Comparison

Music Player vs Penta

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

Head to head
About

Music Player

Manage your music library with this fast and simple player. Enjoy playback controls, lyrics, cover art, and playlist management with a visually appealing interface.

Highlights
  • Tap to play/stop
  • Rotation effect during playback
  • Swipe for next/previous song
  • View lyrics and cover art
  • Playlist management
  • Playback controls (volume, shuffle, repeat)
Features
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A beautiful music player that manage your songs library in a simple and fast way. Features: - tap on the CD to play/stop the track; - beautiful rotation effect during playback; - swipe right/left to load the next/previous song; - look at the lyrics and cover; - left/right audio VU meters; - load your favorite playlist; - manage playback with volume, tracking, shuffle and repeat.

About

Penta

This app recreates the experience of a vintage five-disc CD changer on your Apple devices. It meticulously simulates the sounds and visual details of a classic hi-fi component, allowing you to browse your Apple Music library as if it were a physical CD collection.

Highlights
  • Five-disc carousel simulation
  • Realistic sound effects
  • Jewel-case browser
  • Apple Music library integration
  • Customizable display options
  • iCloud sync for saved discs
Features
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Penta turns your iPhone, iPad or iPhone Duo into a five-disc CD changer — the hi-fi component you grew up with, rebuilt for your Apple Music library. Open a jewel case, drop the disc into the carousel, and play. Every detail is here: the fluorescent display, the motorized carousel, the power-on self-test, a disc winding up to speed before it plays, and the clunk as it comes to a stop. ON IPHONE DUO The phone is the jewel case. Close it and you're holding the album; open it and the case opens with it. Open flat for the whole deck, or fold it like a laptop for your CD wallet above the tray. FEATURES • A real five-disc carousel — load, spin, and swap discs by hand • Real sounds, recorded from a five-disc changer: key clicks, the tray, the platter turning and a disc set down • A different deck each way up: the full carousel sideways, a CD wallet over the tray upright • Jewel-case browser — open the case and drag the disc out, or drop it straight into any of the five slots • Plays your Apple Music library in full, with real album art on every disc • Keys you can feel — on iPhone every key clicks under your thumb • Magazines — save a set of five discs and reload the whole cartridge later • Favorites, whole-library search, and Apple Music catalog search • A vacuum-fluorescent display with track, time, and format readouts • Any way up on iPad, and in resizable windows • Favorites and saved magazines sync across your devices via iCloud PENTA PRO A one-time unlock: Real CD Artwork (beta) shows the actual printed disc instead of the album cover, plus the full phosphor-colour set, the analog needle and VU meters, a gentle readable spin, the minimal readout, and unlimited saved magazines. The free deck plays your whole library with no limits. Albums you own play without a subscription. Streaming from the Apple Music catalog needs an Apple Music subscription.

Screenshots

Music Player3 screens
Penta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Penta at 100% against Music Player's 44%. Penta also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Music Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Penta is free to download; Music Player costs $0.99 up front. Penta sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Music Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Penta holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Music Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Penta's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Music Player ships an update every 3 months, Penta weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Music Player versus Penta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusic PlayerPenta
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiuseppe CigalaJohn Seubert

Customer experience

Music Player

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive43.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative48.7%

Penta

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Music Player

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Penta

One-time1
  • Penta Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Music Player free?
Music Player costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penta free?
Penta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Music Player or Penta?
Penta is rated higher. Music Player averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Penta averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Music Player or Penta have ads?
Neither Music Player nor Penta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Music Player or Penta?
Music Player ships an update every 3 months, and Penta weekly. Most recently, Music Player was updated on November 1, 2026 and Penta on November 6, 2026.

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