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24 alternatives to A Better Local Music Player

iOS music player app for playing locally-stored music

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. A Better Local Music Player launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Tiny Player for Mac▲86
Minimalistic music player with clean UI & quick search
2021 · catnapgames.com · its alternatives →
2
Spotify Miniplayer▲510
Discreetly play music, podcasts & videos on desktop
2024 · community.spotify.com · its alternatives →
3
Soor▲157
Discover music a lot better on Apple Music
2019 · soor.app · its alternatives →
4
Poolside FM for iPhone▲642
A pool party in your pocket
2020 · cellular.poolside.fm · its alternatives →
5
Lofi FM▲174
online lofi music player
2022 · lofi-fm.kiranv.in · its alternatives →
6
Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS▲202
I have a large collection of music files gathered over the years, so I was sorely missing a decent offline music player that can serve as a frontend for the collection. I tried several Mac apps over the years, but since streaming music is mainstream now, there aren't good offline music players that meet my needs. So I spent the last 3 months building Petrichor! The idea is to solve my problem and learn Swift UI development along the way, while giving back to the community with this open-source project! Here's a list of features it has, with more getting added in future; - Everything you'd…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
7MN
Minimal native MP3 player for Mac▲156
2018 · catnapgames.com · its alternatives →
8
ThinMusic▲76
A web player for Apple Music
2018 · thinmusic.com · its alternatives →
9
LÜM | For Artists & Super Fans▲71
Discover the Best Music You Have Never Heard
2018 · liveundiscoveredmusic.com · its alternatives →
10
Local Music Organizer for Mac▲83
Ultimate toolkit for local Apple Music library maintenance
Aug 2026 · local-music-organizer-site.pages.dev · its alternatives →
11
Vinyls▲208
A beautiful music player for iOS
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
Plexamp▲147
A small music player with a number of unique features
2017 · forums.plex.tv · its alternatives →
13
Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web Appfree▲136
Listen to Lo-fi music radio Taiki on the Lofimusic open-source player: an installable Progressive Web app (PWA) written in Go (Golang).
2020 · lofimusic.app · its alternatives →
14
Player▲73
iOS app that re-imagines your music collection
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Krate▲73
Social app to rate and find music, Letterboxd for music
2021 · krateapp.net · its alternatives →
16
Soor for Mac▲105
A native Apple Music app for Mac
2024 · soor.app · its alternatives →
17
Wave▲73
A fast, minimalistic gesture-based music player app
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Pipe▲78
A music player for iOS that lets you share music via WiFi
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
Mp, a hybrid isomorphic web/desktop music player▲23
Hybrid music player. Contribute to ondras/mp development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
Doppler for Mac▲91
A music player for people who buy music. Now on Mac.
2021 · brushedtype.co · its alternatives →
21
playAppleMusic.com▲89
An (unofficial) web player for Apple Music
2018 · playapplemusic.com · its alternatives →
22
Music Max▲62
A minimalistic music player for YouTube
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
feverTunes▲81
A web player for Apple Music support adding tags to playlist
2018 · fevertunes.com · its alternatives →
24
AMPod Music Player▲11
Vsiaulizations, Equalizer, Local Music Player for IOS
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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