Comparison

Muse Amp vs MVO

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

Head to head
About

Muse Amp

A local-first music player for managing your personal music library. Organize playlists, view lyrics, and search your downloaded songs and connected catalogs. Enjoy a fast, organized, and offline-ready listening experience.

Highlights
  • Local music playback
  • Playlist creation and organization
  • Synced lyrics display
  • Search local library and connected catalogs
  • Offline music availability
  • Network song transfer
Features
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Muse Amp is a local-first music player for people who keep their own music library. Play downloaded songs, build playlists, browse albums, read synced lyrics, and search across your on-device library and connected catalog sources in one focused app. Muse Amp is designed for a personal music workflow that stays fast, organized, and available on your device. Connect a Subsonic-compatible server to browse catalog data, fetch artwork and lyrics, and choose the music you want to keep offline. Muse Amp centers around downloaded playback, so your library stays ready wherever you listen. With Muse Amp, you can: - Play downloaded music with a queue-based listening experience (must be downloaded/imported) - Build and organize playlists - View cached and synced lyrics - Search your local library and connected server catalog - Transfer songs across your local network, including Apple TV handoff (after TV app get approved) Current import support: - m4a files exported from Muse Amp Current Subsonic compatibility target: - Numeric album IDs and track IDs - m4a audio delivery for /rest/stream.view and /rest/download.view - Song metadata with suffix=m4a and contentType=audio/mp4 Muse Amp keeps your music workflow simple, personal, and local-first.

About

MVO

Features
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BROWSE THE WEB. PLAY IT OFFLINE. Open sites in the app, cache music and video on your device, and keep listening when the signal drops. WHAT YOU GET • IN-APP BROWSER — Visit the web without leaving MVO • CACHE MEDIA — Save audio and video for instant playback • PAGE SNAPSHOT — No media? Keep a frozen copy of the page • BACKGROUND PLAYBACK — Lock the screen. The song keeps going. AirPlay too • COLLECTIONS — Sort into playlists, filter in a tap • NO ADS — Nothing in the way. Ever. Privacy Policy: https://apepite.com/en/app/mvo-music-video-offline-original/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Muse Amp4 screens
MVO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MVO at 3.0 against Muse Amp's 2.3. Muse Amp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads 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. MVO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Muse Amp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MVO holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muse Amp ships an update every 3 weeks, MVO fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Muse Amp versus MVO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuse AmpMVO
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB117 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developer子衎 王weheartprojects.com

Customer experience

Muse Amp

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MVO

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Muse Amp

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MVO

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited - Yearly$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Muse Amp free?
Muse Amp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MVO free?
MVO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Muse Amp or MVO?
MVO is rated higher. Muse Amp averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MVO averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Muse Amp or MVO have ads?
Neither Muse Amp nor MVO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Muse Amp or MVO?
Muse Amp ships an update every 3 weeks, and MVO fortnightly. Most recently, Muse Amp was updated on October 31, 2026 and MVO on November 6, 2026.

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