Sovault vs LMPlayr PRO

Sovault is a music player for people who own their music. Streaming services come and go. Your collection doesn't have to. Point Sovault at your files and it plays them — including the formats most players quietly refuse. PLAYS 40+ FORMATS MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Opus — plus APE (Monkey's Audio), DSD (DSF/DFF), WavPack, TAK, TTA, Musepack, Shorten, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AC-3, DTS, MLP/TrueHD, ATRAC, Speex, and more. That old APE rip, the DSD you bought years ago, the WavPack archive you forgot about — they all just play. FIX GARBLED TAGS Chinese and Japanese tracks ripped years ago often store their tags in GBK, Big5 or Shift-JIS, and show up as "ÍõÐÄÁè" everywhere else. Sovault detects the original encoding and repairs it — permanently, written back into the file. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES • Import from Files, folders, URLs, iCloud Drive — no limits, ever • Full offline playback, with background audio, AirPlay and lock screen / Control Center controls • A real file browser inside the app: move, rename, organize • Edit tags and artwork for one track or hundreds at once • Find what's broken: missing artwork, missing artist, garbled text • Playlists, favorites, ratings, play counts • Four Now Playing views — artwork, spinning vinyl, real-time spectrum (six styles), and synced lyrics that highlight line by line • Now Playing and Lyrics widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and Mac — play, pause and skip right from the widget on iOS 17 / macOS 14 or later • Last.fm scrobbling NO ACCOUNT. NO CLOUD REQUIRED. Sovault has no backend. There is no sign-up, no profile, nothing to log in to. Your music never passes through our servers, because we don't have any. Everything works offline. PREMIUM Free forever: importing (no limits), playback of MP3/AAC/ALAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF/Opus, tag editing, encoding repair, playlists, the file browser, library issue detection, Last.fm, embedded or .lrc lyrics, and the player widgets. Premium adds: • Playback of 30+ advanced formats — APE, DSD, WavPack, TAK, WMA, DTS and more • Browse and import straight from SMB, FTP and WebDAV servers • Sync your library across devices via iCloud, or to your own NAS • Auto-fill missing artwork, album, genre, year and time-synced lyrics • A 10-band equalizer with presets • CarPlay One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Try everything free for 14 days — no payment required to start. Sovault is for audiophiles, NAS users, and anyone who believes their music collection deserves better than a forgotten folder. Requires iOS 15.6 or later, macOS 13 or later. Questions? sovault.app@gmail.com Open source licenses (including LGPL components and links to their source code): in the app, Settings › About › Open Source Licenses. Privacy Policy: https://sovault.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Streaming services rent you a catalogue. LMPlayr plays the music you already own — MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AAC, AIFF, OGG, Opus, AC3 and AMR — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and through CarPlay in your car. No streaming, no subscription, no account, nothing uploaded. If it's in your Files app, it plays. 2.1 IS BUILT FOR THE NEW BIG SCREENS • Unfolded on iPhone Duo — a two-pane view with Now Playing living permanently beside your library, so the artwork, lyrics and EQ stay on screen while you dig through your collection. Fold it and you're back to the familiar single-column player, no rotation jump. • A vertical tab rail that docks where your thumb already is, and playlists that behave identically folded, unfolded and on iPad. • Quick cards, not sheets — press and hold Equalizer, Sleep Timer or Crossfade and the controls slide up right where you are, then drag down to dismiss. YOUR MUSIC, EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • Import from the Files app — MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AAC, AIFF, OGG, Opus, AC3, AMR • Apple Watch, done properly — sync your library and leave your phone at home. Digital Crown volume, glass UI, artwork themes, playlists. • CarPlay — browse your library and playlists from the dashboard, shuffle and repeat included. • iPad — the same two-pane treatment in landscape, free rotation, grid views for big artwork. • Offline by design — everything plays from local storage. No internet required after import. A PLAYER THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS • Playlists — create, edit, reorder, and give each one its own cover art • Shuffle & repeat — Off, Repeat One, Repeat All, with a real shuffle order you can watch happen • Now Playing with a card-swipe cover flow — the current cover lifts and tosses off the stack as the next one arrives • Song editor — fix titles, artists and album art, and re-embed it into the file • Lyrics from your library: tap a song and follow along • Stats & listening history — your most-played songs and artists, and a history you can tap back into • Background playback on iPhone, Apple Watch and CarPlay • Grid and list views, sorting by title or artist, synced across your devices UNLOCK PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Equalizer · 10 bands with presets, built for cheap earbuds and good headphones alike Karaoke-style synced lyrics — word-by-word highlight that scrolls with the track Sleep Timer — pause, stop or fade out after a set time Crossfade — gapless transitions between songs Cloud Sync — keep your library, playlists and play history in step across your own devices Artwork Themes — the app takes its colour from your cover art, on iPhone and on the watch LMPlayr works entirely with your own files. No ads. No tracking. No account. No monthly bill. A one-time in-app purchase (LMPlayr PRO) unlocks the premium features, and it's yours for every device you own; everything above under "A player that actually plays" is free — including Watch playback, playlists, shuffle and repeat, and CarPlay. If you've ever cancelled a subscription because you just wanted one album, this is the app for that. Questions, bugs, feature requests: buymeacoffee.com/jjenterprises — the app is developed by one person who reads everything.