Playlist vs ARPJAM Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playlist
Effortlessly generate unique playlists from your music library using AI. Discover new combinations based on mood, activity, or specific tastes. Enjoy a personalized listening experience with smart features and offline capabilities.
- AI-powered playlist generation
- Advanced filtering by artist, album, year, and song length
- Time-based playlist sizing
- Smart artist distribution
- Family-friendly content filtering
- Offline playlist creation
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Your Apple Music library is full of great songs you never hear. PlaylistMe finds them and turns them into playlists you'll actually play. Tap Magic Mix and get a fresh playlist in seconds, built from the music you already own and love. Pick a mood, an activity, or an era, and PlaylistMe does the rest. Every playlist saves straight to Apple Music. MAKE A PLAYLIST IN ONE TAP • Magic Mix builds a surprising, listenable playlist instantly • Templates for every moment: Workout, Chill, Road Trip, Focus, Party, Throwback, and more • Build your own with filters for genre, decade, tempo, mood, and energy • Release Radar surfaces new music from the artists you actually listen to • Near Me Pulse creates a mix tuned to where you are REDISCOVER YOUR OWN LIBRARY • Lost & Found resurfaces songs and albums you haven't played in a while • Weekly Rewind recaps your week every Sunday: top artists, genres, and rediscoveries • Share any playlist or Rewind as a beautiful card to Messages, Instagram, or anywhere else PLAYLISTS THAT FLOW • Smart Ordering sequences your songs so each one sets up the next • Eight ways to arrange a mix: energy flow, mood, tempo, key harmony, artist diversity, and more • Playlist analysis grades flow and coherence so you know a mix works before you hit play BUILD TOGETHER • Invite friends to a shared playlist with a link • Everyone's edits sync live • Listen together with SharePlay ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND BEYOND • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for recent playlists and a daily suggestion • One-tap generation from a widget or Control Center • A Live Activity follows your mix as it's built • Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, make me a workout playlist" • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac PUT IT ON AUTOPILOT • Scheduled playlists that build themselves for your morning commute, your workout, or Friday night • Batch generation creates several playlists at once • Listening reminders nudge you back to music you've been missing AI THAT KNOWS YOUR TASTE • Voice DJ refines a playlist when you describe a change: "more upbeat, less 80s" • AI recommendations that learn from what you play and what you skip • AI-generated cover art and playlist names PRIVATE BY DESIGN PlaylistMe reads your Apple Music library on your device. Your listening history stays yours, your playlist history can sync with iCloud, and nothing is sold or shared. FREE AND PRO Free includes Magic Mix, all ten templates, custom playlists, Weekly Rewind, Apple Music export, basic analytics, and your last five playlists. PlaylistMe Pro unlocks Smart Ordering, unlimited history, deep analytics, collaborative playlists, scheduling, batch generation, widgets, Siri Shortcuts, iCloud sync, and more. Pro+ AI adds Voice DJ, AI recommendations, and SharePlay. A Lifetime option is also available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Requires an Apple Music subscription. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://jamsoftinc.com/privacy-policy
ARPJAM Player
This app allows you to queue music tracks and set individual playback durations. It automatically fades out the current track and transitions to the next, ensuring consistent loudness and background playback. Explore a library of published tracks or import your own.
- Queue and time music tracks
- Automatic track fading and transition
- Matched loudness for consistent volume
- Background playback with screen off
- Browse and import music library
- Dynamic music generation engine
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ARPJAM Player is a device for leaving your JAMs running. Line up the JAMs you want to hear and give each one a play time. When the time is up it fades out on its own and hands over to the next one. Nothing else to do. ■ For as long as you like Play times run from one minute to twelve hours, set on a reel. Leave one JAM running all afternoon, or cut them short and keep moving. It is built for the kind of listening that lasts a whole opening shift. ■ Matched loudness JAMs vary in level. Each one is measured once when you add it, and matched on playback — the loud ones come down, the quiet ones come up. No sudden jump when the next one starts. Nothing chases the level while the music plays, so the volume never moves mid-performance. ■ With the screen off Background playback is supported. Lock the screen and it keeps going. Play, pause and skip from the Lock Screen or Control Center. ■ JAM Library Open the JAM Library from inside the app and add published JAMs directly. Browse by genre and see the artist, the notes, the BPM and the key. Official JAMs and submitted JAMs sit side by side. You can also import .arpjam files stored on your device, including files written by the earlier ARPJAM. ■ It never plays the same way twice The ARPJAM engine is not playing back a fixed score. It builds the performance as it goes, following rules. The same JAM sounds different every time you play it, so it does not become a loop you get tired of — even after hours. Same engine as ARPJAM Studio. ■ Made for · Saunas, spas, treatment rooms · Cafes, shops, galleries · Working, studying, winding down · Exhibitions and installations — — ARPJAM Player does not create JAMs. To make them, use ARPJAM Studio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ARPJAM Player at none against Playlist's 6. ARPJAM Player also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Playlist sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ARPJAM Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Playlist against 5.0 for ARPJAM Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Playlist ships an update monthly, ARPJAM Player every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playlist | ARPJAM Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JAMSoft Inc | Takashi Tsunoda |
Customer experience
Playlist
ARPJAM Player
In-app purchases
Playlist
- PlaylistMe Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Pro+ AI Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- PlaylistMe Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Pro+ AI Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
- 5 AI Cover Art Credits$1.99
- PlaylistMe Lifetime$129.99
ARPJAM Player
No in-app purchases









