Comparison

The Mixcast vs Melodee

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

Head to head
About

The Mixcast

Features
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The Mixcast helps you discover your next favorite song through daily hand-picked releases and carefully curated monthly playlists. Listen inside the app using Apple Music, or open songs and playlists directly in Spotify. Browse daily recommendations, explore the complete Mixcast archive by year and month, and discover music by genre, artist, mood, or playlist. FEATURES • A new curated song recommendation every day • Monthly Mixcast playlists • In-app playback with Apple Music and direct links to Spotify • Browse Mixcasts by year, month, and genre • Explore song artwork, artist information, and similar songs • Save favorite songs with Premium Access • Add Mixcast playlists to your connected music library • Optional daily email newsletter • Light and dark appearance modes Free listeners can explore daily songs, browse Mixcasts, and listen using a supported music service. Premium Access unlocks saved songs, ad-free listening, the full Mixcast playlist archive, and Add to Library tools. Existing website members can use Member Login to access benefits from an active The Mixcast membership. Subscriptions are available as monthly or annual auto-renewing purchases. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account after confirmation. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription from your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://themixcast.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://themixcast.com/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Melodee

This app allows you to play audio files directly from your device's file system without importing or syncing. It offers robust file management, tag editing, and format conversion for MP3, M4A, WAV, and ALAC files.

Highlights
  • Direct file management via iOS Files app
  • Supports MP3, M4A, WAV, ALAC playback
  • In-app tag and album art editing
  • Batch file editing
  • File format conversion (WAV, MP3, M4A)
  • ZIP archive extraction
Features
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Have a file-based music collection? Melodee is the app for you. - File Management Melodee is a file focused audio player. It supports file management directly from the built-in iOS/iPadOS Files app, so you don't have to fumble with share sheets, AirDrop, or cloud storage services. No import or sync is necessary, move your audio files directly to the Melodee folder in the 'On My iPhone/On My iPad' folder, and Melodee will automatically pick them up. You can also select your own folder to playback from. Melodee also supports renaming and deleting files in-app. - Media Player Melodee supports playing audio and video. You can queue files for playback, play entire folders, and control audio playback from your Lock Screen, Control Center, or even your Apple Watch. - Tag Editor Melodee supports tag editing for audio files. The following fields can be edited: Title, Artist, Album, Album Artist, Year, Track Number, Genre, Composer, Disc Number. You can also modify your audio files’ album art. Additionally, you can use advanced replacement tokens that use information from a file's file name to fill out tag data. You can easily edit multiple files at one go, changing only the fields you want to change. - File Conversion Melodee supports conversion between WAV, MP3, and M4A formats. - Wide File Support Melodee supports previewing images, PDF documents, and text files. If your audio files come in the form of a ZIP archive (such as when purchased from Bandcamp, etc), Melodee can also help you extract them. Simply drop your ZIP archives into the Melodee folder, and open them in the Melodee app. Note: Editing many files at once, or using large album art images may result in longer save times.

Screenshots

The Mixcast4 screens
Melodee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Melodee at monthly against The Mixcast's every 3 months. The Mixcast's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Mixcast ships an update every 3 months, Melodee monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Mixcast versus Melodee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe MixcastMelodee
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB13 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPete ChristiansonJustin Xin

In-app purchases

None

The Mixcast

No in-app purchases

None

Melodee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Mixcast free?
The Mixcast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Melodee free?
Melodee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Mixcast or Melodee have ads?
Neither The Mixcast nor Melodee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Mixcast or Melodee?
The Mixcast ships an update every 3 months, and Melodee monthly. Most recently, The Mixcast was updated on September 17, 2026 and Melodee on October 13, 2026.

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