Comparison

HS Player vs Audio Archive Player

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

Head to head
About

HS Player

This free music player supports a wide range of lossless audio formats and offers advanced sound tuning options. Easily manage your music library through various cloud services and enjoy features like automatic playlist import and a sleep timer.

Highlights
  • Plays FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and CUE files
  • Upload via Wi-Fi, WebDAV, cloud services
  • 10-band parametric EQ with custom presets
  • AVL preamplifier for noise reduction
  • Automatic playlist import
  • Sleep timer with autostop playback
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HS Player is the ultimatum free music application that absolutely without advertising and in-app purchases. Key features: Various musical sources. HS Player can play any lossless file of Hi-Res FLAC / ALAC / WAV. Besides the music player has support playing from CUE-files. You can upload files with Wi-Fi, WebDAV, iTunes File Sharing, iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Yandex.Disk, OneDrive, Mega. Sound tuning. HS Player offers any of the 22 standard EQ presets, but you can also create your own unique presets with a 10-band parametric EQ. To enhance the equalizer effect, you can control the Q-slider (ratio of center frequency to bandwidth). AVL preamplifier will help to eliminate distorting noises on loud sounds. If you're a novice, the app will help you set the correct level of preamplification. Playlists. You can create playlists with your favourite tracks, but if you already have previously created playlists in a standard music player, it will be automatically available to HS Player. Autostop playback on timer If you like to fall asleep with your music, this is the music player for you. If you encounter any issues, please contact us at hsplayerinfo@gmail.com. We will be happy to assist you.

About

Audio Archive Player

Organize and play your digital audio files exactly as they are stored on your hard drive. This simple player respects your folder hierarchy without attempting to parse metadata, offering a straightforward way to access your legacy music collection.

Highlights
  • Plays music based on folder structure
  • No metadata parsing
  • Transfer audio archives directly
  • Select individual tracks or folders to play
  • Four color schemes for interface
  • Removes unplayable files
Features
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iTunes is good for purchasing, storing and organizing your music collection. However, some of us old schoolers still hold a bunch of old digital audio tracks saved on a hard drive as a folder hierarchy. Those legacy mp3 files don't have right meta info associated with them. You might have collected those in old days before the iTunes era, or manually imported music from your CDs and audio tapes, or just recorded yourself or a friend’s concert in their garage. In either case, if you try to simply drop your collection to iTunes, most likely it will completely mess up what you have. If you ever encountered yourself in a situation like this, this super simple audio player is what might help you. In iTunes, just transfer your audio archive into the app. The player will not apply any smart heuristics, will not try to parse any metadata - it will just present the folder hierarchy to you exactly as you have organized it on your computer. And you can play back any individual track or pick any folder to play all of its contents. The design of the app is very simple, the functionality is intentionally minimalistic, but still: √ in application settings, you can choose one of the four predefined interface color schemes; √ the player can help you to trim unplayable files from your collection - those texts, images, videos, etc. might have been accidentally copied along with music and now just steal precious space inside application bundle, because they can never be played by the app anyway.

Screenshots

HS Player3 screens
Audio Archive Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Audio Archive Player at 5.0 against HS Player's 4.3. Audio Archive Player also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). HS Player's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (210 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Archive Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HS Player has 210 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of HS Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Audio Archive Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HS Player ships an update every 2 weeks, Audio Archive Player every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HS Player versus Audio Archive Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHS PlayerAudio Archive Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (210 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings210 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy GolubevSergey Shapovalov

Customer experience

HS Player

All ratings207 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative9.1%

Audio Archive Player

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HS Player

No in-app purchases

None

Audio Archive Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HS Player free?
HS Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Archive Player free?
Audio Archive Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HS Player or Audio Archive Player?
Audio Archive Player is rated higher. HS Player averages 4.3 out of 5 from 210 ratings, while Audio Archive Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HS Player or Audio Archive Player have ads?
Neither HS Player nor Audio Archive Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HS Player or Audio Archive Player?
HS Player ships an update every 2 weeks, and Audio Archive Player every 12 months. Most recently, HS Player was updated on July 4, 2026 and Audio Archive Player on June 1, 2026.

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