Folder Music+ vs Audio Archive Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Folder Music+
This app lets you play music stored on your device or in the cloud. Organize your music into playlists and enjoy features like shuffle, repeat, and background playback. Control playback with your earphone button.
- Offline and cloud music playback
- Playlist creation
- Shuffle and sequential play
- Repeat options (all, one, none)
- Background playback
- Earphone button controls
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Folder Music+ is a music player app that allows you to enjoy music both offline and from the cloud. ▶ How to play music - First, you need to have music files stored on your device or in your personal cloud. 1. Tap the Plus (+) button 2. Enter a playlist title 3. Choose one of the following options: A. Cloud / Folder B. Music Library (usually music synced from a PC) 4. Select a title from the list 5. On the playback screen, tap "Add Track" → "Add Music" 6. Play the music ▶ Features - Shuffle (random) play and sequential play - Repeat options: No Repeat, Repeat All, Repeat One - Background playback - Earphone button control support
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audio Archive Player at 100% against Folder Music+'s 42%. Audio Archive Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Folder Music+'s advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (38 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Audio Archive Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Folder Music+ has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Folder Music+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Audio Archive Player's.
Folder Music+ ships an update every 11 days, Audio Archive Player every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Folder Music+ | Audio Archive Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EONSOFT | Sergey Shapovalov |
Customer experience
Folder Music+
Audio Archive Player
In-app purchases
Folder Music+
No in-app purchases
Audio Archive Player
No in-app purchases
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