ReadSound vs CanTunes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadSound
Manage your personal music library with this player. It displays album art and lyrics, allowing you to read along like karaoke. Organize and filter your playlists with ease.
- Personal music library management
- Album cover display
- Lyrics display
- Karaoke-style lyric reading
- Playlist organization and filtering
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Music Player. Add, manage and filter your own music playlist. Displays the cover and the lyrics of your song library. Read the song lyric as a Karaoke.
CanTunes
This app offers a simplified music player designed for individuals with cognitive disabilities. It allows users to independently select and play music from their iPad library through a highly visual and customizable interface, reducing reliance on complex controls.
- Extremely simple interface
- Visual interface with minimal text
- Customizable album display
- Optional on-screen controls
- Sleep mode for timed shutoff
- VoiceOver and switch compatible
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CanTunes is now free. Spread the word! CanTunes provides an extremely simplified way for people with a range of cognitive disabilities to select and play music on an iPad. CanTunes promotes independence, builds confidence and reduces the need for caregiver interaction by enabling people with disabilities to control and enjoy their own music. CanTunes plays the music that is on your iPad. Once you have downloaded your favourite music to your iPad and installed CanTunes, you can easily choose an album to play by simply tapping on the album cover. *** WHO IS IT FOR? *** CanTunes is especially beneficial to people who have difficulty operating CD players or standard music software. *** KEY FEATURES *** - Extremely simple: does not require understanding of traditional music player buttons (such as play, pause, skip, and so on) - Visual interface with minimal use of text - Completely customizable interface: - Display 1,2,4,12 or 16 album covers per screen - Add or remove on-screen controls such as volume control, page buttons, access to settings - Sleep mode to shut off the music after a specified time - VoiceOver compatible: also compatible with switches using VoiceOver *** TESTIMONIALS *** “Our daughter took to the iPad wonderfully. It was amazing seeing her do something that she can do independently. It is going to be great for our summer holidays this weekend. This opens a whole new world for her.” - Parent “It allows him a great deal more satisfaction knowing he is taking a more active part in his life.” - Group home manager *** SUPPORT *** Technical support for CanAssist apps is provided by email only. Please email your enquiries and requests to appsupport@canassist.ca. *** CANASSIST at the UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA *** CanAssist at the University of Victoria is dedicated to developing customized technologies and services for people with disabilities, with a focus on clients in British Columbia, Canada.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CanTunes at 100% against ReadSound's 0%. CanTunes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). ReadSound's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CanTunes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ReadSound's written reviews are positive against 100% of CanTunes's.
ReadSound ships an update every 3 weeks, CanTunes every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | ReadSound | CanTunes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Lezama | University of Victoria |
Customer experience
ReadSound
CanTunes
In-app purchases
ReadSound
No in-app purchases
CanTunes
No in-app purchases
