Comparison

iRetro vs klikWheel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iRetro

Rediscover your music library with a vintage aesthetic. This app offers a visually appealing way to browse and play your songs, albums, and playlists with beautiful cover art and a dark mode interface.

Highlights
  • Vintage design
  • Dark mode
  • Beautiful cover art
  • Browse playlists, songs, albums, artists, genres
  • Uses Apple Music Subscription
Features
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iRetro is a music app built for SwiftUIJam that reminds you of the past while building your future with the power of music. Explore your tunes in dark mode and jam out with beautiful cover art, all packaged in a gorgeous vintage design. iRetro uses your Apple Music Subscription and has support for: - Playlists - Songs - Albums - Artists - Genres

About

klikWheel

Experience music playback with a tactile scroll-wheel interface. Play your own files or stream from Apple Music, all controlled by intuitive gestures. Enjoy visualizers and customization options for a unique listening experience.

Highlights
  • Scroll-wheel navigation with haptic feedback
  • Play local music files (MP3, FLAC)
  • Integrates with Apple Music
  • Reactive visualizers and themes
  • Offline playback
  • Queue management
Features
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klikWheel is a music player you actually touch. Spin the wheel to scroll, press to play, and get through your library without looking at a grid of tiles. Play your own files or pull from Apple Music—through the same click-wheel either way, on iPhone and iPad. FEATURES • Scroll-wheel navigation with haptic clicks • Import your own library (MP3, FLAC, and more)—plays fully offline • Apple Music—search, browse by artist and album, explore playlists, play full tracks with your subscription • iPad—fullscreen, windowed, split • Backdrops—floating notes, a Metal aurora, or bokeh that react to what's playing • Hide Explicit—filters your local library and Apple Music at once, center-press to toggle • Sort albums A–Z or newest-first • Drag to scrub on the Now Playing screen • Block artists from your queue • Edit your Up Next queue—drag to reorder, swipe to remove • Local playlists—multi-select and search to build them fast • 12 collectible themes, 3 unlockable Pro themes • Extras: Brick, Snake, a Fidget toy, and a Clock • Full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support No klikWheel account. No tracking. No ads. Just your music and a wheel. klikWheel is an original, unofficial tribute to the dedicated scroll-wheel music players of the 2000s. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Apple Inc.

Screenshots

iRetro4 screens
klikWheel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: klikWheel at 4.5 against iRetro's 3.3. klikWheel also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 51%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). iRetro's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

klikWheel holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iRetro has 159 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of iRetro's written reviews are positive against 75% of klikWheel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iRetro ships an update every 4 days, klikWheel every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iRetro versus klikWheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRetroklikWheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (159 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings159 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaximilian NabokowJoshua Stoner

Customer experience

iRetro

All ratings159 ratings
Positive46.5%
Neutral25.2%
Negative28.3%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive50.7%
Neutral26.3%
Negative23.0%

klikWheel

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iRetro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Settings menu doesn't work
  • Cover Flow and other features are non-functional
  • Frequent crashes when navigating the app
  • Scrolling issues and inability to select specific songs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for Spotify and other music services
  • Ability to change color/theme of the app
  • Full-screen mode and more customization options
  • Improved scrolling and song selection experience
  • Addition of iPod features like games, photos, videos

klikWheel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iRetro

No in-app purchases

None

klikWheel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iRetro free?
iRetro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is klikWheel free?
klikWheel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iRetro or klikWheel?
klikWheel is rated higher. iRetro averages 3.3 out of 5 from 159 ratings, while klikWheel averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do iRetro or klikWheel have ads?
Neither iRetro nor klikWheel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iRetro or klikWheel?
iRetro ships an update every 4 days, and klikWheel every 2 days. Most recently, iRetro was updated on October 19, 2026 and klikWheel on October 6, 2026.

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