Car Audio vs Music Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Car Audio
A music player designed for in-car use, featuring a landscape interface and simplified controls. It prioritizes ease of use while driving, with integrated map display for navigation.
- Landscape mode playback
- Optimized for car use
- Easy-to-use interface
- Integrated map display
- Music playback
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This application is a music playback application that can be used in landscape mode. This app has been developed specifically for use in cars. For example, map display and easy-to-use user interface. This app uses the standard Apple End User License Agreement (EULA). You can review the terms here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Music Plus
Enhance your music listening experience with a third-party player offering landscape mode, easy song addition, and customizable artwork display. Enjoy intuitive controls and quick library management for seamless music enjoyment.
- Landscape playback mode
- Quick song addition to library
- Lock screen widget for song addition
- High-quality artwork saving
- Customizable text sharing for music
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Music Plus is a third-party music player app that was born from two simple ideas: the lack of support for landscape mode in the music app on iOS and the complicated process of adding songs to the library. It's constantly adding new features and aims to be the best companion for enjoying music. With Music Plus, you can enjoy a landscape mode that keeps the screen from turning off and displays the song's beautiful artwork and information. The large playback controls make it easy to switch songs, and gestures can even enable fuzzy operation. Music Plus offers multiple options for quickly adding songs to the library, including within the app and through widgets. This feature is especially useful for radio enthusiasts who don't want to miss out on a good song. iOS 16 users can also add a lock screen widget for one-click song additions. In addition to its landscape mode and quick add features, Music Plus also supports high-quality artwork saving and sharing music using fancy text. More new extended features are coming soon. We're always looking for ways to improve, so if you have any thoughts or ideas, please don't hesitate to reach out. Email: feedback@ideasfrom.com Twitter: @IdeasFormApp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Car Audio at 76% against Music Plus's 14%. Car Audio also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5). Music Plus's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Car Audio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Music Plus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Car Audio holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Car Audio's written reviews are positive against 14% of Music Plus's.
Car Audio ships an update every 2 months, Music Plus every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Car Audio | Music Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takashi Yamaguchi | Hangzhou Gongshu District Xiangde Software Development Studio |
Customer experience
Car Audio
Music Plus
In-app purchases
Car Audio
- Premium$1.491 Month
- Ad-Free$9.99
Music Plus
- Music Plus Pro$0.99
- Music Plus Pro EA$0.99
