Music Folders vs AxeModes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Folders
Organize and play your music library using folders. Supports high-resolution audio formats and offers dynamic theming. Easily transfer music via Airdrop or iTunes.
- Folder-based music organization
- Supports FLAC, MP3, and Hi-Res audio
- Dynamic and static themes
- AirPlay support
- Music management via Airdrop and iTunes File Sharing
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Simple music player to play your tracks from folders. Key features: * Supports popular formats including Hi-Res: FLAC, MP3, etc. * Organize your library in folders * Dynamic theme from cover or beautiful static themes * AirPlay support * Music Management and Easy Transfer: Airdrop, iTunes Files Sharing, Files iOS App P.S.: FLAC Player, Offline Music Player, Hi-Res audio Player, Folder Music
AxeModes
This app helps guitarists learn various musical modes and scales from any root note. It features a dynamic fretboard, scale degree visualization, and audio playback for each note, along with chord accompaniment.
- Learn major, minor, and other scale modes
- Dynamic fretboard display
- Color-code and show/hide scale degrees
- Hear individual note sounds
- Play chord accompaniment
- Context-sensitive help
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Learn all the associated Modes of the Major, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Harmonic Major, Double Harmonic Major, Hexatonic, Pentatonic, and Diminished Scales. Starting from any Root Note. (Hundreds and hundreds of combinations!) Dynamically generated Fretboard. Show between 2 and 22 Frets at a time. Color code any Scale Degree(s). Show or hide any Scale Degree(s). Click on any Note to hear what it sounds like. Play Chord accompaniment for any Scale/Mode/Root combination. Context sensitive help available on every screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AxeModes at 5.0 against Music Folders's 3.9. AxeModes also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 26.0). Music Folders's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Music Folders costs $0.99 and AxeModes $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AxeModes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
Music Folders ships an update every 10 days, AxeModes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Folders | AxeModes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavlo Klymenko | Joseph Svantner |
Customer experience
Music Folders
AxeModes
In-app purchases
Music Folders
No in-app purchases
AxeModes
No in-app purchases
