Comparison

Metasonic Player vs Sovault

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

Sovault

This music player supports over 40 audio formats, including niche ones, and offers robust library management. It can fix garbled tags, organize files, and provides multiple playback views. The app works entirely offline with no account required.

Highlights
  • Supports 40+ audio formats
  • Fixes garbled audio tags
  • Full offline playback
  • Real file browser
  • Edit tags and artwork
  • Multiple Now Playing views
  • Import from various sources
Features
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Sovault is a music player for people who own their music. Streaming services come and go. Your collection doesn't have to. Point Sovault at your files and it plays them — including the formats most players quietly refuse. PLAYS 40+ FORMATS MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Opus — plus APE (Monkey's Audio), DSD (DSF/DFF), WavPack, TAK, TTA, Musepack, Shorten, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AC-3, DTS, MLP/TrueHD, ATRAC, Speex, and more. That old APE rip, the DSD you bought years ago, the WavPack archive you forgot about — they all just play. FIX GARBLED TAGS Chinese and Japanese tracks ripped years ago often store their tags in GBK, Big5 or Shift-JIS, and show up as "ÍõÐÄÁè" everywhere else. Sovault detects the original encoding and repairs it — permanently, written back into the file. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES • Import from Files, folders, URLs, iCloud Drive — no limits, ever • Full offline playback, with background audio, AirPlay and lock screen / Control Center controls • A real file browser inside the app: move, rename, organize • Edit tags and artwork for one track or hundreds at once • Find what's broken: missing artwork, missing artist, garbled text • Playlists, favorites, ratings, play counts • Four Now Playing views — artwork, spinning vinyl, real-time spectrum (six styles), and synced lyrics that highlight line by line • Now Playing and Lyrics widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and Mac — play, pause and skip right from the widget on iOS 17 / macOS 14 or later • Last.fm scrobbling NO ACCOUNT. NO CLOUD REQUIRED. Sovault has no backend. There is no sign-up, no profile, nothing to log in to. Your music never passes through our servers, because we don't have any. Everything works offline. PREMIUM Free forever: importing (no limits), playback of MP3/AAC/ALAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF/Opus, tag editing, encoding repair, playlists, the file browser, library issue detection, Last.fm, embedded or .lrc lyrics, and the player widgets. Premium adds: • Playback of 30+ advanced formats — APE, DSD, WavPack, TAK, WMA, DTS and more • Browse and import straight from SMB, FTP and WebDAV servers • Sync your library across devices via iCloud, or to your own NAS • Auto-fill missing artwork, album, genre, year and time-synced lyrics • A 10-band equalizer with presets • CarPlay One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Try everything free for 14 days — no payment required to start. Sovault is for audiophiles, NAS users, and anyone who believes their music collection deserves better than a forgotten folder. Requires iOS 15.6 or later, macOS 13 or later. Questions? sovault.app@gmail.com Open source licenses (including LGPL components and links to their source code): in the app, Settings › About › Open Source Licenses. Privacy Policy: https://sovault.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Metasonic Player3 screens
Sovault3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Metasonic Player at none against Sovault's 3. Metasonic Player also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Sovault's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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

Both are free to download. Sovault sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Metasonic Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Metasonic Player against 5.0 for Sovault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metasonic Player ships an update every 3 weeks, Sovault weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Metasonic Player versus Sovault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetasonic PlayerSovault
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew Lennig勇华 陈

Customer experience

Metasonic Player

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sovault

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Metasonic Player

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sovault

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$74.99

Questions

Is Metasonic Player free?
Metasonic Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sovault free?
Sovault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Metasonic Player or Sovault?
Metasonic Player and Sovault are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Metasonic Player or Sovault have ads?
Neither Metasonic Player nor Sovault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metasonic Player or Sovault?
Metasonic Player ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sovault weekly. Most recently, Metasonic Player was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sovault on October 24, 2026.

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