Comparison

Cisum Player vs SayItAgainSlower

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

Head to head
About

Cisum Player

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Cisum - Clean Ad-Free Audio Player A pure music player without ads, designed for focused listening with local music and audiobook support. Cisum is a player designed for true music lovers. No annoying ads, no shake-to-navigate, no endless popups—just pure music experience. Key Features • Local Music Playback - Supports MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV and more • Audiobook Management - Separate library for your audiobooks • iCloud Sync - Keep your music library synchronized across all devices • Elegant Interface - Native experience following Apple design guidelines Why Cisum? Most music apps seem to care more about ads and monetization than your listening experience. Cisum is different—we believe a great player should make you forget its existence and focus only on the music. Perfect For • Music lovers tired of ads • Users with large local music collections • Audiobook and podcast enthusiasts • Anyone seeking a clean, efficient experience [Auto-Renewable Subscription] -- Premium Benefits: Unlimited audio files -- Subscription Period: 1 month, 1 year -- Subscription Price: Prices as displayed in-app at purchase, e.g., yearly subscription ¥78/year -- Cancellation: To cancel, go to Apple ID "Media & Purchases" and cancel subscription -- Renewal: Your Apple account will be charged automatically before expiration, extending license for another cycle upon successful payment [License Agreement] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ [Privacy Policy] https://www.kuaiyizhi.cn/privacy

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SayItAgainSlower

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SayItAgain is an Apple iPhone or iPad app used when transcribing audio recordings, i.e., listening to a recording while typing out what is heard into a text editor. SayItAgain will play back your audio recording and allow you to slow it down and back up to replay with the tap of a button or press of a foot pedal. This is similar to the old Panasonic RR-830 Standard Cassette Transcriber. You then use your fingers on a keyboard and type in the corrections! You can use Notes, TextEdit, MS Word, Emacs, or whatever text editor you are most familiar with. For example, perhaps you submitted your parents Story Of A Lifetime to one of the automated transcription tools, like OpenAI Whisper or Google Speech-to-Text, and found that the results were riddled with errors. You now must go through and manually correct the errors, get the proper names right, work out that deep Kentucky accent. SayItAgain is perfect for this. You will need to have your audio file(s) local in your iPhone music library for SayItAgain to be able to process it. SayItAgain will not work with cloud-based music services like Spotify. SayItAgain is a free app. I have released the SwiftUI source code to github. If you make any changes I would appreciate you letting me know so I can consider adding them.

Screenshots

Cisum Player4 screens
SayItAgainSlower3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SayItAgainSlower at none against Cisum Player's 2. Cisum Player's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 24 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cisum Player sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SayItAgainSlower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cisum Player ships an update every 2 weeks, SayItAgainSlower every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Cisum Player versus SayItAgainSlower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCisum PlayerSayItAgainSlower
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQingdao Yueyi Network Technology Co., Ltd.Stewart French

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cisum Player

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$2.991 Year
None

SayItAgainSlower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cisum Player free?
Cisum Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SayItAgainSlower free?
SayItAgainSlower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cisum Player or SayItAgainSlower have ads?
Neither Cisum Player nor SayItAgainSlower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cisum Player or SayItAgainSlower?
Cisum Player ships an update every 2 weeks, and SayItAgainSlower every 24 months. Most recently, Cisum Player was updated on October 16, 2026 and SayItAgainSlower on October 10, 2026.

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