Mix.It vs Playlist Maker for Spotify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mix.It
Effortlessly create personalized music playlists using AI and machine learning. Discover new tracks and organize your music library with smart filtering and sorting options. Share your curated mixes with friends.
- AI-powered playlist creation
- Smart playlist filters
- Music library organization
- Advanced sorting options
- Mix sharing and export
- Adaptive music player theme
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Do you ever feel like you listen to the same music over and over? Or maybe your playlists are getting old? Enter Mix.It Mix.It uses machine learning and AI to help you build fantastic playlists in seconds. Need a Hip-Hop playlist for a work out? Open Mix.It. Need a Dance playlist for a party? Open Mix.It. Have a friend who doesn’t like your music? Open Mix.It! Mix.It offers two ways to build mixes. Regular Mixes: Regular Mixes will ask for a couple of hints to get started and then will use those hints along with AI and your music listening history to recommend songs. These recommendations are placed on to cards. Swipe right to add it to the playlist, swipe left to skip it! Smart Mixes: Smart Mixes work like Smart Playlists in iTunes. Simply add filters to the Smart Mix and Mix.It will automatically add all of the songs in your library that satisfy the filters. Mix.It features a beautiful music player, capable of adapting its theme to the currently playing song’s artwork. The Mix.It Player can also recommend songs to play next and supports “Play Next” and “Play Later.” Mix.It also includes: - Library View: View your entire music library, add filters, and sort your music. Library View has sections for songs, albums, artists and genres. - Advanced Sorting: Go beyond sorting by name. Sort by date added, release date, play count and more! - Search: Quickly search your library for the next song. - Mix Sharing: Upload your mixes for easy sharing! - Mix Exports: Export any mix to the music app in seconds. Stop listening to the same boring music and download Mix.It today! Note: Mix.It is only compatible with the standard music app or Apple Music at this time. Mix.It is not affiliated with Apple, iTunes, or Apple Music.
Playlist Maker for Spotify
Easily organize your music by creating and managing playlists for Spotify. Drag and drop saved songs into multiple playlists quickly, saving you time compared to navigating Spotify's menus.
- Drag and drop song adding
- Create multiple playlists
- Organize saved songs
- Faster playlist creation
- Spotify integration
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Select a set of saved songs on the left side and add playlists on the right side. Simply drag from a song to a playlist and that song will be added to the playlist within Spotify! Use this to scroll through your music and add to multiple playlists without having to navigate Spotify's annoying menus. Organize your music into playlists in a quarter of the time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Playlist Maker for Spotify at 50% against Mix.It's 14%. Playlist Maker for Spotify also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Mix.It's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). 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. Mix.It sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Playlist Maker for Spotify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mix.It holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mix.It has 784 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Mix.It's written reviews are positive against 50% of Playlist Maker for Spotify's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mix.It ships an update every 3 days, Playlist Maker for Spotify every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mix.It | Playlist Maker for Spotify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (784 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 784 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucas Klein | David Lane |
Customer experience
Mix.It
Playlist Maker for Spotify
Bugs and requests
Mix.It
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes when adding songs to mixes
- Constant freezing and locking up
- Inability to create or play playlists
- Requires uninstall/reinstall to fix issues
- Performance degradation over time
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- Random crashes during playlist creation
Requested features
7 requests- AI-powered discovery of new songs not in library
- Song preview/sample playback before selection
- Playlist creation based on time played metric
- Support for pre-existing playlist integration
- Cloud backup for created playlists
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- In-app tutorial for new users
- Improved algorithm for better song suggestions
Playlist Maker for Spotify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mix.It
- Mix.It Pro$1.99
Playlist Maker for Spotify
No in-app purchases
Questions
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