Comparison

RetroAMP vs FloatMusic

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

Head to head
About

RetroAMP

Features
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RetroAMP is a cloud music player inspired by the golden age of desktop media players — reimagined for iPhone. Sign in and instantly access your personal music library stored in the cloud. No syncing cables, no storage limits on your device. Just your music, streamed anywhere. FEATURES • Cloud Library — Browse your songs, albums, and playlists streamed from your personal cloud storage • Internet Radio — 30+ curated stations from SomaFM, covering chillout, electronic, indie, jazz, ambient, and more • 10-Band Equalizer — Fine-tune your sound with presets like Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classical, or create your own • Reverb Engine — Add depth with Hall, Plate, Room, Cathedral, and other reverb presets • Real-Time Visualizations — Spectrum analyzer, circular spectrum, VU meters, and particle effects that react to your music • 7 Themes — Linen, Sterling, Mixtape, Boombox, Audiophile, Midnight Neon, and Retro Amber. Each transforms the entire interface • Now Playing Queue — Manage your queue, shuffle, repeat, and see what's coming next • Gapless-quality streaming with seek support and range requests BUILT FOR MUSIC LOVERS RetroAMP brings back the experience of customizable music players — the themes, the visualizations, the EQ sliders — in a modern, cloud-first package. No ads. No algorithmic recommendations. Just your music and a beautiful player. Requires a RetroAMP account. Create one for free in the app.

About

FloatMusic

Features
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Your music, in your pocket. No subscription to someone else's catalogue. You already own music. Files you bought, albums you ripped, concerts and DJ sets that are on no streaming service at all. FloatMusic gives them a home: upload them once, download what you want onto your iPhone, and listen anywhere, with or without a signal. Start with a sample track, then add your own. Upload straight from your iPhone, or drag and drop a whole folder through the web panel on your computer. What you get: • Your own cloud library, private to your account • Offline downloads for the car, the plane, or anywhere without signal • CarPlay, with your library, playlists and favourites on the car screen • Cover art, titles and artists read straight from your files • Playlists, so tracks that belong together stay together • Favourites, one tap from the player or from the car • Lock screen, Dynamic Island and background playback • Repeat one track or the whole list, shuffle when you feel like it • Sign in with Apple, with no email to confirm and no password to invent • Calm black and white, in light and dark mode Your files stay yours. Nothing is shared with anyone, nothing is analysed, and you can delete any track, or your whole account with everything in it, straight from the app. Need more room? FloatMusic Plus raises your storage limit, so a bigger collection fits. Supported formats: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV and other formats iOS can play. Made by someone who got tired of paying every month for music he already owned. If you enjoy the app, please leave a rating or review. For an independent developer it really means a lot. Thank you! The sample track is "I Am the Real" by MonoCulture, used under a Creative Commons BY licence. Privacy Policy: https://floatmusic.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://floatmusic.app/terms.html

Screenshots

RetroAMP4 screens
FloatMusic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RetroAMP at none against FloatMusic's 2. RetroAMP also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. FloatMusic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. RetroAMP asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
RetroAMP versus FloatMusic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroAMPFloatMusic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRishabh TANDONSebastian Brzezinski

In-app purchases

None

RetroAMP

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FloatMusic

Subscriptions2
  • Lite$0.991 Month
  • Plus$2.991 Month

Questions

Is RetroAMP free?
RetroAMP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FloatMusic free?
FloatMusic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RetroAMP or FloatMusic have ads?
Neither RetroAMP nor FloatMusic shows ads.

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