Comparison

Criticks vs Earmuffs

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

Head to head
About

Criticks

This app consolidates your entertainment tracking, allowing you to review and share what you're watching, reading, and enjoying with friends. Discover new content through your social circle and create personalized lists of your favorites.

Highlights
  • Social feed of friends' activity
  • Track movies, TV shows, and books
  • Create and share custom lists
  • Leave reviews and ratings
  • Discover trending content
  • Personalized recommendations
Features
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Criticks is the social hub for everything you’re watching, reading, and loving. Tired of using multiple apps to track movies, shows, and books—and getting recommendations from strangers? Criticks brings it all together, with a home feed built around your friends and what they’re into. Create and share lists. Leave reviews. See what’s trending in your circle. Whether it’s a hidden gem or your next binge, Criticks helps you discover through people you trust. Track it. Rate it. Share it. All in one place. Movies, TV, books, and more to come. Criticks is for what makes you tick.

About

Earmuffs

This podcast player automatically filters out swear words and other unwanted language in real-time. Enjoy your favorite shows without interruption, customize your word filters, and ensure family-friendly listening.

Highlights
  • Real-time word filtering
  • Customizable word blocking
  • Access to all podcasts and episodes
  • Family-friendly content filtering
  • Seamless listening experience
Features
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Every wish the bad words in your podcast had an off switch? Earmuffs is your podcast player with a built-in “wash your mouth out” button. It automatically filters out swear words (and any other words you’d rather not hear), so you can enjoy your favorite shows without needing to dive for the volume button every time someone drops an F-bomb. No matter what you’re doing or who you’re with, Earmuffs keeps things clean—your way. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ What makes Earmuffs awesome: - Listen to any podcast, filtered in real time - Just like Apple, Spotify and all the other podcast streaming apps, Earmuffs houses every podcast and every episode. We’ll even hold your spot for you! - Block specific words you’d rather skip -Don’t worry, we’ve filtered out almost all of the words that would have to be bleeped on cable TV. If there are specific words that you’d like to add to the filter for any reason, just go to the “Manage My Filters” tab in the app and add as many words as you like. If you change your mind, you can always go back and edit your custom words. - Family-friendly, classroom-ready, and peace-of-mind approved -Podcasts are so educational. If you have young ears around, make sure that only the good content is being absorbed by using Earmuffs to filter out words you’d rather not be repeated. - Keep the conversation—lose the cursing - Our algorithm ensures that only the bad words are taken out of your episodes! All the good content will remain intact. If you have any questions about our filtering algorithm, please reach out to us at support@earmuffsapp.com - we’d love to hear from you! - Perfect for screen free roadtrips with the whole family! Privacy Policy: https://www.earmuffsapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.earmuffsapp.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Criticks4 screens
Earmuffs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Criticks at none against Earmuffs's 1. Criticks also leads on ratings volume (47 vs 1). Earmuffs's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Earmuffs sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Criticks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Earmuffs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Criticks has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Criticks ships an update every 2 months, Earmuffs monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Criticks versus Earmuffs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCriticksEarmuffs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (47 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB496 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developercriticks LLCEarmuffs Inc

In-app purchases

None

Criticks

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Earmuffs

Subscriptions1
  • Earmuffs Unlimited$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Criticks free?
Criticks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Earmuffs free?
Earmuffs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Criticks or Earmuffs?
Earmuffs is rated higher. Criticks averages 4.6 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Earmuffs averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Criticks or Earmuffs have ads?
Neither Criticks nor Earmuffs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Criticks or Earmuffs?
Criticks ships an update every 2 months, and Earmuffs monthly. Most recently, Criticks was updated on October 15, 2026 and Earmuffs on October 13, 2026.

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