Comparison

Playlist Lab vs CRPlayer

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

Head to head
About

Playlist Lab

This app allows users to create and edit music playlists with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality. It supports tracks from iTunes and audio files, offering advanced sorting and crossfading features for a seamless listening experience. Enjoy real-time audio spectrum displays during playback.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop playlist creation
  • Create playlists from artists, composers, or genres
  • Edit track genre and rating
  • Sort tracks by various criteria
  • Random sorting with shuffle preview
  • Automatic and manual crossfading
  • Real-time audio spectrum display
Features
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Playlist Lab gives you the ability to take charge of your music. • Create and edit playlists with easy drag and drop • Display lists of tracks of any artist, composer, or genre, creating playlists from them with a single command. • Edit the genre and rating of tracks, create new genres. • Include tracks from inside your iTunes library and from audio files too. • Sort by title, artist, composer, genre, rating, last played date, etc... • Sort randomly. See the order of tracks in “shuffle” mode before they play. Drag and drop to tweak the order. Playlist Lab allows cross-fading between tracks. It has a unique auto-crossfade-time feature that finds quiet sections at the beginning and ending of tracks and brings them together for seamless playback. You can manually adjust the automatic crossfade times. See the loudness-vs-time curve for each track. A real-time audio spectrum display informs and entertains during playback.

About

CRPlayer

Experience music with a realistic vinyl record player simulation. Interact with virtual records, change playback speed, and enjoy detailed animations. Unlock advanced features with in-app purchases for a personalized listening experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic vinyl record playback simulation
  • Interactive touch controls for speed and scrubbing
  • Detailed jacket and turntable animations
  • Select music from your library
  • Customizable record and player aesthetics
  • In-app purchases for advanced features
Features
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From taking a vinyl record out of the jacket and putting it on the turntable to start playing, to finishing the performance and putting it back in the jacket, it moves just like a real player. You can touch the vinyl record with your finger to change the speed, stop the turntable with your finger for scrubbing, or stop the tone arm with your finger to make the needle skip. But, unlike the real thing, no matter how harshly you handle it, the original sound source will not be damaged at all! Enjoy the feeling of listening to records on a record player to your heart's content. Feature - The jacket and turntable display are fun to look at. - Free selection from your music library. - 4 types of vinyl disk form from donut record to LP record. - A cool animation of the record playback process. - Auto start behavior like a real player. - The front of the jacket depicts the artwork. - Tap the edge of the jacket to flip it over to the back of the jacket. - On the back of the jacket is a list of songs that can be selected by tapping. - Use the slider on the back of the jacket to freely seek within the song. - Split multiple songs into side 1 and side 2 like a real record. - A prank of slowing down by touching the record disk with a finger. - Scrubbing play by moving the turntable with your finger. - Stop the tone arm with your finger and play a needle jumping prank. - Tap the tonearm with your finger continuously to generate short repeats. In-app purchases add the following features. (You can try it out for 2 weeks with a free in-app purchase.) - Auto stop behavior like a real player. - Adjust and change single-sided/double-sided settings to your liking. - Select rotation of 33⅓ or 45. - Fine tune between 200 cents above and below in 25 cent increments. - Add scratch noise to enhance the feeling of playing a record - Retro sounds from portable players, transistor radios and telephones. - Select record disk color from black, red and blue. - Select the label color from 7 colors. - Change the color of the turntable mat to your liking. - You can save the record coordinated to your liking as a virtual record on apps record shelf. Note: Playing songs outside the iPod library is not supported. Compatibility Requires: iOS 12.0 or later Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

Screenshots

Playlist Lab4 screens
CRPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CRPlayer at every 4 months against Playlist Lab's every 27 months. Playlist Lab's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Playlist Lab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and CRPlayer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.0 for Playlist Lab against 2.0 for CRPlayer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playlist Lab has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playlist Lab ships an update every 27 months, CRPlayer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Playlist Lab versus CRPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaylist LabCRPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (6 ratings)2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher SchardtKazuo Kamata

Customer experience

Playlist Lab

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

CRPlayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Playlist Lab

One-time2
  • Authoring$1.99
  • Pro Features$4.99
2 purchases

CRPlayer

One-time2
  • Extra Features TrialFree
  • Extra Features$1.99

Questions

Is Playlist Lab free?
Playlist Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CRPlayer free?
CRPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Playlist Lab or CRPlayer?
Playlist Lab and CRPlayer are both rated 2.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Playlist Lab or CRPlayer have ads?
Neither Playlist Lab nor CRPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playlist Lab or CRPlayer?
Playlist Lab ships an update every 27 months, and CRPlayer every 4 months. Most recently, Playlist Lab was updated on October 5, 2026 and CRPlayer on October 4, 2026.

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