MelodyShare vs Mellow FM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MelodyShare
Create and share stylized "receipts" of your music listening history from Apple Music. Discover new music through personalized recommendations and explore artist and album details.
- Generate music listening receipts
- Create custom playlist receipts
- Discover personalized music recommendations
- Explore artist and album details
- Connect with Apple Music
- 30-second song previews
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Turn your Apple Music listening into receipts worth sharing. MelodyShare prints your most-played songs, albums, and artists as a receipt. Choose recent or all-time listening, pick how many lines to print, choose a paper, then save it or share it anywhere from the share sheet. YOUR LISTENING • Your top songs, albums and artists, recent or all-time • Your play count, listening time, and the artists and albums in your rotation • Album and artist pages with tracks and previews, where available MUSIC RECEIPTS • Three kinds of receipt: songs, albums or artists • 19 papers, from Classic and Midnight to Coffee and Roadtrip • Edit your list, range, line count and paper in one place CUSTOM MIXTAPES • Search Apple Music or start from what you've been playing • Put your songs in order and give the mix a title • Start with a mood, like a road trip, a workout or a study session FOR YOU • Recommendations from Apple Music, based on what you've been playing • Hear a preview before you add a song MADE FOR IPHONE • Layouts for iPhone Duo, with wider shelves and artwork beside the details • System, Light and Dark appearance • Supports Larger Text • No MelodyShare account. Your listening history stays on your iPhone. MELODYSHARE+ MelodyShare is free with the Classic and Midnight papers and up to 10 lines per receipt and mixtape. MelodyShare+ unlocks all 19 papers and up to 25 lines and songs. It is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Some features need an Apple Music subscription. Privacy Policy: https://melodyshare.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mellow FM
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Mellow FM is a radio app that automatically plays music suited to your current moment. Time of day, activity, weather, season — the app reads multiple contexts to deliver the perfect soundtrack. Crisp jazz for your morning commute, ambient for late-night work, chill for a rainy afternoon. No need to pick a song or search. Just press play, and music that fits the moment starts flowing. [Context-Aware Selection] Combines time of day, motion detection (walking, running, driving), weather, and season to select the perfect tracks from the Apple Music catalog in real time. [Gets Smarter Over Time] Every skip or full listen teaches the app your preferences. Over time, music gets closer to what you love in the same time and situation. [Simple Gesture Controls] • Tap the logo — Play / Stop • Tap the artwork — Pause / Resume • Swipe left — Skip • Swipe up — Request a song • Swipe down — Settings panel [Song Request] Craving a specific track? Swipe up to open the request panel, search by artist or title, and add it to the queue. [Sleep Timer] Set a timer from 5 to 120 minutes using the slider. Music fades out automatically when you're ready to sleep. [Weather-Based Music (Optional)] Enable "Weather-Based Music" in settings to match your local weather conditions. [Now Playing Support] Control playback from the Lock Screen and Control Center. CarPlay supported. • Requires an active Apple Music subscription for music streaming. • Location access is only requested when Weather-Based Music is enabled. • All personal data stays on your device. Mellow FM is ad-free and tracking-free. A quiet radio that focuses entirely on your music experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mellow FM at none against MelodyShare's 2. Mellow FM also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). 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. MelodyShare sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Mellow FM asks for nothing beyond the download.
MelodyShare ships an update every 8 months, Mellow FM every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MelodyShare | Mellow FM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liam Sawyer | Yoshiyuki Koyama |
In-app purchases
MelodyShare
- MelodyShare+ Monthly$2.991 Month
- MelodyShare+ Yearly$29.991 Year
Mellow FM
No in-app purchases









