Music Mode vs Cloudless Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Mode
Experience music tailored to your day with distinct modes for focus, sleep, and waking. Seamlessly play Apple Music content within the app, building your personalized music space with continuous listening.
- Focus, Sleep, and Wake modes
- In-app Apple Music playback
- Build personalized music space
- Continuous listening
- Preview Apple Music without subscription
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Music Mode transforms Apple Music into an experience designed for every moment of your day. Whether you’re focusing, winding down for sleep, waking up with music, or simply enjoying your favorite albums and playlists, Music Mode helps you listen with intention. Key Features • Dedicated Modes — Start Focus, Sleep, and Nightstand from one place, with experiences designed for every moment. • Your Music Space — Build your own collection with albums, playlists, stations, artists, and songs for quick access. • Play Apple Music in-app — Browse and play albums, playlists, stations, artists, and songs without leaving the app. • Continuous listening — Keep your music playing seamlessly across albums, playlists, stations, and your queue. • Your Progress — Track your Focus sessions, Sleep listening, and weekly music habits. • Preview before subscribing — Explore Apple Music content before subscribing to Apple Music. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Cloudless Music
This app allows parents to curate and manage music libraries for their children. It works with Apple Music to filter explicit content, hide album art, and restrict searching on child devices.
- Manage separate music libraries for children
- Set up child devices for listening only
- Filter explicit search results
- Hide album art
- Works with Apple Music
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Cloudless Music empowers parents to decide what artists, albums, and songs your family listens to. Works with Apple Music and requires an active Apple Music subscription. • Manage separate music libraries for children and teens in your family, from your own device • Set up child devices for listening only (no searching or adding) • Filter out explicit search results • Hide album art for any album or song Note: This app is currently rated the same as Apple Music (13+) to ensure it can't be reinstalled without parental guidance, which could allow bypass of parental controls. Reach out to support@cloudlessmusic.com with any questions. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cloudless Music at 5.0 against Music Mode's 4.5. Cloudless Music also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Music Mode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Cloudless Music sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cloudless Music holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Music Mode ships an update every 8 days, Cloudless Music every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Music Mode | Cloudless Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AppMatters LLC | Cloudless Finance LLC |
Customer experience
Music Mode
Cloudless Music
In-app purchases
Music Mode
- Music Mode Premium (Individual)$4.991 Month
- Music Mode Premium (Individual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Music Mode Premium (Family)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Cloudless Music
- Cloudless Music$4.991 Month









