Comparison

Auxio vs Braided Playlist

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

Head to head
About

Auxio

Create shared listening sessions for friends to request songs or enjoy music independently. This app enhances your Apple Music experience by enabling collaborative playlists and solo listening.

Highlights
  • Host shared listening sessions
  • Friends can request music
  • Solo listening mode
  • Integrates with Apple Music
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Host a session so your friends can request music, or just listen to your music solo! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Braided Playlist

This app seamlessly merges individual music playlists into a single shared queue, ensuring fair rotation of songs from each contributor. It facilitates shared listening experiences for families and friends, reducing decision-making time and fostering connection through music.

Highlights
  • Fair turn-taking for songs
  • Apple Music integration
  • Clean lyrics enforcement
  • Smart shuffle rotation
  • Flexible group management
  • Siri and shortcut support
Features
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The music's on, everyone's happy, and nobody spent five minutes arguing about what to listen to. Braided Playlist takes the playlists everyone has already put together and weaves them into one shared queue. Each person's songs rotating in turn, automatically and fairly. When you're ready to go, you're a tap or voice command away from music everyone actually wants to hear. The road trip is just a road trip. Dinner is just dinner. No one's lobbying for their playlist, nobody feels ignored, and you're not the DJ. It's also quietly something more. When you and your kid each have songs in the queue, music becomes something you share rather than negotiate. You hear what they're into. They hear what shaped you. A song comes on and there's a story behind it or a question. Those small moments have a way of adding up. Key Features: * Fair turn-taking: Every playlist gets equal time, automatically. * Apple Music Integration: Works with playlists you already have and you can send braids to the Apple Music player Queue. * Enforce Clean lyrics: Settings enable automatic replacement of explicit songs with clean versions or omitting them completely.† * Smart shuffle: Rotation order is preserved. Favours less recently played and newer tracks. * Flexible groups: Add or remove playlists mid-session without losing the flow * Siri and shortcut support: Play favourite playlist combinations, add / remove playlists, shuffle, or skip hands-free. Try "Braid [Favourite name]", "Add [playlist name] to braid", "Shuffle braid", or "Next song in braid" Download Braided Playlist. Spend less time deciding what to listen to and more time actually together. †Requires tracks to be labelled explicit in Apple Music; clean substitutions require an Apple Music subscription

Screenshots

Auxio4 screens
Braided Playlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Auxio at 5.0 against Braided Playlist's 3.5. Auxio also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). Braided Playlist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Auxio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Braided Playlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Auxio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auxio ships an update every 5 days, Braided Playlist every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Auxio versus Braided Playlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuxioBraided Playlist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin BarnettShawn Caza

Customer experience

Auxio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Braided Playlist

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Auxio

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Auxio3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Unlock All Guests$9.991 Month
None

Braided Playlist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Auxio free?
Auxio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braided Playlist free?
Braided Playlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Auxio or Braided Playlist?
Auxio is rated higher. Auxio averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Braided Playlist averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Auxio or Braided Playlist have ads?
Neither Auxio nor Braided Playlist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auxio or Braided Playlist?
Auxio ships an update every 5 days, and Braided Playlist every 3 weeks. Most recently, Auxio was updated on September 19, 2026 and Braided Playlist on August 21, 2026.

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