Music Flex Player vs SoundShader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Flex Player
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Music Flex is a music player for people who own their music, and want an EASY way to put it on their iPhone. Organize your music files as you like. Your files stay exactly where you put them, in the folders you chose, and they play whether or not you have a signal. Everything lives on your device. Files view shows your organized music in the app. Organizing by folders gives you the flexibility to create your music catalog in any way you want. Of course, there are the usual Artists, Albums and Playlists views as well. Getting music on is the easy part Open Wi-Fi Connect and Music Flex shows you a web address. Open it in a browser on any computer and drag your music straight in — whole folders at a time. From that same web page, you can browse, rename, move, download, and even play your library through the browser over local network. Alternatively, you can add files through the Files app, or with a cable through Finder. Put music into the Music Flex folder and the app automatically recognizes the additions. A real player Play, shuffle and repeat, create unlimited playlists, lock-screen and headphone controls, and background playback are all here. Everything you'd expect from a music player — geared toward the person who wants to control their own music library. Plays MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, WAV and AIFF. No tracking. No analytics. No account. Free to try with 25 songs. One optional in-app purchase unlocks your whole library — buy once, no subscription.
SoundShader
Transform sound into dynamic, colorful light displays. Choose from various visual presets or customize your own to match any audio, from live microphone input to your music library. Optimized for stunning visuals on modern displays.
- Live microphone audio input
- Audio file playback with equalizer
- Apple Music integration
- Eight built-in visual presets
- Customizable color and motion
- HDR display support
- 120Hz ProMotion support
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SoundShader turns sound into moving light. Each band of the music, from the deepest bass to the brightest cymbal, drives its own ribbons of color, so a quiet ballad and a dense electronic track, combined with a variety of visual presets, create wildly different looks. Every feature in SoundShader is totally free. LISTEN TO ANYTHING • Microphone: the visuals are totally live, following what your device hears, as it happens. • Audio files: open a song from Files and the visuals follow it exactly, with a 10-band equalizer to shape how it sounds and looks. • Apple Music: play a song from your library. On iPhone and iPad, it plays through the speaker while SoundShader listens through the microphone. MAKE IT YOURS • Eight built-in looks: Rainbow, Aurora, Violet, Flame, Moss, Embers, Party and Shadow. Save your own as presets. • Color: hue, saturation, brightness, and where the warm colors hand over to the cool ones. • Motion: speed, density and size, each of which can follow the music by itself with Auto Speed, Auto Density and Auto Size. • A flowing backdrop and a live waveform. BUILT FOR GREAT DISPLAYS • Extended Dynamic Range lets the brightest light go past white on HDR displays. • Runs up to your display's full refresh rate, including 120 hz ProMotion. • Performance Mode for less power usage and higher frame rates on older devices. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything SoundShader hears is analyzed on your device and never leaves it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SoundShader at none against Music Flex Player's 1. SoundShader also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Music Flex Player's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price and ads 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. Music Flex Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SoundShader asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Music Flex Player | SoundShader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tom KRUK | Andreas Beyer-Bowden |
In-app purchases
Music Flex Player
- Unlimited Library$8.99
SoundShader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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