Comparison

Static Music Player vs FLAC Player Offline

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

Head to head
About

Static Music Player

This music player offers advanced audio controls like a graphic equalizer and loudness boost. It supports importing music from various cloud services and local networks, with features like automatic crossfade and album artwork matching.

Highlights
  • 11-band graphic equalizer
  • Automatic crossfade
  • Loudness boost
  • Import from cloud services
  • Import from local network
  • Multiple shuffle modes
  • Album artwork color matching
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Static lets you control EQ, and loudness, import from Airdrop, Dropbox, Google Drive, local network drives, and more. A simple interface with album artwork color matching puts the focus on your music without ads or marketing clutter. • 11-band graphic equalizer that remembers settings for each connected device • Automatic crossfade between tracks • Loudness boost modes • Import new music from: - iTunes / iTunes Match - AirDrop - Dropbox - Google Drive - Amazon S3 - Most SMB local network attached storage - "Open With" from other apps - Import from iCloud storage or apps with document picker extensions • 3 shuffle modes: all, favorites, or by genres • Album artwork color matching • Playlists with custom artwork • Supported file formats: mp3, wav, m4a, m4b, aif, alac, ale & zip • Automatically download missing album artwork over WiFi when available • Easily share a YouTube video of what you are listening to • Share EQ settings with a deep link Questions? Contact support@listensound.com or https://twitter.com/listensound

About

FLAC Player Offline

Enjoy your local music library offline with a player that supports lossless formats and gapless playback. Manage your music, edit tags, and organize playback queues without needing an internet connection or paying for subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Offline playback
  • Lossless audio support (FLAC, ALAC, WAV)
  • Gapless playback
  • 10-band equalizer
  • Wi-Fi file transfer
  • Multiple play queues
  • Tag and artwork editing
Features
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Your music. Your files. No internet, no ads, no subscription. A truly offline music player for your own library: MP3, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AAC/M4A, AIFF, OGG Vorbis and Opus in full lossless quality — with real gapless playback. WHY THIS PLAYER • Truly offline — plays your local files, never needs a connection • No ads, no subscription, no account — ever • Gapless playback that actually works, for live albums, concept albums and DJ sets • Wi-Fi transfer: send music from your computer straight into the app in your browser • Import whole folders and keep their structure — an album stays an album • Or add files through the Files app on iPhone and Finder on your Mac • Albums and Artists with cover art, plus browsing by folder • Sort your songs by title, artist, album, date added or length • Manage your files in the app: delete, rename, move, make folders, select many at once • Edit tags and album artwork right on your phone • 10-band equalizer with presets • Playlists — build your own, import and export M3U • Sleep timer with fade-out • Crossfade between albums, gapless inside them • Genres tab, albums sorted by year with decade headers, a header for each disc of a multi-disc album, and compilations kept together as one album • Up Next: see, reorder and clear what plays next — Play next and Add to queue never interrupt the song that's playing • Shuffle by songs, by whole albums, or less-played first; keep several queues and switch between them • Link folders from the Files app and play them in place, without copying them into the app • Lossless and Hi-Res badges, and an audio panel that shows each file's format, bit depth and sample rate — and whether it is resampled on the way out • Album covers in full quality — double-tap to zoom • If a file can't be imported, the app tells you which one and why, so you can try again • Plays over Bluetooth headphones, speakers and your car stereo (Bluetooth, AUX or USB); control playback from the lock screen, Control Center and Apple Watch GREAT FOR • Audiophiles with FLAC and hi-res collections • Anyone with an MP3 library built from years of purchases and rips • Travelers and commuters who don't want to burn data • Everyone tired of renting their own music back through subscriptions HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your music: import single files or whole folders, send them over Wi-Fi from your computer, or drop them in through Finder or the Files app. 2. Your library is organized by album, artist and folder automatically. 3. Press play. Everything works offline, forever. Your music files never leave your device. No analytics, no tracking, no account. This player plays your own music files. DRM-protected Apple Music tracks cannot be played. Press play on the music you already own.

Screenshots

Static Music Player4 screens
FLAC Player Offline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Static Music Player at 4.0 against FLAC Player Offline's 1.5. Static Music Player also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 33%) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Static Music Player holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Static Music Player has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Static Music Player's written reviews are positive against 33% of FLAC Player Offline's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Static Music Player versus FLAC Player Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStatic Music PlayerFLAC Player Offline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (21 ratings) — better1.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequency—Every 2 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperListen Sound LLClapnito.cz s.r.o.

Customer experience

Static Music Player

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative26.3%

FLAC Player Offline

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Static Music Player

No in-app purchases

None

FLAC Player Offline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Static Music Player free?
Static Music Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FLAC Player Offline free?
FLAC Player Offline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Static Music Player or FLAC Player Offline?
Static Music Player is rated higher. Static Music Player averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while FLAC Player Offline averages 1.5 from 2 ratings.

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