ASCAP vs Tune.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASCAP
This app helps ASCAP members manage their music catalog, register new works, and track royalty distributions. It also offers tools for finding collaborators, accessing educational resources, and discovering industry events.
- Manage music and metadata
- Register new music
- Scan catalog for data health
- Check royalty distributions
- Find collaborators
- Access music industry education
- Discover events
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If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.
Tune.fm
Stream music from your favorite artists on a decentralized platform. Engage with emerging artists, gain exclusive access and rewards, and discover local music globally. Track artist compensation and see who is listening.
- Decentralized music streaming
- Artist engagement and interaction
- Exclusive access and rewards
- Global local music discovery
- Artist compensation tracking
- Listener insights
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This is an application for Tune.FM members to continue to listen to their favorite artists in a native app. Tune.FM is decentralized music streaming platform. We enable fans to support artists through increased levels of engagement, allowing fans to interact with emerging artists, get exclusive access and rewards while discovering incredible local music from around the world. More so, fans can view with unparalleled access who is listening to artists and how artists are compensated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tune.fm at 5.0 against ASCAP's 4.6. Tune.fm also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). ASCAP's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 45%) and ratings volume (32 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tune.fm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASCAP has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of ASCAP's written reviews are positive against 45% of Tune.fm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ASCAP ships an update monthly, Tune.fm every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASCAP | Tune.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 44.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ASCAP | Tune Media Inc |
Customer experience
ASCAP
Tune.fm
Bugs and requests
ASCAP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tune.fm
Reported bugs
5 issues- Settings tab shows grey screen on iPhone
- App crashes frequently
- Unwanted account logouts after songs
- Cannot log in or create account on mobile
- Failed to get genres on sign up
Requested features
6 requests- Fix settings tab access on iPhone
- Prevent unprompted logouts
- Improve app stability
- More music on the platform
- Integrate major record labels
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In-app purchases
ASCAP
No in-app purchases
Tune.fm
No in-app purchases









