Crate. vs Listend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crate.
Organize your music collection by creating digital record shelves. Review albums, track your listening habits, and discover new music through friends, focusing on personal taste over algorithms.
- Build and share curated album collections
- Write album reviews and star ratings
- Log daily music listening history
- Discover music through friends' tastes
- Follow and collaborate with other users
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Crate is for people who still listen. Albums matter. They outlast trends, playlists, and charts. Crate lets you build your own record shelf with collections called crates. Review what you hear, keep a diary of your spins, and see what your friends are into. It's about taste, not algorithms. About the albums you choose to keep. Features • Build and share crates, curated collections of albums • Write reviews and star-rate your listens • Keep a music diary of your daily spins • Discover underground favorites through friends, not algorithms • Follow, like, and collaborate with others in the scene This is not for everyone. Only for those who still listen.
Listend
Log, rate, and review every album you listen to. Build a personal music library, see friends' listening habits, and discover new records. Perfect for casual listeners and audiophiles alike.
- Log and track albums
- Rate and review albums
- Follow friends' activity
- Discover new albums
- Build personal music library
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Listend is the home for album lovers. Log every album you listen to and build your personal music library. Rate and review albums, see what your friends are listening to, and discover your next favourite record. Whether you're a casual listener or a dedicated audiophile, Listend gives the album the attention it deserves — one listen at a time. Features: • Log and track every album you listen to • Rate and review albums • Follow friends and see their listening activity • Discover new albums through the discover page • Build your personal music library over time Terms of Use: https://houman1717.github.io/listend-policys/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crate. at 96% against Listend's 50%. Crate. also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). Listend's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Listend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Crate. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Listend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crate. has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Crate.'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Listend's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Crate. ships an update every 2 weeks, Listend every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crate. | Listend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Kaan Baaran | houman khalaj amir hosseini |
Customer experience
Crate.
Listend
In-app purchases
Crate.
No in-app purchases
Listend
- Listend Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Listend pro yearly$19.991 Year
