DDP Player vs Youlean Loudness Meter Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DDP Player
Listen to DDP images on your Apple device. This app allows artists and producers to review masters, checking CD text, ISRC codes, and track spacing. It supports loading DDPs from cloud storage, clipboard links, or iTunes.
- Reads DDP images
- Supports industry-standard DDP protocol
- Loads DDPs from Dropbox, clipboard, or iTunes
- Displays CD text and ISRC codes
- Shows track numbering and spacing
- Requires desktop or OEM serial number/key
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The Sonoris DDP Player is an app that reads DDP images to listen to on your Apple device. The industry standard DDP protocol is supported by all major CD and even vinyl pressing plants, and ensures an error free transfer and manufacture of your master. Whether you are an artist that wants to listen to the final DDP master of your new album or you are a studio owner or producer and want a efficient and quick way to have your masters approved, this app is for you. It can load DDPs directly from a Dropbox account, a download link in the clipboard memory or through the iTunes app. Once downloaded you can open the DDP and see any CD text and ISRC codes, track numbering and spacing, exactly as the mastering engineer has meant it. To use it you need one of these: • a serialnumber for the desktop version of the Sonoris DDP Player or DDP Creator. • a key for the (branded) Sonoris DDP Player OEM. Ask your mastering studio.
Youlean Loudness Meter Lite
This app provides professional audio analysis tools, including LUFS, True Peak, Spectrum, and Vectorscope. It can be used as a standalone application or as an AUv3 plugin within other music production apps. Analyze audio from your device or stream it wirelessly from a desktop DAW.
- LUFS and True Peak analysis
- Spectrum and Vectorscope graphs
- Standalone app and AUv3 plugin
- Wi-Fi audio streaming from desktop DAW
- Record and export audio
- Online streaming presets
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Use it as a standalone APP or as an AUv3 plugin inside your favorite hosts like GarageBand, LumaFusion, or Cubasis. Youlean Loudness Meter Lite is a professional meter that will help you analyze LUFS and True Peak units, Spectrum, and Vectorscope. You can also analyze audio via a local Wi-Fi network coming from a desktop DAW like a Logic Pro. The app can record audio from the internal microphone or connected audio interface. Recorded audio can be exported as a WAV 32-bit float audio file. The FREE version will have everything you need to get the job done. You can also upgrade to the PRO version to get some extra features. PRO features: - LUFS, true-peak, spectrum, and vectorscope graphs. - Online streaming presets, and custom presets. - Custom settings Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Youlean Loudness Meter Lite at 3.8 against DDP Player's 3.0. Youlean Loudness Meter Lite also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). DDP Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Youlean Loudness Meter Lite sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. DDP Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Youlean Loudness Meter Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Youlean Loudness Meter Lite has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of DDP Player's written reviews are positive against 47% of Youlean Loudness Meter Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DDP Player ships an update every 3 months, Youlean Loudness Meter Lite every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DDP Player | Youlean Loudness Meter Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 47.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pieter Stenekes | Julijan Nikolic |
Customer experience
DDP Player
Youlean Loudness Meter Lite
In-app purchases
DDP Player
No in-app purchases
Youlean Loudness Meter Lite
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$17.99
- Lifetime Access Original$29.99
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