Retro CD Player vs Beat Bazaar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro CD Player
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Beatsy turns your Apple Music into a CD player you can hold. Pick an album from a shelf of jewel cases, watch the disc fly into the tray, close the lid and press play. A SHELF OF DISCS • Your Apple Music albums, stacked as real jewel cases • Scroll through the stack and the room takes on the color of each cover • Search your library or the whole Apple Music catalog for albums and playlists • Filter the shelf by title or artist, sort it A–Z, or pull a random album A REAL MACHINE • The case opens, the disc lands on the spindle and the lid clicks shut • Dot-matrix display with track number and time • Physical keys for previous, play, stop, next and eject • Drag the spinning disc to scrub through a song, turn the knob for volume • Mechanical sounds and haptics, on or off MAKE IT YOURS • Four machine finishes: Porcelain, Aluminum, Sage and Sakura • Printed discs with the album art, or silver data-side discs • Light and dark mode, with a backdrop that follows the cover • The controls fade away while a disc plays, leaving just the machine • Turn your device sideways and the machine fills the screen LISTEN YOUR WAY • Track list, repeat and shuffle • AirPlay to speakers and headphones • Sleep timer: 15 minutes to 1.5 hours, or the end of the disc • Add albums from the catalog to your library in one tap • With repeat off, the next album on the shelf plays on, like a disc changer Beatsy plays music through Apple Music. Playing catalog albums needs an Apple Music subscription. Your listening stays on this device; there is no account to create. BEATSY PRO Beatsy is free to download and play, and pause, skip and changing discs stay free. Without Pro, a short Pro introduction appears over the player after about 10 seconds of each disc and again after every third finished track; the music keeps playing and the introduction can be closed after a few seconds. One lifetime purchase unlocks all machine finishes, silver discs, the track list, the sleep timer and landscape mode, and the introduction no longer appears. No recurring subscription or free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; restore with the same Apple Account. Apple Music catalog playback requires a separate Apple Music subscription. Beatsy is not affiliated with Apple. Apple Music is a trademark of Apple Inc. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Beat Bazaar
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Works Fully Offline Your music lives on your device. Play anywhere: on a plane, in the subway, or with Wi-Fi off. Your library stays private and always accessible. Plays All Your Files MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, MP4 audio, WAV, and FLAC. One app for your entire collection with no conversions needed. Fix & Organize Your Tags Beat Bazaar reads titles, artists, albums, genres, and artwork directly from your files. Fix missing or incorrect details, bulk-edit entire albums in seconds, and save changes back to the files. 10-Band Equalizer Shape your sound with up to 10 bands of EQ from 31Hz to 16kHz for more bass, brighter highs, and clearer vocals. Pitch & Speed Change playback speed and pitch independently. Slow down to learn a part, speed up to save time, or shift pitch without affecting tempo. Synced Lyrics Lyrics scroll in time with the music, fetched from a public database. Follow along word by word. Customize Everything Pick a theme preset or create your own colors and font. Supports 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Background Playback Music keeps playing while you do other things. Control it from your lock screen with full track info and artwork. Stay Informed Stay updated on new features and announcements without leaving the app. Organize Your Way Browse by artist, album, genre, playlist, or folder. See your files exactly as they're arranged on disk. Search, filter, and sort to find any track instantly. Waveforms & Smart Queue Tap anywhere on a track's waveform to jump to that moment. The queue supports shuffle, repeat, and reordering and remembers where you left off. Free with Optional Ads Beat Bazaar is free with light ads. Watch a quick video to disable ads for your session, or subscribe for permanent ad-free access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Retro CD Player at none against Beat Bazaar's shown. Beat Bazaar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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
Both are free to download. Retro CD Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Beat Bazaar sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Retro CD Player ships an update every 2 weeks, Beat Bazaar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro CD Player | Beat Bazaar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 茵 吕 | Martin Thibaul |
In-app purchases
Retro CD Player
- Beatsy Pro Lifetime$8.99
Beat Bazaar
- Beat Bazaar Gold Month$1.99
- Beat Bazaar Gold Yearly$12.99
- Beat Bazaar Gold Lifetime$19.99









