gestify vs The Queue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
gestify
Control your music playback with intuitive hand gestures, eliminating the need to touch your device. Ideal for activities like cycling or driving, this app enhances safety by keeping your attention focused.
- Gesture control for Spotify
- Skip songs with hand waves
- Adjust volume with pinch gestures
- Play/pause with finger hold
- In-app tutorial
- Hands-free music management
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With gestify you have full control over Spotify without touching your iPhone even once. No matter if you're riding your bike, driving your car or having fun on the motorcycle - you should never be distracted by looking at your phone. That's why gestify was created. Without touching your phone? Yeah, you can control Spotify with simple and intuitive gestures. • Wave your hand left or right to skip to the next or previous song • Pinch up or down to adjust the volume • Hold your index finger up to play or pause the current song Don't worry, you don't have to remember those gestures by heart, there is an easy tutorial available when you open the app (or when you press a button ;)) With gestify, you make your life - and everyone's life around you - safer
The Queue
This app allows guests to collaboratively build a real-time music queue for playback on your device. It's ideal for parties and gatherings, using a voting system to prioritize popular songs. Enjoy shared music experiences without the hassle of managing requests.
- Collaborative music queue editing
- Real-time playback
- Like/skip voting system
- Anonymous song queuing
- Host music queues for free
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Tired of trying to find the right music for your guests? Are jukeboxes maybe just a little too expensive? No matter the occasion, The Queue is the perfect way to ensure your guests enjoy the music they love, without the guesswork. The Queue is a mobile jukebox that allows your guests to collaboratively edit a single queue of music for playback on your own device, in real time. Ideal for parties, car rides, restaurants, and much more! The Queue uses a like/skip voting system to sort queued songs by popularity and allows users to easily and anonymously queue the music they love, so you can stop worrying about what everybody wants to listen to. Host a queue for free, today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Queue at 4.7 against gestify's 3.5. The Queue also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and ratings volume (30 vs 2). gestify's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Queue sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. gestify asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Queue holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Queue has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of gestify's written reviews are positive against 20% of The Queue's.
| Parameter | gestify | The Queue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Michael Hitzker | Universal Queue LLC |
Customer experience
gestify
The Queue
In-app purchases
gestify
No in-app purchases
The Queue
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