Comparison

Lyris vs DYSC

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

Head to head
About

Lyris

This app allows you to stream and manage your self-hosted music library from Navidrome, Subsonic, or Jellyfin servers. Enjoy your entire music collection with features like offline downloads, synced lyrics, and personalized recommendations. It prioritizes privacy with no tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • Connect to Navidrome, Subsonic, Jellyfin servers
  • Browse artists, albums, tracks, genres, playlists
  • Offline downloads for albums and playlists
  • Synced lyrics and equalizer
  • CarPlay and AirPlay support
  • Music recommendations and Lidarr integration
  • Private by design, no tracking or ads
Features
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Lyris is a native iOS player for the music you host yourself. Connect your Navidrome, Subsonic-compatible or Jellyfin server and enjoy your whole library in a fast, beautiful app — with no account to create and no tracking. FREE TRIAL, THEN A ONE-TIME PURCHASE Lyris is free to download and every feature below is included in a 7-day free trial. After the trial, an in-app purchase (Lyris Unlock) is required to keep using the app. It is a single purchase, not a subscription: pay once and keep Lyris for good. YOUR LIBRARY, AT HOME ON YOUR iPHONE • Browse artists, albums, tracks, genres and playlists — even libraries of tens of thousands of tracks • Instant search across your whole collection • Favourites, ratings and smart playlists • Multi-disc albums, release dates, artist pages with your albums and similar artists in your library • Choose which music folders or libraries to show A PLAYER THAT FEELS RIGHT • Queue with shuffle, repeat and drag-to-reorder • Synced lyrics when your server provides them • Equalizer and ReplayGain volume levelling • Lock screen, Control Center, AirPlay and CarPlay • Keeps playing smoothly on weak or changing networks OFFLINE AND ON THE GO • Download albums and playlists to listen without a connection • Stream in original quality, or transcode to MP3, AAC or Opus at the bitrate you choose — separately for Wi-Fi and cellular • Instant seeking, even in transcoded tracks DISCOVER MUSIC • Recommendations based on what you actually listen to, powered by the open MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz databases • Optional ListenBrainz scrobbling with your own token • Optional Lidarr integration: send a request to your own Lidarr server when you find an artist or album you want in your collection PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No analytics, no ads, no backend: Lyris talks to your servers and to open music databases, never to us • Your credentials stay in the iOS Keychain; Lyris stores a token, never your password • Works with servers on your local network, on your own private network, or behind Cloudflare Access with custom headers • Certificates are always validated by iOS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH REQUIREMENTS Lyris needs a music server you run or have access to: Navidrome (recommended), another Subsonic/OpenSubsonic-compatible server, or Jellyfin. Lyris does not include or sell any music.

About

DYSC

This music player focuses on your personal collection, offering a tactile album-centric experience. Discover new music through daily picks and personalized radio stations, with interactive player controls and customizable mixtapes.

Highlights
  • Album-centric browsing
  • Daily album recommendations
  • Interactive DJ scratching player
  • Customizable mixtapes
  • Personalized radio stations
  • Offline playback
  • CarPlay and AirPlay support
Features
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DYSC is a collection-centric music player for the music on your own Jellyfin, Navidrome or Plex servers. Instead of turning your collection into another endless streaming feed, it puts albums first, recreating the feeling of owned physical media. 1. YOUR COLLECTION Browse your library as a tactile stack of albums. Sort by artist, title, release date or recently added. Search across albums, artists and tracks, then jump straight back into the collection. 2. DISCOVER YOUR MUSIC AND FIND THE ONES YOU'VE MISSED BEFORE Album of the Day gives you one album to listen each day, with an a widget support and an optional notification. Recommendations and always streaming Radio stations help surface music you don't even know you had. 3. A PLAYER YOU CAN SCRATCH DYSC supports (and endorses) custom disc arts on your library. Shows if there is one on album view and let's that take the whole scene on the custom designed player. Hold the disc to pause, drag it for a quick reversal, or enable DJ Mode and try some scratching yourself. Haptics make the controls feel physical. 4. WTF IS A PLAYLIST, YOU MEAN MIXTAPES? Sometimes an album doesn't cut it, and that's why we've had mixtapes. Create, edit and reorder your Mixtapes. Add a track or a full album, choose a custom cover, colour and font for it and keep your favourite mix of music ready to play. 5. TUNE-IN TO YOUR OWN RADIO DYSC builds stations from the most populated genres and decades in your library. You can also create a station from a song or album, assign it a frequency and tune in to see new suggested music based on those everyday. Hop in and out anytime you want, but do you want to hear that music again? Too bad, you can't control it, it's called radio for a reason! AND MORE... • Downloads and Offline Mode • CarPlay • New/Old Siri Support with additional Shortcuts • AirPlay • Sleep Timer • Synced lyrics (Requires files on server) • Background and lock-screen controls • Direct Play, lossless formats and streaming quality controls • Volume normalisation (Requires server tags) • Light and dark modes (So we don't blind you) • Designed for iPhone and iPad DYSC does not include or provide music. A Jellyfin, Navidrome or Plex server and your own music library are required. DYSC is an independent client and is not affiliated with Jellyfin, Navidrome or Plex.

Screenshots

Lyris4 screens
DYSC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DYSC at 5.0 against Lyris's 3.0. DYSC also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Lyris's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lyris sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. DYSC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DYSC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lyris ships an update every 2 days, DYSC every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lyris versus DYSC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLyrisDYSC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmile VignoliTunahan Ekici

Customer experience

Lyris

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

DYSC

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lyris

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Lyris Unlock$12.99
None

DYSC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lyris free?
Lyris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DYSC free?
DYSC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lyris or DYSC?
DYSC is rated higher. Lyris averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while DYSC averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lyris or DYSC have ads?
Neither Lyris nor DYSC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lyris or DYSC?
Lyris ships an update every 2 days, and DYSC every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lyris was updated on October 31, 2026 and DYSC on October 31, 2026.

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