Soundcharts vs Strive FM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soundcharts
Gain actionable insights into the music industry with real-time data on airplay, playlists, charts, and social media. Monitor millions of artists, identify growth opportunities, and discover new music all in one dashboard.
- Real-time airplay, playlist, and chart monitoring
- Social media analytics
- Artist performance benchmarking
- Growth identification by country and platform
- Discovery of new songs and artists
- Real-time notifications and reports
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Actionable Data for the Music Industry Forget about manual reporting, missed opportunities, and being kept in the dark. - Real-time Airplay, Playlists, Charts, and Social media monitoring - The entire music market in a single dashboard - Identify the sources of growth by country and platform - Benchmark artists in one click - Review the performance of 5 million artists - Discover new songs and artists on radio and platform charts - Set up real-time notifications and reports to keep an eye on a growing talent - Monitor artists from their first radio spin or playlist addition Terms of service: https://soundcharts.com/terms
Strive FM
This app allows artists to distribute their music to engaged audiences in rideshares, driving organic growth and fan interaction. Users enjoy personalized music mixes from familiar playlists and emerging artists, enhanced by AI.
- Music distribution network
- AI-powered music discovery
- Rideshare integration
- QR-code music interaction
- Artist campaign management
- Listener preference tailoring
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Play music for engaged audiences in our rideshare-based music network. Users listen to a mix of their OWN familiar playlists + new music from rising Strive artists tailored to their musical preferences via our AI—ditching radio’s boring music and ads! Artists reach new fans and grow organic Spotify traffic from our re-imagined radio in rideshares. For Artists: 1. Select up to 5 songs per ad-campaign from your discography that you want to advertise on Strive. 2. Sit back and enjoy our platform's exposure of up to 100,000K+ monthly listeners on our rideshare based Network—with direct growth in monthly listeners from users and rideshare passenger fans. 3. We accelerate organic growth via QR-code remotes for passengers to interact with your music while providing deep insights from your new fans to help you understand how your music is performing over time. For Rideshare Drivers: If you use Strive while driving rideshare, rideshare passengers can join the fun by scanning the in-vehicle QR tags (shipped to drivers for free) to control music within the rideshare via Strive’s music remote control website (no additional download needed). They can see what songs played and recommend music genres for next songs within the drivers' Strive music playlist’s scope. After passengers exit the vehicle, they lose access and the music reverts to the driver’s listening preferences. Strive helps improve drivers’ tips, ratings, and in-car passenger interactions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Strive FM at 4.0 against Soundcharts's 3.0. Strive FM also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Soundcharts's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 25%). 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. Soundcharts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Strive FM asks for nothing beyond the download.
Strive FM holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Soundcharts's written reviews are positive against 25% of Strive FM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Soundcharts ships an update monthly, Strive FM weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soundcharts | Strive FM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (11 ratings) | 4.0 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soundcharts | Yash Bolisetty |
Customer experience
Soundcharts
Strive FM
In-app purchases
Soundcharts
- Artist Plan$9.991 Month
- PRO$129.991 Month
Strive FM
No in-app purchases








