Comparison

Pickr Music vs MBIRA Streaming

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

Head to head
About

Pickr Music

This platform connects music industry professionals, allowing users to find and book studios, engineers, and musicians. Service providers can easily showcase their offerings, rates, and secure payments. It also features industry news, a job board, and networking opportunities.

Highlights
  • Connect music industry professionals
  • Book studios, engineers, and musicians
  • Showcase services and rates
  • Secure upfront payments
  • Industry news and job board
  • Network with other users
Features
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Pickr is a platform designed to help recording studios, engineers, musicians, and other music industry professionals connect and showcase their services. Users looking to book a studio, engineer, or musician for a project no longer need to contact multiple providers to find out more information about the gear they have, the services they offer, or what their rates are. With Pickr, you have everything you need at your fingertips, so you can put together a session in minutes. Providers can instantly update their information, their rates, secure payment up front in advance through the app, and easily vet potential clients or collaborators. Pickr is a targeted marketing platform where you can search for or showcase your own services absolutely free. It’s a one-stop-shop for music professionals. Stay up-to-date on the latest industry news, post jobs or questions on the Board, connect with other users, or book services within the app.

About

MBIRA Streaming

Features
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MBIRA Streaming brings more than 28,000 minutes of traditional Zimbabwean music to your iPhone and iPad. Explore a collection built over more than 50 years, centered on mbira and Shona music and also featuring marimba, village singers and drummers, other mbira types, and ngano. Browse albums and featured recordings, search the catalog, create personal playlists, manage your listening queue, and keep the music playing in the background. Features: - Stream MBIRA's full music collection - Browse albums and featured recordings - Search songs, albums, tunings, and musicians - Create and organize personal playlists - Build, reorder, and clear your listening queue - Continue listening with background audio - Use on iPhone and iPad About MBIRA: MBIRA is an educational nonprofit organization devoted to the traditional music of Zimbabwe. Its work supports more than 300 traditional musicians in Zimbabwe whose recordings appear in the collection, as well as instrument makers. MBIRA helps preserve and share this music with listeners and learners around the world. An existing MBIRA Streaming account is required.

Screenshots

Pickr Music4 screens
MBIRA Streaming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pickr Music at 15.1 against MBIRA Streaming's 17.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pickr Music versus MBIRA Streaming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickr MusicMBIRA Streaming
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPickr LLCMBIRA

In-app purchases

None

Pickr Music

No in-app purchases

None

MBIRA Streaming

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pickr Music free?
Pickr Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MBIRA Streaming free?
MBIRA Streaming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pickr Music or MBIRA Streaming have ads?
Neither Pickr Music nor MBIRA Streaming shows ads.

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