Comparison

inHits vs aud

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

Head to head
About

inHits

Features
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If it's not on inHits, it's not a Hit! inHits is the first music streaming platform dedicated exclusively to AI-generated music, curated by industry professionals. It's not a music generator—it's a real music streaming service, like Spotify, but focused entirely on the hits of the future. Ogni brano viene creato con i modelli AI piu' avanzati al mondo, poi ascoltato, valutato e selezionato da esperti musicali. Solo le vere hit superano la selezione. LE FUNZIONALITA' Le Hit del Momento I brani piu' ascoltati della community inHits, aggiornati in tempo reale. I Piu' Amati La classifica dei brani piu' apprezzati e salvati dagli utenti. Canzone del Giorno Ogni giorno una nuova perla selezionata dai nostri curatori. Le Classifiche Classifiche filtrabili per genere musicale. Trova le hit del tuo mondo. Playlist Personalizzate Organizza i tuoi brani preferiti e crea le tue playlist. Ascolto Illimitato Nessun limite di skip, nessuna interruzione. Musica senza confini. Mood e Atmosfera Seleziona il tuo stato d'animo e lascia che inHits crei la colonna sonora perfetta. Scarica inHits gratis e inizia ad ascoltare musica come non l'hai mai sentita.

About

aud

This app combines your local music files with your Apple Music library into a single, beautifully organized interface. It offers advanced playback features and multiple ways to import your music without merging your collections.

Highlights
  • Combines local and Apple Music libraries
  • Organized by artwork, artist, album, song, playlist, genre
  • Multiple import options: Files, AirDrop, Wi-Fi, folder watch
  • Supports FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, WAV, and more
  • Advanced Pro features: native resolution, gapless playback, EQ
  • Cross-platform: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, CarPlay
  • Offline playback
Features
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Your music. On your devices. Beautifully. aud-io is a local-first music player for the music you actually own, with the option of adding your Apple Music library alongside it. Two libraries, one beautiful app, never merged and never overwritten. EVERYONE ELSE MAKES YOU CHOOSE Local players cannot touch Apple Music. Apple Music players cannot touch your files. aud-io does both, and keeps a hard line between them, so your collection stays exactly as you built it. MEET THE SHELF Cover Flow, rebuilt. Scroll through your own artwork, from your own files, and tap to play. Browse by artist, album, song, playlist or genre when you know what you want, and use The Shelf when you do not. BRING YOUR LIBRARY IN, YOUR WAY Import from Files, share or AirDrop from anywhere, watch a folder, open a ZIP, or send your library straight from your Mac over local Wi-Fi. Peer to peer, device to device, no cloud in between. aud-io reads your existing metadata and artwork. FLAC, ALAC, M4A, MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, Opus, Ogg Vorbis and CAF. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO LISTEN CAREFULLY The free player handles your whole library, in every format, at up to 256 kbps. Pro removes the ceiling: every file at its native resolution, bit-perfect to your DAC, with automatic source rate matching, true gapless, crossfade, a 10-band EQ and EBU R128 loudness normalisation. EVERYWHERE YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN iPhone and iPad, with a native Mac app available separately. Apple Watch as a remote. CarPlay for your library and playlists on the road. AirPlay to your speakers. Home screen widgets for Now Playing, Recently Added and The Shelf. Use aud-io on iPhone as a remote for the Mac from anywhere in the house. BRING IN A WHOLE COLLECTION Import CDs. Connect a NAS. Point aud-io at the library you already have, wherever it lives, without running server software. DISCOVER MORE IN THE MUSIC YOU ALREADY HAVE Find deep cuts. Surface recently added music. Group by genre. Build mixes from the files on your device, generated on your device. OPTIONAL, AND ONLY IF YOU WANT IT Add your own Google Gemini key and aud-io can curate mixes, suggest radio-style listening and enrich music details. The key lives in your device Keychain. Your audio is never uploaded. Without a key, it is simply off. Apple Music, if you connect it, uses your own subscription through Apple's system permission. NO ACCOUNT. NO SUBSCRIPTION. The free player is a capable local music player. One Pro purchase unlocks advanced listening. There is no recurring fee, and there never will be. Pro on iPhone and iPad is a separate purchase from Pro on Mac. Works fully offline. No aud-io server. No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. Made in Sydney by DIGITAL x DESIGN, for people who still care about their music library.

Screenshots

inHits4 screens
aud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: inHits at none against aud's 1. inHits also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.5). aud's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. aud sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. inHits asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

inHits ships an update every 2 weeks, aud weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
inHits versus aud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterinHitsaud
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValerio PastoreSanjiv Sathiah

In-app purchases

None

inHits

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

aud

One-time1
  • aud-io Pro$14.99

Questions

Is inHits free?
inHits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is aud free?
aud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do inHits or aud have ads?
Neither inHits nor aud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, inHits or aud?
inHits ships an update every 2 weeks, and aud weekly. Most recently, inHits was updated on October 25, 2026 and aud on October 31, 2026.

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