# Qobuz: Music & Editorial

> The best music quality

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id946429340](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id946429340)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id946429340`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Qobuz
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (19,210 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16
- **First published:** 2014-12-16
- **Size:** 164 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qobuz-music-editorial/id946429340)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/discover/legals/privacy](https://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/discover/legals/privacy)

## Description

**Qobuz** is a premium music streaming app designed for listeners who value exceptional sound quality and expert curation. Explore over 100 million tracks in lossless CD quality and Hi-Res audio up to 24-bit/192 kHz, including new releases, reissues, and exclusive content.

Discover human-curated playlists across genres, music news, artist interviews, reviews, deep-dive features, lyrics, digital booklets, and Hi-Fi equipment guides. Qobuz also supports offline listening, downloads, Qobuz Connect, Chromecast, AirPlay, Roon, and compatible high-end audio equipment. New users can try Qobuz Solo free for 30 days without commitment.

## Rankings

- #12,126 — Overall
- #26 — hd quality
- #40 — music
- #40 — playlist
- #46 — quality
- #90 — play

## Review summary

Users praise Qobuz for top‑tier sound quality and artist‑friendly ethics, but reliability and usability struggles hinder adoption. Recurrent themes include playback interruptions, offline/download issues, a cluttered interface and queue, gaps in the catalog, and problematic CarPlay performance. Addressing offline play, stability, and navigation would greatly improve the experience.

### Pros

- Exceptional sound quality unmatched by competitors (e.g., Spotify).
- Artist-friendly approach with fair compensation and rejection of AI, plus human curation.
- Expansive and curated library offering diverse discovery.
- Active ongoing development and improvements by the app team.

### Cons

- Frequent playback interruptions and instability (pauses, stops, delays) across devices.
- Offline downloads do not reliably play offline; downloads sometimes fail, disappear, or require re-downloading; consumes significant storage.
- Clunky UI/UX and problematic queue management; slow responsiveness and hard-to-find controls.
- Content gaps and catalog inconsistencies (missing artists/albums, titles disappear), affecting discovery.
- CarPlay and driving usage experience is poor due to cutouts and playback issues.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id946429340)