Comparison

Cloudist vs Dubplate Player

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

Head to head
About

Cloudist

Features
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Cloudist is your ultimate cloud music player that brings all your music together in one beautiful app. Connect your Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Yandex Disk, WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology NAS), and S3 Storage accounts (AWS S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud, Wasabi, MinIO) plus local device storage to access your entire music library from anywhere. KEY FEATURES: UNIFIED MUSIC LIBRARY Access all your music from multiple cloud services and local storage in one place. No more switching between apps to find your favorite songs. MULTI-CLOUD SUPPORT • Google Drive • Microsoft OneDrive • Dropbox • Box • Yandex Disk • WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology NAS) • S3 Storage (AWS, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud, Wasabi, MinIO) • Local Device Storage PREMIUM AUDIO EXPERIENCE • Background playback with lock screen controls • Queue management and shuffle mode • Gapless playback support • High-quality audio streaming SMART ORGANIZATION • Browse by Artists, Albums, Folders, or Playlists • Create and manage custom playlists • Automatic metadata extraction (artist, album, cover art) • Smart search across all your music BEAUTIFUL DESIGN • Modern interface following Apple design guidelines • Dark and Light theme support • Intuitive navigation • Mini player for quick controls PRIVACY FOCUSED • Your music stays in your cloud accounts • No data collection or tracking • Secure OAuth authentication MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT • English • Turkish (Türkçe) • French (Français) • German (Deutsch) • Spanish (Español) • Portuguese (Português) • Chinese (中文) • Japanese (日本語) • Hindi (हिन्दी) • Arabic (العربية) Perfect for music lovers with large collections spread across cloud services, users who want one app for all their music, and anyone who values privacy and data ownership. Download Cloudist today and enjoy your music collection like never before! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dubplate Player

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The world hasn't heard it yet. You have. Dubplate turns a private folder in your cloud storage into a proper album library. Connect Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, or a Nextcloud server of your own, pick a folder, and it becomes an album you can play: artwork, tracklist, gapless-feel playback, lock-screen controls, and offline listening. It is built for the music that isn't on streaming. Unreleased albums and rough mixes. Pre-release folders someone shared with you. Bandcamp buys, live rips, out-of-print records, the bootlegs in the vault. HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect your cloud. Sign in to Dropbox, OneDrive or your own Nextcloud. Dubplate asks for read-only access: it can see and stream your files, never change them. 2. Pick a folder. Your own, or one shared with you. Dubplate reads the tags, or the filenames when there are none, and builds a clean album with artwork and tracklist. 3. Press play. Stream straight from your cloud, or sync an album to your device and listen offline. FEATURES - Albums built from folders, with embedded artwork and real track durations - Folders shared with you, not only your own - Offline sync: download an album and play it in airplane mode - Background audio and lock-screen controls - Playlists across albums, and per-track title and artist corrections - Lyrics and liner notes picked up from files beside your music - Search across your whole library - Light and dark, in English and Norwegian PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION There is no Dubplate server. The app talks straight from your device to the service you connected, and to nothing else. Your sign-in, your file names, your folder structure and your audio never reach a server we run, and your library is stored only on your device. Dubplate is read-only. It never uploads, renames, moves or deletes anything in your storage, and it never asks a service for permission to. PRICING One album free, with every feature. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited albums. No subscription and no ads. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. WHAT YOU NEED An account with Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive, or a Nextcloud server, with music files already in it. Dubplate is a player for storage you already have: it does not sell, provide or find music for you. Two notes on OneDrive, so nothing is a surprise. OneDrive gives apps no way to list the folders other people have shared with you, so add the folder to your own OneDrive with "Add shortcut to My files", or paste its link into the app. And OneDrive support is built for personal Microsoft accounts; a work or school account may need approval from whoever administers it. Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox, Inc. Microsoft and OneDrive are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Nextcloud is a trademark of Nextcloud GmbH. Dubplate is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

Screenshots

Cloudist4 screens
Dubplate Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloudist at weekly against Dubplate Player's monthly. Cloudist also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Cloudist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Dubplate Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cloudist ships an update weekly, Dubplate Player monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Cloudist versus Dubplate Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudistDubplate Player
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmre ErcanErik Buene

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cloudist

Subscriptions2
  • Cloudist Play Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Cloudist Play Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Accounts$9.99
1 purchases

Dubplate Player

One-time1
  • Dubplate Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Cloudist free?
Cloudist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dubplate Player free?
Dubplate Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cloudist or Dubplate Player have ads?
Neither Cloudist nor Dubplate Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloudist or Dubplate Player?
Cloudist ships an update weekly, and Dubplate Player monthly. Most recently, Cloudist was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dubplate Player on October 25, 2026.

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