WaveBox vs ScreenSpot(暮色)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WaveBox
This minimalist audio app offers pure, natural music for a serene listening experience. Escape information overload with a focus on simple, calming sounds.
- Minimalist design
- Pure audio experience
- Natural music focus
- Calming soundscapes
- Information overload escape
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波盒 WaveBox - 纯粹收听 · Pure Listening 在信息过载的时代,我们渴望一份纯粹。 WaveBox 是一款极简主义的音频App纯自然音乐
ScreenSpot(暮色)
Organize and play all your local files, network storage, and cloud media in one place. Enjoy high-quality playback with HDR and Dolby Vision support, along with smart subtitle management and music streaming.
- High-performance decoding with HDR and Dolby Vision
- Unified media library for local and cloud files
- Connects to personal media servers (Emby, Jellyfin)
- Smart subtitle matching and advanced rendering
- Music and podcast playback with Apple CarPlay support
- Cross-device synchronization via Trakt
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ScreenSpot is a professional media player designed to bring your local files, network storage, cloud drives, and personal media servers together in one place. ScreenSpot does not provide any video or audio content. With high-performance decoding, native HDR video rendering, and an elegant automated media library, it gives you a unified way to organize and enjoy your own movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts. 【KEY FEATURES】 1. Native Dolby Vision / HDR Video & High-Quality Playback • Take advantage of native hardware decoding and HDR display capabilities, with support for 4K HDR and Dolby Vision video playback. • ScreenSpot prioritizes a native HDR video pipeline to preserve the richer colors, brighter highlights, deeper shadows, and smoother tonal transitions of HDR content, allowing compatible displays to show your videos as they were intended to be seen. • A built-in video processing engine can convert supported Dolby Vision Profile 7 dual-layer content to Profile 8.1 in real time during Remux playback, improving compatibility across supported devices. • On TV platforms, ScreenSpot supports Dolby Atmos and lossless audio passthrough on compatible home theater equipment. 2. Media Library & Cloud Media Hub • Access local SAF files and network storage through SMB/CIFS and WebDAV. • Connect personal cloud storage including Alibaba Cloud Drive, Google Drive, and iCloud, and play your own media files directly. • Connect to Emby and Jellyfin personal media servers with resume playback support. • Integrates with TMDB to automatically retrieve posters, cast information, and descriptions, with support for manually editing metadata. 3. Smart Subtitles & Advanced Rendering • Automatically selects appropriate embedded subtitles based on the system locale. • Supports external subtitles including SRT, SSA/ASS, and SUB, as well as bitmap subtitles such as PGS and SUB. • Connect your SubDL and OpenSubtitles accounts to automatically match and download subtitles using TMDB IDs. 4. Music, Podcasts & Apple CarPlay • Connect to Navidrome, Jellyfin, and Emby music servers, with dynamic online lyrics, offline downloads, and progressive playback. • On mobile devices, cast music to compatible DLNA speakers and playback devices, including supported Sonos and JBL products. • Apple CarPlay is supported, allowing you to access compatible ScreenSpot audio features through CarPlay while driving. • Podcast Index integration provides podcast search and subscription tools. ScreenSpot does not preload or provide any podcast audio content. 5. Big-Screen Playback & Cross-Device Ecosystem • TV versions support DLNA Renderer functionality for receiving media from devices on your local network. • Supports IPTV playback using m3u8 playlists. • Trakt integration keeps your watch progress, favorites, and ratings synchronized across devices. • ScreenSpot is designed with privacy in mind and does not collect sensitive personal information unrelated to media playback. --- When dusk falls, immerse yourself. See every scene in the color it was meant to have. --- Disclaimer: ScreenSpot is a media player and personal media management tool. It does not preload, provide, sell, or distribute any movies, TV shows, music, or podcast content. Official Website: https://screenspot.tv Privacy Policy: https://screenspot.tv/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: WaveBox at free against ScreenSpot(暮色)'s free with in-app purchases. ScreenSpot(暮色)'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WaveBox against 5.0 for ScreenSpot(暮色). Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
WaveBox ships an update every 2 months, ScreenSpot(暮色) fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WaveBox | ScreenSpot(暮色) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Holy AI Tech | Guangzhou Fuhai Software Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
WaveBox
ScreenSpot(暮色)
In-app purchases
WaveBox
No in-app purchases
ScreenSpot(暮色)
No in-app purchases









