobbling with full history and stats. Four themes including Light, Dark, True Light, and True Dark. Built from the ground up with audiophiles in mind. Reviewing audio gear? Use a subloop to focus in on a particular section of a track, with the option to add a timer between loops to switch equipment. Output up to 24-bit/192kHz on iOS, 24-bit/192kHz on macOS (played via Music.app), and 24-bit/48kHz on Apple TV (24-bit/192kHz available on tvOS 27 with latest generation hardware). For streaming on macOS please download the free menu-bar companion app, the Lysoniq Switcher. This provides predictive sample-rate switching when combined with the Lysoniq Mac Remote and native Music app, 44.1 to 192 kHz. Available at https://www.lysoniq.app/macos-switcher. Now available in 22 languages including Chinese (Hong Kong, Simplified, and Traditional), Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish. Provide feedback to guide its development further and get the features you want. Enjoy all future updates with a one-time purchase. Requires Apple Music installed on your devices and an active Apple Music subscription. See https://www.lysoniq.app/support for more details. Terms of Use: https://www.lysoniq.app/terms License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Compatibility includes iOS 16.4+, macOS 14.6+, tvOS 17.6+

Screenshots

Symphony4 screens
Lysoniq4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Symphony at Free against Lysoniq's $14.99. Lysoniq's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (94% vs 59%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Symphony is free to download; Lysoniq costs $14.99 up front. Symphony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Lysoniq sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lysoniq holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 103 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Symphony's written reviews are positive against 94% of Lysoniq's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Symphony ships an update every 9 days, Lysoniq fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Symphony versus Lysoniq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSymphonyLysoniq
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating4.2 (35 ratings)4.8 (103 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews94.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#79 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeshan PathiranaTim Fagan

Customer experience

Symphony

All ratings35 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.8%

Lysoniq

All ratings94 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Symphony

Subscriptions2
  • Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$4.991 Month
  • Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Symphony Pro Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

Lysoniq

Subscriptions1
  • LYNQ+ Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Symphony free?
Symphony is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lysoniq free?
Lysoniq costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Symphony or Lysoniq?
Lysoniq is rated higher. Symphony averages 4.2 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Lysoniq averages 4.8 from 103 ratings.
Do Symphony or Lysoniq have ads?
Neither Symphony nor Lysoniq shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Symphony or Lysoniq?
Symphony ships an update every 9 days, and Lysoniq fortnightly. Most recently, Symphony was updated on October 23, 2026 and Lysoniq on October 30, 2026.

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