Comparison

Longplay vs Guitabs

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

Guitabs

Features
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Ditch the messy binders and confusing group chats. Guitabs is the modern songbook designed for the gigging musician and the bedroom guitarist. Whether you are practicing solo or jamming with your band, Guitabs keeps your music organized, accessible, and beautiful. COLLABORATE WITH YOUR BAND Stop texting PDF files back and forth. Create a Shared Setlist, send an invite code to your bandmates, and keep everyone in sync. When you add a song or change the order, it updates on everyone’s device instantly. HANDS-FREE PERFORMANCE Never stop playing to swipe the screen. The built-in Auto-Scroll feature moves the lyrics and chords at your pace. Pause simply by touching the screen, and resume automatically when you let go. SMART IMPORT Find songs on the web using the built-in browser or paste from your clipboard. Guitabs automatically detects chords, lyrics, and artist information, formatting them into a clean, readable view. BEAUTIFUL & MODERN Experience a stunning interface with frosted glass elements, dynamic artist backgrounds, and full Dark Mode support. Your chords have never looked this good. KEY FEATURES: Personal & Shared Tabs: Keep your private practice songs separate from your band's gig list. Chord Pro Formatting: clear, monospaced font ensures your chords stay exactly where they belong over the lyrics. Capo Support: Save capo positions for every song so you never forget the key. Notes: Add personal performance notes or amp settings to any track. Instant Search: Find any song in your library in seconds. Download Guitabs today and focus on what matters: the music.

Screenshots

Longplay4 screens
Guitabs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guitabs at none against Longplay's 3. Guitabs also leads on price ($1.99 vs $7.49) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Longplay's advantage is chart position (#184 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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 Guitabs $1.99 up front. Longplay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Guitabs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Longplay ships an update every 3 weeks, Guitabs monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Longplay versus Guitabs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongplayGuitabs
Price$7.49$1.99 — better
Rating4.6 (166 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings166 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#184 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian SchoenigSeaStack

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

Guitabs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Longplay

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

Guitabs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Longplay free?
Longplay costs $7.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Guitabs free?
Guitabs costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Longplay or Guitabs have ads?
Neither Longplay nor Guitabs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Longplay or Guitabs?
Longplay ships an update every 3 weeks, and Guitabs monthly. Most recently, Longplay was updated on October 18, 2026 and Guitabs on October 5, 2026.

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