PurePlayer Hi vs 1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PurePlayer Hi
Experience uncompromising, high-performance Hi-Res audio with a fully lossless channel from local storage to the cloud. Enjoy gapless playback, intelligent smart playlists, and multiple independent play queues for a pure, uninterrupted listening experience.
- True audiophile-grade gapless playback
- Smart playlists with multi-dimensional filtering
- Multiple independent play queues
- Full-link lossless audio
- Cloud and NAS integration (WebDAV, SMB)
- Scientific tuning (PEQ & ASR)
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[Minimalist Design, Audiophile Core: Pure, Evolved] PurePlayer 6.0 — an uncompromising Hi-Res music player, welcomes a refreshing evolution. We know audiophiles obsess over sound quality and experience. Since day one, we've rejected irrelevant social features and commercial algorithms. In 6.0, we uphold this purity, reshaping how you explore your massive lossless library with a renewed design and rebuilt performance core. 6.0 Refresh: UI & Performance 1. A Fully Refreshed UI Modern Minimalist Visuals: Album art and musical purity remain the focus. Silky Interaction: Playback gestures, layouts, and managing multiple queues are smoother than ever. 2. Performance Rebuild Background Processing: Library scanning and sorting happen in the background. Scrolling is never interrupted. 100k+ Track Optimization: Serialized pagination keeps massive libraries light and responsive. Smart Streaming: Remote sources (WebDAV/SMB) play while downloading, protected by our new smart cache. 3. Pro Feature: Local Folder Reference Play music directly from any iOS "Files" folder—no copying needed, saving your storage. Chat with Music (AI Agent) Say goodbye to rigid searches. Your personal Music Agent supports Apple on-device and remote LLMs. Just chat naturally: "I'm feeling down today" or "Play classical for late-night work." The AI intelligently cues the perfect tracks from your personal library. No commercial recommendations—just your precious collections. Audiophile-Grade Architecture True Gapless Playback: Seamless symphonies and live albums. Multiple Play Queues: Manage independent playlists in parallel. Classical Music Soul: Deeply optimized tags for composers, conductors, and Opus numbers. Borderless Cloud (WebDAV & SMB): Lightning-fast NAS indexing for TB-level libraries. Scientific Tuning (PEQ & ASR): Built-in parametric EQ with AudioScienceReview headphone calibration. DSD Bit-Perfect Passthrough: DoP support up to DSD256 with zero resampling loss. Ultra-low memory footprint with a decoding matrix covering all lossless and compressed scenarios: FLAC, APE, WavPack, TTA, ALAC, AIFF, WAV, and CAF lossless family; MP3, AAC/M4A, OGG Vorbis, Opus, Speex, Musepack, and Shorten lossy family; high-spec DSD (DSF/DFF); and even MOD/IT/XM/S3M module music. DoP mode supports up to DSD256. Consistent Minimalist Philosophy 0 Ads, 0 Push, 0 Social. PurePlayer 6.0 helps you dive deeper into music. If you love the update, please leave a 5-star review on the App Store!
1
This app offers bit-exact playback of DSD and Hi-Res audio files from various local sources like SMB shares and UPnP/DLNA servers. It supports offline downloads and provides advanced audio features for audiophiles, including gapless transitions and DAC-aware settings.
- Bit-exact PCM and DSD playback
- Supports UPnP/DLNA, SMB, and local files
- Offline downloads for playback
- Gapless transitions
- DAC-aware settings
- CarPlay integration
- Advanced library management
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1-bit is a private, bit-exact music player for iPhone and iPad. Play your own files from a UPnP/DLNA media server, an SMB share, your own 1-bit-bridge server, a folder on your device, or 1-bit Cloud, a private library we host for you. No analytics, no ads, and no account unless you choose the cloud. SOURCES • UPnP/DLNA media servers on your Wi-Fi: NAS, MiniDLNA, Plex, a Chord 2Go. Found automatically, streamed bit-exact, DSD included. • SMB shares on your home network. • 1-bit-bridge, a free, open-source (MIT) server you run on Mac, Linux, Pi or Windows. Pinned HTTPS, tap-to-pair by Bonjour or QR. • 1-bit Cloud: the same bridge, run by us. Sign in with Apple and upload from any computer. 20 GB free. Strictly private, downloadable bit-exact, deletable in one step. • An MPD player's own library, such as a Volumio box's (experimental). • Any folder on your device or an external drive, picked in Files, nothing copied. Download for offline play. • No server yet? Add the read-only demo library in one tap. AUDIO • Bit-exact PCM (FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC, MP3, M4A) up to the limits of your DAC. • Bit-exact DSD over DoP for DSF and DSDIFF, up to DSD256, with a USB DAC that reports DoP lock (Chord, iFi, Topping, Mytek and others). • DSD on any output: AirPods, AirPlay, CarPlay and the speaker get it converted to PCM, labeled as such; a wired DAC gets the untouched path. • SACD .iso rips open into per-track rows; DST-compressed DSDIFF decodes as it plays. • Gapless when adjacent tracks match. Per-DAC tuning, anti-click rate switching and thermal-aware buffering keep DSD256 smooth. • Spatial audio (beta) with head tracking on supported AirPods, PCM only. LYRICS • Synced lyrics, line by line, from tags, a sidecar, your bridge, or an online source you switch on. SEE WHAT YOU HEAR • Signal Path shows what actually reached your DAC, with an optional live spectrum and true-peak analyzer. • Whole-track analysis answers "is this really hi-res?"; a bridge adds dynamic range, key, tempo and a FLAC checksum that flags an altered file. • Profile my DAC: guided measurements you can send in to get your DAC supported. VOICE, SIRI & CARPLAY • "Hey Siri, play [album, artist, playlist, or genre] on 1-bit". Shortcuts and Spotlight too. • CarPlay: your library A to Z, with Favorites, Downloads, voice search and Shuffle. DSD plays converted to PCM. HOME MIXES (WITH A BRIDGE) • Your bridge builds mixes from your listening, such as Heavy Rotation and Daily Mix, cached overnight for offline play. OUTPUT • Play through a USB DAC, AirPods, AirPlay 2 or the speaker. • Cast to DLNA, OpenHome and MPD players on your network, or to your bridge's own player and the DAC on its computer. LIBRARY • Fast enough for 50,000+ tracks across every source; the first scan carries on overnight while charging. • Browse by artist, album, composer, genre, folder, playlist or a flat Tracks list, with an "Appears On" section. Search everything, filter by source, heart tracks and albums. PLAYER • A new Now Playing on iPhone: a Card over a soft blur or immersive Full Screen, with a waveform scrubber and the actions you choose. A floating player on iPad. • Resume where you left off. Home Screen widget and quick actions, Lock Screen and Control Center transport, sleep timer, optional crossfeed. BRIDGE EXTRAS • Playlists and favorites in step across your devices through a shared bridge; import .m3u/.m3u8 files from it, or export a playlist as M3U8. • Upscaling and DSD-to-PCM renditions made on your own hardware, the original always one tap away. • Atlas notes and better cover art; backup of playlists, favorites and playback history to your own bridge. All off by default on a bridge you run. PRIVACY • No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Optional lookups are off by default; passwords and tokens live in the iOS Keychain. The only server of ours that holds anything is 1-bit Cloud, and only if you create a library. Requires iOS 26.1 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 1 at 100% against PurePlayer Hi's 50%. 1 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). PurePlayer Hi's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. PurePlayer Hi sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 1 asks for nothing beyond the download.
1 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of PurePlayer Hi's written reviews are positive against 100% of 1's.
PurePlayer Hi ships an update weekly, 1 every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | PurePlayer Hi | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 390 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 颖祺 高 | Arsenie Coseac |
Customer experience
PurePlayer Hi
1
In-app purchases
PurePlayer Hi
- DSD over PCM Playback$9.99
- Pure Player Pro Lifetime$14.99
1
No in-app purchases









