At a glance
| MP95 | Audirvana | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Watch | Mac, Windows |
| Price model | Free on Android; free to start on Apple, Pro yearly or lifetime | Subscription |
| Plays your own files | Yes | Yes |
| Formats | 35+ codecs, 49 file types | Wide |
| FLAC / ALAC / WAV / AIFF | Yes | Yes |
| DSD (DSF, DFF) | Yes, to PCM | Native / DoP |
| Imports from the Apple Music library | iPhone, iPad | — |
| Wi-Fi, cable, AirDrop, USB drive, NAS | Yes | — |
| Cloud drives and servers | Any Files-app provider, SAF folders | Qobuz, Tidal, UPnP |
| Works offline with no account | Yes | Partly |
| No ads on any tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bit-perfect path | Yes | Yes |
| Output rate follows the file (USB DAC) | Yes | Yes |
| Gapless | Yes | Yes |
| ReplayGain | Track / album | — |
| Headphone crossfeed | bs2b, 3 presets, free | Via AU plugins |
| Equalizer | 5-band + 14 presets | Via AU plugins |
| Tag editor | Yes | — |
| Retro machines (cassette, vinyl, reel, wheel…) | Yes | No |
| Real analog tape / vinyl sound | Yes | No |
| 8D audio, slowed + reverb | Yes | — |
| Music visualizer | Yes | — |
| Flashlight follows the bass | Yes | — |
| Home screen widgets with transport | Yes | — |
| Apple Watch | Remote | No |
| Mac app | Yes | Yes |
“Partly” = exists with limits (a paid tier, an account, a narrower scope). “—” = not a listed feature, or one we could not confirm; it does not mean “no”. Other apps’ details are as of September 2026 and can change; check their store listings.
What Audirvana has that MP95 does not
Audirvana’s niche is the full studio-grade toolkit: exclusive (hog) mode and integer mode, native DSD and DoP, high-quality upsampling, Audio Unit plugins for room correction and EQ, UPnP renderers across the house, and Qobuz and Tidal in the same library.
What MP95 has that it does not
MP95 covers the core of it without a subscription or an account: every file decoded by FFmpeg, the output device switched to its rate and restored when you quit, a 24-bit line with no needless dither, the Mac’s own volume, gapless, ReplayGain, and bs2b crossfeed built in. It opens files from Finder, remembers where you stopped, edits tags, and has four decks that fill the window. One purchase covers the iPhone and iPad apps too, and the Android version is free.
Which to pick
Pick Audirvana for DoP, upsampling, plugins or streaming. Pick MP95 for a clean, rate-matched path with crossfeed, no subscription, and a player that is a machine.
Frequently asked questions
Do MP95 and Audirvana both play FLAC?
Yes. MP95 also plays DSD, APE, WavPack, Opus, WMA and 30 more codecs, and shows format, bitrate and sample rate on the machine.
Does MP95 need an account or internet?
No. MP95 has no network access, no account and no ads on any platform.
What is free in MP95?
On Android, everything. On iPhone, iPad and Mac, the cassette deck and turntable with the whole Hi-Fi path, every format and offline playback; MP95 Pro unlocks the other machines and the full sound desk.
Can I use MP95 and Audirvana together?
Yes. They read the same files.