# Houdini Playlists — user reviews > 271 indexed App Store user reviews of Houdini Playlists by Apollo Labs, rated 4.50/5 from 2,426 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/houdini-playlists/id1123530435/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/houdini-playlists/id1123530435.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,952 · 4★ 163 · 3★ 50 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 234 ## What do users think of Houdini Playlists? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient transfers - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 🔥 Works as advertised - 💯 Accurate song matching - 🤑 Good value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent transfer errors - 👎 Doesn't work for large playlists - 🤖 Poor customer support - 💰 Requires subscription - 🔍 Limited platform support **Commonly reported bugs** - Playlists not showing up correctly - App crashes during transfer process - Restore purchase button not working - Connectivity issues with music services - Incorrect song matching **Most requested features** - Automatic playlist synchronization - Ability to transfer individual songs - Support for more music platforms - Better error reporting and troubleshooting - Option to manually select matched songs ## Newest reviews (20 of 271) ### 1/5 — Used to be great, now lacking *2025-03-02, version 3.1.2* Used to be so easy to navigate and restore my previous purchase from a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, I’m unable to access the app or navigate it to restore my purchase. ### 1/5 — Mala experiencia *2024-11-24, version 3.1.2* No reconoce las playlists largas me indica que tiene 0 canciones ### 1/5 — Waste of my time and money *2024-11-11, version 3.1.2* Gave this garbage app my money just for them to scam me and not transfer all my songs, I would rate this 0 stars if it was possible ### 1/5 — Not able to see songs in my playlist *2024-11-05, version 3.1.2* This was such a waste. I paid for the subscription and now I don't see songs under my playlist from Spotify to transfer as it shows zero songs in my playlist. I wish I could post some screenshots but I'm unable to do it here. Not recommend ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2024-11-05, version 3.1.2* When there a playlist with more than around 150 songs it just says there is no songs in it. ### 2/5 — Help *2024-10-05, version 3.1.2* The songs from my playlist on YouTube music aren’t showing up, it’s saying 0 songs but there’s over 90 songs, what can I do to fix this ? I wanna transfer from YouTube music to Apple Music. How can I contact someone to cancel my subscription, I’ve tried for a few days and it just isn’t working. I want to cancel my subscription. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t transfer *2024-09-10, version 3.1.2* Won’t transfer to Apple Music. Immediately said there was an error. ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD! *2024-08-25, version 3.1.2* Such a scam. Bought this for $5 or so years ago and redownloaded today. They wanted me to pay $1 for a subscription, and when I tried to click “Restore Purchase” the button did not work at all. This is a scam and it is sad. Good riddance. ### 2/5 — DONT USE THIS APP *2024-08-24, version 3.1.2* This app is terrible, it can only move playlists with less than 100 songs, and even then it misses some, replaces them with others, or just adds completely random songs. it may only be $1 a month for the subscription (which obviously you cancel after the first month), but it’s not worth it, just spend a little bit more on a better app ### 1/5 — Useless subscription *2024-08-19, version 3.1.2* I’m not able to custom playlist from Spotify always shows 0 songs in the playlist ### 1/5 — liars *2024-08-14, version 3.1.2* no free trial ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK. SCAM *2024-07-24, version 3.1.2* Doesn’t work. When you open the app, you have no other option but to buy a subscription. Then, once you buy, you’ll discover that the app doesn’t work. It doesn’t load your playlists, doesn’t transfer all the songs over, and isn’t even worth the 99¢ you had to spend. I should’ve focused on the most recent reviews instead of the old ones from five years ago. ### 2/5 — Worked for a second, then never again. *2024-07-24, version 3.1.2* Please, don't spend your money. This worked for half a play list then never again, coming up with errors. When it did work, it was quick and accurate. Great value if it worked, but it doesn't. Other apps offer better value for FREE. ### 1/5 — Restore purchase button isn't clickable *2024-06-29, version 3.1.2* Stealing money. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2024-06-26, version 3.1.2* Downloaded and subscribed, and it didn’t work. Sent an email to support and they couldn’t be bothered to reply. It’s been almost a month. Too many other options to be bothered with a company who can’t respond to an email. Keep the $1 y’all seem to need it more than me. ### 1/5 — disappointed *2024-06-18, version 3.1.2* i tbh had a big hope for this app to be different bc i heard better things about it but it was not able to do what i wanted it to do. i was trying to add the songs on my youtube playlist to my apple music playlist so that i would be able to play without keeping my phone unlocked and still being able to be out of youtube yk. the only reason i was listening to the songs on youtube was because they aren’t on apple music because i’m guessing of copyright claims or such, but i was under the impression that this app (along with others…) would get past that problem but they didn’t. so i’m not sure if there is anyway to get around my problem without paying (… :/) but still this app was disappointing. and still what would be the point if the songs it only did were song available on apple music. i would get if it was a weird only on apple music and not on spotify but i would assume it could do more…. so overall again for the i think third time disappointed. ### 1/5 — No la paguen *2024-06-15, version 3.1.2* No la paguen no sirve para nada ### 1/5 — uh yeah *2024-06-08, version 3.1.2* doesnt work and just tells me that there was an error, and NEVER I MEAN NEVER uploads any playlists i have refreshed the app and streming services apps too but still nothing. extremely disappointing. this was my 3rd app of trying to transfer ny playlist and this was the 3rd app that didnt work. i hope in the future you learn how to better fix your app and communicate with the people. also not worth it to pay $1.49 every month. ### 1/5 — Purchased premium but can’t restore purchase *2024-05-24, version 3.1.2* I purchased the premium version of the app before it turned into a subscription model and now I cannot restore my purchase and the developer has not answered when I’ve contacted them multiple times. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-05-18, version 3.1.2* DOES NOT swap entire playlists - only swaps a few songs. Total waste of money and convoluted refund policy that basically makes it impossible to get your money back. Save yourself the hassle and do not pay for this app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Remove from AppStore *2026-01-30, version 3.1.2* Hasn’t been updated in 4years and it’s evident that they got blocked by the APIs needed to access your playlists. Unfortunately they’ve continued to bill monthly for a service that isn’t supported and does not work. Refund. ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK *2025-12-18, version 3.1.2* paid the $1, everytime i press connect for my spotify it says “authorizing” with a loading screen and then never actually authorizes, waste of my $1 ### 1/5 — HORRIBLE *2025-12-03, version 3.1.2* I never bother going out of my way to leave a review, but I’ll make an exception. I’ve been paying for the subscription thinking that I’ve been making some kind of error when trying to use this app, however, after many months of trying to figure this out to transfer my playlist from Spotify to Apple Music, I’ve realized that the app is just trash. It refuses to connect to Spotify or Apple Music anymore after the latest update updates on Apple don’t waste your money. This is garbage. Oh, and to make matters even better, if you click on their health center link there’s no webpage and if you email the contact that’s listed under their contact us link you’ll get a mailer demon saying that it’s undeliverable. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Connect to Apple Music *2025-11-22, version 3.1.2* The authorization process just keeps looping for Apple Music. ### 1/5 — Previous purchase not restored *2025-10-14, version 3.1.2* I purchased this before. There’s a Restore Purchase button now that doesn’t do anything. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work - money lost *2025-09-28, version 3.1.2* Just kept spinning on Authorization circle and wouldn’t connect to Apple Music OR Spotify. Waste of money. ### 1/5 — Hasn’t worked recently *2025-09-28, version 3.1.2* I’ve used this app occasionally over the years and found it does what it says on the tin. Recently though it only transfers maybe half of what I request from Spotify to Apple Music. Worse it seems to replace the rest with completely random tracks. Now these last couple of weeks it fails to connect to Spotify at all, without so much as an error message. ### 1/5 — Horrible waste of money *2025-09-09, version 3.1.2* Find a different way to transfer music this one is horrible ### 1/5 — Doesn’t recognize 9/10 of my playlists *2025-07-31, version 3.1.2* Yeah straight up pointless app if it doesn’t even recognize the content of almost all of my playlists. Not to mention how painfully sluggish the app is. Tap a menu, wait 10 seconds, tap again, wait 10 more seconds. Avoid this one it’s not even worth the $1 to try it out. ### 1/5 — Button to restore purchase disabled. Illegal? *2025-05-10, version 3.1.2* I don’t think it’s App Store Policy to disable the ability to restore your purchase. Just update and fix it. It’s been years. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It works! *2024-01-11, version 3.1.2* Not sure why the recent reviewers had trouble - this app was surprisingly simple! Well designed, minimal, and most importantly: it works perfectly. ### 5/5 — Absolutely amazing - and FAST! *2023-11-20, version 3.1.2* Works really well, and puts other music transfer apps to shame! My 250-song playlist transferred in seconds flat. Houdini is aptly named, its like magic how well this app works. ### 5/5 — Very very good *2023-02-28, version 3.1.2* Much better than soundiiz and the other apps out there - this actually got it correct ### 5/5 — Works flawlessly *2022-11-19, version 3.1.2* It just simply works. You select which playlist to move and it moves it, and for $0.99 for 1 weeks subscription is easily the best value that I found. ### 5/5 — Y’all sold out bruh *2022-01-21, version 3.1.2* This app was the perfect FREE music transferring app but y’all just HAD to sell out and make it a subscription service smh ### 5/5 — App works great, support is great *2021-11-16* The features and functionality of an app is important. This app connects to music streaming services easily, and the auto sync is great to keep playlists updated no matter which service you make the change in. As for support, I have nothing but really positive things to say about the experience. Good communication, quick resolution, and very friendly. ### 5/5 — Music transfer *2021-09-04, version 3.0.2* All these other apps I’ve been having problems with, and this one does it super fast and takes little to no time. Thanks!! ### 5/5 — So Good! *2021-07-23* Compared to SongShift, this was so much easier to use. With SongShift in made me put in my AppleId and passwords but it still don’t work. For this one, all I had to do was click Apple and it connected to my Apple account without having to sign in or use any of my passwords and made it so much easier to transfer all my playlist over to Apple. ### 5/5 — Life saver *2021-07-05, version 3.0.1* Thank you. ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2021-06-19, version 3.0.1* Awesome app definitely would recommend 😎 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-17.*