Comparison

Artic Audio vs Auracle

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

Head to head
About

Artic Audio

Features
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Artic Audio - Audiophile Music Player Experience music exactly as the artist intended. Artic Audio is the premium iOS music player engineered specifically for discerning audiophiles who demand uncompromising audio quality. Perfect Sound, Zero Compromise • Bit-perfect playback preserves every detail of your music • True gapless playback for seamless album experiences • Zero audio processing - pure, unaltered sound • Optimized for external DACs and high-end audio equipment Stream Your Personal Library • Connect to your Jellyfin media server for bit-perfect streaming • Full Plex integration brings your entire music collection to iOS • Stream high-resolution audio from your home server anywhere • No subscription required - your music, your server, your way Built for Music Lovers • Clean, intuitive interface that never gets in the way • Support for high-resolution audio formats • Designed by audiophiles, for audiophiles • Lightning-fast library browsing and playback Whether streaming from your personal media server or playing local files, Artic Audio delivers the pristine sound quality that serious music lovers demand.

About

Auracle

Rate and track your favorite music, films, TV shows, anime, and video games. Discover new obsessions with community charts and personalized recommendations. Engage in daily music games and build a comprehensive taste profile.

Highlights
  • Rate music, film, TV, anime, and games
  • Personalized taste profile
  • Daily music guessing games (Heardle, Immaculate Grid)
  • Community charts and recommendations
  • Collaborative lists
  • Shareable taste cards
Features
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Every universe you love. One taste profile. Auracle is where your whole taste lives — the albums, films, shows, anime, and video games that make you who you are. Rate everything on one 10-point scale, keep one diary, build one profile that actually captures you. FIVE UNIVERSES, ONE APP Flip between Music, Movies, TV, Anime, and Games with one tap. Each universe gets the full treatment: search anything, rate it in seconds, see community charts, and get recommendations based on your actual taste — not an algorithm selling you something. DAILY GAMES YOU CAN'T PLAY ANYWHERE ELSE • Heardle — guess the song from a one-second snippet • Immaculate Grid — fill a 3×3 with albums matching each row and column • Duels — head-to-head picks that build your personal Elo ranking of everything you've heard • SoundClash — create a game code, send it to friends, same songs, live scoreboard • Brackets — play ours or build your own 8/16-entry bracket about anything and share it BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO KEEP A LIST • 10-point ratings with half-point precision — the difference between great and masterpiece matters • A listening (and watching, and playing) diary so you never forget when you first met a favorite • Collaborative lists anyone can add to and vote on • Taste cards — shareable, generated portraits of your taste in five styles • Community charts and a Canon ranked by real people A FEED WORTH FOLLOWING See what friends are rating across every universe. A friend's 9.5 on an album sits next to their 8 on a game. Argue accordingly. Free to join. Bring your library, find your people, and meet the next obsession you'll defend in a group chat at 1am.

Screenshots

Artic Audio3 screens
Auracle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Auracle at every 2 days against Artic Audio's fortnightly. Auracle also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Artic Audio ships an update fortnightly, Auracle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Artic Audio versus Auracle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtic AudioAuracle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJeremy BlanchardAndrew Frame

In-app purchases

None

Artic Audio

No in-app purchases

None

Auracle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artic Audio free?
Artic Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auracle free?
Auracle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Artic Audio or Auracle have ads?
Neither Artic Audio nor Auracle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artic Audio or Auracle?
Artic Audio ships an update fortnightly, and Auracle every 2 days. Most recently, Artic Audio was updated on October 28, 2026 and Auracle on October 12, 2026.

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