Comparison

crabhands vs Selectr

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

Selectr

Features
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Take control of your Spotify library. Swipe through your songs, rediscover forgotten tracks, and clean up your playlists in minutes. • Swipe right to keep, left to remove • Review liked songs or any playlist • See popularity, genres, and explicit markers Your Spotify login is secured with OAuth, and Selectr only uses the permissions needed to update your library. Requires an active Spotify account. Not affiliated with Spotify or Deezer.

Screenshots

crabhands4 screens
Selectr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: crabhands at none against Selectr's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
crabhands versus Selectr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercrabhandsSelectr
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (50 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid UnderwoodAlastair Grant

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

Selectr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

crabhands

No in-app purchases

None

Selectr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is crabhands free?
crabhands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Selectr free?
Selectr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do crabhands or Selectr have ads?
Selectr shows ads; crabhands does not.

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