synthwaves.fm vs Aura

synthwaves.fm is a music streaming app that connects to your self-hosted synthwaves.fm server. Browse your entire library, play music with gapless playback, and download albums and playlists for offline listening — all wrapped in a retro-futuristic synthwave interface. Your Library, Your Way Browse by artists, albums, playlists, genres, or starred favorites. Search across your entire collection instantly. Create and manage playlists right from your phone. Built for Listening Gapless playback keeps the music flowing. Queue up tracks, shuffle, repeat, and control playback from the lock screen, Dynamic Island, or your headphones. Offline Downloads Download full albums or playlists to listen without a connection. Your music goes wherever you do. Apple Watch Control playback and browse your library from your wrist. Widgets See what's playing and recently played albums right on your home screen with Now Playing and Recently Played widgets. Video Browse and stream video content from your server with picture-in-picture support and resume-where-you-left-off playback. Requires a self-hosted instance of synthwaves.fm to connect to your music library.

Aura: Retro Music Player is a deeply customizable Apple Music companion, shown as Retro Aura on your Home Screen. It combines one modern listening experience with 43 retro-inspired visual themes, smart mixes, scrobbling, crossfade, lyrics, radio, and matching widgets. ONE PLAYER. 43 IDENTITIES. Keep the same Home, Browse, Library, Search, Radio, and Now Playing experience while transforming the entire visual style. Choose Aura Light, Dark, or Black, or switch to retro-inspired terminal, pixel, arcade, synthwave, cassette-era, and vintage desktop looks. Every visual theme is included. MIX YOUR MUSIC • Magic Mix creates listening collections from your music • Mix Lab lets you shape music by energy, tempo, and sound • Music Roulette helps you rediscover something unexpected • Listening Sessions build focused queues for different moods • Music Moments turn your listening history into curated chapters SCROBBLING Connect Last.fm or ListenBrainz to keep your listening history in sync. Retro Aura supports now-playing updates, completed-track scrobbles, and an offline queue that retries when connectivity returns. NOW PLAYING Enjoy an immersive player with: • Synced lyrics when available • Up Next queue controls • Crossfade with adjustable duration • Favorites and library actions • AirPlay and compatible audio outputs • Album, artist, and credits navigation • Live radio metadata DISCOVER • Personalized Home shelves • New releases and followed-artist alerts • Charts and music videos • Genres, moods, radio, and catalog discovery • Library and Apple Music search • Smart recents, favorites, and quick picks WIDGETS Add Now Playing, queue, vinyl deck, and quick-launch widgets. Widgets follow your selected visual identity and provide fast access to playback, discovery, and Studio features. YOUR LIBRARY Browse songs, albums, artists, and playlists from the Music library. Purchased or computer-synced music available through Apple’s Music library may also be accessible without an Apple Music subscription. REQUIREMENTS An Apple Music subscription is required for Apple Music catalog streaming, radio, music videos, and subscription-based discovery features. Access to purchased or synced library music depends on MusicKit availability, the user’s account, region, and device library. Retro Aura uses Apple Music and MusicKit for catalog and library access. It does not stream music from other services. Last.fm and ListenBrainz integrations are used only for scrobbling. Privacy Policy: https://pankajgaikar.com/retro-music-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://pankajgaikar.com/retro-music-terms-of-use.html EULA: https://pankajgaikar.com/retro-music-eula.html