Comparison

MusicBin vs Our Music Library

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

Head to head
About

MusicBin

Features
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MusicBin is a beautifully designed player for the audio files you already own. Import your music, organize it into playlists, and enjoy a premium listening experience with powerful playback tools. Everything stays on your device. YOUR MUSIC, YOUR WAY • Import audio from the Files app, iCloud Drive, or any app that can share a file • Supports MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, AIFF and FLAC • Keep files inside the app or point MusicBin at a folder of your choice, such as iCloud Drive • Automatic metadata and artwork extraction SMART ORGANIZATION • Unlimited playlists with drag-to-reorder • Instant library search • Up Next queue so you always know what plays after this • Playback resumes exactly where you left off POWERFUL PLAYBACK • Waveform editor: trim intros and outros and export the clip • Bookmarks (cue points) inside long tracks • Per-track and global playback speed from 0.5x to 2x • Gapless playback with adjustable crossfade • Equalizer presets • Single, playlist, continuous and shuffle modes • Background playback with lock screen, Control Center and AirPlay support TIMERS THAT WORK FOR YOU • Sleep timer with presets, gentle fade-out, or "end of current track" • Start timer: schedule a track to begin playing at a chosen time, backed by a real alarm • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows the countdown • Home Screen widgets for Now Playing and the sleep timer • Siri and Shortcuts support BEAUTIFUL BY DEFAULT • Six color themes: Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Lavender, Midnight and Rose Gold • System, light or dark appearance • Haptic feedback and smooth animations throughout • Designed for iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no subscriptions • No analytics or tracking • Your files never leave your device unless you choose to store them in your own iCloud Drive

About

Our Music Library

This music player connects to your self-hosted Navidrome or Subsonic server, allowing family members to access their own music libraries. It offers profiles, parental controls, and offline playback on Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Family profiles with shared libraries
  • Parental controls with Face ID/passcode
  • Browse by artists, albums, genres, songs
  • Create and manage playlists
  • Offline playback on Apple Watch
  • Sleep timer and full-screen player
  • Private by design, no ads or tracking
Features
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Our Music Library is a third-party music player for your own self-hosted Navidrome or Subsonic (OpenSubsonic) server. It requires a server you already run and includes no music of its own — Our Music Library simply plays the library you already have, and makes it feel at home on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - Give each person their own profile. Everyone sees their own library plus a shared library the whole household can enjoy. - On a shared iPhone or iPad, an optional profile picker lets whoever picked up the device choose who's listening. - The settings that matter — the server, the profiles, and Server Admin — sit behind Face ID or a passcode, out of little hands. - Server Admin (on Navidrome servers) lets a parent add family accounts, change a password, and choose which libraries each person can see, right from the app. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED - Browse by Artists, Albums, Genres, Songs, Playlists, Favorites, and Recently Added. - Search across artists, albums, and songs. - Open any album to see its full track list and artwork. - Tap the heart to favorite a song; build, rename, and reorder your own playlists. A PLAYER YOU'LL ENJOY - A bold, colorful design with sticker-style artwork, and seven app icons to choose from. - A full-screen player with a play queue, shuffle, and repeat. - A sleep timer that fades the music out at bedtime. - A mini-player stays with you while you keep browsing. ON YOUR WRIST - Our Music Library for Apple Watch keeps music on the watch itself, so it plays on AirPods with no phone nearby and no network at all — made for a kid's watch. - Choose what to keep on the watch from the iPad or iPhone: Save to Watch on any album, playlist, or song. The watch copies it over your home Wi-Fi. - Pick standard (128 kbps) or original quality. - A parent can turn watch sync on or off for the whole device. PLAYS THE WAY YOU LISTEN - Streams over your own network. - Keeps playing in the background. - Full Lock Screen and Control Center controls. - AirPlay to your speakers, Apple TV, and other devices. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Stores only your server login, kept in the iOS Keychain. Watch sync uses your own iCloud account to carry the login and the keep-on-watch list between your devices — nothing is sent to us. - No ads. No tracking. No analytics. No accounts to create. - Your music and your server stay yours. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Our Music Library connects to a Navidrome or Subsonic (OpenSubsonic) server that you host yourself. If you don't already run one, this app won't have anything to play. Point it at your server, sign in, and your library is ready. The Apple Watch app needs watchOS 26 and, to copy music, Wi-Fi that can reach your server. Our Music Library is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Navidrome or Subsonic projects.

Screenshots

MusicBin4 screens
Our Music Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Our Music Library at 18.0 against MusicBin's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MusicBin versus Our Music Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusicBinOur Music Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAli DehkharghaniHope Endures LLC

In-app purchases

None

MusicBin

No in-app purchases

None

Our Music Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MusicBin free?
MusicBin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Our Music Library free?
Our Music Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MusicBin or Our Music Library have ads?
Neither MusicBin nor Our Music Library shows ads.

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