Comparison

Now Playing Plus vs NOCTA

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

Head to head

Now Playing Plus

The missing complications

Free

🎵 Music

★ 3.751 ratingsView app →

About

Now Playing Plus

Enhance your Apple Watch face with convenient audio controls. This app adds corner and circular complications, allowing quick access to playback functions without navigating through menus.

Highlights

Corner complications
Circular complications
Audio controls
Quick access
Customizable watch face

Features

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Now Playing Plus provides corner and circular complications for your Apple Watch face. This gives you easy access to audio controls, without needed to hunt around in the App List or Dock.

About

NOCTA

Features

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The perfect toolbox for DJs, bookers, and venues to find and administer DJs and get inspired by what is happening where you are.

Screenshots

NOCTA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NOCTA at every 10 days against Now Playing Plus's every 9 months. Now Playing Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now Playing Plus ships an update every 9 months, NOCTA every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

Now Playing Plus versus NOCTA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Now Playing Plus	NOCTA
Price	Free	Free
Rating	3.7 (51 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	71.4% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	51 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 9 months	Every 10 days — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	1 MB	16 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	The Iconfactory	thomas wilke

In-app purchases

None

Now Playing Plus

No in-app purchases

None

NOCTA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Now Playing Plus free?

Now Playing Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is NOCTA free?

NOCTA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Now Playing Plus or NOCTA have ads?

Neither Now Playing Plus nor NOCTA shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Now Playing Plus or NOCTA?

Now Playing Plus ships an update every 9 months, and NOCTA every 10 days. Most recently, Now Playing Plus was updated on October 13, 2026 and NOCTA on October 1, 2026.