Kenopsia vs iOSamp
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
iOSamp
A local music player for audiophiles and collectors, offering advanced playback features and extensive library management. It supports various audio formats and allows easy music import via Wi-Fi, Files app, USB, or direct download. No subscriptions, accounts, or ads are required.
- True gapless playback
- 10-band EQ with saveable presets
- ReplayGain normalization
- Smart playlists
- Tag editor
- Wi-Fi transfer
- WebDAV and Subsonic streaming
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iOSamp is a local music player for collectors, audiophiles, and anyone who trusts their own taste over an algorithm. Your files on your device. No subscription necessary, no account creation needed, no ads, ever. Built by a guy who grew up on Hotline servers, oth.net, hoarding FLACs, and caring way too much about ID3 tags. Playback • True gapless playback • 10-band EQ with saveable presets • ReplayGain normalization, track or album level • Crossfade, A/B repeat, independent speed control • Waveform scrubber, pre-generated for every track • Real-time spectrum analyzer • Bookmarks and chapter support • Format, bitrate, and sample rate display • CarPlay, AirPlay, sleep timer • Synced lyrics Library • MP3, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, OGG, OPUS, WAV, AIFF, WMA, APE • Smart playlists built from rules: rating, play count, date added, genre, year, duration, and more • Build Session: shuffle any part of your library, keep or skip each track, save the keepers as a playlist • Collections: group whole albums, box sets, label catalogs, numbered series • Tag editor, duplicate detection, artist name normalization • Genre and artwork fetching via MusicBrainz and Discogs • Format and bitrate badges so you can tell FLAC from MP3 at a glance Getting music in • Wi-Fi transfer: start the built-in server and drag files in from any browser on your network • Files app and iCloud Drive imports, single files or whole folders • USB cable transfer from Finder or iTunes • Direct download from any audio URL Your servers • Stream from WebDAV shares • Full Subsonic API support: Navidrome, Airsonic, and friends • SMB shares through the Files app • Everything stays on-device; no analytics, no tracking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kenopsia at 5.0 against iOSamp's 4.0. Kenopsia also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). iOSamp's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kenopsia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Kenopsia ships an update every 2 months, iOSamp every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kenopsia | iOSamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WESTON ANDREW BLIEDEN | DAVID B RAST |
Customer experience
Kenopsia
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In-app purchases
Kenopsia
No in-app purchases
iOSamp
No in-app purchases









