Comparison

Album Appreciation vs Jamio

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

Head to head
About

Album Appreciation

Track your album listening history, including play counts and last played dates. Discover curated lists of essential albums across genres and decades, and get personalized suggestions for new music to explore.

Highlights
  • Track album play history
  • View album listen charts
  • Filter albums by genre/decade
  • Edit album details
  • Discover essential album lists
  • Get album suggestions
Features
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Album Appreciation is an app that keeps track of whether you have played an album, when you last played it and how many times you have played it and displays a chart showing album listens. The app also lets you filter albums by genre or decade, and edit the genre and release date of albums you add to the app. The app includes several lists of essential albums across a wide variety of genres and decades and shows suggestions for albums you can add to the app. The lists of essential albums include 101 essential albums, Apple Music's top 100 Albums, Rolling Stone Magazine's top 500 albums (2003 and 2020 versions), National Public Radio's and BBC's list of 50 essential classical albums and lists of essential jazz and bluegrass albums.

About

Jamio

Discover new music through a swipeable feed that plays the best part of each track instantly. Like songs to refine recommendations and save favorites directly to your Apple Music library. The more you use it, the more personalized your music discovery becomes.

Highlights
  • Swipeable music feed
  • Instant track previews
  • Personalized recommendations
  • One-tap song saving
  • Save to Apple Music
  • Discover similar artists
Features
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Jamio is a fast, swipeable feed of music that learns what you love. Each track instantly plays its best, most memorable part, so you know within seconds if it fits your music taste. Double-tap to like, and save favorites to your Apple Music library with a single tap. The more you interact, the smarter your feed gets, so you spend less time searching for songs you might like, and more time enjoying the ones you love. Why you’ll love it • Instant discovery: Vertical feed of bite-size music moments, just swipe. • Best part first: Every song starts at its catchiest, most memorable section. • Smarter over time: Likes refine your recommendations. • One-tap saving: Add any song to your Apple Music library right from the feed. • Follow your taste: See similar artists and related tracks as you explore.

Screenshots

Album Appreciation4 screens
Jamio3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jamio at 100% against Album Appreciation's 0%. Jamio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Album Appreciation ships an update every 5 weeks, Jamio weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Album Appreciation versus Jamio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlbum AppreciationJamio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPiryon Enterprises LLCNathanael Suarez

Customer experience

Album Appreciation

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Jamio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Album Appreciation

No in-app purchases

None

Jamio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Album Appreciation free?
Album Appreciation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jamio free?
Jamio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Album Appreciation or Jamio have ads?
Neither Album Appreciation nor Jamio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Album Appreciation or Jamio?
Album Appreciation ships an update every 5 weeks, and Jamio weekly. Most recently, Album Appreciation was updated on October 24, 2026 and Jamio on October 24, 2026.

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