Comparison

audio vs The Cut

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

Head to head
About

audio

Easily save and restore your audiobook playback position in Apple Music. Avoid searching for timestamps when switching between music and audiobooks. Future Spotify support is planned.

Highlights
  • Save playback position
  • Restore playback position
  • Seamless listening
  • Apple Music integration
  • Spotify support planned
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Never Lose Your Playback Position in an Audiobook Again! Switching between music and audiobooks? audio-marks lets you save and restore your playback position in Apple Music with a simple tap. - Save your playback position before switching from audiobook to music playback - Tap to instantly resume where you left off - Spotify support planned (pending approval) No more searching for the right timestampβ€”just seamless listening! Try audio-marks free for 7 days, then unlock it forever with a one-time purchase.

About

The Cut

Features
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Your promo inbox has 200 tracks in it. Maybe three are worth playing. The Cut gets you to those three. Swipe right to keep, swipe left to cut, and every decision syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. Connect an iCloud Drive folder, SoundCloud, Dropbox, an email inbox or your own Sendbox link, and start reviewing. Review Your Inbox, Fast Every new track lands in your Inbox. Rate it, jot a note, and once you decide it moves to Accepted or Rejected. Demo management without the manual filing. Sendbox Give producers one link to send you music. Share thecut.music/send/yourname and every submission lands in your Inbox with the artist, title and message filled in. Senders verify their email first, so you always know who sent what. Email Sources Get promos the moment they hit your inbox. Connect any email account over IMAP and The Cut pulls in audio attachments and SoundCloud links, ready to audition. SoundCloud Integration Stream tracks directly from your SoundCloud feed. Add or remove tracks from playlists without leaving the app. Dropbox Integration Review tracks stored in your Dropbox, cached locally for smooth playback. Move or delete files right from the app. Never Review the Same Track Twice When the same track arrives from more than one source, The Cut merges it into one entry, so you review it once. See What You Actually Get Through The Statistics dashboard shows how many tracks you reviewed, your accept rate, and which sources and labels send the keepers. Break it down by genre, BPM band, key and rating, look back over any week, month or year, and share a card of your numbers. Undo Any Cut Changed your mind? Deleted Tracks keeps everything you remove, so you can bring a track back with one tap. iPad and iPhone Duo On iPad and iPhone Duo's inner display, your track list and the player sit side by side. Apple Vision Pro The Cut runs natively on Apple Vision Pro, with your library and Now Playing in windows beside you. Apple Watch Companion Take your inbox on the go. Browse, filter, rate and review from your wrist, even without your iPhone, and play tracks offline through Bluetooth headphones. Smart Stack widgets and complications show your latest track. CarPlay Review from the car. Accept and Reject sit right on CarPlay's Now Playing screen: decide, and the next track starts. Filter Down to the Right Tracks Filter any list by source, label, genre, BPM, key, rating and date added, and stack filters to zero in on what you want. Rich Metadata at a Glance See title, artist, BPM, key, genre and artwork before you hit play, straight from ID3 and MP4 tags. No tags? On iOS 27, BPM and key are detected on your device. Automate Your Workflow Set actions that fire the moment you decide: move accepted tracks to a folder, delete rejected files, or add keepers to a SoundCloud playlist. Reminders Pick the days and times you like to review, and The Cut nudges you when tracks are waiting and stays quiet when they aren't. A Proper Audio Player Full playback controls, a waveform you can scrub to jump straight to the drop, AirPlay, shuffle, repeat and lock screen controls. Skip Intro on Auto lands where each track kicks in. On iPad, review from the keyboard too. The Cut Pro Free plays one source. Pro plays every source you add, runs several actions per decision, adds Auto Skip Intro and gives you three Sendboxes with no monthly cap. Monthly, yearly or lifetime; yearly starts with a 7-day free trial. Supported formats: MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

audio2 screens
The Cut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Cut at none against audio's shown. The Cut also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and device support (5 vs 1). audio's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. audio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Cut sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

audio ships an update every 7 months, The Cut every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
audio versus The Cut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteraudioThe Cut
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarius MontebaurHeftii, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

audio

One-time1
  • All-Time Unlock$1.99
3 purchases

The Cut

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$129.99

Questions

Is audio free?
audio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Cut free?
The Cut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do audio or The Cut have ads?
audio shows ads; The Cut does not.
Which is updated more often, audio or The Cut?
audio ships an update every 7 months, and The Cut every 3 weeks. Most recently, audio was updated on November 4, 2026 and The Cut on November 9, 2026.

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