Comparison

Muso.AI vs ASCAP

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

Head to head
About

Muso.AI

This app serves as the industry standard for music credits, allowing artists to claim, verify, and manage their professional contributions. It helps artists track their legacy and future work, including linking to streaming platforms for metadata management. Pro features offer in-depth analytics and social sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Claim and verify artist profiles
  • Add and edit legacy music credits
  • Manage future song and album credits
  • Link Spotify artist page for metadata
  • Access album and track analytics
  • Share lifetime streams
  • Get streaming and chart updates
Features
Read full description

Welcome to the industry standard for music credits. Discover why Grammy-winning professionals around the world are using Muso.AI to claim and verify their credits. Claim your profile today to get started! Download Muso.AI to: - Claim and verify your profile(s). - Add and edit your legacy credits. - Manage future credits as new songs and albums hit the market. - Claim your Spotify artist page to import and manage your metadata. Upgrade to Muso.AI Pro to: - Gain deeper insight into your career with album and track analytics from top streaming platforms including Spotify, Soundcloud, TikTok, Shazam and more! - Share your Lifetime Streams with your fans on social media. - Get daily updates on streaming and chart/playlist activity. - Access and share your managed Discography Playlist, curated with *your* credits. Stay connected! - Instagram: www.instagram.com/muso.ai - TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@muso.ai - X: https://x.com/ai_muso - Facebook: www.facebook.com/musoaiapp - Partnerships: sales@muso.ai For a full description of our privacy practices, please visit our Privacy Center.

About

ASCAP

This app helps ASCAP members manage their music catalog, register new works, and track royalty distributions. It also offers tools for finding collaborators, accessing educational resources, and discovering industry events.

Highlights
  • Manage music and metadata
  • Register new music
  • Scan catalog for data health
  • Check royalty distributions
  • Find collaborators
  • Access music industry education
  • Discover events
Features
Read full description

If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.

Screenshots

Muso.AI4 screens
ASCAP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ASCAP at none against Muso.AI's 6. ASCAP also leads on ads (none vs shown). Muso.AI's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, 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. Muso.AI sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month. ASCAP asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Muso.AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Muso.AI has 1.8K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Muso.AI's written reviews are positive against 69% of ASCAP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muso.AI ships an update weekly, ASCAP monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Muso.AI versus ASCAP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuso.AIASCAP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.8K ratings) — better4.5 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews67.2% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better35
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB67 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMuso.AI, IncASCAP

Customer experience

Muso.AI

All ratings1,844 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative27.6%

ASCAP

All ratings35 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

Muso.AI

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Search function crashes the app
  • Profiles and credits not syncing properly
  • Verification issues when adding collaborators
  • App not loading or crashing on iOS devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Apple Music
  • Improve search and credit editing functionality
  • Provide more detailed analytics and reporting
  • Allow users to manually add and manage credits

ASCAP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Muso.AI

Subscriptions6
  • Muso.AI Pro7 Days trial$12.491 Month
  • Muso.AI Pro Montly$12.491 Month
  • Muso.AI Pro Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Muso.AI Pro Plus Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Muso.AI Pro Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Muso.AI Pro Plus Annual7 Days trial$450.001 Year
None

ASCAP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Muso.AI free?
Muso.AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASCAP free?
ASCAP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Muso.AI or ASCAP?
Muso.AI is rated higher. Muso.AI averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while ASCAP averages 4.5 from 35 ratings.
Do Muso.AI or ASCAP have ads?
Muso.AI shows ads; ASCAP does not.
Which is updated more often, Muso.AI or ASCAP?
Muso.AI ships an update weekly, and ASCAP monthly. Most recently, Muso.AI was updated on October 29, 2026 and ASCAP on October 25, 2026.

Other comparisons