Comparison

TreadTunes vs Playlist Maker

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

Head to head
About

TreadTunes

Sync your workout intensity with your favorite music. Connect to Spotify and automatically adjust song tempo to match your walking, jogging, or running pace.

Highlights
  • Tempo matching to music
  • Spotify integration
  • Automatic pace adjustment
  • Supports walking, jogging, running
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Stay in rhythm. Train to your music. Match your pace to the beat with music you already love. Connect your Spotify and automatically play songs at the perfect tempo for walking, jogging, or running.

About

Playlist Maker

Features
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Tell it a moment. It makes the playlist. Type what you want to hear, in your own words. "Monsoon evening on the balcony." "Shoegaze, but gentle." "Like Fleetwood Mac." "90s Bollywood drive." Mixtape builds a playlist for it and saves it to your Apple Music library, where it stays. MADE FROM WHAT YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO Mixtape reads your Apple Music listening and builds around it. Ask for a rainy evening and you get the artists you already love, not a generic mood playlist that could belong to anybody. Ask for something new and it stretches, but it stretches from you. SAY ANYTHING A moment. A mood. An artist you want more of. A genre. A decade. A language. A thing you are about to do. If you can describe it, it is a valid request. HEAR IT BEFORE YOU KEEP IT Every playlist arrives complete, and you can play any song from it right there, thirty seconds at a time. Remove what does not fit. Drag songs into the order you want. Keep it only when it is right. IT IS A REAL PLAYLIST Saved mixtapes go into your Apple Music library as proper playlists, with their own artwork. They play on your phone, your Mac, your car, your speaker, your watch. They work when Mixtape is not open and they stay if you delete it. YOUR SHELF Every mixtape you keep stays in Mixtape too, as a cassette you can start with one tap. Put them in folders once there are enough to sort. ASK SIRI "Make a playlist with Mixtape." Siri asks what you want to hear, builds it, and starts playing, without opening the app. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN One small widget holding one mixtape: the latest one you made, or a particular one you pin there. Tap it and the music starts. NO SUBSCRIPTION Mixtape does not charge a monthly or yearly fee. Making playlists is free and unlimited. Keeping one costs a tape, tapes are bought once, and they never expire. Nothing renews, and nothing is taken away if you stop. An Apple Music subscription is required to save playlists to your library. Terms of Use: https://playlistmaker.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playlistmaker.app/privacy/

Screenshots

TreadTunes4 screens
Playlist Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TreadTunes at none against Playlist Maker's 3. TreadTunes also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Playlist Maker's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 27 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Playlist Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TreadTunes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TreadTunes ships an update every 27 months, Playlist Maker daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
TreadTunes versus Playlist Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreadTunesPlaylist Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperKyler KnebelMohit Nandwani

In-app purchases

None

TreadTunes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Playlist Maker

One-time3
  • 10 Tapes$2.99
  • 25 Tapes$5.99
  • 50 Tapes$9.99

Questions

Is TreadTunes free?
TreadTunes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Playlist Maker free?
Playlist Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TreadTunes or Playlist Maker have ads?
Neither TreadTunes nor Playlist Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TreadTunes or Playlist Maker?
TreadTunes ships an update every 27 months, and Playlist Maker daily. Most recently, TreadTunes was updated on November 3, 2026 and Playlist Maker on November 10, 2026.

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