Comparison

Braided Playlist vs AHL Radio

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

Head to head
About

Braided Playlist

This app seamlessly merges individual music playlists into a single shared queue, ensuring fair rotation of songs from each contributor. It facilitates shared listening experiences for families and friends, reducing decision-making time and fostering connection through music.

Highlights
  • Fair turn-taking for songs
  • Apple Music integration
  • Clean lyrics enforcement
  • Smart shuffle rotation
  • Flexible group management
  • Siri and shortcut support
Features
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The music's on, everyone's happy, and nobody spent five minutes arguing about what to listen to. Braided Playlist takes the playlists everyone has already put together and weaves them into one shared queue. Each person's songs rotating in turn, automatically and fairly. When you're ready to go, you're a tap or voice command away from music everyone actually wants to hear. The road trip is just a road trip. Dinner is just dinner. No one's lobbying for their playlist, nobody feels ignored, and you're not the DJ. It's also quietly something more. When you and your kid each have songs in the queue, music becomes something you share rather than negotiate. You hear what they're into. They hear what shaped you. A song comes on and there's a story behind it or a question. Those small moments have a way of adding up. Key Features: * Fair turn-taking: Every playlist gets equal time, automatically. * Apple Music Integration: Works with playlists you already have and you can send braids to the Apple Music player Queue. * Protect your Apple Music history: Setting to prevent music started by Braided Playlist from impacting your Replay, or recommendations.† * Enforce Clean lyrics: Settings enable automatic replacement of explicit songs with clean versions or omitting them completely.‡ * Smart shuffle: Rotation order is preserved. Favours less recently played and newer tracks. * Flexible groups: Add or remove playlists mid-session without losing the flow * Siri and shortcut support: Play favourite playlist combinations, add / remove playlists, shuffle, or skip hands-free. Try "Braid [Favourite name]", "Add [playlist name] to braid", "Shuffle braid", or "Next song in braid" Download Braided Playlist. Spend less time deciding what to listen to and more time actually together. †Requires iOS 26.4+ ‡Requires tracks to be labelled explicit in Apple Music; clean substitutions require an Apple Music subscription

About

AHL Radio

Features
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AHL Radio brings thousands of live radio stations from around the world directly to your fingertips. Browse by genre — jazz, classical, pop, news, sports, and more — or discover new stations from countries across the globe. Tap any station to start streaming instantly. Features: • Thousands of live radio stations worldwide • Browse by genre or country • Background audio — keeps playing when your screen is off • Lock screen & Control Center controls • Favorites — save your most-listened stations • Mini player for quick access while browsing • Remove Ads — one-time purchase for lifetime ad-free listening No account required. Just open and listen.

Screenshots

Braided Playlist4 screens
AHL Radio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Braided Playlist at none against AHL Radio's 1. Braided Playlist also leads on ads (none vs shown). AHL Radio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price 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. AHL Radio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Braided Playlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Braided Playlist versus AHL Radio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraided PlaylistAHL Radio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShawn CazaTritonis inc

In-app purchases

None

Braided Playlist

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AHL Radio

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$3.99

Questions

Is Braided Playlist free?
Braided Playlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AHL Radio free?
AHL Radio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Braided Playlist or AHL Radio have ads?
AHL Radio shows ads; Braided Playlist does not.

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