Comparison

HiFier vs Timecode Tool App

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

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About

HiFier

This app offers a high-quality music listening experience with support for various audio formats, including DSD. It allows users to stream music from local servers, cloud drives, and media servers, with offline playback options. The player is designed to preserve the purity of sound without unnecessary processing.

Highlights
  • Custom-built HiFi player
  • DSD and DoP support
  • Universal global search
  • Local streaming from NAS/servers
  • Multiple cloud account support
  • Offline playback downloads
  • Smart auto-caching
Features
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HiFier: Born for Audiophiles, High-Fidelity Music Within Reach! We are dedicated to restoring the original truth of sound. HiFier is crafted by audiophiles for those who pursue the ultimate listening experience. All features are available to free users, and you can gain unlimited usage time by watching ads. • A Connection Experience Built for the Internet Era 1. No need to download music files to your phone beforehand—directly connect to your cloud drives, media servers, and NAS for instant online playback. Your content stays synchronized with the cloud at all times, freeing up your valuable storage space. Don't worry about data consumption during online playback: HiFier features a built-in, optimized caching function that ensures no data is used during repeat plays and automatically manages cached data to maximize the efficiency of your storage and network. Of course, we also support batch downloading, allowing you to download files from any connected service for playback in completely offline scenarios. 2. Support for global search across all connected media servers for songs, artists, and albums, as well as searching for files across all cloud drives. Multiple accounts are supported for the same type of cloud drive, making the most of unlimited free space. 3. CarPlay is also supported. • Two-way DLNA (UPnP) support 1. Support for pushing all connected music in your HiFier to compatible DLNA receiving devices (DMR); supports continuous playback of your playlists, as well as pushing album art, pause, volume control, and progress adjustment operations. 2. Support as a DLNA receiving device (DMR) to receive music pushed from DLNA control devices (DMC) for continuous playback, with playback capabilities completely identical to local playback. 3.HiFier cross-push, supporting iOS and Android platforms; can be used as a fixed digital transport device. • Full Audio Format Support 1. Stop worrying about tedious audio formats—we support almost all of them, including DSD and SACD ISO. We also support DoP (DSD over PCM) output, allowing DSD audio to be sent directly to your DAC device. Support the audiobook (m4b) format and PDF files. 2. Common video formats are also supported, including HDR and Dolby Vision. • iCloud Synchronization: Your app data can be synced to iCloud. We only synchronize essential information, providing an extraordinary experience while occupying minimal iCloud space. This ensures you won't lose your data after reinstalling the app and allows for automatic data synchronization across different devices. Detailed Features: 1. Supports almost all audio formats, including Hi-Res audio, DSD, FLAC, SACD ISO, audiobooks, PDF formats, and image browsing. Supports DSD (DoP) transmission via DAC. Supports playback of common video formats like MKV, MP4, FLV, TS, etc., with support for HDR and Dolby Vision, video hardware decoding, and a complete video playback interaction system. 2. Intelligent caching during playback to save data for future listening. 3. Batch download files to local phone storage for offline playback. 4. Support for online lyrics and album art. 5. Manage your favorite songs, playlists, and collect your favorite artists. 6. Supports Samba, WebDAV (can mount Alist), Jellyfin, Emby, SubSonic, Navidrome, FnOS Music and Audio Station media servers. Supports access to Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, pCloud, 115 pan, Baidu Netdisk, Alipan and other cloud drives. 7. Support for importing files from PC and Mac for playback. Support for selecting files directly from the "Files" app for playback. 8. Support for CarPlay. 9. Support for Music Recognition. 10. In audiobook mode, it supports playback speed control and resuming from listening history. 11. Universal Global Search. 12. Two-way DLNA (UPnP) support 13. Last.fm scribbling. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Timecode Tool App

Features
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Timecode Tool is a focused utility for live-show technicians who need to generate, monitor, convert, measure or calculate SMPTE timecode on iPad, iPhone, and Apple Silicon Mac. Five tools: GENERATE • Output LTC audio and Art-Net Timecode driven by system time-of-day, a free-running 1-hour block, or a custom Start Timecode you type in (e.g. 02:03:20:15) that free-runs from that point. • A media-player transport while running — previous block, back to start of block, play/pause, next block. (Hidden for time-of-day, which follows the wall clock instead of a block you can skip through.) • Pick FPS (24, 25, 29.97 NDF, 29.97 DF, 30) including correct SMPTE drop-frame counting. • Send to a specific Art-Net destination IP (unicast or broadcast). MONITOR • A large, glanceable timecode readout for monitoring. • Choose the source: decode LTC from an audio input, or receive Art-Net Timecode over the network. Frame rate and lock state are shown live. CONVERT • Route one timecode input to up to two simultaneous outputs, freely chosen: input is LTC audio, Art-Net, or MTC; each output is LTC audio, Art-Net, or MTC. • MTC: Timecode Tool publishes a virtual MIDI port, "Timecode Tool", that shows up as a MIDI input in every other app on your device — your DAW can chase it with no cable or MIDI interface. Output can also go to a real MIDI destination, and input can come from any MIDI source. • Warns up front about setups that would misbehave: Art-Net in and out sharing a UDP port, LTC in and out on the built-in speaker and mic, and MTC feeding back into itself. • Latency compensation per output, with drift tracking and a re-sync control. Auto-detects the source frame rate and the drop-frame flag, with an override for 29.97 non-drop versus 30 fps. MEASURE • A delay checker. Tap the pad twice — or keep tapping along to a beat — and read the interval in milliseconds, frames at the rate you choose, timecode, BPM, seconds, or audio samples. • Then hear it: two clicks exactly that far apart, a click every interval, or your own taps replayed, placed on the audio clock to the sample. • A tap far from the others — a double tap, a missed beat — is flagged as it lands and left out of the statistics. Save a measurement with its taps, rate and statistic, and bring it back later. • Last, average, min, max and jitter at a glance; every unit has Copy. CALCULATE • A timecode calculator. Add, subtract, multiply and divide timecode, frames, seconds, milliseconds and h:mm:ss clock time in any mix — for example "01:03:40:15, one minute thirty-five later". • Pick each operand's unit on a sliding switch under the field. Shorthand accepted: 95s, 1500ms, 1m35s, 40f, or just digits into a timecode field. Paste into any field; the unit follows the text. • A sentence above the result says what was done — "Added 1 min 35 s to timecode 01:03:40:15" — and the result appears in every form at once, each with its own Copy, chaining back into the next calculation. Drop-frame arithmetic uses the same frame counting as the generator. • Measure and Calculate also work at 59.94 and 60 fps. Cross-cutting features: • Background audio — keeps generating / decoding when the screen is locked or another app is foreground. • Phone calls and Siri don't break the timecode stream; it resumes. • Shows your device's IP addresses. Works with Class-Compliant USB audio interfaces. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French and German. Timecode Tool does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.

Screenshots

HiFier4 screens
Timecode Tool App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiFier at Free against Timecode Tool App's $1.99. HiFier also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Timecode Tool App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

HiFier is free to download; Timecode Tool App costs $1.99 up front. HiFier sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Timecode Tool App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiFier ships an update every 6 days, Timecode Tool App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiFier versus Timecode Tool App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiFierTimecode Tool App
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.9 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAI PINGllcheesell Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HiFier

Subscriptions2
  • monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$12.99
None

Timecode Tool App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiFier free?
HiFier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timecode Tool App free?
Timecode Tool App costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiFier or Timecode Tool App have ads?
HiFier shows ads; Timecode Tool App does not.
Which is updated more often, HiFier or Timecode Tool App?
HiFier ships an update every 6 days, and Timecode Tool App every 2 months. Most recently, HiFier was updated on October 30, 2026 and Timecode Tool App on October 31, 2026.

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