Comparison

Kenopsia vs Knips Music

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Knips Music

Features
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Knips is a clean, fast player for your own Navidrome music server. If you host your own library, Knips gives you a native iPhone player for it — no subscription catalog, no ads, just your music. REQUIRES YOUR OWN NAVIDROME SERVER Knips is a client, not a music service. You need a Navidrome (or OpenSubsonic) server you can reach from your phone. WHAT YOU GET - Browse your whole library by songs, artists, albums, and playlists - Fast search and flexible sorting (recents, title, artist, album) - Gapless background playback with full lock-screen and Control Center controls - Download songs, albums, artists, or whole playlists for offline listening - A calm, dark interface that stays out of the way EDIT YOUR LIBRARY, ON YOUR SERVER (OPTIONAL) Connect a File Browser instance and Knips can edit your music right on the server — create, rename, and delete playlists, and add or remove tracks from them — all from your phone. Your changes live on your server, not locked inside the app. FREE — AND STAYING THAT WAY Knips is completely free: no ads, no tracking, no paywall. If you find it useful, there's an optional link in Settings to support development and help cover the yearly App Store fee — but it's never required and unlocks nothing. PRIVACY Knips talks only to the servers you point it at. There's no account to create, no tracking, and no data sent to us.

Screenshots

Kenopsia4 screens
Knips Music4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Kenopsia at 3 against Knips Music's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Kenopsia versus Knips Music: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKenopsiaKnips Music
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWESTON ANDREW BLIEDENAndrea Lapiana

In-app purchases

None

Kenopsia

No in-app purchases

None

Knips Music

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kenopsia free?
Kenopsia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knips Music free?
Knips Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kenopsia or Knips Music have ads?
Neither Kenopsia nor Knips Music shows ads.

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