MeloMo vs Plinth Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeloMo
Discover music tailored to your emotions, not just genres. Select your current mood and receive a personalized soundtrack to match your feelings, whether you need an energy boost or a moment of calm.
- Emotion-based music selection
- Personalized soundtracks
- Mood-driven playlists
- Genre-independent music discovery
- Calming and energizing music options
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MeloMo is a personalized music experience designed around emotions, not just genres. Instead of browsing endless playlists, simply choose your mood and let MeloMo deliver the perfect soundtrack — from upbeat vibes that energize you, to calming tunes that help you unwind. With MeloMo, your music always feels right because it feels like you.
Plinth Music
This app is a local music player designed for users who own their music files. It offers advanced library management, AI-powered playlist generation, and supports various high-fidelity audio formats. Enjoy seamless playback with features like gapless audio and CarPlay integration.
- Offline FLAC & Hi-Res playback
- AI-powered playlist generation
- Automatic metadata and artwork fetching
- Gapless playback and crossfade
- CarPlay support
- Wi-Fi file transfer and device sync
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Plinth is a local music player for people who actually own their music. Buy it once — no subscription, no account, no cloud required. ALBUM BROWSING Browse your library as albums were meant to be seen. Full artwork, flip through your collection with a swipe. The way music discovery should feel. AI DJ Plinth builds your next queue from your actual listening history. Five providers to choose from: Claude, OpenAI, and Grok with your own API key, or Apple Intelligence and Ollama fully on-device. You pick who's listening. LIBRARY Plinth scans your tags — ID3, FLAC, ALAC — then fills the gaps automatically from multiple music databases. Missing artwork, artist photos, genre? Found and fixed. Duplicate tracks and incomplete albums surface in one place so your library stays clean. PLAYBACK Gapless playback, crossfade, lockscreen controls, and CarPlay support. IMPORT Transfer files from Mac over Wi-Fi — no cable, no drama. DEVICE SYNC Tick albums on your Mac and sync them to your iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi — no cables, no cloud. FORMATS FLAC · ALAC · WAV · AIFF · MP3 · M4A · AAC Your library. Your hardware. Your rules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MeloMo at Free against Plinth Music's $9.99. MeloMo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On ratings volume, 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
MeloMo is free to download; Plinth Music costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MeloMo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MeloMo's written reviews are positive against 80% of Plinth Music's.
| Parameter | MeloMo | Plinth Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bud Go LLC | Artem Trukhanov |
Customer experience
MeloMo
Plinth Music
In-app purchases
MeloMo
No in-app purchases
Plinth Music
No in-app purchases
