Comparison

RetroPlayer vs PSOFT Audio Player

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

Head to head
About

RetroPlayer

This music player offers a unique retro experience by simulating an old-style record player. Customize audio effects like distortion and noise, and control playback speed and pitch by interacting with the virtual turntable.

Highlights
  • Simulates retro record player
  • Adjustable distortion, skip, and noise effects
  • Control music pitch via turntable speed
  • Direct turntable manipulation with fingers
  • Re-experience familiar music with a vintage feel
Features
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RetroPlayer is a music player which simulates an old style reproducer. You can change settings such as distortion, skip, noise as you like and enjoy your favorite musics. Moreover, you can change pitch of musics by changing speed of turntable or rotating turntable directly by your fingers. Please re-enjoy a piece of music that you have listened to for many times.

About

PSOFT Audio Player

This music player allows independent adjustment of key, playback speed, and sound extraction with exceptional audio quality. It's ideal for musicians, language learners, and anyone needing to analyze or manipulate audio content.

Highlights
  • Change playback speed
  • Adjust musical key
  • Modify voice characteristics
  • Remove or extract specific sounds
  • Analyze music and display chords
  • Export modified audio (add-on)
Features
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“Freely manipulate sound with incredibly natural results.” Make the comparison with your own ears. This music player makes it easy to independently change your music's key and playing speed and remove or extract specified sounds, while preserving an overwhelming audio quality that cannot be matched. Recommended for: ・ Musical instrument practice. ・ Making karaoke tracks. ・ Musical transcription. ・ Creating audio tracks for dance practice. ・ Learning foreign languages by listening to podcasts. ・ Efficiently gathering information from podcasts. ・ Audio-typing comfortably. With usual audio equipment, large changes to key and playing speed typically result in a heavy degradation of the audio quality. However, by using our company's “PhaseGear” technology, this app succeeds in reducing audio degradation to its utmost minimum. The result is surprisingly natural-sounding audio. ============== [ Main Features ] ============== ▼ Change playing speed [Time stretch] Change the playing speed without affecting the key (0.00x – 4.00x). ▼ Change key [Pitch shift] Change the key without affecting the playing speed (±24.00 semitones). ▼ Change voice [Formant] Apply changes to voices (±24.00). Includes the [Correction] function which restrains voice alterations caused by changing the key. ▼ Remove / extract sounds [Audio masking] Visualize the audio and remove / pick out sound from a specified band. Obtain exceptional audio quality thanks to a new technology preventing mixing in rhythm sound. * Depending on the musical structure, it might not be possible to obtain the desired results. ▼ Analyze audio and display chords [Musical scale analysis] Analyzes music as it plays and displays the musical scale on a keyboard. Also allows on-screen display of inferred chords. ▼ Output the modified audio [Export (*Add-on)] Output the audio data file with modified key, sound masking, etc. The exported file can also be used with a PC or other device. * This function must be purchased as an add-on. ====================================== ■ Specifications - Play menu - Play / Pause - Skip 15s / Back 15s (*Only available on 4 inch displays) - Fast forward / Rewind - Next song / Previous song - Play position adjustment slider - Play mode - Play all songs - Repeat all songs - Play 1 song - Repeat 1 song - Shuffled play - Shuffled repeat - Share song information - Send the current song info to other apps, share functionality. - Select songs by - Playlist - Song - Artist - Album - Composer - Genre - Compilation - Podcast - Audiobook - Document - Supports background play * Note Contents on iCloud and protected contents not supported. ■ About PhaseGear PhaseGear is our company's audio signal processing engine based on patented technology. It implements high quality time stretch and pitch shift processing as well as superior sound masking. Please refer to the link below for more details about this technology. (*In Japanese) http://www.psoft.co.jp/jp/corporate/technology/phasegear.html * Patent registered in Japan, USA and South Korea.

Screenshots

RetroPlayer2 screens
PSOFT Audio Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PSOFT Audio Player at 3.5 against RetroPlayer's 3.0. PSOFT Audio Player also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 54 months) and review sentiment (69% vs 43%). RetroPlayer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($1.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, 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

RetroPlayer costs $1.99 and PSOFT Audio Player $6.99 up front. PSOFT Audio Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RetroPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PSOFT Audio Player holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of RetroPlayer's written reviews are positive against 69% of PSOFT Audio Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetroPlayer ships an update every 54 months, PSOFT Audio Player every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
RetroPlayer versus PSOFT Audio Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroPlayerPSOFT Audio Player
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 54 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTUDIO-KURAPSOFT

Customer experience

RetroPlayer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative48.6%

PSOFT Audio Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

None

RetroPlayer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PSOFT Audio Player

One-time1
  • Export Add-on$24.99

Questions

Is RetroPlayer free?
RetroPlayer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PSOFT Audio Player free?
PSOFT Audio Player costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RetroPlayer or PSOFT Audio Player?
PSOFT Audio Player is rated higher. RetroPlayer averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PSOFT Audio Player averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do RetroPlayer or PSOFT Audio Player have ads?
Neither RetroPlayer nor PSOFT Audio Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RetroPlayer or PSOFT Audio Player?
RetroPlayer ships an update every 54 months, and PSOFT Audio Player every 2 months. Most recently, RetroPlayer was updated on September 22, 2026 and PSOFT Audio Player on September 27, 2026.

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