Artwork+ vs Spite Music Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artwork+
Display your currently playing music's album art on your home screen. Enjoy full-screen album art viewing within the app without distractions.
- Now-playing music artwork on home screen
- Fullscreen album art viewer
- Distraction-free viewing
- Customizable widget display
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For Album Art Fans! We made this app for more focus on now-playing music artworks! Artwork+ lets you enjoy now-playing music's artwork on home screen. Also you can enjoy fullscreen size of artwork inside of the app with no distraction.
Spite Music Player
This music player syncs your library from your computer via iCloud or Dropbox. It allows you to access your curated mixtapes on your mobile devices. Requires the macOS version for initial setup.
- iCloud synchronization
- Dropbox support
- Portable mixtape access
- macOS library integration
- Mobile playback
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The portable version of the mixtapes you lovingly assembled using Spite on your real computer. Keep your music library in iCloud for instant synchronizing technology. Also supports Dropbox. • Displays nice album artwork and doesn’t feel like managing a spreadsheet. • Built on bulletproof XML rather than proprietary mysteries. • Supports all the good extensions: mp3, flac, wav, aiff, aac, m4a, and opus. • A streamlined interface that keeps artwork big and playlists central. • Share your tracklists in a handsome format that includes Bandcamp + Boomkat purchase links • Add custom artwork for your playlists and dig the harmonious accent colors. • Everything you like is fantastic, so there’s no need for hearts or stars—just a delete button to ruthlessly clear out the cruft. • Requires iCloud or Dropbox for telephone sync. (iCloud recommended.) • Works with CarPlay. • Looks nice on an iPad. • Drag-drop to reorder your mixtapes because, let’s be honest, some are better than others. • Supports Last.FM integration. Wire it up under ‘Settings’ and set your scrobbles for the heart of the sun. • Deepen your relationships (or destroy them) by sharing your music library. Everything the other person adds or deletes will affect you and vice versa. It’s a good conversation starter. • Built by a tremendous music nerd who wants to organize albums by record label, quickly shuffle new acquisitions, and easily access a metadata editor. You’re welcome. • Seasonal statistics • After a 30-day trial, Spite costs $10—then it’s free forever on your desktop, iPhone, and iPad with monthly updates. • No subscriptions, ads, creepy data harvesting, upsells, usernames, or passwords. Ever. • Monthly updates with continual improvements and seasonal artwork. • Is your music library cannibalizing your telephone’s memory? Good. But if you think this is a problem, you can set a storage cap under Settings. • All proceeds are used to buy more mp3s from artists on Bandcamp and Boomkat because that’s the circle of life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Artwork+ at none against Spite Music Player's 1. Artwork+ also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). Spite Music Player's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Spite Music Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Artwork+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Artwork+ against 5.0 for Spite Music Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spite Music Player has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Artwork+ ships an update every 4 weeks, Spite Music Player every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artwork+ | Spite Music Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mojtaba Rezaei | James Reeves |
In-app purchases
Artwork+
No in-app purchases
Spite Music Player
- Unlock Spite$9.99
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