Marvis Pro vs True Shuffle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marvis Pro
Explore and interact with your music library in a visually appealing and customizable interface. This app enhances your listening experience by offering advanced sorting, grouping, and playback options for your Apple Music and iTunes collections.
- Customizable UI for music library
- Advanced sorting and grouping
- Drag & drop playback control
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Smart filtering and limiting
- Multiple layout options
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Interact with your music and fall in love with your library all over again. ** Featured on MacStories, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog, iMore, and more. ** ** App of the Year 2022 - MacStories ** Marvis offers a beautiful presentation of your Music Library with loads of powerful features in a minimalistic yet highly customizable UI. • For Apple Music & iTunes Library. ‣ Supports Apple Music Search, Charts, Listen Now, Radio, and more. ‣ Non-subscribers can search & browse the Apple Music catalog and play 30s preview for all available songs. • Use Drag & Drop to add one or more items to Up Next, Play, or Shuffle. • Advanced Media Details and Artist Info. • List & Grid Layout. Multiple Grid styles to choose from, like Cover Flow. • 40+ App icon choices. • Sort and Group ‣ Sort by Recently Played/Added, Year, Rating, Play Count, and more. ‣ Group Playlists and Genres into Albums, Artists, Composers, etc. • Smart Rules: Filter, Sort, and Limit. • Last.fm support. ‣ The ability to scrobble is included with your purchase. ‣ Advanced features require an additional one-time fee. IMPORTANT: • It is required to have the Music app installed on your device to use Marvis. • Due to iOS restrictions, deleting items from your library or playlists via Marvis is not allowed. Reddit: r/MarvisApp
True Shuffle
This music player provides a truly random shuffle experience, ensuring all songs in your library have an equal chance of playing. It bypasses typical algorithmic biases found in other players, allowing you to rediscover forgotten tracks and enjoy your entire collection.
- True Random Shuffle (Fisher-Yates algorithm)
- Shuffle Favorite Songs playlist
- Shuffle any playlist
- Up Next Queue with reordering
- AirPlay and Casting support
- Full-Screen Player with album art
- Persistent Mini Player
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Tired of hearing the same songs every time you hit shuffle? True Shuffle is the music player that actually shuffles. No algorithmic bias. No weighted favourites. No repeating the same 50 tracks while hundreds collect dust. Just pure, mathematically proven randomness, every single time. THE PROBLEM WITH NORMAL SHUFFLE Most music apps use weighted algorithms that artificially boost your most-played songs, prioritise recently added tracks, and bury music you have not listened to in a while. The result is a shuffle that feels predictable. You have thousands of songs. You deserve to hear all of them. THE TRUE SHUFFLE DIFFERENCE True Shuffle uses the Fisher-Yates algorithm, the gold standard of randomisation proven mathematically sound since 1938 and used in everything from casino card shuffling to computer science. Every permutation of your song library is equally likely. Every song has exactly the same probability of playing next. No exceptions. No hidden weighting. No bias. That song you added three years ago and forgot about has exactly the same chance of playing as your most-streamed track of the year. SHUFFLE YOUR FAVOURITES Create a playlist called Favorites in Apple Music and True Shuffle detects it automatically. One tap shuffles your entire Favourites collection in perfectly random order, so you rediscover the songs you love most without the repetition. EVERYTHING YOU GET - True Random Shuffle using the Fisher-Yates algorithm, zero bias, guaranteed - Shuffle Favourite Songs with one tap from the home screen - Up Next Queue to see every upcoming track, drag to reorder, or tap any song to play it immediately - AirPlay and Casting to stream to HomePod, Apple TV, Bluetooth speakers and multi-room audio setups - Beautiful Full-Screen Player with high-resolution album artwork, artist name and album details - Persistent Mini Player to control playback from any screen without interruption - Swipe to Skip by swiping left or right on the album artwork to change tracks instantly UNLOCK PLAYLISTS AND REMOVE ADS One purchase, unlocked forever. Go beyond your Favourites and shuffle any playlist in your Apple Music library with the same Fisher-Yates true randomness. Browse all your playlists, tap one, and True Shuffle builds a perfectly randomised queue from every track inside it. Your purchase also removes all banner ads permanently, giving you a clean, distraction-free listening experience. Restore your purchase at any time if you switch devices. AIRPLAY AND MULTI-ROOM AUDIO Tap the AirPlay icon inside the player to cast your music to any AirPlay-compatible speaker, HomePod, Apple TV, or Bluetooth device. Fill every room with music in perfectly random order. GETTING STARTED 1. Open True Shuffle and connect your Apple Music library 2. Tap Shuffle Favourite Songs to start instantly, or unlock Playlists to choose any playlist from your library 3. True Shuffle builds your perfectly randomised queue and starts playing No separate account required. No changes to your Apple Music subscription. True Shuffle works entirely within your existing library. Rediscover your music. Hear every song. Experience True Shuffle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: True Shuffle at Free against Marvis Pro's $9.99. True Shuffle also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Marvis Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (85% vs 45%). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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
True Shuffle is free to download; Marvis Pro costs $9.99 up front. Marvis Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and True Shuffle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Marvis Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marvis Pro has 1.3K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Marvis Pro's written reviews are positive against 45% of True Shuffle's.
Marvis Pro ships an update every 9 days, True Shuffle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marvis Pro | True Shuffle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 3.8 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #29 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aditya Rajveer | Tom Perry |
Customer experience
Marvis Pro
True Shuffle
Bugs and requests
Marvis Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent scrobbling to Last.fm
- Playback issues when switching between apps
- Metadata not always displaying correctly
Requested features
6 requests- Advanced EQ and audio controls
- Improved music discovery features
- Ability to edit playlists and queue
- Dedicated iPad and Apple Watch apps
- Lyrics integration without third-party apps
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- Sync settings and configurations across devices
True Shuffle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Marvis Pro
- Last.fm⁺$5.99
True Shuffle
- Unlock Playlists & Remove Ads$0.99









