Cloudless Music vs LumiWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloudless Music
This app allows parents to curate and manage music libraries for their children. It works with Apple Music to filter explicit content, hide album art, and restrict searching on child devices.
- Manage separate music libraries for children
- Set up child devices for listening only
- Filter explicit search results
- Hide album art
- Works with Apple Music
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Cloudless Music empowers parents to decide what artists, albums, and songs your family listens to. Works with Apple Music and requires an active Apple Music subscription. • Manage separate music libraries for children and teens in your family, from your own device • Set up child devices for listening only (no searching or adding) • Filter out explicit search results • Hide album art for any album or song Note: This app is currently rated the same as Apple Music (13+) to ensure it can't be reinstalled without parental guidance, which could allow bypass of parental controls. Reach out to support@cloudlessmusic.com with any questions. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
LumiWave
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LumiWave is a music player that lets you see your music, no matter where it comes from. ■ One playlist across every source Files on iCloud Drive, Google Drive and other cloud services, local audio on your iPhone, and Apple Music (including tracks in your library imported from CDs) — LumiWave brings them together into a single playlist built around your mood, not around where each track came from. ■ Visualizers that react to sound The playback screen is more than artwork and a play button. Five visualizers move in real time with your music: - CG: reactive particles and waveforms - Bottle: liquid fills as playback progresses - Creature: little creatures gather when you tap - Slide: your chosen photos or playlist artwork slowly pan and zoom - Aquarium: a school of fish swims to the music and gathers when you tap to drop food Pinch out for full-screen mode: nothing but the visualizer and minimal controls, so you can sink into the music. For late-night listening, focus sessions, or just changing the mood of a room. ■ Honest about audio The more striking the visuals, the more the sound has to be trustworthy. LumiWave treats the audio path with care. - Supports WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AAC and MP3 (up to 192kHz / 24-bit) - Plays imported files at their original quality - Lossless and Hi-Res tracks are clearly badged, with format, sample rate and bit depth shown - Playback comes first: under load, rendering quality drops automatically to protect the sound ■ Privacy No account, no servers. Imported audio, playlists, photos and settings stay on your device, and audio analysis runs locally. Nothing is collected. ■ Visualizer Pro (one-time purchase) All playback features, the CG and Slide visualizers, playlists and quality display are free. A one-time Pro purchase — not a subscription — unlocks the Bottle, Creature and Aquarium visualizers and any Pro features added later. You can preview the Pro visualizers for free before buying. Music, set free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cloudless Music at 15.1 against LumiWave's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Cloudless Music sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and LumiWave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cloudless Music ships an update every 3 days, LumiWave every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloudless Music | LumiWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cloudless Finance LLC | PAOSystem |
In-app purchases
Cloudless Music
- Cloudless Music$4.991 Month
LumiWave
- Visualizer Pro$4.99









