Ditto Music vs Art of Listening
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ditto Music
This app empowers musicians to release unlimited music to over 100 streaming and social platforms worldwide. Artists can manage their entire music career, track earnings, analyze listener data, and promote their work directly from their phone.
- Unlimited music releases to 100+ stores
- Keep 100% of royalties
- Analyze listener data and demographics
- Track streams and payments
- Withdraw earnings
- Promote music from phone
- Auto-split royalties
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Over two million artists and labels use Ditto Music to release unlimited music to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Amazon, Tidal, YouTube, Instagram and hundreds more streaming, download and social platforms worldwide. With Ditto Music, you can: • Release unlimited music to 150+ stores • Keep 100% of your royalties • Analyse listener data and demographics • Track your streams and payments • Check and withdraw your earnings • Get notified when you’re added to playlists • Receive free Pre-Save SmartLinks for every release • Promote music straight from your phone • Get the latest music industry tips, tricks and advice • Add lyrics and credits • Auto-split royalties with collaborators We’ve empowered and supported independent musicians for over a decade with distribution, promotion, publishing and more. Download the Ditto App now and upload unlimited music to every platform directly from your phone. Privacy Policy: https://dittomusic.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Art of Listening
Catalog your physical music collection, from vinyl to cassettes. Explore detailed album metadata and discover curated reference recordings weekly. Identify music playing on your turntable instantly.
- Catalog physical music collection
- Explore rich album metadata
- Discover weekly reference recordings
- Identify music via acoustic recognition
- Print-style editorial magazine
- Multi-language support
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Art of Listening is a beautifully designed music collection and editorial magazine app for audiophiles, vinyl lovers, CD collectors, and cassette enthusiasts. Catalog your physical music library, explore rich album metadata, and discover handpicked reference recordings every week. BUILD YOUR PHYSICAL ARCHIVE • Easily search and add albums to your Collection or Wishlist • Tag every record by format: Vinyl, CD, or Cassette • Filter and browse your shelf with a clean Swiss/Bauhaus archival interface • Export and share custom visual story cards of your favorite pressings AUDIOPHILE WEEKLY MAGAZINE • Read our curated weekly print-style issue featuring 5 essential reference recordings • Dive into multi-chapter editorial essays on studio engineering, room acoustics, mastering history, and soundstage • Available in 4 languages: English, Turkish, German, and Spanish SONIC IDENTIFIER • Identify any record spinning on the turntable in seconds using acoustic recognition • Add identified albums directly to your Collection or Wishlist DEEP ALBUM METADATA & PREVIEWS • Inspect full tracklists, release years, genres, and record labels • Listen to 30-second audio previews powered by Apple Music
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Art of Listening at none against Ditto Music's 8. Art of Listening also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Ditto Music's advantage is ratings volume (348 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ditto Music sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $19.00 per year. Art of Listening asks for nothing beyond the download.
Art of Listening holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ditto Music has 348 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ditto Music ships an update monthly, Art of Listening every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ditto Music | Art of Listening |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (348 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 348 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ditto Limited | Anil Tashan |
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Ditto Music
Art of Listening
In-app purchases
Ditto Music
- Starter$19.001 Year
- Pro$59.001 Year
- Label 5$89.001 Year
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- Label 10$139.001 Year
- Label 15$179.001 Year
- Label 20$219.001 Year
- Label 30$269.001 Year
- Label 40$319.001 Year
Art of Listening
No in-app purchases
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