Playlist Lab vs Visorium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Visorium
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Visorium is a video player built for NAS and personal media servers. Connect directly to your home storage and stream your collection — no downloads needed. Features: • Multi-protocol — WebDAV, SMB, FTP/SFTP, NFS, DLNA/UPnP • Media servers — Plex, Emby and Jellyfin support • Works out of the box with Synology, QNAP and more • Powerful player — MKV/AVI/FLV and more, live audio-track and subtitle switching • TMDB poster wall with automatic movie & TV metadata • Playlists & history — auto-resume, favorites, iCloud sync across devices • Native on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV Visorium Pro (optional in-app purchase) unlocks unlimited media-source accounts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Visorium at every 2 weeks against Playlist Lab's every 27 months. Playlist Lab's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Playlist Lab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Visorium sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Playlist Lab ships an update every 27 months, Visorium every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playlist Lab | Visorium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Schardt | 晗 林 |
In-app purchases
Playlist Lab
- Authoring$1.99
- Pro Features$4.99
Visorium
- Visorium Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Visorium Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Visorium Pro Lifetime$49.99
