Comparison

Albumen vs Electrogene

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

Head to head
About

Albumen

This app offers a straightforward way to browse and play music from your device's library. It organizes your songs by albums and playlists, providing a simple interface for playback control. Enjoy your music with a clean, uncluttered experience.

Highlights
  • View music library
  • Organized by albums and playlists
  • Simple playback interface
  • Background playback support
  • Now playing track indicator
Features
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Albumen provides a simple interface for viewing and playing songs (tracks) in your device's music library, organized into albums and playlists. Back when Albumen was originally written, Apple's Music app truncated song title and artist information, whereas Albumen displayed that information in full. Apple's Music app no longer truncates, but Albumen remains useful for the sheer simplicity of its interface. Tap a song (track) to start playing it. The iPhone's music player is used, so you can then quit Albumen and playback will continue, and you can use the iPhone's standard music interface (including the Music app, the Control Center, and the lock screen) to pause and resume play and so forth. Albumen also includes a play/pause button and a track progress indicator. Albumen also tells you what track is currently playing: the Now button takes you to the currently playing track within its album, and the currently playing track has a note mark.

About

Electrogene

This audio effect app offers a low-fidelity sound experience with bit-crushing, modulation, saturation, and filtering. It includes a real-time waveform visualizer and allows for saving and randomizing parameters. Compatible with various audio extensions for expanded workflow.

Highlights
  • Bit-crusher with sample rate and bit resolution control
  • Frequency modulation
  • Selectable low, high, or band pass filter
  • Adjustable pre-gain and dry/wet levels
  • Save and randomize parameters
  • Realtime waveform scope visualizer
  • Audio Unit Extension, Audiobus, Inter-App Audio support
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Electrogene is a low fidelity audio effect combining bit-crusher, modulation, saturation and filter with scope visualizer. Refined algorithms can produce warm or harsh sound reminding of retro digital or analog audio system. Electrogene features: – Modify sample rate and bit resolution – Apply drift variance to the bit-crusher sample rate value – Add frequency modulation to input signal – Low pass, High pass or Band pass filter – Set pre-gain and dry/wet levels – Ability to save and randomize parameters – Audio Unit Extension, Audiobus, Inter-App Audio support – 40 built-in presets – Background audio – Realtime waveform scope visualizer

Screenshots

Albumen1 screens
Electrogene2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Albumen at Free against Electrogene's $4.99. Electrogene's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Albumen is free to download; Electrogene costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Electrogene holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Electrogene has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Albumen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Electrogene's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Albumen ships an update every 14 months, Electrogene every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Albumen versus Electrogene: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlbumenElectrogene
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings213 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatt NeuburgBACKPULLVER SOFTWARE LTD OOD

Customer experience

Albumen

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Electrogene

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Albumen

No in-app purchases

None

Electrogene

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Albumen free?
Albumen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Electrogene free?
Electrogene costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Albumen or Electrogene?
Electrogene is rated higher. Albumen averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Electrogene averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Albumen or Electrogene have ads?
Neither Albumen nor Electrogene shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Albumen or Electrogene?
Albumen ships an update every 14 months, and Electrogene every 12 months. Most recently, Albumen was updated on October 9, 2026 and Electrogene on October 14, 2026.

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