Comparison

AskAGuru vs SoundLists

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

Head to head
About

AskAGuru

Create and discover curated lists of music, books, movies, and TV shows. Engage with a community to enhance content and climb global rankings. Get rewarded for your contributions and become a top guru.

Highlights
  • Create curated music, book, movie, and TV show lists
  • Discover content across all genres
  • Contribute recommendations to existing lists
  • Track progress via global rankings
  • Get rewarded for successful content contributions
  • Manage user recommendations
Features
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AskAGuru is the ultimate app for sharing the art you love with the world and discovering more! Join an exclusive community where you can craft or participate in epic playlists, booklists, movie lists, and tv watch lists for your enjoyment and the worlds' delight! Simply create a new playlist by selecting songs from Apple Music or Spotify's extensive catalogs; curate a booklist from Google Books' vast collection; or collaborate on a truly binge worthy movie or tv watch lists that cinema lovers will scream 'bravo!' for! Watch your lists evolve with suggestions from other users, and make your own recommendations to existing content. The more you engage with the platform's community, the better the curated content becomes and the higher you will climb in the rankings! Track your progress via the global rankings. The more your lists gain attention and the more you contribute to others' lists, the higher your rank will be. Can you climb to the top and become one of the top-3 gurus? FEATURES: * Enjoy human-curated music playlists, booklists, movielists, and tvshowlists. * Discover music, books, movies, and tv spanning every genre. * Choose from a wide selection of songs, books, movies, and tv to add to your lists. * Create new content lists based on your favorite songs, books, movies and tvshows. * Contribute song, book, movie and tvshow recommendations to existing lists, and see your contributions recognized in the global ranking. * Manage recommendations from other gurus for your lists; you're in control. * Get rewarded for successful content lists. Make it to the hall of fame of the community. Privacy Policy: https://askaguru.com/privacy-policy Terms and Conditions: https://askaguru.com/terms-and-conditions

About

SoundLists

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SoundLists is the easiest way to explore new music, share your vibe, and connect over playlists. Preview tracks, copy them to Spotify, and listen seamlessly — all in one clean, music-first experience. Dive into curated playlists made by real people. Comment, connect, and discover music that actually means something. Features: • Preview tracks before jumping into full playlists • Instantly copy playlists or individual songs to your Spotify • Listen to playlists directly in the Spotify app • Comment and socialize over music with friends and creators • Discover new music through people, not algorithms SoundLists makes playlist culture social again. Start listening, sharing, and vibing with a community that lives for music.

Screenshots

AskAGuru4 screens
SoundLists3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AskAGuru at fortnightly against SoundLists's every 3 months. 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

AskAGuru ships an update fortnightly, SoundLists every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AskAGuru versus SoundLists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAskAGuruSoundLists
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB26 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperASKAGURU CORPIvan Jonathan Ordonez Oliver

In-app purchases

None

AskAGuru

No in-app purchases

None

SoundLists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AskAGuru free?
AskAGuru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoundLists free?
SoundLists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AskAGuru or SoundLists have ads?
Neither AskAGuru nor SoundLists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AskAGuru or SoundLists?
AskAGuru ships an update fortnightly, and SoundLists every 3 months. Most recently, AskAGuru was updated on October 12, 2026 and SoundLists on October 16, 2026.

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