DDP Player vs Strumn
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.
Strumn
Streamline your music career with an all-in-one platform for managing schedules, bookings, communications, and payments. Connect with venues directly, find gigs, and receive secure direct deposit payments. Simplify your business operations and focus on your art.
- Schedule and booking management
- Direct venue communication
- Gig discovery
- Secure payment processing
- Direct deposit payments
- 1099 tax form support
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Strumn is your all-in-one platform for managing your schedule, bookings, communications, and payments with venues. Tired of blasting out hundreds of DMs and cold calls to venues and never hearing back? Use Strumn to ensure that your pitch finds its way to the right person without going through Instagram or Email. On the road and looking for a Friday night gig in the city? Use Strumn to quickly find a venue who loves your genre and has an opening in their calendar. Still waiting on that check or cash payment after you performed? Use Strumn to receive scheduled direct deposit payments from the venue, including a 1099. Terms & Policies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.strumn.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Strumn at 5.0 against DDP Player's 3.0. Strumn also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). DDP Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.4). On price, 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. Strumn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. DDP Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Strumn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strumn has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of DDP Player's written reviews are positive against 67% of Strumn's.
DDP Player ships an update every 3 months, Strumn every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DDP Player | Strumn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pieter Stenekes | Strumn LLC |
Customer experience
DDP Player
Strumn
In-app purchases
DDP Player
No in-app purchases
Strumn
- Monthly Plan$10.001 Month
- Yearly$90.001 Year
