Comparison

AVSub vs Setlist Carrot

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

Head to head
About

AVSub

Access and stream your entire music and video library from your SubSonic server. Enjoy offline playback, multi-format support, and seamless casting to various devices. Features include playlist management, enhanced media information, and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • SubSonic server integration
  • Multi-format audio and video streaming
  • Offline caching for playback
  • Playlist support
  • CarPlay and Apple Watch integration
  • Casting support (Chromecast, FireTV)
  • Enhanced media information
Features
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AVSub is a fully featured, multi-language music and video streaming (after in-app purchase) app for SubSonic. With multi-format (including FLAC) support, quick & easy browsing, caching for offline listening or viewing, playlist support and a great user interface, accessing your media is fast and simple. With full Bluetooth Audio, Apple Watch, CarPlay, AVCast/Chromecast/FireTV & Airplay support too, you can have your media with you anywhere, anytime. Connect AVSub to your licensed SubSonic server and you'll have access to your entire media collection. AVSub supports any audio format that SubSonic supports and SSL. AVSub's user interface is easy to use. Buttons are large and clear and playback can be controlled by gestures. Optimized views for both portrait & landscape orientations make the most of your device. AVSub has full Bluetooth Audio support - stream to any Bluetooth device (car stereo, amplifier, speaker, headphones) with superb quality. Bluetooth remote-control is fully supported. AVSub also fully suports CarPlay. The AVSub Apple Watch extension is the easiest way to get your Subsonic playlists onto your watch. The extension supports full background playback. You can take your music with you even without your phone! AVSub supports caching so you can listen to your music or watch video even when you're not connected to the Internet. AVSub will intelligently cache what you listen to in the background, or you can choose to download tracks, albums or videos direct to the cache for quick pre-loading. Cache size is configurable, along with options such as cache reading & writing and the ability to control direct-downloading over a mobile/cellular network. Cache management in AVSub is easy too! When browsing the cache, simple swipe right-to-left on item to reveal a delete button. See the AVSub website for details. AVSub supports Subsonic playlists and will intelligently cache tracks on your device. AVSub can be used on both WiFi or a mobile/cellular connection (3G/4G). Audio caching ensure smoother playback. AVSub shows enhanced information for your media, recognising movies, TV, artists and giving bio information, top tracks and similar artists. AVSub supports the casting app AVCast. With AVSub you can access your full media library by browsing, selecting from the most recently added, most recently played, most frequently played or highest rated tracks, or search over your entire library. AVSub also supports multiple SubSonic top-level music folders, allowing you to select an individual top-level folder, or your entire collection. You can browse by folder structure or ID3 tags. AVSub Features: - Universal app for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch - MP3/AAC/FLAC/MP4/ALAC/Vorbis/Opus/WAV/DSD - High-resolution digital audio output via CCK up to 24bit/192kHz - CarPlay - TMDb integration for full movie & TV posters and details - VLC integration - Equaliser - Mini player - AVCast support - Google Cast & Amazon Fire TV audio and video (after in-app purchase) - Portrait and landscape - Video streaming with caching (in-app purchase) - Subsonic Jukebox (in-app purchase) - Home screen & Notification center widget with recent items - 3D Touch quick action shortcuts - Internet radio - Crossfade - SSL support, including self-signed certificates - Caching for all media - Folder & ID3 mode - Multi-disc album support - Artist Radio/Similar Songs - Intelligent Bookmarks - Podcasts - Gapless playback - Track seeking - Subsonic playlist support - Streams over 3G/4G/5G/WiFi - Maximum streaming bitrate control - Bluetooth Audio/Airplay support - Remembers your playlist from the last session - Streams from any licensed SubSonic server (v4.0 and up) - Browse/search music collection - Browse most recently added, recently played, frequently played, highest rated - Random albums/songs - Shuffle and repeat - Album cover art - Lock-screen integration - Documentation & guides available at the AVSub website - Supports iOS10+

About

Setlist Carrot

Explore past concerts by your favorite artists, discovering the exact songs played at specific shows. Create custom playlists directly within the app, mirroring the authentic setlist order.

Highlights
  • Search artist gigs by location and year
  • View songs played at specific shows
  • Create Apple Music playlists from setlists
  • Relive past concert experiences
  • Discover song covers played live
Features
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Research your next gig or relive your last one. Setlist carrot will allow you to search for your favourite artist gigs down to the location and year of the show to find what songs or covers were played on that night. Forget best of playlists, listen to the tracks in the order the Artist think they should be heard by creating Apple Music playlists of the setlist direct from the app

Screenshots

AVSub4 screens
Setlist Carrot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Setlist Carrot at Free against AVSub's $3.99. Setlist Carrot also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). AVSub's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Setlist Carrot is free to download; AVSub costs $3.99 up front. AVSub sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Setlist Carrot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for AVSub against 3.9 for Setlist Carrot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of AVSub's written reviews are positive against 50% of Setlist Carrot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AVSub ships an update monthly, Setlist Carrot every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
AVSub versus Setlist Carrot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAVSubSetlist Carrot
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (65 ratings)3.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better15
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard LevyLee Gaskell

Customer experience

AVSub

All ratings65 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative24.6%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral9.9%
Negative29.6%

Setlist Carrot

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral26.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

AVSub

One-time5
  • Jukebox mode$0.99
  • Video Playback$1.99
  • Chromecast Video/Audio$2.99
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  • Fire TV support$2.99
  • Google Cast and Fire TV Support$4.99
None

Setlist Carrot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AVSub free?
AVSub costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Setlist Carrot free?
Setlist Carrot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AVSub or Setlist Carrot?
Setlist Carrot is rated higher. AVSub averages 3.8 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Setlist Carrot averages 3.9 from 15 ratings.
Do AVSub or Setlist Carrot have ads?
Neither AVSub nor Setlist Carrot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AVSub or Setlist Carrot?
AVSub ships an update monthly, and Setlist Carrot every 19 months. Most recently, AVSub was updated on September 25, 2026 and Setlist Carrot on June 3, 2026.

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