Comparison

Amuse Music Distribution vs MerchMaster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Amuse Music Distribution

Distribute unlimited music to major streaming platforms and social networks quickly. Artists retain 100% of their royalties and earnings, with tools for release building, promotion, and financial tracking. Offers automated advances and flexible royalty splitting.

Highlights
  • Unlimited music releases
  • Deliver to all major streaming services
  • Keep 100% of earnings
  • Intuitive release builder
  • Schedule release dates
  • Promotional pre-saves and smartlinks
  • Daily insights and financial statements
Features
Currently charting
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Release unlimited music from your device to the world in as little as 24 hours. That’s why hundreds of thousands of artists, teams and labels release through Amuse. - Release unlimited music with any of our plans - Deliver to all major streaming services and social networks - Keep 100% of your earnings and royalties - Intuitive release builder makes it easy to create releases and credit contributors - Schedule your release date with any of our plans - Promotional pre-saves and smartlinks available for all releases - Understand what’s happening with your music with daily insights - Spotify verified artist checkmark available to all artists - Detailed financial statements - Withdraw your royalties whenever you choose - Split royalties with your contributors - All artists eligible to receive automated advances - Fast support from real people - Music stays live if you cancel your plan - Plus much more Sign up today, choose a plan that suits you, and within hours your music can be on its way to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, YouTube and many others! Read the Amuse Terms of Use at https://www.amuse.io/en/resources/terms-of-use/ and the Subscription Terms of Use at https://www.amuse.io/en/resources/terms-of-use-subscriptions/

About

MerchMaster

Features
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Merchmaster is a merchandise selling app that let's you track your sales and inventory. It also gives you detailed reports about what payment options were used, what your most popular items are and what merchcuts you need to pay to the venue. The app syncs all your sales data from each show to all your devices so everybody can sell merchandise and a quick overview over your sales performance. It takes into account the cost to produce the items, taxrates, fees for the different payment options and more. The show reports are stored in your account and can be easily exported to excel.

Screenshots

Amuse Music Distribution4 screens
MerchMaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Amuse Music Distribution at every 2 weeks against MerchMaster's monthly. Amuse Music Distribution also leads on chart position (#122 vs unranked). MerchMaster's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Amuse Music Distribution sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and MerchMaster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Amuse Music Distribution ships an update every 2 weeks, MerchMaster monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Amuse Music Distribution versus MerchMaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmuse Music DistributionMerchMaster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#122 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB90 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAmuseio ABDavid Schiminski

Bugs and requests

Amuse Music Distribution

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Bugs with release date selection
  • Problems with cover art uploads

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more music genres
  • Allow custom profile pictures on streaming platforms
  • Provide more detailed earnings reports
  • Improve communication and response times from support

MerchMaster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Amuse Music Distribution

Subscriptions9
  • Amuse Pro Monthly2 variants$7.991 Month
  • Amuse Boost Yearly$23.991 Year
  • Amuse Artist Yearly$23.991 Year
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  • Artist Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Amuse Pro Yearly2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Amuse Professional Yearly$59.991 Year
  • Amuse Professional L2 Yearly$84.991 Year
  • Amuse Professional L3 Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Amuse Professional L4 Yearly$264.991 Year
2 purchases

MerchMaster

One-time2
  • 999 volume$8.99
  • 2499 volume$22.99

Questions

Is Amuse Music Distribution free?
Amuse Music Distribution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MerchMaster free?
MerchMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Amuse Music Distribution or MerchMaster have ads?
Neither Amuse Music Distribution nor MerchMaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Amuse Music Distribution or MerchMaster?
Amuse Music Distribution ships an update every 2 weeks, and MerchMaster monthly. Most recently, Amuse Music Distribution was updated on October 31, 2026 and MerchMaster on October 10, 2026.

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