Rhythmic vs 8DMusic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhythmic
This music player uses bilateral stimulation to pan audio back and forth to the beat of your songs. It can play music from your computer, iTunes, or AirDrop. This app is not intended for therapeutic use.
- Bilateral stimulation audio panning
- Plays music from computer, iTunes, AirDrop
- Syncs panning to song beat
- Simple and easy-to-use interface
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Rhythmic is a simple, easy-to-use music player which employs bilateral stimulation. Rhythmic can play your favorite music from your computer, the iTunes Store, or AirDrop, and pan it back-and-forth to the beat of the song. Bilateral stimulation is a rhythmic left-to-right stimuli often employed in many therapeutic settings. Please understand that this app and its features are not for use in therapeutic settings, and do not carry any promise, guarantee, or implication of treatment. Discontinue use if you experience adverse side effects.
8DMusic
Transform any audio into an immersive ASMR experience for sleep, focus, or relaxation. Import your own music from various sources and enjoy a personalized concert-like listening session.
- Convert audio to ASMR
- Immersive 8D audio effect
- Import personal audio files
- Multiple import methods (Share, AirDrop, WiFi)
- Works with existing music library
- Sample songs included
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8DMusic turns any song into ASMR or 8D Audio that you can use for sleep, focus, relaxation, meditation or just for fun. It's like your favorite artiste performing at a concert with only you in it. It's the most immersive audio you have listened to yet. Getting started is very easy: you can import songs from your computer/phone or create a new song from scratch simply by describing it! You can import your own audio files into the app using 3 channels: 1. From other Apps: You can import songs in other apps on your phone (Files, Photos, Drive etc.) into the app. You simply 'share' the songs and choose 'Copy to 8DMusic' in the list of actions. 2. AirDrop: Send songs from a Mac, iPhone or iPad via AirDrop to your iPhone and choose '8DMusic' in the list of apps that appears. 3. Over WiFi: Use the built-in WiFi import feature to import songs from a computer, phone etc. via a browser. If you have songs in your Music library already, 8DMusic will also automatically import - and work with - those. Once your songs are loaded into the app, you can immediately start listening to them with the 8D effect. Please note that 8DMusic won't work with songs in iCloud or songs saved from Apple Music or Spotify or any other DRM-protected audio files. Ratings are super useful. If you enjoy the app, please give us a rating. If you have questions, please check the FAQ section on the app's Settings page or contact us at contactus.8dmusic@gmail.com. Happy listening! Our terms of use and privacy policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-for-8DMusic-1d1e280fd37f8039949ecb241b20dfd8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 8DMusic at 3.7 against Rhythmic's 3.3. 8DMusic also leads on ratings volume (106 vs 7). Rhythmic's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Rhythmic sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and 8DMusic sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
8DMusic holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8DMusic has 106 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Rhythmic's written reviews are positive against 28% of 8DMusic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rhythmic ships an update every 8 days, 8DMusic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rhythmic | 8DMusic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) | 3.7 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 28.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hunter Eisler | Taiwo Adedotun |
Customer experience
Rhythmic
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In-app purchases
Rhythmic
- $0.99 Tip$0.99
- $1.99 Tip$1.99
- $4.99 Tip$4.99
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- $9.99 Tip$9.99
8DMusic
- 8DMusic Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- 8DMusic Yearly (no trial)$9.991 Year
- 8DMusic Yearly14 Days trial$16.991 Year
- 10 Song Credits$1.99
- 30 Song Credits$3.99
- 60 Song Credits$5.99
