vinylcloud vs Covers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vinylcloud
Search and discover music from a vast library, create custom playlists, and play them during events with real-time adjustments. It helps users find trending songs across various genres and organize their music for any occasion.
- Search music by title or artist
- Discover trending music by genre
- Create custom playlists
- Real-time playlist adjustments during playback
- Public broadcast license support for venues
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Search & discover music within the vinylcloud library, plan your playlists, then play them back during your event while making changes on the fly. Features: - Search by title or artist to find your music. - Discover trending music within top song charts across a variety of popular genres. - Create custom playlists. Support: Contact support@vinylcloud.com for questions and support requests. Public broadcast & playback of music within the vinylcloud owned library is limited to venues, bars, clubs, businesses, or organizations that hold a public performance license with BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC. vinylcloud works with our clients & their venue(s) to ensure that all licenses for public broadcast & performance of recorded audio have been obtained. Release Notes Version 1.1.1: Small bug fixes & updated API infrastructure. Version 1.1.0: Just in time for the holidays - Bug fixes (airplay crashes, player window not opening/closing) and UI improvements (it's now easier to use the player volume and time scrubber controls with fat fingers!). Version 1.0.2: Squashed a bug that caused the app to crash on iPads. Version 1.0.1: Squashed a bug that caused app to hang when deleting songs from currently playing playlist. Version 1.0.0: Initial release.
Covers
This music player offers a matrix-style layout for easy library navigation and a fast, high-resolution interface. It automatically downloads missing album artwork from the internet, ensuring your music library is visually complete.
- Matrix-style music library layout
- Super fast user interface
- High resolution images
- Automatic album artwork download
- Supports Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod
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Covers is one of the best music player available in the AppStore. With the matrix style layout you can easily scroll through your music library. The super fast user interface with high resolution images will take care of the best user experience on your device. Missing album artwork download From now if there is no album artwork found, then the application downloads the cover from the internet, based on the album title and artist. So if you have the correct artist and album name in your music library then there will be no more "no cover" image.
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Verdict
vinylcloud and Covers both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of vinylcloud's written reviews are positive against 60% of Covers's. vinylcloud also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Covers's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Covers sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. vinylcloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for vinylcloud against 5.0 for Covers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of vinylcloud's written reviews are positive against 60% of Covers's.
vinylcloud ships an update every 12 months, Covers every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vinylcloud | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joe Goldade | Imre Katai |
Customer experience
vinylcloud
Covers
In-app purchases
vinylcloud
No in-app purchases
Covers
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Playlist support$0.99
- Online content$0.99









