Comparison

JukeBox One vs PartyTime

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

Head to head
About

JukeBox One

Connect with friends through shared music experiences. Create or join virtual rooms to listen to songs together, take turns hosting, and enjoy synchronized playback with your music library.

Highlights
  • Create music rooms
  • Join music rooms
  • Share songs
  • Take turns hosting
  • Synchronized playback
  • Social music experience
Features
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JukeBox One brings people together through music. Create a room, invite your friends, and let everyone take a turn sharing songs from their designated Apple Music playlist. Each member takes a turn as Song Host—the person whose song is selected to play. Share your favorites, discover something unexpected, and make listening a group experience. CHOOSE HOW YOU PLAY • Normal: Take turns sharing songs through a rotating Song Host. • Voting: Vote for the next Song Host based on each member’s upcoming song. • Trivia: Answer questions to compete for the next Song Host spot. • Mini Games: Play games to determine who shares the next song. LISTEN TOGETHER Enable optional Synchronized Playback when creating any room type to play songs together across participating devices. Guests can choose whether their device participates from the first song and adjust their choice for upcoming songs. For synchronized listening, use your device’s built-in speakers, keep JukeBox One open, and maintain a reliable internet connection. Bluetooth, AirPlay, and wired audio connections may affect synchronization. Prefer one device playing the music? Leave Synchronized Playback off to listen through the Room Host’s device. BRING YOUR PEOPLE Add friends and favorites, find them easily among room members, and choose whether friends or favorites can join your room automatically. Room Hosts can approve join requests and manage membership. PICK YOUR PLAYLIST Designate an Apple Music playlist containing 3–50 supported songs. JukeBox One uses each member’s playlist to keep the music moving as the Song Host changes. Local-only or unsupported tracks are filtered out. GET STARTED Sign in and connect Apple Music. Choose an eligible playlist. Create or join a room. Share the music and enjoy everyone’s turn. JukeBox One is free to download and use. An active Apple Music subscription and internet connection are required. Available on iPhone and iPad.

About

PartyTime

Transform your phone into a collaborative jukebox for any gathering. Guests join via a code or QR scan to add and vote on songs, creating a dynamic, crowd-driven playlist. Music streams through Apple Music, with the host managing playback.

Highlights
  • Crowd-controlled music playlist
  • Guest voting system
  • Apple Music integration
  • Host playback control
  • No guest app required
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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PartyTime turns your phone into a jukebox everyone controls. Start a lobby. Share the code or QR. Anyone in the room — friends, strangers at the bar, the whole crowd — joins on their phone and starts adding songs. Everyone votes. The queue reorders itself by what people actually want to hear. The host’s phone plays it through whatever speaker is nearby. That’s it. No guest accounts. No sign-ups. Just a live, crowd-driven playlist. HOW IT WORKS • Music plays through Apple Music — the full catalog, plus the host’s library. • Guests join with just a code or QR scan. No app needed for them. • Votes decide what plays next. The room picks the vibe. • Host stays in control. Skip, remove, pause — your call. GREAT FOR • House parties, pregames, cookouts • Road trips (no more fighting over the aux) • Bars, venues, and events • Gyms, studios, offices — anywhere people share a speaker WHAT YOU NEED Host: iPhone (iOS 16+) with Apple Music. Guests: literally nothing. Phone + code = in. PARTYTIME PRO (coming soon) Free for casual lobbies. PartyTime Pro unlocks larger lobbies, party stats, themed accents, and an ad-free experience for guests. Venues can claim their own branded lobby — get in touch via the in-app support link. PRIVACY No tracking across apps. No selling your data. Ad-free with PartyTime Host. Full policy at joinpartytime.com/privacy. Questions or ideas? jay@joinpartytime.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://joinpartytime.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

JukeBox One4 screens
PartyTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JukeBox One at none against PartyTime's 3. JukeBox One also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PartyTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. JukeBox One asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JukeBox One against 5.0 for PartyTime. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JukeBox One ships an update weekly, PartyTime every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
JukeBox One versus PartyTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJukeBox OnePartyTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB33 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJukeBox Song Sync LLCJason DeShong

Customer experience

JukeBox One

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PartyTime

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

JukeBox One

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PartyTime

Subscriptions2
  • PartyTime Host$5.991 Month
  • PartyTime Host (Annual)$59.001 Year
One-time1
  • The Party$4.99

Questions

Is JukeBox One free?
JukeBox One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PartyTime free?
PartyTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JukeBox One or PartyTime?
JukeBox One and PartyTime are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do JukeBox One or PartyTime have ads?
PartyTime shows ads; JukeBox One does not.
Which is updated more often, JukeBox One or PartyTime?
JukeBox One ships an update weekly, and PartyTime every 3 weeks. Most recently, JukeBox One was updated on October 17, 2026 and PartyTime on October 3, 2026.

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