crabhands vs Record Station
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Record Station
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Record Station is an application that allows you to keep a list of albums you want to listen later, set notifications for them, and log your experience with them afterwards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Record Station at 13.4 against crabhands's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
crabhands ships an update monthly, Record Station every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | crabhands | Record Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Underwood | Gorkem Baris Yesiltas |
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
Record Station
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
crabhands
No in-app purchases
Record Station
No in-app purchases
