Eclipse Play vs Sonevia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eclipse Play
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Eclipse Play is a music player for the songs you own: the albums and singles you buy straight from artists. No streaming, no ads, no tracking, and no account required. BRING IN YOUR MUSIC • Import from the Files app: On My iPhone, iCloud Drive, Downloads and more • Select a whole album at once; duplicates are skipped automatically • Works with MP3, AAC / M4A, ALAC, WAV, AIFF and FLAC • Open audio from Safari, Mail or AirDrop straight into Eclipse Play YOUR ECLIPSE DIRECT PURCHASES • Sign in with your Eclipse Direct account to see everything you've bought • Download a song, a release, or your whole collection • Optionally let new purchases download on their own, on Wi-Fi or cellular • Songs you download in the Eclipse Direct app appear here automatically A PLAYER THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY • A monochrome design where your album art brings the color • Lock Screen and Control Center controls, background playback and AirPlay • Up Next queue with play next, reorder, shuffle and repeat • Songs, artists, albums, playlists and smart playlists CLASSIC MODE • Turn Eclipse Play into a retro music player with a scroll wheel • Circle your thumb to scroll, with a click you hear and feel on every step • Pick the body, wheel and highlight colors, or any color you like, with a light or dark screen • Hold the center button on a song to play it next, add it to Up Next or add it to a playlist • Album Scroll: flip through your covers with the wheel or a swipe, then turn one over to see its songs • Switch between Eclipse and Classic any time in Settings YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Fix messy tags: edit titles, artists, featured artists, albums and track numbers • Add your own artwork to songs, albums, artists and playlists • Featured artists credited on every song, with a Featured On section for each artist • Search across everything, and see how much space your library uses PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your music stays on your iPhone. Eclipse Play only goes online when you sign in to download your purchases.
Sonevia
This app is a lossless music player that plays your owned music files with high fidelity. It supports a wide range of audio formats, offers advanced playback features, and syncs your library across devices. An optional Pro subscription unlocks further customization and advanced audio processing.
- Lossless audio playback (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, etc.)
- Gapless playback and crossfade
- Graphic and parametric equalizer
- Syncs library across devices via iCloud
- CarPlay and AirPlay support
- Offline downloads from media servers
- Headphone correction profiles
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Sonevia plays the music you own, the way it was recorded. On iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, and in your car with CarPlay. FREE • FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, WMA and DSD, with gapless playback and crossfade • The format, bit depth and sample rate of every song on show • Your files and folders, from this device, iCloud Drive or any Files location • Albums, artists, playlists, liked songs, Recently Added and search • Synced lyrics from your files • A graphic equalizer with 26 presets • Star ratings, smart lists, full-screen lyrics and ListenBrainz scrobbling • Likes, playlists, ratings and listening history kept in step across your devices with iCloud • Sleep timer, Sound Check, CarPlay, AirPlay, Lock Screen controls and a widget • In English, Japanese, German, French and Spanish SONEVIA PRO: monthly, yearly or once for good, on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a free 7-day trial • Parametric EQ, a profile for each output, and corrections for thousands of headphones • Effects: reverb, echo, crossfeed and a chain of your own • Audio Lab: every step from the file to your ears • DSD over USB: DSF and DSDIFF songs reach a DoP DAC as DSD, on iPhone and iPad • Navidrome, Jellyfin, Emby and Plex Media Server, with offline downloads • Play on Sonos, Google Cast and DLNA speakers, or a Navidrome Jukebox • Apple Music in Sonevia (needs your own Apple Music subscription) • Mixes, listening history, stats and recaps • Immersive Now Playing, animated artwork, themes, Edit Info and Edit Tags The trial is free and renews into nothing: when it ends, Pro features lock and your music and settings stay. Monthly and Yearly are subscriptions that renew automatically until you cancel them in your Apple Account settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. Lifetime is one payment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ No account, no ads and no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eclipse Play at none against Sonevia's 4. Sonevia's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Sonevia sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Eclipse Play asks for nothing beyond the download.
Eclipse Play ships an update every 6 days, Sonevia every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eclipse Play | Sonevia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Whittaker | Manasvin Yadav |
In-app purchases
Eclipse Play
No in-app purchases
Sonevia
- Sonevia Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Sonevia Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
- 7-day TrialFree
- Sonevia Pro Lifetime$14.99









