Similartist vs hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Similartist
Discover similar artists based on your favorite musicians. Explore related music and find new songs to enjoy. Easily search by artist name to uncover new sounds.
- Search for similar artists
- Discover new music
- Link to YouTube for music videos
- Link to iTunes Store for purchases
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Similartist turns Apple Music's related artists into a path you can follow. Pick one artist. Listen to a few songs from each related artist, choose the one that grabs you, and move on. After five steps, the route you took is saved as a "Trail": a record of how you got from one artist to another, in your own taste. HOW A TRAIL WORKS • Start from an artist you search for, one that's popular right now, a genre, the song playing around you, or the last artist of your previous Trail • Each step shows related artists with three popular songs each, ready to preview • Open an artist's details for more songs, a short bio, and basics such as where they're from and who's in the band • Tap Next on the artist you like, and repeat five times. The list shows how many more you need to pick • In an artist's details, you can add an optional reaction • Finish the Trail and it's saved automatically START FROM WHAT'S PLAYING • Tap the microphone at the top right of Home to recognize the song around you (powered by ShazamKit) and start a Trail from its artist • If a song is playing in the Music app, its artist appears first among the popular artists on Home, so you can start there without the microphone YOUR TRAILS • Revisit every saved Trail: the route, the artists, and their songs • Preview each artist's popular songs, or "Retrace the Trail" to play one song per artist in order • Create an Apple Music playlist from a completed Trail (up to three songs per artist, in route order) • "Explore later" keeps artists you noticed so you can start from them another time • Siri and Shortcuts can start a Trail, open your recent or saved Trails, or continue one. Saved Trails also appear in Spotlight search SIMILARTIST PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • Tags and notes on saved Trails • Collections that organize Trails by conditions • Compare two Trails side by side • Taste Map: the artists across your Trails, including by country • Trail map: your route drawn across the artists' hometowns • Appearance: accent colors and alternate app icons Everything else (search, previews, playback, saving Trails, playlists, Shortcuts) is free. There are no ads, subscriptions, or accounts. ABOUT PLAYBACK Full songs play through Apple Music when you have a subscription. Without one, you can listen to the previews Apple Music provides. Every song links to its page in Apple Music. Artist bios and basics come from Wikipedia and Wikidata, with a link to the original article. Your Trails are stored on your device.
hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート
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好きな曲の「サビだけ」を楽しむ、新しい音楽体験。 hotTunesは、好きな曲の「聴きたい部分だけ」を選んで再生できる音楽プレイヤー。 サビ再生や、ライブ風サウンド、EQ、ビジュアライザーまで搭載。 自分だけの“最高に気持ちいい音楽時間”を作ろう。 ■ 主な機能 ・サビだけ再生:好きなパートだけを選んで聴ける ・サビだけプレイリスト作成:好きな部分だけで並べる新体験 ・音楽ライブラリ対応:端末の曲から選曲可能 ・iTunes Store曲も30秒利用OK ・ライブ音源風エフェクト搭載 ・イコライザ+ビジュアライザー対応 ・曲間の“チャンネル切り替え音”を選択可能 ■ アプリ内課金 ・拡張イコライザ(EQ + ビジュアライザー) ・広告削除 ・お得な「オーディオパック」(EQ + 広告削除) ■ 年額・月額サブスクリプション(hotTunes Plus) ・Apple Musicのプレイリスト作成(EQ、ビジュアライザーには非対応) サビだけ聴きたい。好きなところだけ楽しみたい。 そんな今の音楽の楽しみ方にピッタリの新感覚プレイヤーです。 ぜひ、hotTunesで “聴きたい瞬間だけ” の音楽体験を。 利用規約とプライバシーポリシー: https://blitz-time.github.io/agreement.html https://blitz-time.github.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Similartist at none against hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート's shown. Similartist also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Similartist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Similartist ships an update every 4 days, hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Similartist | hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shohei Komura | SYOTA FUJIWARA |
In-app purchases
Similartist
- 7-Day TrialFree
- Similartist Pro$11.99
hotTunes | サビだけプレイリスト・ABリピート
- 広告表示解除$0.99
- 拡張イコライザー$1.99
- オーディオパック$2.99
Questions
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