Shelv Player vs ABX audio test
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shelv Player
Stream your personal music library with a native client. Enjoy offline listening, smart playlists, and synced lyrics. This app offers advanced queue management and cross-device synchronization for a seamless listening experience.
- Offline music downloads
- Smart playlist generation
- Global search with lyrics
- Transcoding support
- Advanced queue management
- Cross-device sync
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Shelv is a native music player for Navidrome and Subsonic-compatible servers, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Stream your own music library, download it for offline listening, add radio stations, and enjoy smooth playback with gapless, transcoding and smart pre-cache. Shelv is built around albums and artists, with smart mixes, synced lyrics, listening insights and optional Last.fm. Features: - Album and artist focused library - Artist pages with Top Songs, Albums, Singles & EPs and Live albums - Smart Mixes, Instant Mix and Infinity Mix - Random Albums and Shuffle All - Last.fm for mixes and Top Songs (optional) - Offline Downloads - Radio Stations - Listening Insights - Synced Lyrics with LRCLIB - Gapless Playback - Transcoding - ReplayGain - Smart Pre-cache - Queue Sync across devices - Scrobbling - Multiple Servers - CarPlay, Siri and Shortcuts - AirPlay - iCloud Sync Shelv requires your own Navidrome or Subsonic-compatible music server.
ABX audio test
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Are your ears and hardware good enough to tell the difference between MP3 and hi-res lossless? With this app, you can test yourself using a blind ABX test—the gold standard in scientific audio evaluation. You can load your tracks of choice or use a developer-provided sample.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ABX audio test at 15.3 against Shelv Player's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Shelv Player | ABX audio test |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Vasco Kugler | Павел Губарев |
In-app purchases
Shelv Player
No in-app purchases
ABX audio test
No in-app purchases
