Comparison

Soundwaves vs SlimLibrary

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

Head to head
About

Soundwaves

Connect your iOS device to your Subsonic music server for a simple and seamless audio and video streaming experience. Enjoy your media library at home or on the go, even with limited bandwidth. Supports various audio and video formats, and compatible with other Subsonic API servers.

Highlights
  • Subsonic music server client
  • Audio and video streaming
  • Bandwidth-limited connection support
  • CarPlay compatibility
  • FLAC, Opus, Ogg Vorbis playback
  • Plays movies from server
Features
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Soundwaves is a client for the Subsonic music server. Soundwaves focuses on simplicity, making it the ideal client to connect your iPad or iPhone to your home theater setup. Optionally setting a suitable max bit rate, enables Soundwaves to work well even over a bandwidth limited connection (e.g. a mobile connection). It will also play nicely with your car radio, connected via USB, Bluetooth or CarPlay. In addition to audio formats natively supported by iOS (e.g. mp3, AAC), Soundwaves can also play FLAC, Opus and Ogg Vorbis content. Soundwaves can also play movies from your Subsonic server, as long as they are in a supported format (.mov, .mp4, .mpv, .3gp) or a proper transcoding has been configured on the server. Soundwaves works with other media servers which implement the same Subsonic API's, such as Madsonic, Airsonic, Supysonic, LMS or Ampache. Note about privacy: tracking only happens when using the free, ad-supported version. Removing ads via the in-app purchase also stops tracking and data collection.

About

SlimLibrary

Access and control your Logitech Media Server library. Browse music and videos, view album art and liner notes, and stream content to your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Browse entire media library
  • Control all players
  • View album images and liner notes
  • Listen to music on iOS device
  • View videos on iOS device
  • Stream LMS supported services
  • Today View widget for quick controls
Features
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SlimLibrary is a player and remote control for the Logitech© Media server. Use it to: · Browse your entire media library · Control all your players. · View album images, like the back cover of the album, or the inner sleeve. · Listen to music on your IOS device. · Read the album information that you have uploaded to the server. · View videos on your ios device. · Stream any LMS supported streaming service to your iOS device. SlimLibrary uses a server plugin module to provide additional features, otherwise not available from the Logitech© Media server. (SlimLibrary Plugin currently supports LMS 7.9.1 and above) Browsing You can browse your music library by a selected artist, composer, genre or year, or view the newest albums uploaded to your server. Combine an artist with a genre or year to fine tune your selection. Choose from multiple possible sort fields to sort your selection by album, artist, year and various combinations. The SlimLibrary plugin allows you even greater control of your selection by combining multiple artists, composers, genres or years, in a single selection and letting you select an ascending or descending sort order. In addition the plugin also lets you sort by date added to the server. Now you can find those lost albums that you have forgotten about. View album Images* The SlimLibrary plugin gives you the ability to view any images you have uploaded to the album folder on the server. Now you can upload and view the back cover or inner sleeve of the album or cd, and view it on your ios device. Scan the booklet that comes with your cd and upload it to your server to view and read it on your device. Play videos* SlimLibrary will let you view and play videos the you have uploaded to your server. Video formats supported are the iOS supported formats. Read album information* You can upload a text file with album information and display it on your device with the plugin installed. Put the liner notes in a info.txt file, upload to the server in the album folder and view it on your device. If you have the "Music and Artist information" plugin installed, the app will display album reviews. Today View Quickly acces the main player controls from the today view. Increase or decrease volume, pause or play, go to to next or previous track and open SlimLibrary app form the today widget. *feature provided by SlimLibrary plugin module. https://bitbucket.org/matglo/slimlibraryplugin/wiki/Home The SLimLibrary plugin support LMS 7.9.1 and above. Logitech© is either a registered trademark or trademark of Logitech in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Soundwaves1 screens
SlimLibrary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Soundwaves at 4.1 against SlimLibrary's 3.3. Soundwaves also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 40%) and price ($3.99 vs $6.99). SlimLibrary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads 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

Soundwaves costs $3.99 and SlimLibrary $6.99 up front. Soundwaves sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SlimLibrary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Soundwaves holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Soundwaves's written reviews are positive against 40% of SlimLibrary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soundwaves ships an update every 2 months, SlimLibrary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Soundwaves versus SlimLibrary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundwavesSlimLibrary
Price$3.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.1 (12 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews60.4% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimone TelliniMatglo Solutions LLC

Customer experience

Soundwaves

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative27.1%

SlimLibrary

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Soundwaves

One-time1
  • Ads-free Edition$3.99
None

SlimLibrary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soundwaves free?
Soundwaves costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is SlimLibrary free?
SlimLibrary costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soundwaves or SlimLibrary?
Soundwaves is rated higher. Soundwaves averages 4.1 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while SlimLibrary averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Soundwaves or SlimLibrary have ads?
Neither Soundwaves nor SlimLibrary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soundwaves or SlimLibrary?
Soundwaves ships an update every 2 months, and SlimLibrary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Soundwaves was updated on October 23, 2026 and SlimLibrary on October 24, 2026.

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