Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Music
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
Screens
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7 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Free
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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5/5Edit: they fixed these issues, thank you foobar staff!
I had no issues using the foobar2000 mobile app before, but now on new IOS versions, things that used to work fine don’t. If an album cover isn’t embedded, it will no longer display when playing the files through the “foobar2000 music folder”. This was never an issue before, and I don’t understand what it was changed. My album covers all show up as icons for the folders, but no longer do on song playback. The app icon being forced to the same as the system theme is also frustrating. The white icon is ugly, and I want to be able to use the dark mode icon without forcing my whole system into dark mode. Please fix these issues
cpuertasatcomcastdotnet · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5Helpful
I recently decided to move away from music streaming since I don't like the business model. I also own a lot of CDs that I burned, so I was looking for an app to play downloaded FLACs on when I found this one. Overall, it's great. I wish it had queues, but that is a minor complaint. I have had very little issues getting my audio to playback and everything works great. Displaying the album covers is a great touch as well.
deafP0 · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5Great app! Just a few things
I loveeee foobar; easy folder sharing, detailed playback controls, the layout, I could go on. Of course there’s always something the public wants to complain abt (that’s me I’m the public) I would recommend adding a queue and upgrading the shuffle feature so you can just click shuffle on a playlist and it’ll start playing instead of having to click on a song first then shuffle. Other than that keep up the great work! 🙏🏾
blord11 · 31 Jul 2026
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3/5Crashes irrecoverably when you delete music
In general it's a good music player once you figure out how to add music files to its library. However I tried deleting a folder from the library (via foobar2000 music folder / select folder / long press / delete) and this causes the app to crash. After restarting it crashes again after a few seconds. Only way to recover is to delete the app, delete the music via finder or the files app, then reinstall the app and re-copy music files into its library. But apart from this it's pretty good for a free app.
ジェイソン ⑧ · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5Just what I was looking for
After dropping my mp3 player down a stairwell, I was hoping for an app that would allow the (256 GB) SD card (I had in the player) to be (via a card reader dongle) the music file location. (VCL media player, for example, requires the files to be stored on the device). I didn't want to pay for a subscription to gain this capability. This app did not come up on an app store search; I had to learn about it through one of those "best music player apps" web pages. That it's free adds to the blessing!
jeffry-s · 31 Jul 2026
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Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Versions
App Store
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1.4.3
Crash regressions fixed.
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1.4.4
Various crash bugs fixed. Worked around specific radio stations serving nonsense cover URLs. Fixed downloader failure when downloaded file name is too long. Fixed wrong colors in downloader page.
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1.4.5
Internet radio album cover regression fix.
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1.5
New easily editable skin file format. Default skin updated with now playing track codec information. New DSP effects: Reverb and Echo. Various other minor improvements.
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1.5.2
Fixed various bugs causing app crashes when closing foobar2000. Fixed a bug causing on-screen keyboard to obstruct text being edited in specific scenarios. Unavailable network share folders are grayed but clickable, clicking refreshes their status. Fixed skin colors not being applied in some places. Fixed a 1.4 era regression preventing last viewed folder from being restored after app restart.
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1.5.3
Stability fixes. Final maintenance update for iOS 12 and 13 - next planned version will require iOS 14 or newer.
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1.6
Media Library can now access any folders on your device, content from other apps, USB storage, etc. Added SMB network share support using libsmb2. New network share credentials management system, no more user:password in share address needed. Media Servers page now uses new network location picker to add/edit addresses. Prettier display of network share names, "share on server" style instead of raw URL. Made remember last used browse/playback page across app restarts. Fixed media library merging albums & artists with similar but differently capitalized names. Your library might need rescanning (toggle folders off and back on) for this to take full effect. Added toggle for asymmetric search matching. Dropped support for very old devices. Lowest supported operating system is iOS 14.
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1.6.1
Fixed Media Servers page regressions. Fixed dynamic track title reliability regressions since 1.5 series. Fixed album artist not set for albums with multiple album artists, resulting in multiple albums with same names being merged into one. If playing Matroska file with chapters as one track, individual chapter titles are now shown. Internet radio streaming reliability improvements.
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1.6.2
Restored ability to manually input UPnP media server URLs. When turning console logging on, current backlog is now saved. If internet radio stream is stuck at 0:00, clicking same radio station again restarts it rather than doing nothing. Fixed skinned playback view showing nonsensical remaining time for internet radio streams. Made Media Servers page automatically search local network for SMB and FTP servers. Updated invalid filename character criteria; uploading unsupported filenames via FTP should fail more gracefully; allowed question marks in file names. Fixed Matroska embedded cover display. Reverted 1.6 "share on server" naming of shares in Media Library, to show network protocol (SMB or FTP or other) used. Moved console logs location, no longer creates "Console Logs" in music folder.
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1.6.3
Fixed a bug preventing scanned ReplayGain info from being used, if not written to file tags. Fixed various UPnP related bugs. Added tweak options to disable auto discovery of FTP & SMB servers. Updated RAR extraction code to the latest official code release. Fixed a bug that could cause certain playlist manipulation operations to crash.
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1.6.4
Added tweak option to enable iOS "measurement mode" that minimizes operating system processing of played audio. Workaround for relative URLs in UPnP server replies. Added option to disable pictures in folder browsing views. Fixed crashing if minimizing app while indexing iCloud folders. Fixed foo_upnp stream looping regression. Fixed various issues with manually-entered UPnP media servers, allowed editing of existing entries, made utilize new user/password system. Fixed UPnP incompatibility with Logitech Music Server. Fixed Ogg VBR bitrate display regression from 1.6.3.
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1.6.5
Fixed startup lockup when last browsed location was an inaccessible SMB network share. Reverted use of system SQLite library introduced a few versions ago which was causing issues. Fixed a bug that caused authentication errors when using new network credentials system with FTP folders.
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1.6.6
Fixed crash when rapidly opening then minimizing the app. Fixed various bugs related to external music folders. Made media indexing use less system resources.
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1.6.7
Implemented iOS voiceover interaction with playback controls screen. Fixed crashing on malformed playlists. Fewer HTTP requests per internet radio stream open. Fixed HLS radio starting playback at wrong timestamp. Made printer objects not show in SMB shares. Fixed incorrect seeking in chained Ogg files. Fixed a bug causing spurious "library indexing in progress" prompts.
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1.6.8
Fewer library indexing prompts. Cleaned up voiceover interaction.
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1.6.9
Various stability fixes. Skinning: Fixed [remaining] not being updated correctly.
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2.25
New versioning scheme in sync with desktop foobar2000. Database format changed, now allows any number of artists/genres/etc per track. Your library will be re-indexed on first run. Built-in UPnP media renderer, both client (play to another device) and server (be controlled by another device). New default skin icons based on Google Material icon set. Reworked settings page. Added Audio Unit DSP support (needs to be enabled in settings). Full list of changes available on foobar2000 website.
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2.25.1
Made folder pic sourced covers shown again for icons when browsing by folder. Fixed 2.25 regression causing missing cover art when playing music from folders rather than library views. Made clicking 'search' dismiss on-screen keyboard to show all results, in all search boxes. Renamed "iPod Library" to "Device Music Library"
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2.25.2
Fixed lock up when swiping through views too fast. Fixed incorrect handling of non-alphanumeric characters in network passwords. Made asymmetric unicode search OFF by default. Use plain case insensitive matching for preferences search instead of asymmetric unicode search.
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2.25.3
Media Servers page: use new network folder picker for adding bookmarks. Attempted fix for recurring app-dies-when-minimized bug. Fixed some UI glitches introduced in 2.25.2. Restored compatibility with some http://user:pass@host URLs entered in versions prior to 2.25.2.
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2.25.4
Attempted fix for crashing on iOS 14 devices. Fixed incorrect rendering of skin volume slider element.
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2.25.5
Fixed minimize crash Fixed equalizer sliders regression on iOS 26
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2.25.6
Fixed a bug in library indexing that causes Album Gain values not to be read into the database. To correct missing ReplayGain info, folders must be forcibly reindexed, by disabling & re-enabling in library settings. Made current live console log downloadable via FTP server. Fixed some rare crash bugs.
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2.25.7
Improved UPnP remote control compatibility. Many bugs fixed. Restored support for iOS 12 and 13.
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2.25.8
· 25 Jul 2026
Fixed Ogg/Opus files with single chapter not showing correct track numbers. Restored display of total playlist length in playlist summary. If your playlist doesn’t show it, duplicate it then delete old copy. Improved SMB read throughput over high-latency connections. Updated 7-Zip library to 26.02. Updated UnRAR library to 7.2.7. Fixed wrong toast popup durations. Reduced use of shrink-text-to-fit in settings. Fixed stability issues when playing iCloud content.
Alternatives
- VOX – MP3 & FLAC Music Player — Same category + similar ratings
Availability by market
- US
Data quality & evidence
- Page completeness
- Live store listing
- Last verified
- 31 Jul 2026
- Sources
- App Store
- Independent summary has not been published yet.