Comparison

AB Player vs [Repete]

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]

This audio player aids language learners by facilitating repetition, dictation, and shadowing through customizable playback intervals and speed adjustments. It allows users to record their voice alongside teaching materials to improve pronunciation. Supports various audio sources, excluding protected files.

Highlights
  • Phrase interval playback
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Background playback
  • Integrated recorder
  • Import audio files
  • Automatic silent part detection
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About the Transition to Repete Plus Repete is scheduled to be removed from new distribution on the App Store at the end of October 2026. If you have already installed Repete, you can continue using it. Future development and support will be focused on Repete Plus. The core features available in Repete can also be used for free in Repete Plus, and learning time records from Repete can be transferred to Repete Plus. --- "Repete" is a helpful audio player for language learners. You can play phrases with intervals, making it convenient for repetition, dictation, and shadowing. Features: * Find silent parts between phrases and automatically separate them * Interval after phrase playback can be set in seconds or as a ratio to phrase time * Playback speed can be changed * Background playback * Recorder You can record both the teaching materials and your own voice, so you can study while checking your utterances! --- You can use music libraries, podcast, or audio files imported via cloud storage, AirDrop, or the Files app. * "Protected files" such as iTunes Store AudioBook and Apple Music songs cannot be played.

Screenshots

AB Player4 screens
[Repete]3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: [Repete] at 4.8 against AB Player's 3.1. [Repete] also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (87% vs 71%). AB Player's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. [Repete] asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

[Repete] 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 point the same way: 71% of AB Player's written reviews are positive against 87% of [Repete]'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AB Player ships an update fortnightly, [Repete] monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
AB Player versus [Repete]: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAB Player[Repete]
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (13 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews86.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB23 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]

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AB Player

One-time1
  • Paid Version$2.99
None

[Repete]

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AB Player free?
AB Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is [Repete] free?
[Repete] is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AB Player or [Repete]?
[Repete] is rated higher. AB Player averages 3.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while [Repete] averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do AB Player or [Repete] have ads?
Both AB Player and [Repete] show ads.
Which is updated more often, AB Player or [Repete]?
AB Player ships an update fortnightly, and [Repete] monthly. Most recently, AB Player was updated on September 21, 2026 and [Repete] on July 31, 2026.

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