Slow Player vs cear music player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slow Player
This music player allows you to adjust playback speed and pitch to learn songs by ear. It supports various instruments and can be used for language learning. Save and export phrases for practice.
- Adjust playback speed (50%-200%)
- Change musical key
- Set start and end times
- Real-time seeking
- Repeat phrases
- Save and export phrases (AAC)
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This App is the Music Dictation Player and the fastest, and easiest way to learn new songs by slowing down or speeding up play back without changing the pitch! Works with guitar, bass, trumpet, piano, voice or any other instrument and 'learn by ear'. It can be used for the listening of the foreign language, too. Other features: - change speed without any change in pitch.(50% to 200%) - change key.(-6 to 6 semitone) - change start time, end time keeping length.(dragging the red range rectangle) - realtime seeking.(drag orange play button) - speed, key, start time, end time can change without music pause! - repeat phrases - save phrase - phrase can export AAC Format. **Warning - Does not work with DRM protected songs(m4p) - iPhone 3G can't export to AAC.
cear music player
This music player uses advanced sound processing to create a more natural and less fatiguing listening experience with headphones. It aims to make headphone audio sound like it's coming from external speakers, reducing the feeling of oppression. The app also enhances audio quality from built-in speakers.
- Advanced sound signal processing
- Liberated clear sound with headphones
- Reduces headphone fatigue
- Simulates speaker-like audio
- Enhances built-in speaker audio
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concept: The headphones and earphones are very convenient for enjoying the music, but the headphones users will feel the stress and fatigue if they continue using for a long time. Because the reproduction sound from the headphones give the listeners a feeling of oppression, stress, and tiredness by inside-head localization. [cear music player] is new music player for the apple devices utilizing the latest sound signal processing technology [cear]. You can enjoy the liberated clear sound with your favorite headphones by simple operation of [cear music player]. You will be able to enjoy the reproduction sound with relaxing from headphones for a long time as if the sound is reproduced from good loud speakers. Moreover [cear music player] delivers the enhanced reproduction sound from built-in speaker. *Apple Music or DRM contents is not supported. (When you try to play, App skips next song after 2 sec.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cear music player at 5.0 against Slow Player's 4.1. cear music player also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Slow Player's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Slow Player costs $4.99 and cear music player $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cear music player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Slow Player's written reviews are positive against 75% of cear music player's.
Slow Player ships an update monthly, cear music player every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slow Player | cear music player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dotpico Inc. | Cear, Inc. |
Customer experience
Slow Player
cear music player
In-app purchases
Slow Player
No in-app purchases
cear music player
No in-app purchases
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