MusicMachine vs Music Player One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MusicMachine
This app functions as a digital jukebox, letting users select songs for playback. It's designed for social gatherings like parties, allowing multiple people to contribute to a music queue. Users can manage the queue, control playback, and create playlists.
- Select music for playback
- Manage song queue
- Full playback controls (seek, skip, pause, stop)
- Background playback
- Create and save playlists
- Share/export non-DRM songs
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A Jukebox app that allows you to choose your music while you are listening. Ideal for parties, where there are a number of people who would like to choose some songs. *note* no music is supplied with this app. Features - Queue - you can see what songs are in the queue, and delete some if needed, or even touch a song in the queue and the player will jump to it. Control - full seek, skip (forwards and backwards), pause, and stop control (the stop button will clear the queue). Plays in background - leave the app and play a game and the music will continue. Create and save playlists. Share / export non DRM protected songs.
Music Player One
This application offers a music playback experience with features like smart shuffle and search. It includes playback controls for headphones and supports background audio. Enhance your listening with built-in reverb and bass boost effects.
- Smart shuffle by album
- Smart search
- Headphone playback control
- Background playback
- Reverb with 15 presets
- Bass Boost
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Music Player One is a iPod Library player with smart shuffle, smart search and effects. Player Features: - Repeat by album - Shuffle by album - Control music playback by EarPods/In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic (play/pause and next/previous) - Support background playback. Effects: - Reverb (15 presets) - Bass Boost NOTE: - Does not support DRM files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Music Player One at 3.5 against MusicMachine's 3.0. Music Player One also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). MusicMachine's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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
MusicMachine costs $0.99 and Music Player One $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Music Player One holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of MusicMachine's written reviews are positive against 50% of Music Player One's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MusicMachine ships an update every 3 months, Music Player One every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MusicMachine | Music Player One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Santos | Yuji Koike |
Customer experience
MusicMachine
Music Player One
In-app purchases
MusicMachine
No in-app purchases
Music Player One
No in-app purchases
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