mubo vs RequestBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mubo
Collaboratively curate music playlists for parties and events. Guests can vote on songs, influencing the playback order. Seamlessly integrate music from various streaming services to create a shared listening experience.
- Create or join music boxes
- Vote on songs to influence playlist order
- Integrate music from Apple Music, Spotify, Audius, YouTube
- Guest song submission (optional)
- Automatic vote cooldown for re-voting
- Real-time playlist updates
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Music is listened together. Now also decided together. - With mubo. Connect to a Musicbox or create your own. Your Musicbox is ready to use within seconds. Just add a Playlist and press play. Just try it, it's really that simple. The idea: The song with the most votes is the furthest up in the playlist of the Musicbox. To keep it exciting, the cooldown resets all votes after a fixed time and everybody can vote again. You can add your own music or easily add music from AppleMusic, Spotify, Audius or YouTube to your Musicbox. Then you just have to start your Musicbox and your guests can already vote for their favorite songs. If you allow it, your guests can even add songs to your Musicbox. The song with the most votes is the furthest up in the playlist of your Musicbox. To keep it exciting, the cooldown resets all votes after a fixed time and your guests can vote again. Follow us on social to stay updated. Facebook: fb.me/muboapp Twitter: @muboapp
RequestBox
This app simplifies managing song requests for events and venues. Hosts can create digital request boxes for guests to submit and vote on songs, either in advance or live. Guests can easily find and request songs, and follow their favorite hosts.
- Create digital song request boxes
- Guests submit and vote on requests
- Search songs via Spotify
- Set access pin codes
- Optional Spotify playlist integration
- No guest sign-up required
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RequestBox is an app that enables you to manage song requests at events and venues. Hosting an event? Use RequestBox to create a box for your guests to drop their song requests in. You can create a box to get song requests in advance to help prepare a setlist. Or create a box during the party and receive live requests. Guest at a party? As a guest, you can influence the music by dropping song requests or by voting on other guests requests. You can also create an account to follow your favorite hosts/DJs and be the first to know when they create a new box. Note: RequestBox does not manage music playback. It is up to the host to use their preferred platform to source and play the music. Main features: • No sign ups required for guests. Just download the app, search for the box and request away. • Search for your favorite songs with the help of Spotify search • Boxes can be opened for up to 48 hours. You can also set a pin code for access, modify the request interval per guest and much more. • Optional Spotify playlist integration for your box. * Spotify features may be limited to territories and regions where Spotify is available
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RequestBox at none against mubo's 4. RequestBox also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 59%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. mubo sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. RequestBox asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for mubo against 4.8 for RequestBox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 409 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of mubo's written reviews are positive against 83% of RequestBox's.
mubo ships an update every 2 months, RequestBox monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mubo | RequestBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (153 ratings) | 4.8 (409 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 | 409 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Marcel Dittmann | Gideon de Brouwer |
Customer experience
mubo
RequestBox
Bugs and requests
mubo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RequestBox
Reported bugs
1 issue- Email link expired seconds after receiving
Requested features
24 requests- Option to create QR code for easy joining
- Ability to share box instantly via QR code
- Option to create a QR code for printing on slides/posters
- Bar code generation for easy sharing
- Generate a link or QR code straight to a box for an event
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- Export lists for later analysis
- Import own photos playlist (file import)
- YouTube integration for search engine
- Upload custom GIFs or pictures for events
- Different box for photos
- Allow clients to interact with one another
- Cloud storage option
- Schedule a box in advance
- Respond to requests (e.g., checking off, unavailable, played, upcoming)
- Bold or resize text for better readability
- iTunes integration
- Upload corporate logo (GIF or pic) for box backgrounds
- Notification to requester if song is unavailable
- Request music on other streaming platforms (e.g., Apple Music)
- Send event link via text or email
- Add section for preferred music tastes in profile
- Add business contacts with clickable links in profile
- Allow resizing of uploaded profile photos
- Enable location services for nearby box visibility
In-app purchases
mubo
- 100 Coins Package$0.49
- Patron$3.99
- 1100 Coins Package$3.99
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- 11100 Coins Package$44.99
RequestBox
No in-app purchases
