Albumen vs vinylcloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- View music library
- Organized by albums and playlists
- Simple playback interface
- Background playback support
- Now playing track indicator
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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.
vinylcloud
Search and discover music from a vast library, create custom playlists, and play them during events with real-time adjustments. It helps users find trending songs across various genres and organize their music for any occasion.
- Search music by title or artist
- Discover trending music by genre
- Create custom playlists
- Real-time playlist adjustments during playback
- Public broadcast license support for venues
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Search & discover music within the vinylcloud library, plan your playlists, then play them back during your event while making changes on the fly. Features: - Search by title or artist to find your music. - Discover trending music within top song charts across a variety of popular genres. - Create custom playlists. Support: Contact support@vinylcloud.com for questions and support requests. Public broadcast & playback of music within the vinylcloud owned library is limited to venues, bars, clubs, businesses, or organizations that hold a public performance license with BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC. vinylcloud works with our clients & their venue(s) to ensure that all licenses for public broadcast & performance of recorded audio have been obtained. Release Notes Version 1.1.1: Small bug fixes & updated API infrastructure. Version 1.1.0: Just in time for the holidays - Bug fixes (airplay crashes, player window not opening/closing) and UI improvements (it's now easier to use the player volume and time scrubber controls with fat fingers!). Version 1.0.2: Squashed a bug that caused the app to crash on iPads. Version 1.0.1: Squashed a bug that caused app to hang when deleting songs from currently playing playlist. Version 1.0.0: Initial release.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: vinylcloud at 5.0 against Albumen's 3.5. vinylcloud also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
vinylcloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Albumen's written reviews are positive against 100% of vinylcloud's.
Albumen ships an update every 14 months, vinylcloud every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Albumen | vinylcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matt Neuburg | Joe Goldade |
Customer experience
Albumen
vinylcloud
In-app purchases
Albumen
No in-app purchases
vinylcloud
No in-app purchases









