Playlist Maker for Spotify vs SPOTIFRIENDS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
SPOTIFRIENDS
See what your friends are listening to on Spotify in real-time. This app allows you to connect with your Spotify account to view and explore your friends' current music activity. Widgets provide updates, with faster refresh rates when the app is open.
- Real-time friend activity feed
- Widget updates
- Explore friends' songs
- Spotify account integration
- Faster updates when app is open
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The first app to bring you mobile Spotify friend activity since August 25th, 2021. The new widget will update in real-time: - If the app is closed or in the background, expect the widget to only update around every 15 minutes or so. - If the app is open, the widget and the app will both update in real time. (Apparently sometimes faster than Spotify itself) This app allows you to see your friends' listening activity on Spotify. Using your Spotify account you can login and view a list and explore what songs your friends are listening to
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SPOTIFRIENDS at 4.3 against Playlist Maker for Spotify's 4.0. SPOTIFRIENDS also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 50%) and ratings volume (54 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SPOTIFRIENDS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SPOTIFRIENDS has 54 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Playlist Maker for Spotify's written reviews are positive against 72% of SPOTIFRIENDS's.
Playlist Maker for Spotify ships an update every 2 months, SPOTIFRIENDS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playlist Maker for Spotify | SPOTIFRIENDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Lane | Jackass Engineering, LLC |
Customer experience
Playlist Maker for Spotify
SPOTIFRIENDS
In-app purchases
Playlist Maker for Spotify
No in-app purchases
SPOTIFRIENDS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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