Comparison

AB Player vs Repeat&Speed Player

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

Repeat&Speed Player

This music player allows you to adjust playback speed and set song repetition points. It's perfect for language learners and anyone needing to memorize audio content. Features include adjustable playback rates and customizable repeat loops.

Highlights
  • Adjustable playback speed (0.5x - 2.0x)
  • Set song repeat sections (1-99 times)
  • Sort music by artist and album title
  • Auto-save current song and playback time
  • Ideal for language learning and memorization
Features
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This app is music player that can change the speed(playback rate) and repeat of the song in your music library. Ideal for learning languages and memorizing. Main function playback rate: 0.5 - 2.0 repeat: 1 - 99 sort albums by artist, album title auto save the playing song and current time

Screenshots

AB Player4 screens
Repeat&Speed Player2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Repeat&Speed Player at 4.8 against AB Player's 3.1. Repeat&Speed Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). AB Player's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 58%) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ratings volume 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. Repeat&Speed Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Repeat&Speed Player holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of AB Player's written reviews are positive against 58% of Repeat&Speed Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AB Player ships an update fortnightly, Repeat&Speed Player every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
AB Player versus Repeat&Speed Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAB PlayerRepeat&Speed Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (13 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatalystwo Limiteddotpico Inc.

Customer experience

AB Player

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

Repeat&Speed Player

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AB Player

One-time1
  • Paid Version$2.99
None

Repeat&Speed Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AB Player free?
AB Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Repeat&Speed Player free?
Repeat&Speed Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AB Player or Repeat&Speed Player?
Repeat&Speed Player is rated higher. AB Player averages 3.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Repeat&Speed Player averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do AB Player or Repeat&Speed Player have ads?
AB Player shows ads; Repeat&Speed Player does not.
Which is updated more often, AB Player or Repeat&Speed Player?
AB Player ships an update fortnightly, and Repeat&Speed Player every 2 days. Most recently, AB Player was updated on September 21, 2026 and Repeat&Speed Player on August 13, 2026.

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