Melodee vs Sailer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melodee
This app allows you to play audio files directly from your device's file system without importing or syncing. It offers robust file management, tag editing, and format conversion for MP3, M4A, WAV, and ALAC files.
- Direct file management via iOS Files app
- Supports MP3, M4A, WAV, ALAC playback
- In-app tag and album art editing
- Batch file editing
- File format conversion (WAV, MP3, M4A)
- ZIP archive extraction
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Have a file-based music collection? Melodee is the app for you. - File Management Melodee is a file focused audio player. It supports file management directly from the built-in iOS/iPadOS Files app, so you don't have to fumble with share sheets, AirDrop, or cloud storage services. No import or sync is necessary, move your audio files directly to the Melodee folder in the 'On My iPhone/On My iPad' folder, and Melodee will automatically pick them up. You can also select your own folder to playback from. Melodee also supports renaming and deleting files in-app. - Media Player Melodee supports playing audio and video. You can queue files for playback, play entire folders, and control audio playback from your Lock Screen, Control Center, or even your Apple Watch. - Tag Editor Melodee supports tag editing for audio files. The following fields can be edited: Title, Artist, Album, Album Artist, Year, Track Number, Genre, Composer, Disc Number. You can also modify your audio files’ album art. Additionally, you can use advanced replacement tokens that use information from a file's file name to fill out tag data. You can easily edit multiple files at one go, changing only the fields you want to change. - File Conversion Melodee supports conversion between WAV, MP3, and M4A formats. - Wide File Support Melodee supports previewing images, PDF documents, and text files. If your audio files come in the form of a ZIP archive (such as when purchased from Bandcamp, etc), Melodee can also help you extract them. Simply drop your ZIP archives into the Melodee folder, and open them in the Melodee app. Note: Editing many files at once, or using large album art images may result in longer save times.
Sailer
This audio player features an interactive waveform for precise seeking and playback control. It allows users to set markers, adjust playback speed, and loop specific sections, ideal for learning, practice, or transcription.
- Interactive waveform seeking
- Marker creation for repeating sections
- Adjustable playback speed (0.25x to 4.0x)
- Looping of selected regions
- Spectrogram display
- Add notes to audio files
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Sailer is a simple audio file player with a waveform display. Just scroll the waveform and go straight to the moment you’re looking for — more intuitive and precise than dragging a tiny seek bar. The marker feature makes it easy to repeat specific parts, perfect for language learning, transcription, music practice, and more. Supports MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, MP4, and other common formats. Features: • Seek by scrolling the waveform. • Pinch-to-zoom for more precision. • Use markers to bookmark specific positions*. • Double-tap (or two-finger tap) between markers to play only that region (loop supported). • Adjust playback speed from 0.25× to 4.0×. • Adjust the pitch and apply audio effects. • Add notes for future reference. *Markers and notes are saved as a sidecar file, so your original audio file remains unmodified. Pro Features (one-time purchase): • Display a spectrogram. • Export the selected region. • Export markers as TXT, CSV, or JSON. • Transcribe the selected region.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Melodee at 50% against Sailer's 0%. Melodee also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5). Sailer's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Melodee holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Melodee's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sailer's.
Melodee ships an update monthly, Sailer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melodee | Sailer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Xin | Shu Kyogoku |
Customer experience
Melodee
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In-app purchases
Melodee
No in-app purchases
Sailer
No in-app purchases









