Comparison

Offline Music Player vs Folder Looper

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

Head to head
About

Offline Music Player

Experience a beautifully redesigned music player with custom audio labels for podcasts and audiobooks. Pin your favorite albums for quick access and enjoy a streamlined, album-based library organization. This app offers enhanced performance and stability.

Highlights
  • Brand new UI with fluid animations
  • Customizable audio labels (e.g., Podcasts, Audiobooks)
  • Pinned albums for instant access
  • Streamlined, album-based library
  • Performance and stability improvements
Features
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Play your own music without internet, without ads and without an account. Import MP3 and other audio files from the Files app, a folder or a download link, then listen offline anywhere: on a plane, at the gym, on the subway. This is a music player for people who keep their own audio files. Nothing streams, nothing uploads and nothing is tracked. Your files stay on your device. PLAYS ALMOST ANY AUDIO FILE • MP3, M4A, M4B, FLAC, WAV, AAC, AIFF, OGG, OPUS and more • A full queue: play next, add to queue, shuffle, repeat • Keeps playing in the background, with Lock Screen and Control Center controls • Playback speed from 0.75x to 2x • Sleep timer with presets, a custom time, or stop at the end of the song • Skip forward and back 15 seconds A LIBRARY THAT LOOKS LIKE YOURS • Recently added as a carousel of covers • Albums and artists built automatically from the tags in your files • Make your own albums and playlists, pin favorites, and reorder them • Search everywhere, including inside every album and artist • Rename songs, fix artist names and set your own cover art A PLAYER WORTH LOOKING AT • Full-screen artwork, or a vinyl record that spins with a tonearm • Black-and-white design built for dark mode, plus five color themes • Light, dark or automatic appearance • Designed for both iPhone and iPad SYNCED LYRICS • Import .lrc files with your music, or paste lyrics in • Tap along while a song plays to time each line yourself • Lyrics scroll with the music. Tap any line to jump there ALSO AN AUDIOBOOK AND PODCAST PLAYER Rename Albums and Songs to Podcasts and Episodes, or Books and Chapters. The labels change across the whole app. ADDING FILES IS EASY • Pick single files or whole folders from the Files app. Folder order is kept • Share audio to the app from any other app • Paste a direct link to an audio file PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads, no subscriptions, no analytics, no account. The app only connects to the internet when you paste a download link yourself. Back up your albums, edits and lyrics, and restore them on any device.

About

Folder Looper

This audio player lets you play audio files directly from folders in your Files app. It offers continuous playback, shuffle mode, and background audio support, ideal for organized audio content like music collections or audiobooks.

Highlights
  • Play audio directly from Files app folders
  • Continuous playback of all files in a folder
  • Optional shuffle mode
  • Background audio support
  • Remembers selected folder
  • Simple playback controls
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Folder Looper is a focused audio player for people who keep their audio organized in folders. Choose a folder from the Files app and Folder Looper continuously plays the supported audio files inside, without requiring a music library, playlist setup, or account. It is built for musicians, worship teams, performers, teachers, language learners, audiobook listeners, and anyone who wants quick access to organized audio files in iCloud Drive or other Files locations. Version 2.0 adds a new Practice mode alongside the folder player. Move the current song into Practice, or choose a single audio file, then slow it down, speed it up, transpose it, repeat it, and view detected key and tempo details as a starting point for rehearsal. Folder Looper can also display embedded song artwork when available, show Now Playing information, support background playback, and let you browse or reshuffle the current play order at any time. Features: • Play audio files directly from folders in the Files app • Supports MP3, WAV, AAC, AIF, AIFF, CAF, and M4A formats • Continuous playback through all supported files in a folder • Optional shuffle mode • Browse the play order, jump to any song, and reshuffle anytime • Background audio and remote playback controls • Displays embedded song artwork when available • Shows current song, folder, playback time, song count, key, and tempo details • Remembers your selected folder between app launches • Smart filename sorting for numbered tracks • Works with iCloud Drive and other Files-accessible locations Practice Features: • Choose a single song for focused practice • Bring the current Player song into Practice • Detect key and tempo for supported audio files • Transpose from one key to another • Adjust playback speed from 50% to 150% • Repeat the practice song continuously • Reset detected values, key changes, and speed changes without removing the song Key and tempo detection are helpful estimates based on the audio signal. Results may vary depending on recording quality, arrangement, intros, outros, modulations, live recordings, and layered instruments. Folder Looper keeps the workflow simple: pick a folder, press play, or switch into Practice when it is time to work on one song more closely.

Screenshots

Offline Music Player4 screens
Folder Looper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Offline Music Player at 68 against Folder Looper's 2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Offline Music Player against 5.0 for Folder Looper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Offline Music Player has 68 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offline Music Player ships an update every 2 months, Folder Looper monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Offline Music Player versus Folder Looper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffline Music PlayerFolder Looper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (68 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohd MahmodiJoseph Ratterman

Customer experience

Offline Music Player

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Folder Looper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Offline Music Player

No in-app purchases

None

Folder Looper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Offline Music Player free?
Offline Music Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folder Looper free?
Folder Looper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Offline Music Player or Folder Looper?
Folder Looper is rated higher. Offline Music Player averages 4.9 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Folder Looper averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Offline Music Player or Folder Looper have ads?
Neither Offline Music Player nor Folder Looper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Offline Music Player or Folder Looper?
Offline Music Player ships an update every 2 months, and Folder Looper monthly. Most recently, Offline Music Player was updated on November 5, 2026 and Folder Looper on November 5, 2026.

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