Musicate vs Start Playing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Musicate
Test your music knowledge with this app that transforms your personal music library into an engaging quiz. Choose from two distinct game modes and customize question types to challenge your recall of titles, artists, or albums. Enjoy a unique gaming experience with its beautifully designed user interface.
- Music library quiz
- Two game modes (10 in a row, survival)
- Customizable question types (title, artist, album)
- Beautifully designed UI
- Personalized music challenges
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Welcome to Musicate, the app that turns your music library into a quiz. You can chose between 2 game modes: 10 in a row or survival where you can play as long as your get each round correctly. You can set the question type: title, artist, album or all. The beautifully designed UI creates an unique game experience.
Start Playing
Streamline your music listening by selecting multiple playlists to play seamlessly. Enjoy intelligent shuffling, original playlist order playback, or artist-avoidance for a smoother audio experience.
- Select multiple playlists
- Intelligent shuffling
- Original playlist order playback
- Avoid back-to-back artists
- Clean and intentional playback
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Apple Music is an incredible app - lyrics, discovery, radio, playlists, and more. But when all you want to do is pick a few playlists and press play, things can feel more complicated than they need to be. Start Playing focuses on that one simple idea. Select multiple playlists, then just play them: cleanly and intentionally. Shuffle intelligently, play songs in their original playlist order, or avoid back-to-back artists when possible for a smoother flow. Whether you’re heading to the gym, getting in the car, or letting music run in the background, Start Playing stays out of the way and lets your music take center stage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Start Playing at 100% against Musicate's 50%. Start Playing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Musicate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Start Playing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Musicate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Start Playing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Musicate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Start Playing's.
| Parameter | Musicate | Start Playing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Lenz | Brian Simmons |
Customer experience
Musicate
Start Playing
In-app purchases
Musicate
No in-app purchases
Start Playing
- Unlimited Play$2.99
