QuickPod vs Symphony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickPod
Create and customize music widgets for your home and lock screens. Deep integration with Apple Music and Spotify allows for easy access to your favorite tracks, albums, and playlists. Share your personalized widgets with friends and family.
- Customizable music widgets
- Home Screen and Lock Screen integration
- Apple Music and Spotify support
- Playlist and album widgets
- Widget sharing
- Advanced customization options (Pro)
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Create widgets for your favorite music and add them anywhere with QuickPod! Personalize your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Control Center, and more with your favorite albums, artists, playlists, and stations. With deep integration for Apple Music and Spotify, QuickPod helps you discover your next favorite song, album, or playlist - always just a tap away. Built-in sharing makes it easy to share your widgets with anyone - customize and send them to friends, family, and more. Upgrade to QuickPod Pro for powerful customization options: - Create unlimited widgets. - Add custom images, custom text, and symbols to make your widgets truly unique. - Purchase once and access QuickPod Pro on all supported devices. *Now Playing, For You, and Discover views are currently only available with Apple Music.
Symphony
This app transforms your Apple Music listening experience into a personalized dashboard. Track your top songs, artists, and listening habits with detailed stats, visual calendars, and custom charts. It also integrates features like Shazam, Last.fm scrobbling, and local file playback for a more comprehensive music management tool.
- Detailed listening statistics
- Customizable widgets
- Shazam integration
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Local file playback
- CarPlay support
- Playlist backup and restore
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Symphony turns Apple Music into your personal listening dashboard. See your stats like never before, top songs, artists, albums and genres, total listening time, daily trends, streaks, and a year-round calendar of everything you play. Then go further: identify songs with Shazam, scrobble to Last.fm, play local files, and take it all to CarPlay. Symphony Connect: switch audio seamlessly between multiple devices. YOUR LISTENING STORY • Top songs, artists, albums & genres • Listening time, daily trends & streaks • Listening calendar heatmap & clock • Weekly standouts & all-time favorites • Hidden gems in your library • Build custom charts in Insights Lab • Home Screen stat widgets • Apple Intelligence powered AI summary for Music Insights. MAKE APPLE MUSIC YOURS • Themes, 10 accent colors & app icons • Fully customizable CoverFlow • Playlist artwork collages • Custom library sorting & tabs • Crossfade & sleep timer • Mini player controls & Seek HUD DISCOVER & MANAGE MORE • Shazam from the Lock Screen or Control Center • Apple Music Radio • Play local MP3s & audio files • Artist info & upcoming concerts • Block artists you don't want to hear • Playlist backup & restore • Last.fm scrobbling • CarPlay & Siri Symphony makes Apple Music feel personal, visual, and powerful, without the clutter. Download Symphony and rediscover your music. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Symphony at every 9 days against QuickPod's every 3 months. Symphony also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 18). QuickPod's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. QuickPod sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Symphony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QuickPod holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of QuickPod's written reviews are positive against 61% of Symphony's.
QuickPod ships an update every 3 months, Symphony every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickPod | Symphony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | 4.4 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 61.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vedant Malhotra | Heshan Pathirana |
Customer experience
QuickPod
Symphony
In-app purchases
QuickPod
- Tip Level 1$0.99
- Tip Level 2$1.99
- QuickPod Pro Level 1$1.99
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- Tip Level 3$2.99
- QuickPod Pro Level 2$2.99
- Tip Level 4$3.99
- QuickPod Pro Level 3$3.99
- Tip Level 5$4.99
Symphony
- Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$4.991 Month
- Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$12.991 Year
- Symphony Pro Lifetime$29.99
