Albumen vs broohahaizer
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.
broohahaizer
This experimental music app functions as an AUv3 effect and standalone application. It offers two sound sources, a ring modulator, and a switchable filter for creating unique noise and tones. Gesture recording and playback are also supported.
- Two sound sources (synth, modulator)
- Ring modulator
- Switchable filter unit
- Audio effect functionality
- XY control pads with sustain
- Parameter automation
- Gesture recording and playback
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"no humans were involved in the making of the title" broohahaizer is an experimental noise machine AUv3 effect and standalone app. it features: • two sound sources, "synth" and "modulator" with various noise & tone making settings. • the sound of these two sources is passed to the ring modulator and then goes to a switchable "filter" unit • the app works as an audio effect and the input goes to both “synth” and “modulator” sections • when modulator is inactive it passes audio input (if available) • all XY control pads have sustain switches • all plugin parameters can be automated in AUv3 host and can be controlled / recorded • [hold / loop] switch: enables gesture recording / playback / display
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Albumen at Free against broohahaizer's $4.99. Albumen also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 67%). broohahaizer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 14 months). On 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
Albumen is free to download; broohahaizer costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
broohahaizer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: broohahaizer has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Albumen's written reviews are positive against 67% of broohahaizer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Albumen ships an update every 14 months, broohahaizer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Albumen | broohahaizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matt Neuburg | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
Albumen
broohahaizer
In-app purchases
Albumen
No in-app purchases
broohahaizer
No in-app purchases









