shelf.fm vs Infinite Record Crate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
Infinite Record Crate
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | shelf.fm | Infinite Record Crate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Marstall | BENJAMIN SANBORN CURRIE |
In-app purchases
shelf.fm
No in-app purchases
Infinite Record Crate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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