Jewelcase vs Harmonoid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jewelcase
This app offers a modern, file-focused music listening experience. It prioritizes privacy and data portability, allowing you to manage your music library directly from your files. Enjoy features like offline playback, synced lyrics, and customizable equalization without subscription fees.
- Offline by default
- Private listening history
- CarPlay support
- Synced lyrics
- Home screen widgets
- Fast local search
- File-based playlists
- Customizable equalization
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Jewelcase is a local music player bringing a modern look to plain old music files. Avoid subscription costs and platform lock-in by switching to the ultimate in data portability: files and folders. Manage your library in Files and play it in Jewelcase Features: • Offline By Default ‣ No tracking at all, and no online connectivity unless you choose • Private Listening History & Stats ‣ See what you've been listening to and when, without sharing any data • CarPlay • Synced Lyrics in LRC-format • Widgets ‣ Control playback from the home screen • Search ‣ Find what you're looking for with fast local search • Playlists Are Files ‣ Importing/exporting playlists is as simple as copy and paste • Equalization ‣ Create EQs for different genres which automatically activate when you listen ‣ Global gain setting • ReplayGain • Gapless Playback • Sleep Timer • Inspect Tags and Metadata • ListenBrainz/Last.fm Integration • Play local music from Music/iTunes library Tag Support: • Standard ID3 & VorbisComment Tags • Multi-Tags (Artist, Genre) ‣ With option to specify custom separators • Embedded Cover Art Format Support: • Music Files: .flac, .opus, .ogg (Vorbis), .mp3, .m4a, .mp4 ‣iTunes/Music library supports all formats supported by Music/iTunes • Playlists: .m3u, .m3u8
Harmonoid
A visually appealing local music player for managing and playing your audio files. Offers advanced playback features, lyrics support, and Last.fm integration. Optional paid subscription unlocks additional customization and management tools.
- Performant media library
- Material Design themes
- Lyrics support (local & online)
- Gapless playback
- Speed and pitch adjustment
- Tag editor
- Last.fm integration
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Harmonoid is a beautiful local music player for playing and managing the music files on your iPhone. It includes the following features: - Performant media library & tag reader. - Material Design 3 & 2. - Light & dark themes. - Lyrics (LRC, tags & online). - Lyrics translations. - Notification lyrics. - Artist images. - Playlists. - Gapless playback. - Speed adjustment. - Pitch adjustment. - Volume boost. - Crossfade. - ReplayGain. - Tag editor. - Last.fm integration. - mpv/FFmpeg backend. Supports all file formats. - Multiple artist & genre support. - Fallback cover support. e.g. cover.jpg, Folder.jpg etc. Following features are part of Plus⁺ (paid subscription), which you may optionally purchase in the app: - Crossfade. - Artist images. - Tag editor. - Lyrics translations. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://github.com/harmonoid/harmonoid/wiki/Privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Jewelcase at 82 against Harmonoid's 5. Harmonoid's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Jewelcase sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Harmonoid sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Jewelcase against 4.8 for Harmonoid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jewelcase has 82 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Jewelcase's written reviews are positive against 100% of Harmonoid's.
Jewelcase ships an update weekly, Harmonoid every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jewelcase | Harmonoid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (82 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gledtone | Hitesh Kumar Saini |
Customer experience
Jewelcase
Harmonoid
In-app purchases
Jewelcase
- Unlock Icons$0.99
- Small Tip2 variants$1.90
- Medium Tip2 variants$4.90
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- Large Tip2 variants$9.90
Harmonoid
- Plus⁺$0.991 Month
