mubo vs The Queue
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
The Queue
This app allows guests to collaboratively build a real-time music queue for playback on your device. It's ideal for parties and gatherings, using a voting system to prioritize popular songs. Enjoy shared music experiences without the hassle of managing requests.
- Collaborative music queue editing
- Real-time playback
- Like/skip voting system
- Anonymous song queuing
- Host music queues for free
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Tired of trying to find the right music for your guests? Are jukeboxes maybe just a little too expensive? No matter the occasion, The Queue is the perfect way to ensure your guests enjoy the music they love, without the guesswork. The Queue is a mobile jukebox that allows your guests to collaboratively edit a single queue of music for playback on your own device, in real time. Ideal for parties, car rides, restaurants, and much more! The Queue uses a like/skip voting system to sort queued songs by popularity and allows users to easily and anonymously queue the music they love, so you can stop worrying about what everybody wants to listen to. Host a queue for free, today!
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Verdict
mubo and The Queue both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 59% of mubo's written reviews are positive against 20% of The Queue's. mubo also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 30). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 and The Queue sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for mubo against 4.7 for The Queue. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mubo has 153 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of mubo's written reviews are positive against 20% of The Queue's.
mubo ships an update every 2 months, The Queue every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mubo | The Queue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (153 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Marcel Dittmann | Universal Queue LLC |
Customer experience
mubo
The Queue
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
The Queue
- Full Host Access$2.991 Month
