Comparison

Playlist Cover Maker vs ArtStyles

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

Head to head
About

Playlist Cover Maker

Design custom retro CD artwork for your playlists. Reclaim the personal touch of crafting unique visual identities for your music, moving beyond generic streaming platform aesthetics. Express your creativity with authentic CD styles and freeform drawing tools.

Highlights
  • Authentic CD style selection
  • Freeform drawing and doodling
  • Customizable design options
  • Export playlist cover art
  • Retro aesthetic
Features
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In a world where streaming giants flatten every musical experience into corporate sameness - algorithm-fed, auto-generated, and branded by default - Burnit offers a small act of rebellion: the right to make your music yours again. This isn’t just an app. It’s a refusal. A way to reclaim the personal touch we once had when we scribbled titles on CDs with markers, when mixtapes were handmade gifts, not metadata containers. Burnit revives that era, not with nostalgia alone, but with tools that let you reassert creativity over curation. How it works: - Choose from authentic CD styles - scratched, shiny, faded, bold - Draw, doodle, and scrawl like you did in your bedroom, Sharpie in hand - Customize freely - no templates, no constraints, just your vision - Export your cover and reclaim the visual identity of your playlists Today’s platforms ask you to accept whatever image they assign to your songs - stock art, blurred backgrounds, or faceless icons. But music is identity. It’s personal. It deserves design, not default. Burnit is about reclaiming that visual authorship. It invites you to resist the aesthetics of automation and bring back the messiness, the tactility, the joy of crafting something by hand - even digitally. You don’t need to remember the last CD you burned to feel what this app brings back. All you need is a playlist you care about - and the courage to make it look like it belongs to you. Burnit is a quiet protest in the face of digital sameness. It’s a design tool. It’s a memory machine. It’s yours. Need support or have questions? Contact us at burnit@heyvalentin.club.

About

ArtStyles

Explore diverse art styles from 90s Anime to Art Deco and apply them to your own creations using AI. Transform your photos into unbelievable images with unique artistic flair.

Highlights
  • Explore diverse art styles
  • Create art with AI
  • Transform photos with styles
  • 90s Anime and Art Deco styles
  • User-friendly creative platform
Features
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ArtStyles is a creative platform to explore your favorite art styles from 90s Anime to Art Deco and use them to create incredible art with AI or transform your photos with the style creating unbelievable images. Find our EULA here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Playlist Cover Maker4 screens
ArtStyles3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Playlist Cover Maker at 100% against ArtStyles's 0%. Playlist Cover Maker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Playlist Cover Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ArtStyles sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Playlist Cover Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Playlist Cover Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArtStyles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playlist Cover Maker ships an update weekly, ArtStyles every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Playlist Cover Maker versus ArtStyles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaylist Cover MakerArtStyles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.517 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperValentin GalmandKawaii

Customer experience

Playlist Cover Maker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ArtStyles

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Playlist Cover Maker

Subscriptions5
  • Burnit Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Burnit Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Burnit Pro - Yearly$8.991 Year
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  • Burnit Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Burnit Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Promo Offer!$8.99
  • Unlock All Features$19.99
1 purchases

ArtStyles

Subscriptions1
  • ArtStyles Pro3 Days trial$4.997 Days

Questions

Is Playlist Cover Maker free?
Playlist Cover Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ArtStyles free?
ArtStyles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Playlist Cover Maker or ArtStyles?
Playlist Cover Maker is rated higher. Playlist Cover Maker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while ArtStyles averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Playlist Cover Maker or ArtStyles have ads?
Neither Playlist Cover Maker nor ArtStyles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playlist Cover Maker or ArtStyles?
Playlist Cover Maker ships an update weekly, and ArtStyles every 4 days. Most recently, Playlist Cover Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and ArtStyles on October 24, 2026.

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