Comparison

AB Player vs Repete Plus

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

Head to head
About

AB Player

This app is a music player designed for language learners and students of study material. It offers features like A-B repeat playback, adjustable speed, and clip saving to aid in comprehension and practice. Easily share audio clips with others for collaborative learning.

Highlights
  • A-B repeat playback
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Save and share audio clips
  • Direct track selection
  • Recently studied albums list
Features
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Music Player for listening/study material. Fantastic learning aid for all language students. This app is especially made for anyone who studies a foreign language and who listens to CDs which come with text books or podcasts. • When listening to a CD, some parts can be difficult to hear correctly and you can't understand by listening only a few times. You want to and need to repeat that part many times.  Set playback area and you can repeat that particular area as many times as you want.  (A-B repeat playback). • You can save the clip and listen to it later. Send the clip as an email with attachment, or upload to Twitter or Facebook so your friends and teacher can listen to it too. (*) • Adjustable playback speed. • List up Recently studied albums. • Track selection screen has a scroll bar so you can directly scroll to the track you need.  This is useful when a CD contains many short tracks. • Directly move tracks from the player screen.  If your listening material tells you "Move to track number xx", you can move directly without going back to the track selection screen. * Clipping is restricted to maximum 3 minutes. * This player does not support to play back music with DRM (copy guard protection). -- THIS APPLICATION INCLUDES 5000 lines of original ObjC codes 4281 lines of original Swift codes SoundCloud API with JSON API and OAuth API Lame mp3 framework to encode mp3 libid3 framework to access mp3 metadata

About

Repete Plus

This audio player helps language learners by automatically separating phrases and allowing customizable playback intervals. It supports dictation, shadowing, and recording your own voice to practice pronunciation. You can also narrow down playback to specific sections within audio files.

Highlights
  • Automatic phrase separation
  • Editable break points
  • Customizable playback intervals
  • Phrase-specific playback control
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Background playback
  • Integrated recorder
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Repete Plus is an audio player for language learners who practice by listening, repeating, dictation, and shadowing. It helps you use your own audio materials for phrase-by-phrase practice. Repete Plus can detect silent parts in an audio file, divide it into sections, and play each section with customizable intervals so you can listen, repeat, write, or speak at your own pace. Main features Practice phrase by phrase - Automatically detects silent parts and separates audio into sections - Edit section break points manually - Choose which sections to play or skip - Set the interval after each section by seconds or by a ratio of the section length - Change playback speed - Continue playback in the background Use your own materials - Use audio from your music library, podcasts, or files imported through iCloud Drive, cloud storage, AirDrop, or the Files app - Protected files, such as Apple Music songs and some audiobooks, cannot be played Recording and review - Record the learning material and your own voice together - Check your pronunciation practice while listening back - Review learning time and other study statistics Useful for different kinds of practice - Repetition - Dictation - Shadowing - Listening practice - Instant translation practice You can also create paired sections within one file or between two files. This is useful for practicing quick translation between words, phrases, or sentences. Some statistics and advanced review features require Repete Plus Premium. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AB Player4 screens
Repete Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Repete Plus at 5.0 against AB Player's 3.1. Repete Plus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). AB Player's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AB Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Repete Plus sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Repete Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of AB Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Repete Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AB Player ships an update fortnightly, Repete Plus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
AB Player versus Repete Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAB PlayerRepete Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (13 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatalystwo LimitedMitsuru Kuwajima

Customer experience

AB Player

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative16.0%

Repete Plus

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AB Player

One-time1
  • Paid Version$2.99
5 purchases

Repete Plus

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • Unlock episode 02$0.99
  • Unlock episode 03$0.99
  • Unlock episode 04$0.99
Show 1 more
  • Unlock episode 05$0.99

Questions

Is AB Player free?
AB Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Repete Plus free?
Repete Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AB Player or Repete Plus?
Repete Plus is rated higher. AB Player averages 3.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Repete Plus averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do AB Player or Repete Plus have ads?
AB Player shows ads; Repete Plus does not.
Which is updated more often, AB Player or Repete Plus?
AB Player ships an update fortnightly, and Repete Plus every 5 days. Most recently, AB Player was updated on September 21, 2026 and Repete Plus on September 18, 2026.

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