Comparison

Boombox.io vs ASCAP

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

Head to head
About

Boombox.io

This application provides a cloud-based platform for music professionals to collaborate and organize their work. It offers features for storing tracks and samples, leaving feedback on audio files, managing playback queues, and recording voice memos for idea capture.

Highlights
  • Cloud storage for musicians
  • Track and sample organization
  • Voice and written comments on tracks
  • Built-in play queue
  • Voice memo recording
Features
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Boombox is a new way for music professionals to work: - Cloud storage built for musicians - Organize your tracks and samples - Leave voice notes or written comments on tracks - Built-in play queue - Record and store ideas as voice memos Our goal with Boombox is to create an all-in-one platform that makes the entire process of music production simpler and more organized. From concept and collaboration, all the way through to distribution and monetization. Say goodbye to the old music business. Amplify your work.

About

ASCAP

This app helps ASCAP members manage their music catalog, register new works, and track royalty distributions. It also offers tools for finding collaborators, accessing educational resources, and discovering industry events.

Highlights
  • Manage music and metadata
  • Register new music
  • Scan catalog for data health
  • Check royalty distributions
  • Find collaborators
  • Access music industry education
  • Discover events
Features
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If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.

Screenshots

Boombox.io4 screens
ASCAP4 screens

Verdict

The call

Boombox.io and ASCAP both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of ASCAP's written reviews are positive against 57% of Boombox.io's. Boombox.io's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 35). 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

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

Boombox.io holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boombox.io has 200 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Boombox.io's written reviews are positive against 69% of ASCAP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boombox.io ships an update every 2 weeks, ASCAP monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Boombox.io versus ASCAP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoombox.ioASCAP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (200 ratings) — better4.5 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews56.5% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings200 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB67 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperBoombox Interactive, Inc.ASCAP

Customer experience

Boombox.io

All ratings200 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive56.5%
Neutral17.4%
Negative26.1%

ASCAP

All ratings35 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

Boombox.io

No in-app purchases

None

ASCAP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boombox.io free?
Boombox.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ASCAP free?
ASCAP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boombox.io or ASCAP?
Boombox.io is rated higher. Boombox.io averages 4.6 out of 5 from 200 ratings, while ASCAP averages 4.5 from 35 ratings.
Do Boombox.io or ASCAP have ads?
Neither Boombox.io nor ASCAP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boombox.io or ASCAP?
Boombox.io ships an update every 2 weeks, and ASCAP monthly. Most recently, Boombox.io was updated on October 25, 2026 and ASCAP on October 25, 2026.

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