Muse Audio Player vs Open Music Player

Muse is an alternative music library player. Minimalist and music-first, Muse plays your collection without unnecessary noise. No ads, no rogue suggestions, no social layer—just your music. Muse is designed for your collection if you... - Have music downloaded on your device - Use Apple Music and add albums or songs to your library - Have a large, well-organized collection you care about Muse is not a fit if you... - Only stream from the Apple Music catalog without adding music to your library - Want to browse or search the full Apple Music catalog Core features include... - Browsing by playlist, artist, album, or song - Quick alphabetical scrubber for large libraries - Full playback controls from the lock screen and Control Center - AirPlay support

Open Music Player is a private, local music player for your own audio library. It does not scan your entire device: you choose the individual audio files or folders you want to add. Features: • Add individual files and selected folders. • Refresh connected folders to find new, changed, or removed files. • Browse songs, favorites, albums, artists, playlists, and smart collections. • Control the play queue, shuffle, and repeat modes. • Use the equalizer and sleep timer. • Control playback in the background and from the Lock Screen. • Identify music playing nearby or from a selected audio file. • Clear the app library without deleting the original audio files. Your library, favorites, playlists, queue, listening history, song-identification history, and settings stay on your device. There are no ads and no required account. Optional technical diagnostics can be enabled or disabled in Settings. The app interface supports English, Russian, Bulgarian, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. It automatically follows a supported device language, with a manual language choice available in Settings. Playing files available on your device does not require an internet connection. Song identification requires internet access. Automatic technical diagnostics are off by default and are enabled only with your consent. A vinyl player with two appearances for the whole app: Light vinyl and Graphite & lime. Choose in Settings, with shuffle, repeat, the sleep timer and equalizer beside the record. To transfer music from a Mac, connect your iPhone or iPad by cable and copy a folder to Open Music using Finder. Then connect it using Add folder in the app settings.