Comparison

Album Ally vs HiddenTrack

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

Head to head
About

Album Ally

Features
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Album Ally is a music player focused on playing albums in your local music library. This player offers a number of features which are missing in the standard music player on the iPhone such as a cool gallery view, various sorting options and a clear overview of all albums of an artist. A useful feature is that you can quickly see which albums were recently added to your library and which albums and artists you listened to most often. The app will automatically adjust screen colors to match viewed albums.

About

HiddenTrack

Discover curated music collections and share your favorite tracks. Browse hand-picked vinyl, save records to your personal collection, and build your own themed crates to share with the community. Experience music discovery without algorithms or ads.

Highlights
  • Swipe to discover music
  • 30-second track previews
  • Direct buy links to artists
  • Save records to personal collection
  • Build and share custom crates
  • Community feed for crate discovery
Features
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HiddenTrack is a small, slow app for the people who still care what's on the B-side. Curated crates of handpicked vinyl — themed, rotating, made with intention. Swipe through cards like you're flipping through a bin. Preview tracks instantly. Save the ones that speak to you. Share the ones you can't keep to yourself. THE EXPERIENCE • Swipe right to keep, left to pass, up to listen • 30-second previews built in — no Spotify or Apple Music needed • Buy links to Bandcamp, Discogs, eBay, and Amazon — support artists directly when you can • Save records to your personal collection • Build your own crates and publish them to the community WHY HIDDENTRACK • No algorithm — every crate is hand-picked by real people • No account needed — your collection is yours • No ads, no noise, no upsells • A mobile-first experience designed for taste, not scale WHO IT'S FOR • Vinyl collectors looking for their next pickup • Crate diggers who miss flipping through bins • Music heads who want to share what they're loving • Anyone tired of "recommended for you" feeds WHAT YOU CAN DO • Browse today's editorial crates — fresh themes, refreshed regularly • Build a personal crate from records you save • Make it public — your friends see a beautiful web page with previews and buy links • Discover crates from other heads in the community feed • Follow the discovery — what's playing, what's new, what's making people stop A hidden track is the song nobody told you about. The reward for staying through the credits. The good stuff for the people who pay attention. This is for them.

Screenshots

Album Ally4 screens
HiddenTrack4 screens

Verdict

The call

Album Ally and HiddenTrack are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Album Ally versus HiddenTrack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlbum AllyHiddenTrack
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoost de MoelJASON EDWARD ROBERTS

In-app purchases

None

Album Ally

No in-app purchases

None

HiddenTrack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Album Ally free?
Album Ally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HiddenTrack free?
HiddenTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Album Ally or HiddenTrack have ads?
Neither Album Ally nor HiddenTrack shows ads.

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