Comparison

CRPlayer vs WaveLux Fluids

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

Head to head
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

About

WaveLux Fluids

Features
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Experience the mesmerizing power of fluid dynamics like never how before. Welcome to WaveLux Fluids, a masterpiece of interactive art, physics simulation, and gaming. Whether you want to relieve stress by watching gorgeous, colorful liquids swirl at your fingertips, transform your personal photos into fluid masterpieces, or challenge your mind with addictive physics puzzles, WaveLux Fluids offers an unparalleled sensory escape. Step into a world where science meets digital art, and let your creativity flow. - Hyper-Realistic Fluid Simulation Sandbox Discover the ultimate therapeutic and visual sandbox. Powered by a state-of-the-art physics engine, the fluid simulation responds instantly to your touch with breathtaking realism. - Endless Customization: You are the master of the flow. Tweak, experiment, and customize dozens of parameters including viscosity, dissipation, vortex size, color palettes, and pressure. - Stunning Visual Results: Watch as vibrant colors collide, merge, and dissolve into mesmerizing neon trails, glowing smoke, and liquid silk. Stress Relief & Relaxation: Use it as a digital sensory toy to calm your mind, spark your creativity, or simply enjoy the satisfying, hypnotic beauty of motion. Revolutionary Fluid Photo Effects & Selfie Fun Breathe life into your static images, photos, and selfies! WaveLux Fluids bridges the gap between photo editing and live physics, allowing you to interact with your personal memories—and your own face—in a completely new, hilarious, and artistic way. - Import From Your Gallery: Choose any photo, selfie, or image from your device and watch it instantly adapt to the liquid canvas. - Liquefy & Warp Your Selfies: Have endless fun with friends and family! Smudge, swirl, and distort your photos using realistic fluid currents. Melt faces into funny caricatures, create striking abstract art, or design breathtaking ripples over your favorite landscapes. - A Massive Universe of Unique Effects: Don’t just Liquefy & Paint your images—completely transform their reality. Experience a huge library of interactive visual styles including: - Particle Explosion & Pixel Rain: Watch your photos shatter into thousands of physical particles or wash away in a digital downpour. - Glass Shatter & Sand Drift: Smash your images into realistic shards or watch them dissolve like grains of desert sand. - Magnetic Fields & Image Bubbles: Warp your pictures with invisible magnetic forces, or trap your images inside floating, interactive bubbles that you can bounce and pop. - Image Stars & Constellation Map: Turn your favorite memories into glowing cosmic night skies and celestial star networks. - Glitch Art & Neon Edge Glow: Give your selfies a futuristic, cyberpunk aesthetic with electronic distortion and vibrant, radiant outlines. - Cloth Wave & Water Ripple: Watch your photos flow like satin fabric in the wind or react to hyper-realistic aquatic splashes. - Oil Paint: Instantly elevate your everyday snapshots into classic, fluid museum masterpieces with a single tap. The Bucket Challenge: Addictive Physics Gaming Think you’ve mastered the flow? Put your skills to the test in a compelling, physics-based puzzle game that is as challenging as it is entertaining. Your mission: command the liquid to push a ball into the target bucket. - Over 100 Unique Levels: Journey through a meticulously designed campaign featuring more than 100 levels. Each stage introduces clever obstacles, moving platforms, and gravity-defying layouts. - Addictive Gameplay: The perfect blend of strategy and trial-and-error will keep you hooked for hours. Find the perfect angle, control the volume of your fluid, and execute the perfect flow. Perfect For Everyone: Whether you are an artist seeking inspiration, a gamer looking for your next obsession, or someone needing a moment of mindfulness, this app is built for you. Download WaveLux Fluids today and start your journey into the flow!

Screenshots

CRPlayer4 screens
WaveLux Fluids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CRPlayer at Free against WaveLux Fluids's $1.99. CRPlayer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). WaveLux Fluids's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

CRPlayer is free to download; WaveLux Fluids costs $1.99 up front. CRPlayer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WaveLux Fluids asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CRPlayer versus WaveLux Fluids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCRPlayerWaveLux Fluids
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKazuo KamataSpiros Zavitsanos

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CRPlayer

One-time2
  • Extra Features TrialFree
  • Extra Features$1.99
None

WaveLux Fluids

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CRPlayer free?
CRPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WaveLux Fluids free?
WaveLux Fluids costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CRPlayer or WaveLux Fluids have ads?
Neither CRPlayer nor WaveLux Fluids shows ads.

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