Dissonant. vs Heard Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dissonant.
Discover music beyond algorithmic playlists by receiving curated physical albums delivered to your door. This service connects you with a community of music lovers and offers a unique way to engage with albums.
- Physical album discovery
- Curated album selections
- Album delivery service
- Community of music lovers
- Secondhand albums
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Music discovery through physical media. Sick of algorithm playlists? When was the last time you sat down and truly engaged with a great album? Tell us about your taste. We want to get to know you as a human, not as a statistic in an algorithm. Our music-loving curators will pick out an album they think you'll love and ship it right to your door. All albums are secondhand and are constantly being scavenged from all around the United States. We hope you'll join the world's cheapest album club/community! -Dissonant
Heard Music
Log, rate, and share albums to build a personal music taste profile. Discover new music by following friends and seeing what they're listening to in real-time. Connect with a community of music lovers.
- Log albums from Spotify's catalog
- Rate albums in half increments
- See friends' real-time listening
- Explore community-logged albums
- Build Top 5 albums and artists
- Like and react to friend logs
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Heard is the music app for people who actually listen. Log the albums that mean something to you. Rate them, write notes, and build a profile that reflects your real taste — not just what an algorithm thinks you like. Follow friends and see what they've been spinning. Discover albums through the people you trust, not a recommendation engine. What you can do: • Log any album from Spotify's entire catalog • Rate albums in half increments from 0.5 to 5 • See what your friends are listening to in real time • Explore the most logged albums in the Heard community • Build your Top 5 albums and artists on your profile • Like and react to your friends' logs • Get notified when friends follow you or log something new Music is more meaningful when shared. Start logging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Heard Music at every 2 days against Dissonant.'s every 4 weeks. Heard Music also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Dissonant.'s advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Dissonant. against 5.0 for Heard Music. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dissonant. has 98 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Dissonant.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Heard Music's.
Dissonant. ships an update every 4 weeks, Heard Music every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dissonant. | Heard Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (98 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hunter White | Christopher Bible |
Customer experience
Dissonant.
Heard Music
In-app purchases
Dissonant.
No in-app purchases
Heard Music
No in-app purchases
