MusicMessages! vs Smoothi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MusicMessages!
Collaborate with friends on melodies using a playful, bite-sized sequencer. Explore dozens of instruments and multiple layers within a vibrant interface.
- Collaborative music creation
- Bite-sized sequencer
- Dozens of instruments
- Multiple layers
- Bubble-poppy interface
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Make music with your iMessage friends! MusicMessages is a bite-sized sequencer designed for playful melodic collaboration. Featuring dozens of instruments, multiple layers, and a snappy, bubble-poppy interface. What more is there to say? Tap that download button!
Smoothi
Create personalized music playlists with seamless song transitions. Mix genres and energy levels, or explore trending mixes. Enjoy uninterrupted listening for workouts, road trips, and parties.
- Customized playlists
- Seamless song transitions
- Genre mixing
- Energy level control
- Trending mixes
- Ad-free listening
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Smoothi is a new way to experience popular music: play customized playlists with seamless transitions between songs. Choose your favorite music genres (Pop, Hip-hop, and R&B), extras (including EDM, Pop Rock, K-pop and Latin Hits), mix energy, and more, or select trending mixes from the Hot Crate. Press play and enjoy your music mix of new and past top hits without ads or interruptions. Great for working out, road trips, parties with friends, and all sorts of other occasions! Browse as a Guest to try 10 minute previews. With a Freemium Account, play up to 200 minutes in a two week period. Premium Accounts are $5 per month to unlock unlimited minutes and 3-hour Party Mixes. Available in the USA. App terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smoothi at 4.6 against MusicMessages!'s 4.3. Smoothi also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 67%). MusicMessages!'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. MusicMessages! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smoothi sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smoothi holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MusicMessages!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Smoothi's.
| Parameter | MusicMessages! | Smoothi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alexei Baboulevitch | Cuetessa, Inc. |
Customer experience
MusicMessages!
Smoothi
In-app purchases
MusicMessages!
- Unlock Everything$0.99
Smoothi
- Smoothi Premium$4.991 Month
