Comparison

Cloudless Music vs LumiWave

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Manage separate music libraries for children
  • Set up child devices for listening only
  • Filter explicit search results
  • Hide album art
  • Works with Apple Music
Features
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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

About

LumiWave

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Cloudless Music4 screens
LumiWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Cloudless Music versus LumiWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudless MusicLumiWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCloudless Finance LLCPAOSystem

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cloudless Music

Subscriptions1
  • Cloudless Music$4.991 Month
1 purchases

LumiWave

One-time1
  • Visualizer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Cloudless Music free?
Cloudless Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LumiWave free?
LumiWave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cloudless Music or LumiWave have ads?
Neither Cloudless Music nor LumiWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloudless Music or LumiWave?
Cloudless Music ships an update every 3 days, and LumiWave every 4 days. Most recently, Cloudless Music was updated on November 5, 2026 and LumiWave on October 31, 2026.

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