Plum Music Player vs ThinMP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plum Music Player
This music player offers a beautiful interface that prioritizes your music library, supporting both Apple Music and Spotify. Organize your albums, artists, and playlists with custom folders and easily manage your playback queue. Enjoy a streamlined listening experience with simple gestures and deep personalization.
- Integrates with Apple Music and Spotify libraries
- Customizable folders for albums, artists, and playlists
- Queue Builder for managing playback
- Landscape mode with 'Album Flow'
- Last.fm integration for scrobbling
- Simple gestures for one-hand usage
- Deep personalization options
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"This has to be a hidden gem of the App Store. Most apps that focus on putting albums in your library at the forefront are aimed at Apple Music users. This app caters for them and Spotify users!! ... As someone who likes what I like and has no real interest in music discovery, this app has taken me back to a far simpler time when picking something to listen didn’t take ages." ~ mickygerrard, App Store review (5 stars) HIGHLIGHTS • Works with your Apple Music, iTunes or Spotify* music libraries • Gorgeous interface that puts your music front and center • Favourite items • Folders which you can build out of any combination of albums, artists and playlists • Queue Builder • Landscape mode with "Album Flow" • Last.fm integration for scrobbling • Simple gestures for easy one-hand usage • Deep personalization * Requires account with active Spotify Premium subscription. Free-tier accounts will not be able to use full functionality of Plum's integration with Spotify IN-APP PURCHASES Plum is a free app that can be used without purchasing any in-app products. As a new user you have access to a free 14-day trial to use all of the available features without any restrictions. After trial period ends you'll be able to continue using the app and all of it features, but you may be seeing an annoying popup here and there motivating you to upgrade to Plum PRO. I want to give everyone as much time as needed to explore the app freely but further development relies on incoming revenue. ___ Standard Apple's EULA applies - read it here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ThinMP
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ThinMP is a simple music player. Features - device music play - background play - favorite artists - favorite songs - playlists - shortcuts https://github.com/tcode-dev/ThinMP_iOS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThinMP at none against Plum Music Player's 8. Plum Music Player's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Plum Music Player sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. ThinMP asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plum Music Player ships an update every 4 weeks, ThinMP every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plum Music Player | ThinMP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Wienconek | Taichi Katsura |
Bugs and requests
Plum Music Player
Reported bugs
34 issues- Surf icon doesn't work
- Crashes when pressing and holding on a song
- Freezes when trying to skip tracks from 'Songs' view
- Only shows 2 artists and albums
- Constant errors (too many requests try again later)
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- Constant disconnects from Spotify
- Library never syncs
- Spotify will no longer connect
- Gives a rate limiting error every single time
- Sometimes it plays two songs at the same time
- Trouble handling large playlists (2000+ songs)
- Music menu is bugged
- Won't let me continue after the second startup page unless I login with Spotify
- Lost connection to Spotify three times within a minute
- Theme settings reset every time the app is opened
- Playlists are not in the correct order anymore
- Purchase options do not work
- No way to contact developer without Twitter or iOS email
- Very unorganized and not intuitive
- App crashes just seconds after opening
- Can't get Spotify to sync
- Music playback unreliable
- App seems designed to work only with files on the device
- Starts to play the song, stutters, then stops
- Overlapping text for example
- Not that many songs have their lyrics
- Unlock price nearly doubled
- Google Music (not YouTube music) integration
- Pop up scroller on the right hand when navigating through Playlists
- Sort playlists by the natural order they're in within the Spotify app
- Albums not appearing as full rows but alternating
- Loop is not working
- Hung on start screen after update
- No iCloud access
Requested features
26 requests- More sideloading options via iPadOS folders
- What's new section from following
- Ability to select multiple items for bulk playlisting/favoriting
- Landscape mode integration
- Option to play song with a simple tap
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- French translation
- Crossfade
- Lyric support with duration and cover art view
- Search by genre
- Search artist and play all songs with their name
- Custom default sorting preferences
- Import music from third-party apps via share sheet
- EQ built into the app
- Light and dark mode
- Disable pop-up scroller on the right
- Sort playlists by natural order
- Organize artists by genre
- Volume normalization
- Google Music integration
- Improve UX design
- Buttons to navigate to Spotify/Music app
- More information on screen and smaller font
- Clean up animation for swiping back
- Fix design quirks like overlapping text
- Fix albums not appearing as full rows
- Fix loop not working
ThinMP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plum Music Player
- Plum+ Yearly$4.991 Year
- Tiny Tip$0.99
- Classic Player UI$0.99
- Small Tip$1.99
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- Medium Tip$2.99
- Incredible Tip$4.99
- Plum+ Lifetime Promo$12.99
- Full version unlock$19.99
ThinMP
No in-app purchases
