Comparison

shelf.fm vs Infinite Record Crate

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

Head to head
About

shelf.fm

Explore music by label and release year, offering a clean interface without promotional content. It syncs with your Apple Music account without altering it, requiring an Apple Music subscription to use.

Highlights
  • Full-featured alternative to stock music app
  • Explore music by label and release year
  • Simple, helpful interface
  • No promoted top-40 music or hype
  • Syncs with Apple Music account
  • Does not alter Apple Music account
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A full-featured alternative to the stock Apple Music app. ¶ While you listen, check out other stuff that came out on the same label that year. ¶ Simple, helpful interface free of promoted top-40 music and hype ¶ Syncs with, but will not mess with, your Apple Music account ¶ An Apple Music account is required (free 90-day trial available)

About

Infinite Record Crate

Features
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Flip through your music like digging through a crate of records. Infinite Record Crate turns your Apple Music library into a crate you dig through with your thumb. Records stack like sleeves in a bin — flick through them, pull one out to look closer, flip it over to read the back, and swipe up to drop the needle. THE CRATE • Your whole library, stacked like records in a crate • Flick to riffle — records tip forward and out of the way as you dig • Related albums are woven in as you go, so the crate never runs dry THE RECORD • Tap any sleeve to pull it out of the crate • Flip it over for the track list, like reading the back of the jacket • Read about the album with notes from Apple Music and Wikipedia • Swipe up to play it through Apple Music DISCOVERY • Recommendations grow from whatever vein you're digging in • Add any find to your library with one tap An Apple Music subscription is required for playback of recommendations and related-album discovery. Albums you own play from your library.

Screenshots

shelf.fm4 screens
Infinite Record Crate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: shelf.fm at 3 against Infinite Record Crate's 1. shelf.fm also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
shelf.fm versus Infinite Record Crate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametershelf.fmInfinite Record Crate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChris MarstallBENJAMIN SANBORN CURRIE

In-app purchases

None

shelf.fm

No in-app purchases

None

Infinite Record Crate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is shelf.fm free?
shelf.fm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Infinite Record Crate free?
Infinite Record Crate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do shelf.fm or Infinite Record Crate have ads?
Neither shelf.fm nor Infinite Record Crate shows ads.

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