Primuse vs StreamTouch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Primuse
Consolidate all your music sources, from local files and NAS drives to cloud storage and streaming services, into a single, intuitive interface. Enjoy audiophile-grade playback with advanced features and smart discovery tools.
- Unified playback from NAS, cloud, local files, and streaming
- Audiophile-grade playback with lossless decoding
- Spatial audio and real-time spectrum visualizer
- Smart discovery and playlist generation
- Powerful search including lyrics and Pinyin
- DLNA receiver functionality
- Offline downloads and smart caching
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Bring your music, podcasts, audiobooks and internet radio together on iPhone and iPad. Play local files or connect to your own servers, NAS and cloud drives, with synced lyrics, rich audio controls and a player you can make your own. YOUR FILES, SERVERS AND CLOUD DRIVES Connect to Navidrome, Subsonic/OpenSubsonic, Airsonic, gonic, Jellyfin, Emby, Plex, Synology Audio Station, Fn Music, Daoliyu Music and Songloft. Browse Synology or QNAP NAS and cloud drives including Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Baidu Netdisk, 123 Cloud Drive, Guangya Cloud Drive and Drime. Supported protocols include WebDAV, SMB/CIFS, FTP/FTPS, SFTP, NFS, S3 and UPnP/DLNA. AUDIOBOOKS AND PODCASTS Connect Audiobookshelf or Ting Reader, or add your own M4B and spoken-word files. Keep books on a separate shelf with chapters, saved positions, bookmarks, speed control and a sleep timer. Archive finished books or return for another listen. Discover shows in the podcast directory, organize local episodes by show, sort and filter them, and save favorites. Read available transcripts full screen with search, reading themes and playback highlighting. A LIBRARY THAT FITS YOU Browse albums, artists, genres, release dates and folders. Build playlists and smart playlists; use favorites, ratings, comments and listening statistics. Set a song's playback range, or mark it as disliked to skip it in shuffle, automatic continuation and recommendations. Sync favorites with compatible servers and scrobble to Last.fm or ListenBrainz. Import playlist links from Apple Music, Spotify and other services, or playlist files. Entries are matched to your own library; missing songs remain available for later matching. RADIO Search stations, add stream URLs, import or subscribe to station lists, and organize favorites with folders and tags. See live track information when available. SOUND AND FORMATS Enjoy offline downloads, gapless playback, crossfade, ReplayGain, EQ, reverb and dynamics. Choose download quality, save EQ presets and link them to output devices. Play formats including FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, M4B, WAV, AIFF, APE, DSD, Ogg, Opus, WavPack and DTS. Browse CUE album images, open STRM links and watch compatible music videos. Some formats require caching or conversion. LYRICS, VISUALS AND KARAOKE Follow line- and word-synced lyrics, translations and duet parts. Edit tags, artwork and lyric files, including TTML, and save to supported writable formats and sources. Enjoy cover flow, vinyl, starry skies and music-responsive full-screen effects with selectable frame rates. Reduce vocals, change key, practice a line, score your singing or record. Medleys let you sample songs in short clips and return to the full track. On-device AI vocal separation requires iOS/iPadOS 26.4 or later and a model download. SYNC AND DISCOVERY Sync supported library data, favorites, Home layouts and playback preferences with iCloud. Transfer music, lyrics and artwork over your local network. Discover music through library recommendations or optional AI tools for semantic search, translation and audio-to-lyrics. Built-in AI requires your consent; audio transcription uploads audio only when you agree. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Customize player buttons, menus and backgrounds. Use CarPlay, Siri, widgets, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island lyrics, AirPlay, and Apple Watch controls, queue and lyrics. Share lyric posters as images, videos or Live Photos. Apple Music uses the system player with the required account access. Album pages can include catalog tracks not saved in your library, and search playback can continue with similar music.
StreamTouch
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Version 2.1.2 StreamTouch is a sleek, modern controller for Bose SoundTouch systems powered by Music Assistant. Enjoy unified music control across all your streaming services from one beautiful, touch-optimized interface. REQUIREMENTS • SoundTouch speaker on your local network • Music Assistant server (running on your home network) • iOS device on the same Wi-Fi network as your speaker and server KEY FEATURES • Universal music search across all configured providers • Browse albums, playlists, tracks, and radio stations • Customizable preset slots with long-press save • One-tap resume of your last played track • Beautiful album artwork display • Real-time volume and playback controls • Smart power-on with automatic playback resume • Dark theme optimized for nighttime listening. PERFECT FOR • Music Assistant users with SoundTouch hardware • Designed for SoundTouch speaker owners who want to continue enjoying their system following the end of Bose cloud services in May 2026, StreamTouch uses the publicly available SoundTouch API to restore music browsing and app preset functionality. This app is designed for users who already have a Music Assistant server configured. You'll need an API token from your Music Assistant instance to connect — the in-app setup wizard will guide you through it. PRIVACY StreamTouch keeps everything local. Your credentials stay on your device, and music control happens entirely on your home network. No data is ever sent to external servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Primuse at Free against StreamTouch's $1.99. Primuse also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Primuse is free to download; StreamTouch costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Primuse ships an update every 5 days, StreamTouch every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Primuse | StreamTouch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 玉琴 孙 | Trevor Clements |
In-app purchases
Primuse
No in-app purchases
StreamTouch
No in-app purchases









