RetroPlayer vs PSOFT Audio Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
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.
- Change playback speed
- Adjust musical key
- Modify voice characteristics
- Remove or extract specific sounds
- Analyze music and display chords
- Export modified audio (add-on)
Read full descriptionHide full description
“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
Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | RetroPlayer | PSOFT Audio Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STUDIO-KURA | PSOFT |
Customer experience
RetroPlayer
PSOFT Audio Player
In-app purchases
RetroPlayer
No in-app purchases
PSOFT Audio Player
- Export Add-on$24.99
Questions
Is RetroPlayer free?
Is PSOFT Audio Player free?
Which has better reviews, RetroPlayer or PSOFT Audio Player?
Do RetroPlayer or PSOFT Audio Player have ads?
Which is updated more often, RetroPlayer or PSOFT Audio Player?
Other comparisons















