Recommend to me a music player for iOS

[Sandy Bridge]

I'm in the market for a better music player for iOS.  Currently, the solution I have - Apple Music - ranks third of the three platforms I've used in recent years for playing mp3s, behind Windows (where I used MusicBee and occasionally Zune) and Symbian (where I use QuasarMX, which is available for almost any platform except iOS).

 

What problems am I trying to solve?  Mainly:

 

 - I have a mix of classical and non-classical tracks.  Apple Music doesn't do a good job of classical, where the composer is the primary differentiator, not the artist.  E.g. I want to drill down on Mozart first, not whether it's played by a particular symphony.

 - Being able to filter by genre (or groups of genres), then by artist, for non-classical.  Apple Music only allows genre, then album, which is useful in some cases but not ideal in all.

 - Much less important than on desktop, but still nice to have, is the ability to display lyrics.

 - Also much less important than on desktop, but nice to have, is FLAC support.

 

It also must be ad free, although it does not have to be free.  All mp3s will be stored locally, no cloud/streaming services desired.

[ryan]

ios? itunes dude...i know thats not what your looking for but its slim pickings. i would personally download iheart radio and use that

[kojack]

You could try some on this list.  Seems you may find something suitable there.  Apple is re'doing their music app for classical music asap too. My son who has autism loves classical so he is going to enjoy when they finally get that rolled out early in 2023. 

 

13 Best Music Player Apps For iPhone, Free iPhone Music Apps 2023 (techpout.com)

[Sandy Bridge]

I am curious to see what their classical redo looks like.

 

Skimming through that list (which is unfortunately very surface-level and non-opinionated as all such lists are), the one that jumps out is Foobar.  Though mainly due to name recognition, it probably isn't the best one on the list.  Worth a try though.

 

Opinions based on experience are still appreciated!  I trust the members of this forum more than app store reviews, it's rare indeed that I find such reviews to be informative.