Comparison

Longplay vs Taylor's Version

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
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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

Taylor's Version

Easily update your Spotify playlists to feature the re-recorded Taylor Swift songs. This app automates the process of replacing older tracks with the new versions and provides interesting listening statistics.

Highlights
  • Update playlists with one button
  • Replace songs with re-recordings
  • Get listening statistics
  • Share stats to social media
  • Get notified of new re-recordings
Features
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Taylor's Version helps you update Taylor Swift songs across your Spotify playlists to use the new, re-recorded versions. - Replace songs in your playlists with one button press - Get cool stats about your listening habits, easily shareable to social media - Be notified when new re-recordings are available - Made for Swifties, by a Swiftie Taylor's Version is not affiliated with Taylor Swift in any way. It simply uses Spotify's API to edit your playlists.

Screenshots

Longplay4 screens
Taylor's Version4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Taylor's Version at Free against Longplay's $7.49. Taylor's Version also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Longplay's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Taylor's Version is free to download; Longplay costs $7.49 up front. Longplay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Taylor's Version sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Longplay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 170 and 137 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Longplay's written reviews are positive against 58% of Taylor's Version's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Longplay ships an update every 3 weeks, Taylor's Version every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Longplay versus Taylor's Version: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongplayTaylor's Version
Price$7.49Free — better
Rating4.6 (170 ratings) — better3.6 (137 ratings)
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews — better58.1% of reviews
Number of ratings170 — better137
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian SchoenigCodakuma Ltd

Customer experience

Longplay

All ratings170 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative12.9%

Taylor's Version

All ratings137 ratings
Positive64.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative30.7%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative31.4%

User reviews

Longplay

From 170 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

Taylor's Version

From 137 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💚 Owns all of them now
  • 🎨 Customizable app icon
  • 💻 Keeps track of listening on Spotify
  • 📊 Shows song frequency on playlists
  • 🤩 Makes replacing songs easy

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires payment for full functionality
  • 🔒 Needs Spotify account
  • 🚫 Doesn't work with Apple Music
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and login issues
  • 🤔 Confusing or unclear features

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
Show 15 more
  • 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

Taylor's Version

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Couldn't connect to Spotify account
  • Deleted songs from playlists
  • Couldn't open the app
  • Kept kicking users out of the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Apple Music
  • Allow customization of replaced songs
  • Improve playlist integration and preservation
  • Expand to other music platforms
  • Update for new Taylor's Version releases

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Longplay

One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
  • Large Tip$10.00
1 purchases

Taylor's Version

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$7.99

Questions

Is Longplay free?
Longplay costs $7.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Taylor's Version free?
Taylor's Version is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Longplay or Taylor's Version?
Longplay is rated higher. Longplay averages 4.6 out of 5 from 170 ratings, while Taylor's Version averages 3.6 from 137 ratings.
Do Longplay or Taylor's Version have ads?
Neither Longplay nor Taylor's Version shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Longplay or Taylor's Version?
Longplay ships an update every 3 weeks, and Taylor's Version every 3 months. Most recently, Longplay was updated on October 26, 2026 and Taylor's Version on October 22, 2026.

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