Comparison

Stezza Music Player vs Dustbin AUv3

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

Head to head
About

Stezza Music Player

This application offers a streamlined and visually appealing method for accessing and enjoying your existing music and video library. It provides essential playback features within an intuitive interface designed for ease of use.

Highlights
  • Adaptive album themes
  • Custom color themes
  • Video playback
  • Accessibility support
  • Simple interface
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Stezza is the music player where your record collection and Apple Music share the same stage. Equal billing, no second-class library tab. For years your library has been the also ran, buried behind algorithmic feeds and endless suggestions. Stezza puts it back front and centre, and puts Apple Music right beside it. Two tabs at the top. Same player. Same queue. Your records and your streaming, finally on level ground. Playback • Your music library and Apple Music in one player, and in one queue • Beautiful mesh backgrounds drawn from your album art • Floating glass mini player, reachable from every screen • Full screen player with big buttons Search • Unified search, scoped to your library or Apple Music • Songs, albums, artists and playlists are grouped into one result view • Recent searches remembered, because who remembers! Apple Music • Rich artist pages with Play, Shuffle, Station, top songs, full discography, related artists • Album detail with track list, Play, and Shuffle Design • If you got this far, just know its been painstakingly designed • Like every pixel • Full accessibility support Built by one developer who still listens front to back. Indie developed.

About

Dustbin AUv3

This creative audio effect plugin transforms your music with unique sounds derived from a real dustbin sound system. Explore impulse responses from the bin's cavity and speaker to create "trashy" and "junky" musical textures. It functions as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin for iOS and iPadOS hosts.

Highlights
  • Dustbin sound system impulse responses
  • Creative audio effect
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
  • Standalone application
  • Transform musical genres
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To celebrate International Joke Day 2022, we wanted to make an audio plugin. This plugin had to be a bit different. We started by creating a dustbin sound system (garbage can for our American friends). We got a real dustbin and put some speakers in it! After it all was done, we ended up with an interesting creative audio effect plugin called Dustbin! This plugin will litter-ally change your life. Stop wasting time, you can’t refuse it any longer. Take everything you thought you knew about music production and throw it out. Imagine you left two easily entertained idiots alone with a dustbin, amp, speaker, some microphones, and a worrying idea. Well actually, you don’t have to imagine at all, because Dustbin is here to answer those musical questions you never asked. Pick your way through the impulse responses taken from the Bin’s cavity and built-in speaker. Transform your Garage into Garbage, Rap into Scrap, Pop into Slop, Punk into Junk, and New Age into Sewage. No more worrying about IF your music sounds trash, now it definitely does. You’re welcome. Dustbin is both a stand-alone application as well as an AUv3 plugin, meaning it works within iOS and iPadOS hosts such as GarageBand.

Screenshots

Stezza Music Player4 screens
Dustbin AUv31 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stezza Music Player at Free against Dustbin AUv3's $0.99. Stezza Music Player also leads on ratings volume (135 vs 34). Dustbin AUv3's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (94% vs 74%). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Stezza Music Player is free to download; Dustbin AUv3 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dustbin AUv3 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Stezza Music Player's written reviews are positive against 94% of Dustbin AUv3's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stezza Music Player versus Dustbin AUv3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStezza Music PlayerDustbin AUv3
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.9 (135 ratings)4.8 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better34
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoobar CreativeCaelum Audio Ltd

Customer experience

Stezza Music Player

All ratings135 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews325 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.9%

Dustbin AUv3

All ratings34 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

None

Stezza Music Player

No in-app purchases

None

Dustbin AUv3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stezza Music Player free?
Stezza Music Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dustbin AUv3 free?
Dustbin AUv3 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stezza Music Player or Dustbin AUv3?
Dustbin AUv3 is rated higher. Stezza Music Player averages 3.9 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Dustbin AUv3 averages 4.8 from 34 ratings.
Do Stezza Music Player or Dustbin AUv3 have ads?
Neither Stezza Music Player nor Dustbin AUv3 shows ads.

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