RunningBeat vs Plinth Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RunningBeat
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• Play the music at any BPM you want while working out • Add music to playlist and analyze the BPM • Manually find the BPM by tapping on the beat
Plinth Music
This app is a local music player designed for users who own their music files. It offers advanced library management, AI-powered playlist generation, and supports various high-fidelity audio formats. Enjoy seamless playback with features like gapless audio and CarPlay integration.
- Offline FLAC & Hi-Res playback
- AI-powered playlist generation
- Automatic metadata and artwork fetching
- Gapless playback and crossfade
- CarPlay support
- Wi-Fi file transfer and device sync
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Plinth is a local music player for people who actually own their music. Buy it once — no subscription, no account, no cloud required. ALBUM BROWSING Browse your library as albums were meant to be seen. Full artwork, flip through your collection with a swipe. The way music discovery should feel. AI DJ Plinth builds your next queue from your actual listening history. Five providers to choose from: Claude, OpenAI, and Grok with your own API key, or Apple Intelligence and Ollama fully on-device. You pick who's listening. LIBRARY Plinth scans your tags — ID3, FLAC, ALAC — then fills the gaps automatically from multiple music databases. Missing artwork, artist photos, genre? Found and fixed. Duplicate tracks and incomplete albums surface in one place so your library stays clean. PLAYBACK Gapless playback, crossfade, lockscreen controls, and CarPlay support. IMPORT Transfer files from Mac over Wi-Fi — no cable, no drama. DEVICE SYNC Tick albums on your Mac and sync them to your iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi — no cables, no cloud. FORMATS FLAC · ALAC · WAV · AIFF · MP3 · M4A · AAC Your library. Your hardware. Your rules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RunningBeat at Free against Plinth Music's $9.99. Plinth Music's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
RunningBeat is free to download; Plinth Music costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RunningBeat ships an update every 3 months, Plinth Music every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RunningBeat | Plinth Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daebyeog Noh | Artem Trukhanov |
In-app purchases
RunningBeat
No in-app purchases
Plinth Music
No in-app purchases
