TapTunes vs Album Time!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TapTunes
Explore your music collection through interactive visual displays and gesture-based controls. Rediscover forgotten tracks and enjoy a more intimate connection with your audio library.
- Visual album browsing
- Gesture playback controls
- Home screen widget
- Seamless audio switching
- Personalized settings
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With TapTunes, you will experience your music collection like never before. Touch, tap, drag, shake, swipe, pinch ‒ you've never been this close to your tunes! By presenting albums visually in a random order, TapTunes brings you much closer to your music than you'd ever get by scrolling through an alphabetical list of artist names. You'll soon find yourself rediscovering old favorites and listening to those forgotten gems lurking around the edges of your music library. After all, if a picture is worth a thousand words, why let words alone do all the talking for your music? Features * Five unique browse displays * Gesture playback controls * Home screen widget, app icon choices, light and dark themes, Shortcut support * Seamless switching between music, audiobooks, and podcasts * Highly personalized, with over 40 settings and counting * And more...
Album Time!
This music player focuses on rediscovering your album collection by shuffling entire albums rather than individual songs. It allows for seamless transitions between albums and offers various ways to organize and find your music.
- Shuffle albums, not songs
- No playlist creation needed
- Seamless album switching
- Pin favorite albums
- Search and sort music library
- Hands-free controls
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Rediscover your music collection—one album at a time. Album Time! is a music player built for album lovers. Shuffle your library effortlessly and enjoy full albums without interruptions. Features: • Shuffle Albums, Not Songs – Play entire albums in the right order, just like the artist intended. • No Playlists Needed – Press shuffle play or pick an album to start, and let the app queue the rest. • Seamless Album Switching – Skip a few songs using external or hands-free controls, and Album Time! will move to the next album automatically. • CarPlay Support – Enjoy your album shuffle experience safely and seamlessly on the road. • Tailor Your Shuffle – Pin your favorites for easy access or shuffle your whole library with a single switch. • Find Albums Fast – Search by keyword or sort by title, artist, or date added. Perfect for road trips, commutes, or anyone who enjoys albums as a whole.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Album Time! at 4.8 against TapTunes's 3.1. Album Time! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). TapTunes's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
TapTunes costs $1.99 and Album Time! $1.99 up front. TapTunes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Album Time! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Album Time! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TapTunes has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of TapTunes's written reviews are positive against 75% of Album Time!'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapTunes | Album Time! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.1 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Blundell | Jiachi Wu |
Customer experience
TapTunes
Album Time!
In-app purchases
TapTunes
- Stacked Mode$0.99
Album Time!
No in-app purchases
