Comparison

Playbios vs Playlist Maker

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

Head to head
About

Playbios

Features
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Playbios is your intelligent music companion. Describe a mood, share a photo, or choose a context, and our artificial intelligence will create a playlist tailored to your moment. Discover more than 30,000 web radios from around the world: β€’ AI-generated playlists β€’ Create playlists from text or photos β€’ Music selected according to your mood and activity β€’ Access to over 30,000 radio stations β€’ Personalized music discovery β€’ Smooth and immersive listening experience Whether you’re at home, at work, traveling, or spending time with friends, Playbios helps you find the perfect soundtrack for every moment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Playlist Maker

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Tell it a moment. It makes the playlist. Type what you want to hear, in your own words. "Monsoon evening on the balcony." "Shoegaze, but gentle." "Like Fleetwood Mac." "90s Bollywood drive." Mixtape builds a playlist for it and saves it to your Apple Music library, where it stays. MADE FROM WHAT YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO Mixtape reads your Apple Music listening and builds around it. Ask for a rainy evening and you get the artists you already love, not a generic mood playlist that could belong to anybody. Ask for something new and it stretches, but it stretches from you. SAY ANYTHING A moment. A mood. An artist you want more of. A genre. A decade. A language. A thing you are about to do. If you can describe it, it is a valid request. HEAR IT BEFORE YOU KEEP IT Every playlist arrives complete, and you can play any song from it right there, thirty seconds at a time. Remove what does not fit. Drag songs into the order you want. Keep it only when it is right. IT IS A REAL PLAYLIST Saved mixtapes go into your Apple Music library as proper playlists, with their own artwork. They play on your phone, your Mac, your car, your speaker, your watch. They work when Mixtape is not open and they stay if you delete it. YOUR SHELF Every mixtape you keep stays in Mixtape too, as a cassette you can start with one tap. Put them in folders once there are enough to sort. ASK SIRI "Make a playlist with Mixtape." Siri asks what you want to hear, builds it, and starts playing, without opening the app. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN One small widget holding one mixtape: the latest one you made, or a particular one you pin there. Tap it and the music starts. NO SUBSCRIPTION Mixtape does not charge a monthly or yearly fee. Making playlists is free and unlimited. Keeping one costs a tape, tapes are bought once, and they never expire. Nothing renews, and nothing is taken away if you stop. An Apple Music subscription is required to save playlists to your library. Terms of Use: https://playlistmaker.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playlistmaker.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Playbios4 screens
Playlist Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Playlist Maker at daily against Playbios's fortnightly. Playbios's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Playbios sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Playlist Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playbios ships an update fortnightly, Playlist Maker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Playbios versus Playlist Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaybiosPlaylist Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNymbiosMohit Nandwani

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Playbios

Subscriptions2
  • Abonnement Sonarmo$2.991 Month
  • Abonnement Playbios$24.991 Year
3 purchases

Playlist Maker

One-time3
  • 10 Tapes$2.99
  • 25 Tapes$5.99
  • 50 Tapes$9.99

Questions

Is Playbios free?
Playbios is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Playlist Maker free?
Playlist Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Playbios or Playlist Maker have ads?
Neither Playbios nor Playlist Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playbios or Playlist Maker?
Playbios ships an update fortnightly, and Playlist Maker daily. Most recently, Playbios was updated on October 30, 2026 and Playlist Maker on November 1, 2026.

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