Needle Music vs Jukeboxd
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
Jukeboxd
Log and review live music performances, from concerts to festival sets. Connect with friends to see their music experiences and discover trending sets and artists. Get personalized year-end stats based on your concert history.
- Log live music performances
- Rate and review sets
- Attach photos and videos to reviews
- Follow friends and see their activity
- Discover trending sets and artists
- Year-in-review concert stats
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Jukeboxd puts your live music life in one place. Built for ravers, festival die‑hards, and concert junkies. Track the sets you’ve seen, rate and review performances, follow friends, and discover what’s buzzing across the scene. As you log more sets, your stats tell the story: your most‑seen artists, most‑attended festivals, highest-rated artists, and much more. Log your live music - Add any performance you’ve seen (concerts, DJ sets, and festival slots) with date, artist, venue, and event. - Rate with stars and write reviews to capture the vibe, the energy, and the moments worth remembering. - Attach photos and videos to your review to never forget the moment. - Search and filter your history to relive your highlights. Go social - Follow friends to see what they’re seeing and loving. - Like and comment on reviews, and keep up through your activity feed. - Share your taste with your profile, complete with history, stats, and ranked lists. Discover what’s buzzing - Browse trending sets and most‑reviewed artists. - Discover new sets and watch them right in the app. - See what events are happening near you Own your year - Get year‑in‑review stats that bring your concert history to life, including your most‑seen artists and most‑attended festivals. Free to use. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. Track the sets you’ve seen. Tell your friends what’s good. We welcome your feedback on Jukeboxd. Please email us: team@getjukeboxd.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jukeboxd at 5.0 against Needle Music's 4.2. Jukeboxd also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Needle Music's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (360 vs 8). On price, 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. Needle Music sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Jukeboxd asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jukeboxd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Needle Music has 360 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Needle Music's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jukeboxd's.
Needle Music ships an update every 2 weeks, Jukeboxd every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Needle Music | Jukeboxd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (360 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 360 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Needle Music, LLC | Saarim Rahman |
Customer experience
Needle Music
Jukeboxd
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
Jukeboxd
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
Jukeboxd
No in-app purchases
