Comparison

Metasonic Player vs Artic Audio

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

Head to head
About

Metasonic Player

This audio player allows you to enjoy local music files and your Apple Music library. It displays comprehensive metadata for each track and offers robust queue management with precise playback controls. Supports a wide range of audio formats.

Highlights
  • Full metadata display
  • Apple Music library integration
  • Direct file opening
  • Customizable queues
  • Precise playback controls
  • Supports FLAC, WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, AIFF
Features
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Metasonic Player is a focused audio player for local music files and your Apple Music library. See full metadata while you listen, including artist, album, composer, genre, year, track number, comments, file type, and more. Open audio directly from Files, or browse your Library by playlists, artists, albums, songs, genres, and composers. Build queues by selecting tracks in the order you want. Add tracks one by one, use Select All, shuffle the queue, and skip forward or back with precise playback controls. Supports most audio formats including FLAC, WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, AIFF, and more. Free. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases.

About

Artic Audio

Features
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Artic Audio - Audiophile Music Player Experience music exactly as the artist intended. Artic Audio is the premium iOS music player engineered specifically for discerning audiophiles who demand uncompromising audio quality. Perfect Sound, Zero Compromise • Bit-perfect playback preserves every detail of your music • True gapless playback for seamless album experiences • Zero audio processing - pure, unaltered sound • Optimized for external DACs and high-end audio equipment Stream Your Personal Library • Connect to your Jellyfin media server for bit-perfect streaming • Full Plex integration brings your entire music collection to iOS • Stream high-resolution audio from your home server anywhere • No subscription required - your music, your server, your way Built for Music Lovers • Clean, intuitive interface that never gets in the way • Support for high-resolution audio formats • Designed by audiophiles, for audiophiles • Lightning-fast library browsing and playback Whether streaming from your personal media server or playing local files, Artic Audio delivers the pristine sound quality that serious music lovers demand.

Screenshots

Metasonic Player3 screens
Artic Audio3 screens

Verdict

The call

Metasonic Player and Artic Audio are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metasonic Player ships an update every 3 weeks, Artic Audio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Metasonic Player versus Artic Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetasonic PlayerArtic Audio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew LennigJeremy Blanchard

In-app purchases

None

Metasonic Player

No in-app purchases

None

Artic Audio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metasonic Player free?
Metasonic Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Artic Audio free?
Artic Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Metasonic Player or Artic Audio have ads?
Neither Metasonic Player nor Artic Audio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metasonic Player or Artic Audio?
Metasonic Player ships an update every 3 weeks, and Artic Audio fortnightly. Most recently, Metasonic Player was updated on November 4, 2026 and Artic Audio on October 30, 2026.

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