Auxio vs PartyTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
PartyTime
Transform your phone into a collaborative jukebox for any gathering. Guests join via a code or QR scan to add and vote on songs, creating a dynamic, crowd-driven playlist. Music streams through Apple Music, with the host managing playback.
- Crowd-controlled music playlist
- Guest voting system
- Apple Music integration
- Host playback control
- No guest app required
- Ad-free experience
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PartyTime turns your phone into a jukebox everyone controls. Start a lobby. Share the code or QR. Anyone in the room — friends, strangers at the bar, the whole crowd — joins on their phone and starts adding songs. Everyone votes. The queue reorders itself by what people actually want to hear. The host’s phone plays it through whatever speaker is nearby. That’s it. No guest accounts. No sign-ups. Just a live, crowd-driven playlist. HOW IT WORKS • Music plays through Apple Music — the full catalog, plus the host’s library. • Guests join with just a code or QR scan. No app needed for them. • Votes decide what plays next. The room picks the vibe. • Host stays in control. Skip, remove, pause — your call. GREAT FOR • House parties, pregames, cookouts • Road trips (no more fighting over the aux) • Bars, venues, and events • Gyms, studios, offices — anywhere people share a speaker WHAT YOU NEED Host: iPhone (iOS 16+) with Apple Music. Guests: literally nothing. Phone + code = in. PARTYTIME PRO (coming soon) Free for casual lobbies. PartyTime Pro unlocks larger lobbies, party stats, themed accents, and an ad-free experience for guests. Venues can claim their own branded lobby — get in touch via the in-app support link. PRIVACY No tracking across apps. No selling your data. Ad-free with PartyTime Host. Full policy at joinpartytime.com/privacy. Questions or ideas? jay@joinpartytime.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://joinpartytime.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Auxio at none against PartyTime's shown. Auxio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Auxio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and PartyTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Auxio against 5.0 for PartyTime. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Auxio ships an update weekly, PartyTime every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Auxio | PartyTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Barnett | Jason DeShong |
Customer experience
Auxio
PartyTime
In-app purchases
Auxio
- Unlock Auxio$0.997 Days
- 0.99 Per Month3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Unlock Auxio3 Days trial$2.991 Month
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- Unlock All Guests$9.991 Month
PartyTime
- PartyTime Host$5.991 Month
- PartyTime Host (Annual)$59.001 Year
- The Party$4.99








