Comparison

Symphony vs NostalgicPod

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

Head to head
About

Symphony

This app transforms your Apple Music listening experience into a personalized dashboard. Track your top songs, artists, and listening habits with detailed statistics, custom charts, and home screen widgets. It also integrates features like Shazam, Last.fm scrobbling, and local file playback.

Highlights
  • Detailed listening statistics
  • Customizable widgets
  • Shazam integration
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Local file playback
  • CarPlay support
  • Customizable themes and icons
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

NostalgicPod

Experience your personal music library, internet radio, and podcasts with a retro-inspired interface. Enjoy lossless audio playback and classic games, all without ads or subscriptions. Your music, your rules, offline and ad-free.

Highlights
  • Retro music player interface
  • Personal music library import
  • Home media server streaming
  • Internet radio and podcast player
  • Lossless FLAC playback
  • Offline playback
  • Includes classic games
Features
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Remember when a music player was just that: a player? You would scroll the wheel, pick a song and listen. No algorithms deciding for you. No notifications. No endless feed. Just your music, in your pocket, NostalgicPod brings that feeling back, rebuilt from scratch for iPhone. A retro music player for your personal library, home media servers, internet radio and podcasts built in. The soul of a classic music player, with the engine of a serious modern app. ALL YOUR MUSIC, ONE WHEEL Bring your library from anywhere and play it all in one place. Import your own files through the Files app, iCloud Drive or whole folders — played in place, with no duplicates. Pull in the music already synced to your iPhone, songs and playlists included, with no subscription needed. Stream from your own server, Plex, Navidrome, Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, Jellyfin and Emby. Your old M3U playlists import automatically. THE SOUND Underneath the nostalgia is a serious audio player. FLAC lossless playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz with an automatic Hi-Res badge, gapless playback, and support for MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A, OGG and more. Server streams direct-play whenever possible, so lossless stays lossless. Shuffle with no unwanted repeats, plus Shuffle Albums for full records. Albums keep playing like the classics did: the last track flows into the next album. Plus star ratings and automatic playlists. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES One-time purchase. No subscriptions required for your own music, no in-app purchases, no account, no advertising, no tracking, no personal data collection. Your library stays on your device, and your own files play 100% offline. Pay once and keep it forever. You choose the music — NostalgicPod simply gives you a better way to enjoy it. MORE THAN A PLAYER Internet radio with stations from around the world. A full podcast player with RSS support and playback progress. A sleep timer. Classic games including Snake and Brick. Available in English, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Japanese. More games, audiobook support, CarPlay and additional customization are planned for future updates. Your music. Your device. Press play. NostalgicPod is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc. or any media server project. No account is required, and the app does not collect personal data.

Screenshots

Symphony4 screens
NostalgicPod3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Symphony at Free against NostalgicPod's $4.99. NostalgicPod's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (98% vs 59%). On ratings volume, ads and device support 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; NostalgicPod costs $4.99 up front. Symphony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NostalgicPod asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NostalgicPod holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Symphony's written reviews are positive against 98% of NostalgicPod's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Symphony ships an update every 9 days, NostalgicPod daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Symphony versus NostalgicPod: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSymphonyNostalgicPod
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.2 (35 ratings)4.8 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews97.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3537 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#14 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeshan PathiranaJesus manuel Curreri

Customer experience

Symphony

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

NostalgicPod

All ratings37 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.5%

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$29.99
None

NostalgicPod

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Symphony free?
Symphony is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NostalgicPod free?
NostalgicPod costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Symphony or NostalgicPod?
NostalgicPod is rated higher. Symphony averages 4.2 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while NostalgicPod averages 4.8 from 37 ratings.
Do Symphony or NostalgicPod have ads?
Neither Symphony nor NostalgicPod shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Symphony or NostalgicPod?
Symphony ships an update every 9 days, and NostalgicPod daily. Most recently, Symphony was updated on November 4, 2026 and NostalgicPod on November 2, 2026.

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