Comparison

Crate. vs OL DJ

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

OL DJ

Features
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OL DJ turns your own Apple Music playlists into a non-stop personal radio station — complete with a charismatic AI DJ who talks between the songs, just like real radio. Press play and OL DJ shuffles through the music you already love, while the DJ keeps things lively: recapping the track that just played, teasing what's coming up next, calling out the time, dropping the occasional joke, and even reading you a quick news headline. Sometimes it says nothing and just lets the music run — sometimes it's full radio-DJ energy. You decide how chatty it gets. It's your library, your taste, your station. No algorithms pushing songs you don't know, no ads, no subscriptions beyond the Apple Music you already have. Key Features: • Your Music, Your Station — Plays from your Apple Music playlists and favourites. Pick specific playlists or let it roam your whole library. • A Real DJ Vibe — The DJ recaps songs, introduces what's next, calls the time, shares jokes and news headlines, and ad-libs between tracks using thousands of hand-crafted lines. • On-Device AI — On supported devices, the DJ generates fresh, context-aware lines with Apple's on-device intelligence. Everything runs locally. • Natural Voices — Uses Apple's Enhanced and Premium speech voices. Choose the DJ voice you like best. • Adjustable Chattiness — A simple slider takes the DJ from "barely talks, mostly music" all the way to non-stop banter. • Never Stops — Keeps playing in the background and with the screen locked. Control it from the lock screen, your headphones, or Siri — "Hey Siri, pause," "Hey Siri, play." • Private by Design — Your music and listening never leave your device. No accounts, no tracking, no analytics. OL DJ is perfect for anyone who misses the feel of a real radio station but wants to hear only the songs they actually love. Put it on in the car, the kitchen, or the gym, and let your own playlists become the best station you've ever tuned into. Apple Music subscription required to play your library.

Screenshots

Crate.4 screens
OL DJ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Crate. at Free against OL DJ's $4.99. Crate. also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). OL DJ's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Crate. is free to download; OL DJ costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crate. versus OL DJ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrate.OL DJ
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB3 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMustafa Kaan BaaranDarren Oakey

In-app purchases

None

Crate.

No in-app purchases

None

OL DJ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crate. free?
Crate. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OL DJ free?
OL DJ costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crate. or OL DJ have ads?
Crate. shows ads; OL DJ does not.

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