Comparison

Striae vs Hathor Player

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

Head to head
About

Striae

Features
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Striae is a music player for people who own their music. Connect your Plex, Jellyfin, or Subsonic server and play your entire library with a fast, elegant interface built for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Sign in to Plex, Jellyfin, or Subsonic, and switch between servers and accounts • Browse artists, albums, songs, and playlists, plus a Cover Flow view • Favorite tracks and add songs to playlists from anywhere • Search with recent-search history PLAYBACK • Smart caching and prefetching of upcoming tracks for smooth, gap-free listening • Automatic recovery when you move between Wi-Fi and cellular • Download albums and playlists for offline listening • Loudness leveling and sonic radio (requires Plex Pass) • Time-synced lyrics (requires Plex Pass) NOW PLAYING • Artwork-driven design with adaptive colors • Inline lyrics and a precise scrubber • Share a song with a link that works on any streaming service LISTENING STATS • Activity rings, plus monthly and yearly recaps of your listening • All history stays on your device iPHONE, iPAD & APPLE WATCH • Apple Watch remote: control playback and browse your library from your wrist • CarPlay with full library controls • "Hey Siri, play [song] on Striae" • Layouts that adapt to iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Striae talks only to your own servers. There is no account with us, no analytics, and no tracking. Striae requires your own Plex, Jellyfin, or Subsonic server and does not include any music. Plex, Jellyfin, and Subsonic are trademarks of their respective owners; Striae is not affiliated with them.

About

Hathor Player

This app elevates your Plex music library with a beautiful and fast interface. Enjoy synced lyrics, offline downloads, CarPlay support, and explore new releases and discoveries. It also offers engaging music-based games and detailed listening statistics.

Highlights
  • Plex music library playback
  • Synced lyrics and crossfade
  • Offline listening downloads
  • CarPlay and podcast support
  • Music discovery games
  • Detailed listening stats
Features
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Hathor is a music player built for your Plex library: your albums, playlists and podcasts, in a beautiful, fast app made to last. YOUR MUSIC, BIG • Play from your Plex server, at home or away, FLAC included • Synced lyrics, waveform, crossfade, play queue • Downloads for offline listening • CarPlay, podcasts and radio stations from around the world • A lively Home: your artists, genres and decades on stage EXPLORE • New releases from your artists, as soon as they're out • The albums missing from your discography, and a Wishlist so you never forget one • Top podcasts and radio stations in your country COLLECTIONS • Billboard, Grammy, Oscars: every album in your library becomes a card • A Hall of Fame for your three favorite cards, card styles and finishes to unlock • Grading: send a card for inspection and get its grade out of 10, sealed in its slab • Binders to arrange your cards your way DISCOVERIES • A new album every 30 minutes, drawn at random from the 100,000 most-played albums • Each ticket is revealed with its rarity, and becomes a card once the album joins your library BLIND TEST • Intro, Mashup, Cover, Lyrics, Your library, Feat finder and By ear • Solo, or with friends on the same Wi-Fi: multiple choice or buzzer, from their own phones STATS & HISTORY • Your top artists, tracks, albums and genres, and how they move • Your listening profile, streaks and full history Everything about your Plex server stays free, forever: library, playlists, downloads, CarPlay, podcasts, radio, lyrics. No ads, no tracking. HATHOR+ AND HATHOR PASS Hathor+ (one-time purchase) unlocks for life 8 charts, all 7 Blind Test games, full stats and history, colors, app icons and library health. Hathor Pass (monthly or 6-month subscription) includes all of Hathor+, plus a ticket every 10 minutes (up to 30 in reserve), Chrome, Showcase and Pop card styles, 3 gradings at once, custom binders and the chart of the month, yours for life. After your 6th paid month, Hathor+ is yours for good. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Hathor requires a Plex Media Server with music. No server yet? "Try without a server" lets you explore everything with a demo library. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://bastiencah.github.io/hathor-app/privacy.html Hathor is not affiliated with Plex Inc.

Screenshots

Striae4 screens
Hathor Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Striae at none against Hathor Player's 3. Striae also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Hathor Player sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Striae asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Striae versus Hathor Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStriaeHathor Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary FoerstBastien Cahan

In-app purchases

None

Striae

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hathor Player

Subscriptions2
  • Hathor Pass monthly$3.991 Month
  • Hathor Pass 6 months$17.996 Months
One-time1
  • Hathor+$8.99

Questions

Is Striae free?
Striae is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hathor Player free?
Hathor Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Striae or Hathor Player have ads?
Neither Striae nor Hathor Player shows ads.

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