EasySync vs Snapcast - multi-room audio in perfect sync
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
EasySync
Synchronize images, videos, audio and downloads with your WebDAV server. Synchronize in both directions. Secure and open source. What is synchronized: * Images, video, screenshots that are displayed in your gallery will be synchronized. This includes images and videos in `DCIM/`, `Pictures/`, `Movies/` and `Download/` * If they are only available in a specific app but not in gallery, they won't be synchronized * Please note that messaging apps (messages, whatsapp, signal, etc.) generally offer you the choice between saving files in your gallery (in such case they will be synchronized) or not * All audio and music files that are visible in `Alarms/`, `Audiobooks/`, `Music/`, `Notifications/`, `Podcasts/`, `Ringtones/` and `Recordings/` will be synchronized * Beware that google's own voice recorder stores its files privately and offer its own cloud synchronization. They won't be synchronized by EasySync * All downloaded files in `Download/` will be synchronized, whether they are pdf, epubs, documents, images, etc. What is not synchronized: Everything not explicitly stated above is not synchronized. More specifically: * Applications * Applications data/state * Messages * Contacts * Games progress * Wifi or network parameters * Android settings and phone customization Files on **SD Card** are **NOT** synced
Snapcast - multi-room audio in perfect sync
Snapcast is a Snapcast control client and player for Android. It uses the Snapcast JSON-RPC API to control your synchronous multi-room audio player. This App is not meant for productive use and will only run when you have a Snapserver installed in your local network. Snapcast is a multi-room client-server audio player, where all clients are time synchronized with the server to play perfectly synced audio. It’s not a standalone player, but an extension that turns your existing audio player into a Sonos-like multi-room solution. The server’s audio input is a named pipe /tmp/snapfifo. All data that is fed into this file will be send to the connected clients. One of the most generic ways to use Snapcast is in conjunction with the music player daemon (MPD) or Mopidy, which can be configured to use a named pipe as audio output.
| Feature | EasySync | Snapcast - multi-room audio in perfect sync |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | ProductivityMedia PlayerCloud StorageMessagingVideoBrowser | MusicMedia PlayerMessagingVideoBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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