Comparison

HiddenTrack vs Synofi

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

Head to head
About

HiddenTrack

Discover curated music collections and share your favorite tracks. Browse hand-picked vinyl, save records to your personal collection, and build your own themed crates to share with the community. Experience music discovery without algorithms or ads.

Highlights
  • Swipe to discover music
  • 30-second track previews
  • Direct buy links to artists
  • Save records to personal collection
  • Build and share custom crates
  • Community feed for crate discovery
Features
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HiddenTrack is a small, slow app for the people who still care what's on the B-side. Curated crates of handpicked vinyl — themed, rotating, made with intention. Swipe through cards like you're flipping through a bin. Preview tracks instantly. Save the ones that speak to you. Share the ones you can't keep to yourself. THE EXPERIENCE • Swipe right to keep, left to pass, up to listen • 30-second previews built in — no Spotify or Apple Music needed • Buy links to Bandcamp, Discogs, eBay, and Amazon — support artists directly when you can • Save records to your personal collection • Build your own crates and publish them to the community WHY HIDDENTRACK • No algorithm — every crate is hand-picked by real people • No account needed — your collection is yours • No ads, no noise, no upsells • A mobile-first experience designed for taste, not scale WHO IT'S FOR • Vinyl collectors looking for their next pickup • Crate diggers who miss flipping through bins • Music heads who want to share what they're loving • Anyone tired of "recommended for you" feeds WHAT YOU CAN DO • Browse today's editorial crates — fresh themes, refreshed regularly • Build a personal crate from records you save • Make it public — your friends see a beautiful web page with previews and buy links • Discover crates from other heads in the community feed • Follow the discovery — what's playing, what's new, what's making people stop A hidden track is the song nobody told you about. The reward for staying through the credits. The good stuff for the people who pay attention. This is for them.

About

Synofi

Stream your music library from your Synology NAS directly to your iPhone or iPad. Enjoy a beautifully designed player with gapless playback, background audio, and automatic network reconnection. Access your entire collection with ease.

Highlights
  • Stream music from Synology NAS
  • Browse by artist, album, song, folder
  • Instant library search
  • Full album artwork display
  • Gapless queue management
  • Background playback
  • Automatic network reconnection
Features
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Your Synology NAS holds your music library. Synofi gives it the player it deserves. Connect with your QuickConnect ID and start playing your Audio Station library in seconds. No setup, no port forwarding, no VPN. Just your music, at home or anywhere else. Built for your library. Artists, albums, songs, playlists, genres, composers, folders and internet radio. Search the whole collection instantly. Albums arrive with full artwork, disc groupings and clean typography. Built to play. Queue control, shuffle, repeat, sleep timer, lyrics, AirPlay, lock screen controls and background playback. Everything you expect from a modern music player, nothing you do not. Liked Songs. Tap the heart and the song joins a Liked Songs playlist on your NAS, where Audio Station and every other client can see it too. A home screen that remembers. Recently played, recently added, your playlists, and albums picked from what you have actually been listening to. Built to stay connected. Synofi finds the fastest route to your NAS every time, on your own network or over the internet, and rebuilds the connection on its own when you move between Wi-Fi and cellular. Take your music with you. Download an album, a playlist or a single song. It stays on your device until you remove it. Plays what your library holds. MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, M4A, OGG and WMA. Synofi works out how your NAS serves each format and remembers, so the second play is instant. Free and paid. Browsing, playback, playlists, Liked Songs, lyrics, sleep timer and internet radio are free. One purchase unlocks unlimited downloads and Transcoding, which sends a lighter stream when you are away from home. Pay once. No subscription. Requirements: Synofi connects to Synology NAS devices running DiskStation Manager with Audio Station installed. A QuickConnect-enabled Synology account is required. Synofi is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Synology Inc. Synology, DiskStation Manager, Audio Station, and QuickConnect are trademarks of Synology Inc. Privacy Policy: https://synofi.heygor.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HiddenTrack4 screens
Synofi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HiddenTrack at none against Synofi's 1. HiddenTrack also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Synofi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HiddenTrack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HiddenTrack against 5.0 for Synofi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiddenTrack ships an update every 5 weeks, Synofi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiddenTrack versus Synofi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiddenTrackSynofi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJASON EDWARD ROBERTSDavyd Horhiashvili

Customer experience

HiddenTrack

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Synofi

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HiddenTrack

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Synofi

One-time1
  • Unlock Synofi$8.99

Questions

Is HiddenTrack free?
HiddenTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Synofi free?
Synofi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HiddenTrack or Synofi?
HiddenTrack and Synofi are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HiddenTrack or Synofi have ads?
Neither HiddenTrack nor Synofi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiddenTrack or Synofi?
HiddenTrack ships an update every 5 weeks, and Synofi every 2 months. Most recently, HiddenTrack was updated on November 5, 2026 and Synofi on November 6, 2026.

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