Comparison

MusicFreq vs Longplay

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

Head to head
About

MusicFreq

This app visualizes music playback with real-time frequency spectrum graphs. It offers extensive customization for graph types, colors, and playback controls, syncing with your device's music library. Enjoy dynamic visualizers that react to your audio.

Highlights
  • Real-time frequency spectrum graph
  • Customizable graph types (line, scatter, bar)
  • Album artwork color matching
  • Intuitive tap and swipe controls
  • iOS system player integration
  • Bluetooth remote control support
  • BPM analysis and title animations
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MusicFreq is a music player. MusicFreq analyzes the audio data of the DRM Free music being played and visualizes it in a real-time frequency spectrum graph. This graph appears when you're playing DRM-free (unprotected) MP3, M4A, AIFF, etc. music files that have been synced to your Music Library using your Mac or Windows computer and then downloaded to your device. Music purchased from AppleMusic or iTunesStore is in m4p (AAC) format protected by DRM (Apple FairPlay). Please note that protected audio files and cloud items will not be displayed in the graph. (Music can still be played.) Graphs can be customized as line, scatter, and bar graphs. The screen color changes to the same color as the album artwork of the music being played. You can control music with tap, long tap, left and right swipe. Display the simplified setting menu with the upper swipe. You can quickly change the basic color of the screen to your favorite color with few operations. Screen rotation is automatic and can be displayed and operated in both portrait and landscape. MusicFreq controls the iOS system player, so the music to be played is shared with the music library of the iOS Music App, the music controller widget in the lock screen and the control center, the equalizer for the music in the settings app. You can also use the timer stop setting within the settings app to stop playback. It is also possible to remotely control the player from a Blutooth device. Preparation Add DRM-free music files such as MP3 and M4A (unprotected AAC) to the Music app library on your Mac or Windows computer. Connect your iPhone to your Mac or Windows computer and sync your music library. Download the synced DRM-free music in the Music app on your iPhone and start playing it. Make sure the graph is displayed in the MusicFreq App. Function FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) of voice data and high frequency real time display of frequency spectrum graph MP3 BPM (Beat Per Minutes) analysis and title string blink animation Title string morphing animation Album artwork display Forced screen rotation lock operation Reproduction of iTunes playlist folder hierarchy Automatic scale expansion/contraction for MP3 in linear scale graph display Player operation Tap: Play / Pause Swipe left / right: Back / forward Long tap on left / right area of ​​screen: fast reverse / fast forward Seek bar (slider) tap: Move to any playback time position Swipe up: Display customization menu Swipe down: Display song list Two finger swipe left and right : Change graph type Two finger swipe up and down : Change graph granularity Two finger rotation : Change graph layout Pinch-in: Logarithmic scale Pinch out: Linear scale Graph customization Select from 5 types: line graph, scatter diagram, bar graph (short, long, dotted line) Audio stereo channel left / right graph independent, right channel graph reversed left / right, left / right mixed drawing Graph peak hold, descent, and bound display Automatic adjustment of graph drawing timing (Automatic audio delay matching with Bluetooth audio device connection, manual adjustment is also possible) Adjustment of drawing display information amount Adjustment of drawing update speed Change color (customize menu) Linear scale / logarithmic scale graph display change Notes All audio files in the music library can be played, but only DRM-free (unprotected) music files such as mp3 and m4a can be displayed as a graph. Also, cloud items cannot be analyzed on the device and will not be displayed in graphs, so please download them to the device using a genuine iOS music app. You cannot add DRM-free music files to your library on only device such as an iPhone iPad or iPod Touch. You need a Mac or Windows Computer to load DRM-free (unprotected) music files such as mp3s and m4a into your iOS Music App library. Graph drawing is a heavy processing load, which can cause your device to overheat and consume more power. Please be careful of your battery level.

About

Longplay

Rediscover your music library with this app that beautifully displays your album artwork. Explore forgotten favorites and play music with smart sorting options like addiction, brightness, and recency. Organize albums into collections and enjoy infinite shuffle.

Highlights
  • Album artwork display
  • Smart sorting options
  • Album collections
  • Infinite album shuffle
  • Home screen widget
  • CarPlay and Siri support
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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Do you have an album collection of dozens to thousands of albums? Does the next song of an album already start playing in your head when one finishes? Longplay is for you. Longplay presents a beautiful view of the album artworks of the (near) complete albums in your music collection. It let's you rediscover forgotten favorites or just play the music you love, and explore it with various smart sort options: - Orderliness: by artist, then by album - Addiction: by amount of time spent listening - Brightness: by the primary color of the album artwork - Negligence: by the time it’s been since you’ve last listened to the album, weighted by the rating - Recency: by date added - Memory: by last played - Stars: by the rating you’ve provided for each song - Random: a new order, every time you tap it You can organize your albums into collections, which sync across your devices. Infinite album shuffle let's you stay in the flow, with smart shuffle depending on your current collection or sort order. It comes with a home screen widget that displays the top albums by your nominated sort order. On the larger widget, tap an album to play it, on the smallest it doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button to start playback of one of them. It supports CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight.t supports CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts. It works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes or synced manually. --- Important: Longplay does not ship with any music included, it is instead a player for your music library - be it from Apple Music, iTunes or your synced music. It provides a filtered view of just the albums of which you have all or most of the songs, as well as your playlists; thus focusing on your album collection without any singles or albums where you only have very few songs. --- Tap an item to play (or pause). Long tap for additional options, such as adding to your album queue or to a collection. It works with libraries big and small, and besides regular albums it also handles compilation albums and playlists. Comes with Shortcuts actions to play a random top album by a defined sort order, or a random album, optionally filtered by artist or genre. All of that with Longplay's logic that makes sure that it's an album for which you have all or most songs. It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Fully VoiceOver accessible.

Screenshots

MusicFreq4 screens
Longplay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Longplay at $7.49 against MusicFreq's $35.99. Longplay also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (170 vs 2). MusicFreq's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MusicFreq costs $35.99 and Longplay $7.49 up front. Longplay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MusicFreq asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Longplay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Longplay has 170 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MusicFreq's written reviews are positive against 77% of Longplay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MusicFreq ships an update every 2 months, Longplay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
MusicFreq versus Longplay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusicFreqLongplay
Price$35.99$7.49 — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (170 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews77.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2170 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjunichi sakonakaAdrian Schoenig

Customer experience

MusicFreq

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Longplay

All ratings170 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative12.9%

Bugs and requests

MusicFreq

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Longplay

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on startup with large libraries
  • UI constantly freezes during album loading
  • Device becomes very hot during operation
  • Doesn't load entire music library
  • Gapless playback creates overlapping songs
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  • Purity option for gapless play doesn't work
  • Scrobbling incomplete (only first few tracks)
  • CarPlay support broken after updates
  • Vision Pro immersive view crashes
  • Settings window cannot be minimized
  • Allow selection toggle loses memory
  • Widget doesn't show album artwork
  • Sort by feature missing since iOS 26
  • Album library not syncing with Apple Music
  • Crashes when immersive view selected
  • Player window too large in panorama mode

Requested features

20 requests
  • Search functionality for albums and artists
  • Track listing display during playback
  • Skip/back track controls
  • Volume control in app
  • Sort by release year
Show 15 more
  • Sort by genre/categories
  • Show album information and metadata
  • Play Next/Play Later queue management
  • Open album in Apple Music link
  • Delete albums from library option
  • View only complete albums toggle
  • Exclude specific albums (e.g., Christmas albums)
  • macOS version of the app
  • tvOS app version
  • Higher resolution album artwork
  • Album cover size randomization in grid
  • Immersive listening room environments
  • Album liner notes viewing
  • Widget improvements for album display
  • Autocorrect toggle for search

In-app purchases

None

MusicFreq

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Longplay

One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
  • Large Tip$10.00

Questions

Is MusicFreq free?
MusicFreq costs $35.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Longplay free?
Longplay costs $7.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MusicFreq or Longplay?
Longplay is rated higher. MusicFreq averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Longplay averages 4.6 from 170 ratings.
Do MusicFreq or Longplay have ads?
Neither MusicFreq nor Longplay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MusicFreq or Longplay?
MusicFreq ships an update every 2 months, and Longplay every 3 weeks. Most recently, MusicFreq was updated on October 24, 2026 and Longplay on October 29, 2026.

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