Comparison

Discrete vs Show Primer

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

Head to head
About

Discrete

A sleek and lightweight music player designed for Jellyfin servers. Enjoy your music library directly from your server with features like offline playback, playlist management, and CarPlay support. Optimized for minimal resource usage and a smooth user experience.

Highlights
  • Jellyfin server integration
  • Offline playback and downloads
  • CarPlay support
  • Playlist creation and management
  • Transcoding options
  • Background playback
  • Sleep timer
Features
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Discrete is a carefully crafted native music player for your Jellyfin library, made for iPhone and iPad. Enjoy a clean interface, thoughtful controls and layouts that feel at home on your device. Stability and performance are central to the design, with cached library views, progressive loading and background downloads to support everyday listening. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Thoughtfully adapted library navigation and a dedicated player make the most of iPhone Duo. Enjoy artwork, playback controls and your queue or lyrics together on its expanded screen, with layouts that respond as you rotate or fold the device. YOUR LIBRARY, CLOSE AT HAND - Browse albums, artists, playlists and All Tracks, with artwork and useful music details. - Find songs, albums, artists and playlists in one search. - Rediscover your collection through Home suggestions, new releases and recently added music. - Keep favorites close and revisit your listening history. LISTEN YOUR WAY - Play a song next, add it to the queue, or drag upcoming tracks into the order you want. - Save your queue and playback position between app launches. - Shuffle, repeat, set a sleep timer, or start a Jellyfin Instant Mix from a song, album or playlist. - Follow synced lyrics and tap a timed line to jump to that part of the song, when lyrics are available on your server. - View audio format, bit depth and sample rate while listening. TAKE YOUR MUSIC WITH YOU - Download tracks, albums and playlists for offline listening. - Browse and search downloaded music without a connection. - Let audio downloads continue in the background and follow their progress in a Live Activity. - Stream original files or use automatic or custom Jellyfin transcoding, with separate preferences for cellular, Wi-Fi and downloads. MADE FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND CARPLAY - Enjoy player layouts for portrait and landscape, with support for iPad multitasking. - Swipe between tracks in the mini player, listen in the background, and use Lock Screen controls or AirPlay. - Browse your library, play downloaded music and manage Up Next in CarPlay. MAKE THE COLLECTION YOURS Create and rename playlists, add or remove songs, and reorder them with a drag. Playlist changes and favorites are saved to your Jellyfin server. FREE TO ENJOY. PRO TO SUPPORT. The core listening experience is free, including playback, downloads, playlists, lyrics and CarPlay. Optional Discrete Pro supports continued development and adds multiple accounts, alternate app icons and accent colors. Pro is available through monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscriptions, or a lifetime purchase. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Requires access to a Jellyfin server with a music library. Format support and transcoding depend on your device and server. Privacy Policy: https://discrete.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Show Primer

This app generates an Apple Music playlist based on an artist's recent setlists. Discover songs played on tour, create custom playlists, and learn every track before a concert.

Highlights
  • Generate playlists from setlists
  • Search for artists
  • View recent tour songs
  • Create custom song selections
  • One-tap Apple Music playlist creation
  • Learn songs before a show
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Get ready for the show! Show Primer builds you an Apple Music playlist from a band's recent setlists — so you can learn every song before the show. Here's how it works: 1. Search for the artist you're going to see 2. Show Primer pulls their latest setlists and figures out what they've been playing on tour 3. Pick your songs — or just grab them all 4. One tap creates an Apple Music playlist, ready to play on repeat until showtime Your first 3 playlists are free. Want unlimited? A one-time $2.99 purchase unlocks playlist creation for every concert, forever. Songs played at every show? They're in there. Deep cuts that only come out once in a while? Those too. You'll know which songs to expect, which ones to hope for, and — most importantly — you'll know all the words. Stop scrambling to Shazam songs at the venue. Start showing up prepared!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Show Primer at 5.0 against Discrete's 4.7. Discrete's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 3) and device support. On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Discrete sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Show Primer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Show Primer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discrete has 46 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Discrete versus Show Primer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscreteShow Primer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (46 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — better—
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr OrlovJoshua Larson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Discrete

Subscriptions2
  • Discrete Pro [Monthly]$0.991 Month
  • Discrete Pro [Yearly]$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Discrete Pro [Lifetime]$19.99
1 purchases

Show Primer

One-time1
  • Unlimited Playlists$2.99

Questions

Is Discrete free?
Discrete is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Show Primer free?
Show Primer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Discrete or Show Primer?
Show Primer is rated higher. Discrete averages 4.7 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Show Primer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.

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