Comparison

KaraFun Box vs Play In Reverse

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

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About

KaraFun Box

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KaraFun Box is the all-in-one solution for running and managing your karaoke boxes and booths. With an intuitive application designed for both your customers and you, it offers a simple yet powerful management system. Our dedicated app allows you to seamlessly plan, design, and manage customized karaoke, singing game Battle, and music trivia experiences, offering full control from start to finish. — Features for your customers — - Sing: A diverse music catalog with other 500 new songs added monthly, clients can always discover something new, ensuring there's always something new to sing. - Battle: A singing game with scoring to play and laugh together. Real-time scoring, fire vibes! Your customers will keep coming back. - Play: Add an interactive element with music quizzes, offering a new challenge to test musical knowledge between karaoke performances. -Interlude: Let guests sing the correct answer’s song right after each quiz question—keeping the fun going between rounds and connecting gameplay with performance. - Control: Customers can add titles and music quiz to the queue and select settings from any smartphone, offering seamless interaction and control. And can send real-time selfies to the lyrics screen from their smartphones. - Personalized experience: Users can adjust the volume of the vocals, change the tempo, and modify the pitch of the songs, ensuring a performance that suits their style. — Features for you — - Session management: Control the flow of your karaoke sessions with an automatic timer that ends and locks the app once the session is complete, keeping everything on schedule. - Scrolling Banner: Showcase promotions or welcome singers with a personalized scrolling message directly on the screen for added engagement. - Setting lock: Secure your settings with a password to prevent unauthorized changes, ensuring a consistent and secure setup for every use. - Demo Mode: Auto-play top tracks with a touch-blocking overlay—perfect for showcasing the app. - Blocked Mode: Lock the app until a session begins, with a fullscreen lock screen and muted audio. — Business Account Required — KaraFun Box is exclusively for our business clients. If you’re a KJ or looking for an at-home karaoke app, explore our Premium and Pro offers. Just search 'KaraFun' in your app store to download our public app and start singing!

About

Play In Reverse

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Play in Reverse is the Apple Music player with a twist - it plays albums in reverse order – from the last track to the first! Give some love to those songs at the end of albums that you don't always get to and breathe new life into your old favourites. CUE UP AN ALBUM Use the built-in search to find the album you want to hear, or share an album straight from Apple Music (or any app that lets you share an Apple Music album ID) using the ShareSheet. FREE FEATURES With the free version of Play in Reverse, choose one album per day and listen to it as many times as you like. PREMIUM FEATURES* Listen to an unlimited number of albums and add bookmarks so you can quickly find your favourites. Bookmarks sync across any iPhone and iPad signed into the same Apple Account using iCloud. *Requires Play in Reverse Premium

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KaraFun Box at none against Play In Reverse's 1. KaraFun Box also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Play In Reverse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. KaraFun Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
KaraFun Box versus Play In Reverse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaraFun BoxPlay In Reverse
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRecisioRussell Hill

In-app purchases

None

KaraFun Box

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Play In Reverse

One-time1
  • Play in Reverse Premium$1.99

Questions

Is KaraFun Box free?
KaraFun Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play In Reverse free?
Play In Reverse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KaraFun Box or Play In Reverse have ads?
Neither KaraFun Box nor Play In Reverse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KaraFun Box or Play In Reverse?
KaraFun Box ships an update monthly, and Play In Reverse monthly. Most recently, KaraFun Box was updated on October 21, 2026 and Play In Reverse on October 18, 2026.

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