Kenopsia vs Plinth Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kenopsia
Consolidate all your music from various sources into a single, powerful player. Enjoy audiophile-grade playback with advanced EQ, gapless support, and smart library management. Access your music from local files, cloud storage, servers, and web streams.
- Play from local files, cloud, servers, and streams
- Gapless playback with crossfade
- 10-band parametric EQ with presets
- Smart playlists with 18 filterable fields
- Synced lyrics support
- Tag editor and artwork auto-fetch
- CarPlay and Apple Watch integration
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Kenopsia is a powerful music player that brings all your music together in one place, no matter where it's stored. PLAY FROM ANYWHERE • Local files on your device • Subsonic & Navidrome servers • NAS drives via DLNA/UPnP • iCloud Drive & Backblaze B2 • Apple Music library (via MusicKit) • Web radio streams (SHOUTcast, Icecast, HLS) • Wi-Fi Transfer: drag and drop files from your computer AUDIOPHILE PLAYBACK • Gapless playback with optional crossfade • 10-band parametric EQ with custom presets • ReplayGain / EBU R128 volume normalisation • Support for FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, and M4A YOUR LIBRARY • Browse by artist, album, genre, playlist or folder • Artwork grid or plain list view for artists and albums • Select multiple tracks to add to a playlist or the queue • Duplicate finder - spot songs stored twice and choose which copy to keep SMART FEATURES • Smart playlists with 18 filterable fields • Synced lyrics (LRC format via LRCLIB) • Tag editor for MP3, M4A, FLAC, and Ogg • Album artwork auto-fetch from MusicBrainz • Last.fm and ListenBrainz scrobbling • Listening history and play counts EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • CarPlay - browse albums, artists, genres, playlists and songs, with search and Shuffle All • Apple Watch companion for remote control • Home Screen widget with play/pause • AirPlay and Bluetooth output • Chromecast support • Lock screen and Control Centre integration PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no tracking, no ads • All data stored locally on your device • Credentials in the iOS Keychain only
Plinth Music
This app is a local music player for users who own their music files. It offers album browsing with full artwork, AI-powered playlist generation based on listening history, and automatic metadata enrichment. It supports various audio formats and file transfers over Wi-Fi.
- Local music playback
- Album browsing with full artwork
- AI-powered playlist generation
- Automatic metadata enrichment
- Gapless playback and crossfade
- CarPlay support
- Wi-Fi file transfer
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Plinth is a local music player for people who actually own their music. Buy it once — no subscription, no account, no cloud required. ALBUM BROWSING Browse your library as albums were meant to be seen. Full artwork, flip through your collection with a swipe. The way music discovery should feel. AI DJ Plinth builds your next queue from your actual listening history. Five providers to choose from: Claude, OpenAI, and Grok with your own API key, or Apple Intelligence and Ollama fully on-device. You pick who's listening. LIBRARY Plinth scans your tags — ID3, FLAC, ALAC — then fills the gaps automatically from multiple music databases. Missing artwork, artist photos, genre? Found and fixed. Duplicate tracks and incomplete albums surface in one place so your library stays clean. PLAYBACK Gapless playback, crossfade, lockscreen controls, and CarPlay support. IMPORT Transfer files from Mac over Wi-Fi — no cable, no drama. FORMATS FLAC · ALAC · WAV · AIFF · MP3 · M4A · AAC Your library. Your hardware. Your rules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kenopsia at Free against Plinth Music's $9.99. Kenopsia also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Plinth Music's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Kenopsia is free to download; Plinth Music costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kenopsia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Kenopsia ships an update every 2 months, Plinth Music every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kenopsia | Plinth Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WESTON ANDREW BLIEDEN | Artem Trukhanov |
Customer experience
Kenopsia
Plinth Music
In-app purchases
Kenopsia
No in-app purchases
Plinth Music
No in-app purchases








