Nautiline vs Sonic Stream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nautiline
Stream your music library from an OpenSubsonic server with a modern, intuitive interface. Enjoy features like offline downloads, gapless playback, synced lyrics, and seamless integration with your iOS device.
- Offline caching and downloading
- Gapless playback
- Synced lyrics
- CarPlay and Siri integration
- Sleep timer
- ReplayGain support
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Nautiline is a modern OpenSubsonic client with a beautiful interface and solid media handling, so you can focus on your music. Listening & Playback: • Cache & Download Files ‣ Songs are automatically cached as you listen with no extra data used ‣ Manually download files for offline listening ‣ Automatically save your whole library • Gapless Playback • Seeking in Transcoded Files ‣ Save bandwidth without sacrificing the listening experience • Internet Radio • Offline Browsing & Searching • Synced Lyrics ‣ Direct from your server • ReplayGain ‣ Automatically apply the right track/album gain • Sleep Timer Remote Access: • Set Custom Headers • Multiple URLs for home and away access iOS Integration: • CarPlay • Siri • Music Haptics
Sonic Stream
A music player designed to connect with your Subsonic server. Enjoy your personal music library on your device with this client application.
- Subsonic server connection
- Music playback
- Personal music library access
- Client application
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Sonic Stream is a music player client for your subsonic server.
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Verdict
Nautiline and Sonic Stream both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Nautiline's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sonic Stream's. Nautiline also leads on ratings volume (81 vs 5). Sonic Stream's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Nautiline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sonic Stream asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Nautiline against 4.6 for Sonic Stream. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nautiline has 81 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Nautiline's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sonic Stream's.
Nautiline ships an update every 2 weeks, Sonic Stream every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nautiline | Sonic Stream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (81 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gledtone | John Haupenthal |
Customer experience
Nautiline
Sonic Stream
In-app purchases
Nautiline
- Nautiline$10.00
Sonic Stream
No in-app purchases
