Comparison

Soundwaves vs Verodrome

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

Verodrome

Features
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Verodrome is a music player for Ampache and Subsonic servers, including Navidrome and other compatible backends. Connect to your own library and stream, download, and listen offline on iPhone and iPad. YOUR MUSIC, YOUR SERVER Sign in with your server URL and account. Verodrome auto-detects Ampache or Subsonic (Navidrome), syncs your library in the background, and keeps a local cache so browsing stays fast. LISTEN ANYWHERE • Stream your full library • Download songs, albums, and playlists for offline playback • Smart queue prefetch so the next tracks are ready • Start radio of specific songs and albums • Offline mode when you’re away from the network • CarPlay support for listening on the road YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED • Artists, albums, songs, genres, and folders • Playlists, favorites, and ratings • Podcasts and internet radio • Search across your collection • Share links when your server supports them BUILT FOR EVERYDAY LISTENING • Queue management and shuffle • Lyrics and equalizer • Playback speed and sleep timer • Home screen you can customize • Per-account theme colors and alternate app icons • Shortcuts and Siri

Screenshots

Soundwaves1 screens
Verodrome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Verodrome at Free against Soundwaves's $3.99. Verodrome also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Soundwaves's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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

Verodrome is free to download; Soundwaves costs $3.99 up front. Soundwaves sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Verodrome asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soundwaves ships an update every 2 months, Verodrome every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Soundwaves versus Verodrome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundwavesVerodrome
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimone TelliniVero Fide LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Soundwaves

One-time1
  • Ads-free Edition$3.99
None

Verodrome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soundwaves free?
Soundwaves costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Verodrome free?
Verodrome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Soundwaves or Verodrome have ads?
Neither Soundwaves nor Verodrome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soundwaves or Verodrome?
Soundwaves ships an update every 2 months, and Verodrome every 9 days. Most recently, Soundwaves was updated on October 16, 2026 and Verodrome on October 18, 2026.

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