Comparison

Fan Arch vs CRPlayer

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

Head to head
About

Fan Arch

Connect with athletes and influencers through personalized fan stores. This platform empowers talent to express their creativity and build entrepreneurial ventures, offering fans a unique way to support their favorite personalities.

Highlights
  • Personalized fan stores
  • Athlete and influencer engagement
  • Entrepreneurial empowerment for talent
  • Creative expression for artists
  • Fan support and representation
Features
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Our mission is to revolutionize the way athletes and influencers connect with their fans. Through our unique fan stores, we are able to empower the creative visions of our Fan Arch family. Our personalized fan stores allow our talent to express their creativity as entrepreneurs, role models, and professionals. Taking an individualized approach we work to develop an innovative experience where fans can represent and support our Fan Arch family.

About

CRPlayer

Experience music with a realistic vinyl record player simulation. Interact with virtual records, change playback speed, and enjoy detailed animations. Unlock advanced features with in-app purchases for a personalized listening experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic vinyl record playback simulation
  • Interactive touch controls for speed and scrubbing
  • Detailed jacket and turntable animations
  • Select music from your library
  • Customizable record and player aesthetics
  • In-app purchases for advanced features
Features
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From taking a vinyl record out of the jacket and putting it on the turntable to start playing, to finishing the performance and putting it back in the jacket, it moves just like a real player. You can touch the vinyl record with your finger to change the speed, stop the turntable with your finger for scrubbing, or stop the tone arm with your finger to make the needle skip. But, unlike the real thing, no matter how harshly you handle it, the original sound source will not be damaged at all! Enjoy the feeling of listening to records on a record player to your heart's content. Feature - The jacket and turntable display are fun to look at. - Free selection from your music library. - 4 types of vinyl disk form from donut record to LP record. - A cool animation of the record playback process. - Auto start behavior like a real player. - The front of the jacket depicts the artwork. - Tap the edge of the jacket to flip it over to the back of the jacket. - On the back of the jacket is a list of songs that can be selected by tapping. - Use the slider on the back of the jacket to freely seek within the song. - Split multiple songs into side 1 and side 2 like a real record. - A prank of slowing down by touching the record disk with a finger. - Scrubbing play by moving the turntable with your finger. - Stop the tone arm with your finger and play a needle jumping prank. - Tap the tonearm with your finger continuously to generate short repeats. In-app purchases add the following features. (You can try it out for 2 weeks with a free in-app purchase.) - Auto stop behavior like a real player. - Adjust and change single-sided/double-sided settings to your liking. - Select rotation of 33⅓ or 45. - Fine tune between 200 cents above and below in 25 cent increments. - Add scratch noise to enhance the feeling of playing a record - Retro sounds from portable players, transistor radios and telephones. - Select record disk color from black, red and blue. - Select the label color from 7 colors. - Change the color of the turntable mat to your liking. - You can save the record coordinated to your liking as a virtual record on apps record shelf. Note: Playing songs outside the iPod library is not supported. Compatibility Requires: iOS 12.0 or later Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

Screenshots

Fan Arch4 screens
CRPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fan Arch at 100% against CRPlayer's 0%. Fan Arch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CRPlayer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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. CRPlayer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Fan Arch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fan Arch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fan Arch has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Fan Arch's written reviews are positive against 0% of CRPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fan Arch ships an update fortnightly, CRPlayer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Fan Arch versus CRPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFan ArchCRPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (22 ratings) — better1.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason BoltonKazuo Kamata

Customer experience

Fan Arch

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CRPlayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fan Arch

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CRPlayer

One-time2
  • Extra Features TrialFree
  • Extra Features$1.99

Questions

Is Fan Arch free?
Fan Arch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CRPlayer free?
CRPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fan Arch or CRPlayer?
Fan Arch is rated higher. Fan Arch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while CRPlayer averages 1.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Fan Arch or CRPlayer have ads?
Neither Fan Arch nor CRPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fan Arch or CRPlayer?
Fan Arch ships an update fortnightly, and CRPlayer every 4 months. Most recently, Fan Arch was updated on October 24, 2026 and CRPlayer on October 21, 2026.

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