Comparison

vinylcloud vs Covers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Matrix-style music library layout
  • Super fast user interface
  • High resolution images
  • Automatic album artwork download
  • Supports Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod
Features
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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.

Screenshots

vinylcloud3 screens
Covers4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Covers sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. vinylcloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
vinylcloud versus Covers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametervinylcloudCovers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJoe GoldadeImre Katai

Customer experience

vinylcloud

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Covers

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

vinylcloud

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Covers

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Playlist support$0.99
  • Online content$0.99

Questions

Is vinylcloud free?
vinylcloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Covers free?
Covers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, vinylcloud or Covers?
vinylcloud and Covers are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do vinylcloud or Covers have ads?
Neither vinylcloud nor Covers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, vinylcloud or Covers?
vinylcloud ships an update every 12 months, and Covers every 6 weeks. Most recently, vinylcloud was updated on October 12, 2026 and Covers on October 14, 2026.

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