Music Player One vs Plinth Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Player One
This application offers a music playback experience with features like smart shuffle and search. It includes playback controls for headphones and supports background audio. Enhance your listening with built-in reverb and bass boost effects.
- Smart shuffle by album
- Smart search
- Headphone playback control
- Background playback
- Reverb with 15 presets
- Bass Boost
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Music Player One is a iPod Library player with smart shuffle, smart search and effects. Player Features: - Repeat by album - Shuffle by album - Control music playback by EarPods/In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic (play/pause and next/previous) - Support background playback. Effects: - Reverb (15 presets) - Bass Boost NOTE: - Does not support DRM files.
Plinth Music
This app is a local music player for users who own their music files. It offers album browsing with full artwork, AI-powered playlist generation based on listening history, and automatic metadata enrichment. It supports various audio formats and file transfers over Wi-Fi.
- Local music playback
- Album browsing with full artwork
- AI-powered playlist generation
- Automatic metadata enrichment
- Gapless playback and crossfade
- CarPlay support
- Wi-Fi file transfer
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Plinth is a local music player for people who actually own their music. Buy it once — no subscription, no account, no cloud required. ALBUM BROWSING Browse your library as albums were meant to be seen. Full artwork, flip through your collection with a swipe. The way music discovery should feel. AI DJ Plinth builds your next queue from your actual listening history. Five providers to choose from: Claude, OpenAI, and Grok with your own API key, or Apple Intelligence and Ollama fully on-device. You pick who's listening. LIBRARY Plinth scans your tags — ID3, FLAC, ALAC — then fills the gaps automatically from multiple music databases. Missing artwork, artist photos, genre? Found and fixed. Duplicate tracks and incomplete albums surface in one place so your library stays clean. PLAYBACK Gapless playback, crossfade, lockscreen controls, and CarPlay support. IMPORT Transfer files from Mac over Wi-Fi — no cable, no drama. DEVICE SYNC Tick albums on your Mac and sync them to your iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi — no cables, no cloud. FORMATS FLAC · ALAC · WAV · AIFF · MP3 · M4A · AAC Your library. Your hardware. Your rules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plinth Music at 4.5 against Music Player One's 3.5. Plinth Music also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). Music Player One's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, 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
Music Player One costs $2.99 and Plinth Music $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plinth Music holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Music Player One's written reviews are positive against 80% of Plinth Music's.
Music Player One ships an update every 4 months, Plinth Music every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Player One | Plinth Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuji Koike | Artem Trukhanov |
Customer experience
Music Player One
Plinth Music
In-app purchases
Music Player One
No in-app purchases
Plinth Music
No in-app purchases
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