HutteriteHymns vs plappa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HutteriteHymns
Sing along to nearly 500 English and German hymns from four songbooks, featuring selections for Christian holidays, children, and everyday worship. Enjoy beautiful compositions by Butch G. Wipf.
- Nearly 500 English and German hymns
- Four songbooks included
- Hymns for Christian weddings
- Hymns for Easter and Christmas
- Children's songs
- Everyday hymns
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Sing along to the beautiful Hutterite hymns composed by Butch G. Wipf. With 4 songbooks containing a selection of nearly 500 English and German hymns there's bound to be a few that will become your favorites, with included topics such as: Christian Weddings Songs Christian Easter Songs Christian Christmas Songs Children's Songs and just Everyday Hymns
plappa
This app is an audiobook player that connects to self-hosted media servers like Jellyfin and AudioBookShelf. It supports various audio formats, reads metadata, and allows for offline listening through optional in-app purchases. Users can sync playback states across devices or their server.
- Connects to Jellyfin, Emby, AudioBookShelf
- Supports common audio formats
- Purpose-built for audiobooks
- Sync playback states
- Reads audiobook metadata
- Offline listening (via IAP)
- Podcast and series support
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Disclaimer: plappa only works in connection with a Jellyfin or AudioBookShelf media server! plappa is an audiobook player/client for Jellyfin, Emby and AudioBookShelf, the popular self-hosted media server. Features: - Support for most common audio formats - Purpose built for audiobooks - Save and sync playback states via iCloud or your AudioBookShelf server - Reads metadata like author, narrator and others - Download audiobooks and podcast episodes for offline listening* - Support for podcasts, collections and series with AudioBookShelf * plappa allows you to unlock additional features like downloads and customization options through optional in-app purchases: You can choose between a one-time purchase or an auto-renewing subscription (1 month free trial included). The one-time purchase unlocks all current and future updates. With the subscription, all features are available for the duration of your subscription. Both the subscription and one-time purchase can be shared with your family. plappa is licensed under the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HutteriteHymns at none against plappa's 2. HutteriteHymns also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). plappa's advantage is ratings volume (345 vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. plappa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. HutteriteHymns asks for nothing beyond the download.
HutteriteHymns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: plappa has 345 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of HutteriteHymns's written reviews are positive against 87% of plappa's.
HutteriteHymns ships an update every 3 weeks, plappa every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HutteriteHymns | plappa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (345 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 810 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cedrontech.com | Leo Wehrfritz |
Customer experience
HutteriteHymns
plappa
Bugs and requests
HutteriteHymns
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
plappa
Reported bugs
2 issues- Can't login Audiobookshelf
- Podcasts library not listing all podcasts
Requested features
9 requests- Auto download when start playing book
- Auto delete when finished book
- Option to add multiple servers
- More sorting and filtering options in the library section
- Refresh button for libraries
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- Easy way to change server address without logging out
- Sync the unplayed/unlistened flags with AudiobookShelf
- Shortcut to bookmarks from within the player
- Slider for fine-tuned control of playback speed
In-app purchases
HutteriteHymns
No in-app purchases
plappa
- Subscription (1 Year)1 Month trial$1.991 Year
- Full Version (Lifetime)$4.99
