Comparison

NostalgicPod vs TG Audio Player

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

Head to head
About

NostalgicPod

Experience your personal music library, internet radio, and podcasts with a retro-inspired interface. Enjoy lossless audio playback and classic games, all without ads or subscriptions. Your music, your rules, offline and ad-free.

Highlights
  • Retro music player interface
  • Personal music library import
  • Home media server streaming
  • Internet radio and podcast player
  • Lossless FLAC playback
  • Offline playback
  • Includes classic games
Features
Currently charting
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Remember when a music player was just that: a player? You would scroll the wheel, pick a song and listen. No algorithms deciding for you. No notifications. No endless feed. Just your music, in your pocket, NostalgicPod brings that feeling back, rebuilt from scratch for iPhone. A retro music player for your personal library, home media servers, internet radio and podcasts built in. The soul of a classic music player, with the engine of a serious modern app. ALL YOUR MUSIC, ONE WHEEL Bring your library from anywhere and play it all in one place. Import your own files through the Files app, iCloud Drive or whole folders — played in place, with no duplicates. Pull in the music already synced to your iPhone, songs and playlists included, with no subscription needed. Stream from your own server, Plex, Navidrome, Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, Jellyfin and Emby. Your old M3U playlists import automatically. THE SOUND Underneath the nostalgia is a serious audio player. FLAC lossless playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz with an automatic Hi-Res badge, gapless playback, and support for MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A, OGG and more. Server streams direct-play whenever possible, so lossless stays lossless. Shuffle with no unwanted repeats, plus Shuffle Albums for full records. Albums keep playing like the classics did: the last track flows into the next album. Plus star ratings and automatic playlists. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES One-time purchase. No subscriptions required for your own music, no in-app purchases, no account, no advertising, no tracking, no personal data collection. Your library stays on your device, and your own files play 100% offline. Pay once and keep it forever. You choose the music — NostalgicPod simply gives you a better way to enjoy it. MORE THAN A PLAYER Internet radio with stations from around the world. A full podcast player with RSS support and playback progress. A sleep timer. Classic games including Snake and Brick. Available in English, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Japanese. More games, audiobook support, CarPlay and additional customization are planned for future updates. Your music. Your device. Press play. NostalgicPod is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc. or any media server project. No account is required, and the app does not collect personal data.

About

TG Audio Player

Features
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An unofficial, independent audio player built on the public Telegram API. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Telegram FZ-LLC; Telegram is its trademark, named here only to describe what the app connects to. TG Audio Player turns the audio in your Telegram channels and chats — podcast episodes, courses, audiobooks, voice notes — into a clean, podcast-style feed. Sign in with your own account inside the app; nothing else to install. FEATURES • Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls • Resumes where you left off, for every track • On-device transcription — audio never leaves your phone • Smart titles for untitled voice notes • Speed from 0.5× to 2×, skip 30s / back 15s • Up Next queue, offline downloads, and search PRIVACY The app talks only to Telegram's servers using your account; we run no servers of our own. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. It never sends, edits, or deletes messages. Privacy policy: https://romanis.github.io/tg-audio-player/privacy.html

Screenshots

NostalgicPod3 screens
TG Audio Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TG Audio Player at Free against NostalgicPod's $4.99. NostalgicPod's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TG Audio Player is free to download; NostalgicPod costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NostalgicPod ships an update daily, TG Audio Player monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
NostalgicPod versus TG Audio Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNostalgicPodTG Audio Player
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB52 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJesus manuel CurreriSearcheva LLC

In-app purchases

None

NostalgicPod

No in-app purchases

None

TG Audio Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NostalgicPod free?
NostalgicPod costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TG Audio Player free?
TG Audio Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NostalgicPod or TG Audio Player have ads?
Neither NostalgicPod nor TG Audio Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NostalgicPod or TG Audio Player?
NostalgicPod ships an update daily, and TG Audio Player monthly. Most recently, NostalgicPod was updated on November 5, 2026 and TG Audio Player on November 5, 2026.

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