Comparison

FloatingPlayer vs Wind Crusher

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

Head to head
About

FloatingPlayer

Control your music playback over any other application using a picture-in-picture overlay. Connects with Spotify and Apple Music for seamless control.

Highlights
  • Picture-in-picture playback controls
  • Spotify integration
  • Apple Music integration
  • Customizable player appearance
  • Always accessible overlay
Features
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FloatingPlayer is an always accessible music player which you can use on any app. FloatingPlayer creates a now playing view with playback controls that you can access through Picture in Picture. Open FloatingPlayer to connect to Spotify or Apple Music, change the player to your liking and press the start button. A floating player will be created which you can use anywhere to control your music. A Spotify account or access to your Music library is required to use FloatingPlayer and some features such as playback control may require Spotify Premium.

About

Wind Crusher

Transform clean audio into something more dynamic with this AUv3 effect. Add air, fizz, bite, and digital texture to vocals, pads, guitars, and snares. Explore subtle quantisation effects or push it for aggressive digital distortion.

Highlights
  • Adds air, fizz, and bite
  • Digital texture and movement
  • Adjustable Bit Depth
  • Swoosh for movement
  • Texture Tone control
  • Air EQ for high frequencies
  • Mix control for wet/dry blend
Features
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Turn clean sounds into something more alive. Wind Crusher is an AUv3 effect for adding air, fizz, bite and digital movement to pads and fragile vocals in particular, but also electric guitars and snares can benefit. It starts where many bitcrushers stop. Instead of immediately destroying your sound with extreme lo-fi distortion, Wind Crusher lets you explore the subtle texture created by quantisation — adding digital residue while keeping the original character intact. Use the large AIR control to mix in and out the sound appropriately, then fine-tune the result with: • Bit Depth for controlling the digital resolution • Swoosh for adding movement and texture • Texture Tone for shaping the character • Air EQ for opening up the high frequencies • Mix for blending the effect with the original Use it subtly to add breath and presence. Push it harder for brittle edges, fizz, aggressive breakup and obvious digital destruction. Wind Crusher is designed to be quick to use, but deep enough to experiment with. A small set of presets helps you explore different characters without needing to understand every DSP parameter. Some of the effects in Wind Crusher rely on sounds within the 350-2000 Hz range and so you may get more audible results if your input sound contains frequencies in that range. Made for musicians, producers and sound designers who want to add a little extra to their clean sounds. Wind Crusher is built as an AUv3 Audio Unit for use with compatible music apps and hosts on Apple platforms.

Screenshots

FloatingPlayer4 screens
Wind Crusher1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wind Crusher at 5.0 against FloatingPlayer's 4.6. Wind Crusher also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). FloatingPlayer's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, 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

FloatingPlayer costs $1.99 and Wind Crusher $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wind Crusher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FloatingPlayer has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of FloatingPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wind Crusher's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FloatingPlayer ships an update every 3 months, Wind Crusher every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FloatingPlayer versus Wind Crusher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFloatingPlayerWind Crusher
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (27 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDADBC INNOVATION PTY LTD

Customer experience

FloatingPlayer

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

Wind Crusher

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FloatingPlayer

No in-app purchases

None

Wind Crusher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FloatingPlayer free?
FloatingPlayer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wind Crusher free?
Wind Crusher costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FloatingPlayer or Wind Crusher?
Wind Crusher is rated higher. FloatingPlayer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Wind Crusher averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FloatingPlayer or Wind Crusher have ads?
Neither FloatingPlayer nor Wind Crusher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FloatingPlayer or Wind Crusher?
FloatingPlayer ships an update every 3 months, and Wind Crusher every 3 days. Most recently, FloatingPlayer was updated on October 27, 2026 and Wind Crusher on October 24, 2026.

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