Sovault vs Discata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sovault
This music player supports over 40 audio formats, including niche ones, and offers robust library management. It can fix garbled tags, organize files, and provides multiple playback views. The app works entirely offline with no account required.
- Supports 40+ audio formats
- Fixes garbled audio tags
- Full offline playback
- Real file browser
- Edit tags and artwork
- Multiple Now Playing views
- Import from various sources
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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/
Discata
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Make your music feel at home. Discata is a music player for the files you own, with the tools to make them sound the way you like. Bring in your collection, put on your headphones, and start with a simple preset or build a sound that's yours. • Your collection - imported offline listening • 10-band EQ, 32-band parametric and graphic with various different tones for bass or clarity/more • 8,849 autoEQ headphone correction profiles • Six virtual 8D rooms for an immersive and Fresh listening experience • Nine customisable sound styles, one tap Try from Balanced, Reference, Bass, Treble, Immersive, Speakers, Vocals, Chill or Orbit • Crossfade, gapless playback and trim silence • More consistent listening levels, loudness normalization with three target levels: -14, -16 or -18 LUFS, Auto level, true-peak limiter • Auto synced Lyrics • Smart Shuffle • Completely customisable UI, choose from Themes, Colours, and Fonts No account is required. Designed for iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Discata plays your own music files. It does not include a streaming music catalog or import protected streaming-service downloads. The free version includes ads. An optional one-time in-app purchase removes ads permanently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sovault at none against Discata's shown. Sovault also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Sovault sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Discata sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sovault ships an update every 6 days, Discata every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sovault | Discata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 勇华 陈 | Mevinton Kugathasan |
In-app purchases
Sovault
- Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Premium Annual$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$74.99
Discata
- Discata Ad-Free Forever$9.99









