OneBeat vs The Queue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OneBeat
Create shared music queues with friends where everyone listens to the same song simultaneously. Take turns being the DJ, customize your avatar, and react to music in a virtual crowd. Earn in-game currency or purchase packs to unlock new characters and room customizations.
- Shared music queues
- Synchronized listening
- Virtual DJ turns
- Avatar customization
- In-room chat and reactions
- Vibe meter
- In-app shop for characters
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OneBeat is a room where you and your friends play music for each other. Start a room, share the code, and everyone adds songs from Apple Music to one shared queue. When your song comes on, you're the DJ. Everyone in the room hears the same song at the same moment, wherever they are. Your character stands on stage while your pick plays, with the cover up on the big screen behind you and the rest of the room in the crowd. Send a reaction, chat through the good bits and vote on the track. The vibe meter shows how the room feels, and a song the room votes down gets skipped. Choose who you are in the crowd: a person, a cloud, a coffee cup or a boombox. Dress up in the Closet, give your room a background, and find more characters in the Shop. You earn crystals for the Shop with daily quests and when people react to your songs, and crystal packs are there if you'd rather not wait. No algorithms. Just people sharing the music they love. An Apple Music subscription is required to listen. Privacy Policy: https://onebeat.io/privacy Terms of Service: https://onebeat.io/terms
The Queue
This app allows guests to collaboratively build a real-time music queue for playback on your device. It's ideal for parties and gatherings, using a voting system to prioritize popular songs. Enjoy shared music experiences without the hassle of managing requests.
- Collaborative music queue editing
- Real-time playback
- Like/skip voting system
- Anonymous song queuing
- Host music queues for free
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Tired of trying to find the right music for your guests? Are jukeboxes maybe just a little too expensive? No matter the occasion, The Queue is the perfect way to ensure your guests enjoy the music they love, without the guesswork. The Queue is a mobile jukebox that allows your guests to collaboratively edit a single queue of music for playback on your own device, in real time. Ideal for parties, car rides, restaurants, and much more! The Queue uses a like/skip voting system to sort queued songs by popularity and allows users to easily and anonymously queue the music they love, so you can stop worrying about what everybody wants to listen to. Host a queue for free, today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OneBeat at 100% against The Queue's 20%. The Queue's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (30 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. OneBeat sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and The Queue sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Queue holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Queue has 30 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of OneBeat's written reviews are positive against 20% of The Queue's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OneBeat ships an update every 2 months, The Queue every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OneBeat | The Queue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Double Symmetry UG | Universal Queue LLC |
Customer experience
OneBeat
The Queue
In-app purchases
OneBeat
- OneBeat Monthly$1.991 Month
The Queue
- Full Host Access$2.991 Month
