Comparison

crabhands vs Listen Later

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

Head to head
About

crabhands

Stay updated on your favorite artists' new music releases with instant notifications. Connect your Spotify account to track followed artists and discover upcoming tracks. New music is automatically added to a dedicated Spotify playlist for easy listening.

Highlights
  • Artist tracking
  • New music notifications
  • Upcoming release alerts
  • Spotify integration
  • Automatic playlist creation
  • Push notifications
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Let us track your favourite artists and send you notification alerts when they release new music on Spotify, or when we discover any upcoming releases for them! To set up a new account, just hit the Sign Up button, follow the instructions and then login to your Spotify account. We will scan for the artists that you follow. A list of the latest new releases will then be available in the app. If we find any upcoming releases for them we will also display these in the app. If you've enabled push notifications then we'll notify you when we find new and upcoming releases for your artists. New music releases are by default added to a playlist which we create within your Spotify account so that you have one easy place to listen to new music. You can change this option at any time from the Settings screen. We sync the artists you follow on Spotify before we check for new releases, so if you have followed new artists then they'll get included when we scan for new releases. Please note: you cannot listen to the releases within the app - you do this within Spotify as usual.

About

Listen Later

This app acts as a music to-do list, helping you save albums and tracks you discover. It allows you to create personal listening queues and collections for any mood or event, then play them through your preferred music service.

Highlights
  • Music to-do list
  • Save albums and tracks
  • Personal listening queue
  • Create music collections
  • Play through favorite services
  • Build listening history
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Listen Later – your music to-do list Listen Later is your reminder and play-queue companion for music — a to-listen list for albums and tracks you don’t want to forget. Save music as you discover it, then come back and play it through your favourite service — Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, and more. Use On Rotation as your personal listening queue. Add albums you want to check out, or keep track of the ones you currently have on repeat — your “best of the best”. Whether it’s a new release, a friend’s recommendation, or a timeless classic, they’ll all be waiting when you’re ready to listen. Want to keep a record of what you’ve been loving lately? Every so often, save your On Rotation list to the Collections Library to build a history of your listening journey — a musical time capsule. You can also create standalone Collections for any mood, event, or era: your all-time favourite dance albums, the soundtracks of your teenage years, or the perfect mix for an upcoming road trip. When it’s time, just hit play. Powered by the vast Apple Music catalogue, Listen Later makes it easy to find nearly any album ever released. Then, play it wherever you like — Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, and beyond. Listen Later — don’t just queue it, remember it.

Screenshots

crabhands4 screens
Listen Later4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Listen Later at 4.3 against crabhands's 3.8. crabhands's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (50 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Listen Later holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: crabhands has 50 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

crabhands ships an update monthly, Listen Later every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
crabhands versus Listen Later: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercrabhandsListen Later
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (50 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid UnderwoodBreakbeat Ltd.

Customer experience

crabhands

All ratings47 ratings
Positive68.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative23.4%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative22.8%

Listen Later

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

crabhands

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Re-login required every time the app is opened
  • Incessant sign-ins after app revamp
  • Login is broken after new update
  • App is completely outdated (3 years)
  • App freezes on iPhone 12 and iOS 16.2
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  • Switched Spotify account, now uses Login with Apple ID, doesn't retrieve followed artists
  • App crashes on iOS 14.2
  • App gets stuck on initial loading screen
  • Can't connect to Spotify
  • Redirects to reset Spotify password when trying to log in
  • Login issues with recaptcha on Spotify
  • Doesn't show all releases from Spotify
  • Some releases arrive with delay
  • Notifications shown, but tapping doesn't load content
  • Stopped adding new songs to the Crabhands Spotify playlist

Requested features

7 requests
  • More filtering options
  • Option to filter by followed artists only
  • In-app payment option (Apple ID)
  • Donate option
  • Apple Music integration
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  • Browser experience
  • Refined artist adding section

Listen Later

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

crabhands

No in-app purchases

None

Listen Later

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is crabhands free?
crabhands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listen Later free?
Listen Later is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, crabhands or Listen Later?
Listen Later is rated higher. crabhands averages 3.8 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Listen Later averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do crabhands or Listen Later have ads?
Neither crabhands nor Listen Later shows ads.
Which is updated more often, crabhands or Listen Later?
crabhands ships an update monthly, and Listen Later every 3 months. Most recently, crabhands was updated on October 20, 2026 and Listen Later on October 24, 2026.

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