Metal Archives vs Quick Synonyms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metal Archives
This app serves as a comprehensive encyclopedia for metal music, offering detailed information on bands, releases, artists, and labels. Users can explore discographies, read reviews, manage personal collections, and discover new music through various search and browsing options.
- Band and release details
- Discography and member lists
- Reviews and ratings
- Collection management
- Deezer music previews
- Advanced search and browsing
- Customizable themes and fonts
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Application’s features: • Homepage: statistics, new archives, latest additions, latest updates, latest reviews, upcoming albums. • Band details: general infos, logo and photo, discography, members list, reviews list, similar artists, related links. • Release details: general infos, cover photo, reviews list, track listing, song’s lyric, lineup list, other versions, additional notes. • Artist details: general infos, biography, photo, bands involved. • Label details: general infos, sub-labels, current & past roster, releases, related links. • User details: general infos, reviews, collection, submitted bands, modification history. • Manage your bookmarks: add/remove/edit bands/artists/labels/releases. • Manage your collection: add/remove/edit releases. • Deezer Search & Preview (30 seconds preview) which allows user to listening to band's top tracks and releases inside the app. • Search & track history. • Simple search: band name, music genre, lyrical themes, album title, song title, label, artist, user. • Advanced search: band name, album title, song title. • Browse bands by letter, country of origin, music genre. • Browse labels by letter, country of origin. • Browse deceased artists. • Random band. • Customisable theme with 4 built-in themes: default, light, vintage & unicorn. • Customisable font size: default, medium, large. • Customisable default discography mode: complete, main, lives, demos, misc. • Today widget keeps you up to date. • 3D touch for quick actions: search, random band.
Quick Synonyms
Instantly find synonyms for any word directly within other iOS apps. Select text, tap Share, and choose the synonym lookup option.
- Text action extension
- In-app synonym lookup
- Share menu integration
- Works across system apps
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Quick Synonyms provides an iOS text action extension that makes it easy to look up synonyms for words in any app on the system. Just select a word, tap Share from the menu that appears, and choose "Find Synonyms".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Metal Archives at Free against Quick Synonyms's $4.99. Metal Archives also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (398 vs 3). Quick Synonyms's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Metal Archives is free to download; Quick Synonyms costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Quick Synonyms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metal Archives has 398 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Metal Archives's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quick Synonyms's.
Metal Archives ships an update fortnightly, Quick Synonyms every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metal Archives | Quick Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (398 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 398 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thanh-Nhon Nguyen | Furnace Creek Software LLC |
Customer experience
Metal Archives
Quick Synonyms
In-app purchases
Metal Archives
No in-app purchases
Quick Synonyms
No in-app purchases
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