Comparison

ezgy vs Faraday

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

Head to head
About

ezgy

Stream your personal music library from cloud storage services like iCloud, Google Drive, and Yandex Disk. Enjoy a fast, private, and personalized listening experience without relying on streaming services.

Highlights
  • Stream music from cloud storage
  • Supports iCloud, Google Drive, Yandex Disk
  • Fast and private playback
  • Personal music collection management
  • Lightweight application
Features
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ezgy is a lightweight music player that streams your personal collection directly from iCloud, Google Drive, Yandex Disk — fast, private, and completely yours. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ezgyapp.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Faraday

Features
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Faraday plays music that belongs to you: MP3 and M4A files from a folder in iCloud Drive that you choose yourself. No account, no subscription, no catalogue to pick from. The app exists because of dead zones. Music made with Suno can only be streamed in their app, and without a connection it goes quiet. Faraday downloads tracks to the device and plays them from there, in the car, on the train, on a plane. FOLDERS, NOT RULES Your folder structure stays as it is, as deep as you like: genre, artist, album, or something else entirely. A folder may hold tracks and subfolders at the same time. A button at the top plays a whole folder in one go, one album after the other. An artist folder shows all albums with their tracks. TWO LEVELS, SO YOU KNOW WHAT PLAYS OFFLINE A tap streams, the download button keeps a permanent copy. Each row shows whether a track is downloaded, whether iCloud is holding it on the device right now, or whether it is not there. In airplane mode you know beforehand what will play. FAVOURITES AND PLAYLISTS A heart marks tracks and albums across all folders. On iPad you can also mark a single disc of a multi-disc album. Playlists are files in your music folder; on iPad you create them, fill them by dragging and reorder their tracks. Rename or move an album folder and playlists and favourites follow it. GENRES AND DECADES Two cards on the start screen sort your albums by genre and by decade. A decade can be played in one go. IPAD At full width the iPad shows folders and playlists in a sidebar, all tracks as a table sortable by any column, and lyrics or the queue on the right. The queue takes tracks by drag and drop and can be saved as a playlist. A full-screen visualizer reacts to bass, mids and beat. CARPLAY The same folder tree as on the phone, plus your favourite tracks and albums. Repeat, shuffle and a heart below the timeline. LYRICS THAT FOLLOW ALONG Suno puts the lyrics into the file, but without timing. Faraday creates the timestamps on the device and stores them as an .lrc file next to the music. Analysed once, it stays. Requires iOS 26. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS "Remember this track in Faraday", "Repeat this track in Faraday", "Shuffle in Faraday". All of them are available in Shortcuts and can be put on the Action button. WHAT FARADAY DOES NOT DO No account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking. On iPhone and iPad the app talks to no server. What it stores lives on your device and in your iCloud folder.

Screenshots

ezgy4 screens
Faraday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Faraday at none against ezgy's 1. Faraday also leads on ads (none vs shown). ezgy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. ezgy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Faraday asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ezgy ships an update weekly, Faraday every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ezgy versus Faraday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterezgyFaraday
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinazAndreas Michael Kelm

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ezgy

Subscriptions1
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
None

Faraday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ezgy free?
ezgy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Faraday free?
Faraday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ezgy or Faraday have ads?
ezgy shows ads; Faraday does not.
Which is updated more often, ezgy or Faraday?
ezgy ships an update weekly, and Faraday every 3 weeks. Most recently, ezgy was updated on October 30, 2026 and Faraday on November 6, 2026.

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