Comparison

Musiking vs 1

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

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About

Musiking

A modern music player offering full control over your personal library. Enjoy a beautiful interface with features like dominant color theming, lyrics display, and a customizable equalizer. Play your music your way with intuitive browsing and queue management.

Highlights
  • Browse by albums, playlists, and songs
  • Full-screen now playing with color tinting
  • Lyrics view, shuffle, and repeat
  • Queue management
  • Built-in equalizer with presets
  • Responsive layout for phone and tablet
Features
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MusikingPro is a powerful, beautiful music player for your personal library. Built by NatCoding for listeners who want full control and a modern experience. Play your way • Browse by albums, playlists, and all songs from your library. • Favorites and quick access to the tracks you love. • Queue management: swipe to move songs up or down, or remove them from the list. Now playing, reimagined • Full-screen now playing with a glass-effect overlay for a clean, modern look. • Dominant color from each track’s artwork tints the screen and controls so every song feels distinct. • Lyrics view, shuffle, and repeat (one song or whole playlist). • LiquidBottom mini player stays at the bottom so you can control playback from anywhere in the app. Sound your way • Built-in equalizer with presets to match your style. • Responsive layout that adapts to phone and tablet. Whether you listen from your device storage or your music library, MusikingPro puts your collection front and center with a polished, intuitive interface. No subscriptions—just your music, your way. By NatCoding.

About

1

This app offers bit-exact playback of DSD and Hi-Res audio files from various local sources like SMB shares and UPnP/DLNA servers. It supports offline downloads and provides advanced audio features for audiophiles, including gapless transitions and DAC-aware settings.

Highlights
  • Bit-exact PCM and DSD playback
  • Supports UPnP/DLNA, SMB, and local files
  • Offline downloads for playback
  • Gapless transitions
  • DAC-aware settings
  • CarPlay integration
  • Advanced library management
Features
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1-bit is a private, bit-exact music player for iPhone and iPad. Play your own files from a UPnP/DLNA media server, an SMB share, your own 1-bit-bridge server, a folder on your device, or 1-bit Cloud, a private library we host for you. No analytics, no ads, and no account unless you choose the cloud. SOURCES • UPnP/DLNA media servers on your Wi-Fi: NAS, MiniDLNA, Plex, a Chord 2Go. Found automatically, streamed bit-exact, DSD included. • SMB shares on your home network. • 1-bit-bridge, a free, open-source (MIT) server you run on Mac, Linux, Pi or Windows. Pinned HTTPS, tap-to-pair by Bonjour or QR. • 1-bit Cloud (new): the same bridge, run by us. Sign in with Apple, upload from any computer, and it appears in Sources. 20 GB free. Strictly private, downloadable bit-exact, deletable in one step. • Any folder on your device or an external drive, picked in Files, nothing copied. Download for offline play. • No server yet? Add the read-only demo library in one tap. AUDIO • Bit-exact PCM (FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC, MP3, M4A) up to the limits of your DAC. • Bit-exact DSD over DoP for DSF and DSDIFF, up to DSD256, with a USB DAC that reports DoP lock (Chord, iFi, Topping, Mytek and others). • DSD on any output (new): AirPods, AirPlay, CarPlay and the speaker play DSD converted to PCM on the phone and labeled as such. A wired DAC still gets the untouched path. • SACD .iso rips open into per-track rows; DST-compressed DSDIFF decodes as it plays (new). • Gapless when adjacent tracks match. Per-DAC tuning, anti-click rate switching and thermal-aware buffering keep DSD256 smooth. • Spatial audio (beta): a binaural renderer with head tracking on supported AirPods. PCM only. LYRICS (NEW) • Synced lyrics that follow the music line by line, from the file's tags, a sidecar, your bridge, or an online source you switch on yourself. Tap the artwork on Now Playing. SEE WHAT YOU HEAR • Signal Path shows what actually reached your DAC, with an optional live spectrum and true-peak analyzer. • Whole-track analysis answers "is this really hi-res?"; a bridge adds dynamic range, key, tempo and a FLAC checksum that flags an altered file. • Profile my DAC (new): guided measurements you can send in so your hardware gets supported properly. VOICE, SIRI & CARPLAY • "Hey Siri, play [album, artist, playlist, or genre] on 1-bit". Shortcuts and Spotlight too. • CarPlay: Recently Added and Played, Artists, Albums, Playlists, Favorites and Downloads, A to Z indexed, with voice search and Shuffle. Its browser lists PCM; DSD started from the phone plays converted. HOME MIXES (WITH A BRIDGE) • Your bridge builds mixes from your listening: Heavy Rotation, Daily Mix, On Repeat, Favorites and more; they can cache overnight for offline play. OUTPUT • Play through a USB DAC, AirPods, AirPlay 2 or the speaker, or cast to a DLNA renderer such as a Chord 2Go. LIBRARY • Fast enough for 50,000+ tracks across every source; the first scan carries on overnight while charging. • Browse by artist, album, composer, genre, folder, playlist or a flat Tracks list, with an "Appears On" section. Search everything, filter by source. • Heart tracks and albums; Favorites can follow you across devices with a bridge. PLAYER • A redesigned Now Playing with a waveform scrubber; the floating player arrives on iPad. • Resume where you left off. Home Screen widget, Lock Screen and Control Center transport, sleep timer, optional crossfeed. BRIDGE EXTRAS • Upscaling and DSD-to-PCM renditions made on your own hardware, the original always one tap away. • Atlas notes and better cover art; backup of playlists, favorites and playback history to your own bridge. All off by default on a bridge you run. PRIVACY • No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Optional lookups are off by default; passwords and tokens live in the iOS Keychain. The only server of ours that holds anything is 1-bit Cloud, and only if you create a library. 1-bit.app/privacy says exactly what. Requires iOS 26.1 or later.

Screenshots

Musiking4 screens
14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Musiking at 5.0 against 1's 3.3. Musiking also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Musiking holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musiking ships an update every 9 days, 1 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Musiking versus 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusiking1
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLYSIAS NathanArsenie Coseac

Customer experience

Musiking

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

1

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Musiking

No in-app purchases

None

1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Musiking free?
Musiking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Musiking or 1?
Musiking is rated higher. Musiking averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while 1 averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Musiking or 1 have ads?
Neither Musiking nor 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musiking or 1?
Musiking ships an update every 9 days, and 1 every 11 days. Most recently, Musiking was updated on September 17, 2026 and 1 on September 24, 2026.

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