Music Garden vs Beat Bazaar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Garden
This app plays your owned music files, including high-resolution audio, from local storage, cloud drives, or NAS. It offers advanced playback features and extensive customization without subscriptions or tracking.
- Plays owned music files (MP3, FLAC, hi-res)
- Imports from cloud drives and NAS
- True gapless playback
- Customizable metadata editing
- Supports Apple Watch and CarPlay
- Home and lock screen widgets
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Music Garden, the player for the music you actually own. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Every feature is unlocked, for free. Music Garden plays your personal music library the way a great player should — beautifully, everywhere, and entirely on your terms. Bring your collection in from wherever it lives and enjoy it across iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, and Apple Watch. Bring your music from anywhere • Play files stored right on your device • Stream straight from your Synology NAS • Upload tracks from any browser over Wi-Fi — no cable, no desktop app Sound the way it was recorded • Full lossless FLAC support, plus all the everyday formats • Gapless, continuous playback that keeps the album flowing A player that's a pleasure to use • A gorgeous, redesigned album view • Time-synced lyrics that follow along as you listen • Listening stats that show what you actually play • Six color themes and matching app icons to make it yours With you everywhere • CarPlay for the road • A dedicated Apple Watch app with complications for quick control from your wrist • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a Live Activity for what's playing now • AirPlay to send your music to any speaker in the house Yours, privately Your library stays your business. Music Garden doesn't track you, doesn't show ads, and doesn't ask for a monthly fee. It's built by one indie developer who believes the music you own deserves a first-class home. Stop renting. Start owning.
Beat Bazaar
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Works Fully Offline Your music lives on your device. Play anywhere: on a plane, in the subway, or with Wi-Fi off. Your library stays private and always accessible. Plays All Your Files MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, MP4 audio, WAV, and FLAC. One app for your entire collection with no conversions needed. Fix & Organize Your Tags Beat Bazaar reads titles, artists, albums, genres, and artwork directly from your files. Fix missing or incorrect details, bulk-edit entire albums in seconds, and save changes back to the files. 10-Band Equalizer Shape your sound with up to 10 bands of EQ from 31Hz to 16kHz for more bass, brighter highs, and clearer vocals. Pitch & Speed Change playback speed and pitch independently. Slow down to learn a part, speed up to save time, or shift pitch without affecting tempo. Synced Lyrics Lyrics scroll in time with the music, fetched from a public database. Follow along word by word. Customize Everything Pick a theme preset or create your own colors and font. Supports 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Background Playback Music keeps playing while you do other things. Control it from your lock screen with full track info and artwork. Stay Informed Stay updated on new features and announcements without leaving the app. Organize Your Way Browse by artist, album, genre, playlist, or folder. See your files exactly as they're arranged on disk. Search, filter, and sort to find any track instantly. Waveforms & Smart Queue Tap anywhere on a track's waveform to jump to that moment. The queue supports shuffle, repeat, and reordering and remembers where you left off. Free with Optional Ads Beat Bazaar is free with light ads. Watch a quick video to disable ads for your session, or subscribe for permanent ad-free access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Music Garden at none against Beat Bazaar's 3. Music Garden also leads on ads (none vs shown). Beat Bazaar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Beat Bazaar sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Music Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.
Music Garden ships an update every 11 days, Beat Bazaar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Garden | Beat Bazaar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Kozlowski | Martin Thibaul |
In-app purchases
Music Garden
No in-app purchases
Beat Bazaar
- Beat Bazaar Gold Month$1.99
- Beat Bazaar Gold Yearly$12.99
- Beat Bazaar Gold Lifetime$19.99








