Comparison

Longplay vs MusicView

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

Head to head
About

Longplay

Rediscover your music library with this app that beautifully displays your album artwork. Explore forgotten favorites and play music with smart sorting options like addiction, brightness, and recency. Organize albums into collections and enjoy infinite shuffle.

Highlights
  • Album artwork display
  • Smart sorting options
  • Album collections
  • Infinite album shuffle
  • Home screen widget
  • CarPlay and Siri support
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
Currently charting
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Do you have an album collection of dozens to thousands of albums? Does the next song of an album already start playing in your head when one finishes? Longplay is for you. Longplay presents a beautiful view of the album artworks of the (near) complete albums in your music collection. It let's you rediscover forgotten favorites or just play the music you love, and explore it with various smart sort options: - Orderliness: by artist, then by album - Addiction: by amount of time spent listening - Brightness: by the primary color of the album artwork - Negligence: by the time it’s been since you’ve last listened to the album, weighted by the rating - Recency: by date added - Memory: by last played - Stars: by the rating you’ve provided for each song - Random: a new order, every time you tap it You can organize your albums into collections, which sync across your devices. Infinite album shuffle let's you stay in the flow, with smart shuffle depending on your current collection or sort order. It comes with a home screen widget that displays the top albums by your nominated sort order. On the larger widget, tap an album to play it, on the smallest it doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button to start playback of one of them. It supports CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight.t supports CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts. It works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes or synced manually. --- Important: Longplay does not ship with any music included, it is instead a player for your music library - be it from Apple Music, iTunes or your synced music. It provides a filtered view of just the albums of which you have all or most of the songs, as well as your playlists; thus focusing on your album collection without any singles or albums where you only have very few songs. --- Tap an item to play (or pause). Long tap for additional options, such as adding to your album queue or to a collection. It works with libraries big and small, and besides regular albums it also handles compilation albums and playlists. Comes with Shortcuts actions to play a random top album by a defined sort order, or a random album, optionally filtered by artist or genre. All of that with Longplay's logic that makes sure that it's an album for which you have all or most songs. It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Fully VoiceOver accessible.

About

MusicView

This app allows users to view top music charts from any country and play tracks directly. It also provides customizable widgets to display and control currently playing music for both Spotify and Apple Music.

Highlights
  • View top music charts by country
  • Play tracks directly
  • Display and edit currently playing song widget
  • Create custom widget themes
  • Spotify and Apple Music integration
Features
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MusicView is a simple client for Spotify and AppleMusic. You can view top charts in any country and quickly play any of the tracks. You can view and edit your currently playing song which can be displayed as a widget. You can create your own custom widget themes so they match any setup. Note: Some actions such as playback control require a Spotify Premium account. All playback controls are available with Apple Music. MusicView is not affiliated with Spotify or Apple Music.

Screenshots

Longplay4 screens
MusicView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Longplay at 4.6 against MusicView's 3.8. Longplay also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 42%) and chart position (#184 vs unranked). MusicView's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and price ($0.99 vs $7.49). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Longplay costs $7.49 and MusicView $0.99 up front. Longplay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MusicView asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Longplay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 166 and 285 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Longplay's written reviews are positive against 42% of MusicView's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Longplay ships an update every 3 weeks, MusicView weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Longplay versus MusicView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongplayMusicView
Price$7.49$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (166 ratings) — better3.8 (285 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better41.8% of reviews
Number of ratings166285 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#184 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian SchoenigINNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Customer experience

Longplay

All ratings166 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative13.0%

MusicView

All ratings285 ratings
Positive67.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative22.1%
Written reviews194 reviews
Positive41.8%
Neutral17.5%
Negative40.7%

User reviews

Longplay

From 166 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎵 Excellent album-focused listening experience
  • 👍 Intuitive and minimalist user interface
  • 🎨 Beautiful visual presentation of album artwork
  • 🔍 Unique sorting options (Addiction, Negligence, Brightness)
  • 🚗 CarPlay support for album browsing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes with large music libraries
  • ❄️ UI freezing and performance issues
  • 🔥 Device overheating during operation
  • ⏱️ Slow album loading and updating process
  • 🚫 Doesn't display all albums in library

MusicView

From 285 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Customizable widgets
  • 👍 Integrates with Spotify and Apple Music
  • 💡 Dynamic background options
  • 🔒 Secure connection to music services

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Widgets don't always update with current song
  • 🐛 Inconsistent widget functionality (play/pause, skip)
  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes when using widget
  • 🔋 Drains battery when using widget

Bugs and requests

Longplay

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on startup with large libraries
  • UI constantly freezes during album loading
  • Device becomes very hot during operation
  • Doesn't load entire music library
  • Gapless playback creates overlapping songs
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  • Purity option for gapless play doesn't work
  • Scrobbling incomplete (only first few tracks)
  • CarPlay support broken after updates
  • Vision Pro immersive view crashes
  • Settings window cannot be minimized
  • Allow selection toggle loses memory
  • Widget doesn't show album artwork
  • Sort by feature missing since iOS 26
  • Album library not syncing with Apple Music
  • Crashes when immersive view selected
  • Player window too large in panorama mode

Requested features

20 requests
  • Search functionality for albums and artists
  • Track listing display during playback
  • Skip/back track controls
  • Volume control in app
  • Sort by release year
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  • Sort by genre/categories
  • Show album information and metadata
  • Play Next/Play Later queue management
  • Open album in Apple Music link
  • Delete albums from library option
  • View only complete albums toggle
  • Exclude specific albums (e.g., Christmas albums)
  • macOS version of the app
  • tvOS app version
  • Higher resolution album artwork
  • Album cover size randomization in grid
  • Immersive listening room environments
  • Album liner notes viewing
  • Widget improvements for album display
  • Autocorrect toggle for search

MusicView

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widget doesn't show album art or song info
  • Widget controls don't work consistently
  • App fails to connect to Spotify or Apple Music
  • Crashes when trying to customize widgets

Requested features

4 requests
  • Transparent widget background option
  • Improved widget refresh/update functionality
  • More customization options for widget appearance
  • Ability to control music without opening app

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Longplay

One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
  • Large Tip$10.00
None

MusicView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Longplay free?
Longplay costs $7.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MusicView free?
MusicView costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Longplay or MusicView?
Longplay is rated higher. Longplay averages 4.6 out of 5 from 166 ratings, while MusicView averages 3.8 from 285 ratings.
Do Longplay or MusicView have ads?
Neither Longplay nor MusicView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Longplay or MusicView?
Longplay ships an update every 3 weeks, and MusicView weekly. Most recently, Longplay was updated on October 18, 2026 and MusicView on October 17, 2026.

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