Needle Music vs Soma Table
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Needle Music
Connect with other music enthusiasts and discover new tracks. This app analyzes your taste to find a community, allowing you to save, comment on, and share music and playlists from your streaming services.
- Discover new music
- Save music to Spotify/Apple Music
- Music taste analysis
- Community matching
- Comment and engage with friends' music
- Share songs and playlists
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Needle is the home of music lovers. -Discover new music and save directly to your Spotify or Apple Music -Needle analyzes your music taste to match you with a community -Save, comment, and engage with your friend's music -Easily share songs & playlists from your streaming library Terms of Use: https://www.needlemusic.co/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.needlemusic.co/privacy-policy
Soma Table
Discover and attend curated dinners and social gatherings by invitation. Share your interests to receive personalized invitations for events that match your preferences.
- Curated dinners and gatherings
- Invitation-based access
- Personalized event matching
- Interest-based invitations
- Social networking
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Curated dinners and gatherings, by invitation. Tell us about the types of events you enjoy, and we'll invite you when the fit is right.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soma Table at none against Needle Music's 8. Needle Music's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 43%) and ratings volume (360 vs 22). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Needle Music sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Soma Table asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Needle Music against 4.3 for Soma Table. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Needle Music has 360 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Needle Music's written reviews are positive against 43% of Soma Table's.
Needle Music ships an update every 2 weeks, Soma Table every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Needle Music | Soma Table |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (360 ratings) | 4.3 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 360 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Needle Music, LLC | Social Circle, Inc. |
Customer experience
Needle Music
Soma Table
Bugs and requests
Needle Music
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and unable to create accounts
- Syncing problems with connected music platforms
- Inconsistent UI behavior and freezing
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more streaming services (Apple Music, Deezer, etc.)
- Implement dark mode
- Allow users to select song segments to share
- Add follower/following count visibility
- Improve notification system
Soma Table
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Needle Music
- Needle Premium - Weekly$0.997 Days
- Party Starter$2.001 Month
- Needle Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
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- Needle Subscription - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Groove Guru$8.001 Month
- Diamond Certified$20.001 Month
- Needle Subscription - Yearly$24.001 Year
- Needle Premium - Yearly$24.991 Year
Soma Table
No in-app purchases
