Comparison

ClassicalPlayer vs Derecom Music Player

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

Head to head
About

ClassicalPlayer

Organize and play your local music library by composer and piece. This app presents your music arranged by classical works, allowing you to select specific movements for playback. It offers alternative views by album, artist, songs, and playlists.

Highlights
  • Organize music by composer and piece
  • Play movements in order
  • View music by album, artist, songs, playlists
  • Extracts piece and movement names from track names
  • Works with device's music library
Features
Currently charting
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Is music more to you than just "songz"? When picking something to listen to, are you as likely to think of a composer and piece as an album? Is "shuffle play" on a symphony more than a little silly? ClassicalPlayer may be for you! ClassicalPlayer works with your device's music library. By contrast, Apple Classical and Apple Music are streaming services. They stream music from Apple's servers to your device; ClassicalPlayer organizes the library on your device. ClassicalPlayer presents your iPhone's or iPad's music library to you arranged by composer and pieces. Choose, for instance "Beethoven," and from the list of pieces of his that you have, choose "Symphony no. 5", and see the 4 movements ready to play in order. Push the play button, and ClassicalPlayer plays the movements (in order) and then pauses. You can also view your music by album or artist, and as songs and playlists. How does ClassicalPlayer find pieces, e.g., symphonies, in an album? By comparing the names of successive tracks. This isn't foolproof, but it works surprisingly well. ClassicalPlayer extracts piece and movement names from track names and presents your music organized by pieces. More details: https://www.tyndalesoft.com/classicalplayer/index.html Privacy policy: https://www.tyndalesoft.com/classicalplayer/privacy.html

About

Derecom Music Player

Customize your music listening experience with vibrant themes that dynamically change based on album artwork. This app allows you to play your music library, manage your playback queue, and set reminders for library organization.

Highlights
  • Play music library albums and playlists
  • Manage playback queue (add, delete, reorder)
  • Set reminders for library organization
  • Dynamic color themes based on album art
  • Supports Apple Music playback
  • Native iPad support
Features
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Derecom is the brand new music player that finally brings some colors into your listening experience. With Derecom you can: - play all your albums, playlists, and favorite songs from your Music library - manage your up next Queue (e.g. add, delete, reorder, and search items in the queue) - set up Reminders to help you keep your Library in order - choose your favorite Theme, and watch the colors of the app reflect the beautiful artworks of your albums and collections! What else? - Derecom supports playback of Apple Music songs, albums, playlists, and radio stations! - Derecom now supports iPad natively (even split-screen and slide-over) This app is exactly for you if enjoy curating your own music library, but also like streaming new songs and discovering new artists. Feel free to reach out with new ideas that can make Derecom Music Player even better. Known app limitations:  - Apple Music support is limited to playback. You cannot add or delete tracks to your playlists or to your library. However, you can use the Reminders to stack these tasks up until you find the most convenient time to apply these modifications through iTunes or - in a lesser extent - through Music.app - Any reordering of songs in the playback queue is not immediately applied to the actual system queue, because of current iOS limitations (i.e. that's why most players similar to Derecom don't offer queue management features). Derecom will find the right opportunity to apply the new queue (e.g. at song changes), unless you just click the Apply button yourself.

Screenshots

ClassicalPlayer4 screens
Derecom Music Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Derecom Music Player at every 3 months against ClassicalPlayer's every 9 months. Derecom Music Player also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). ClassicalPlayer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ClassicalPlayer costs $0.99 and Derecom Music Player $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClassicalPlayer ships an update every 9 months, Derecom Music Player every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
ClassicalPlayer versus Derecom Music Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassicalPlayerDerecom Music Player
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrederick KuhlGiuseppe Samela

Customer experience

ClassicalPlayer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Derecom Music Player

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ClassicalPlayer

No in-app purchases

None

Derecom Music Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ClassicalPlayer free?
ClassicalPlayer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Derecom Music Player free?
Derecom Music Player costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ClassicalPlayer or Derecom Music Player have ads?
Neither ClassicalPlayer nor Derecom Music Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClassicalPlayer or Derecom Music Player?
ClassicalPlayer ships an update every 9 months, and Derecom Music Player every 3 months. Most recently, ClassicalPlayer was updated on September 15, 2026 and Derecom Music Player on September 25, 2026.

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