Comparison

Sleevd vs MusiCards Release Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Sleevd

Log, rate, and review music albums to build a personal music profile. Discover new albums based on your listening habits and community recommendations. Organize your favorites and track your evolving taste.

Highlights
  • Log listened albums
  • Rate and review albums
  • Build music profile
  • Discover new music
  • Organize favorite albums
  • Create custom lists
Features
Read full description

Sleevd is a simple, powerful way to track, rate, and discover music albums. Think Letterboxd — but for albums. Whether you’re diving into classics, exploring new releases, or building your personal taste, Sleevd lets you log what you listen to, rate albums, and share your thoughts over time. BUILD YOUR MUSIC PROFILE Keep a history of every album you’ve listened to. Rate, review, and revisit your favorites anytime. DISCOVER WHAT TO LISTEN TO NEXT Find new albums through your own listening patterns and the community. Never run out of music again. RATE AND REVIEW Give albums a score, write quick thoughts, or leave detailed reviews. Your taste evolves — Sleevd keeps track. ORGANIZE YOUR FAVORITES Create lists, track your top albums, and build a personal archive of your music journey. DESIGNED FOR MUSIC LOVERS Fast, minimal, and built for people who care about albums — not just playlists. Download Sleevd and start building your music identity. Part diary, part collection, Sleevd helps you remember your listening and see your music identity take shape over time. For album listeners, record collectors, and deep listeners. Your music, remembered.

About

MusiCards Release Viewer

Read full description

MusiCards is a visual MusicBrainz release browser and personal music player designed for exploring music data in a calm, clean and structured way. Search for artists, releases and tracks, scan CD barcodes, look up MusicBrainz release IDs, identify music using Shazam or Apple Music Now Playing, and explore detailed release, track and artist information. Connect an indexed local music library or your own Navidrome server to see which MusicBrainz releases you can play. Matching releases can be played directly in MusiCards with background playback and system media controls. The app organises music into five cards: • SEARCH: Find artists, releases and tracks, scan barcodes, use Shazam, browse recent items and discover releases from Apple Music Now Playing. • RELEASE: View cover art, release details, label information, release history and other available versions. Open the selected release in Apple Music when available, or play it from a connected library. • TRACKS: Browse the complete track list. For classical music, composers, works and movements are displayed in a structured way instead of a flat list. Tap any track to see performers, creators and technical credits. • ARTIST & DISCOGRAPHY: Read a short Wikipedia biography excerpt and browse a categorised MusicBrainz discography by year. English Wikipedia content is preferred, with another available language used when no English article exists. • PLAYER: Play matching releases from an indexed local library or Navidrome. View artwork, track information, performer credits, playback source, audio route and decoded audio format. Control playback from MusiCards, the Lock Screen, Control Center or the system Now Playing interface. A MusiCards account is not required. Connecting a local library or a self-hosted Navidrome server is optional; the complete MusicBrainz browsing experience remains available without either. MusiCards is a personal project focused on clear and transparent presentation of music metadata. The app does not infer or generate missing information — if data is unavailable from its sources, it is shown as missing. Powered by MusicBrainz, the open music encyclopedia. MusicBrainz data is available under the Creative Commons CC0 licence. Cover art is provided by the Cover Art Archive.

Screenshots

Sleevd3 screens
MusiCards Release Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sleevd at 15.1 against MusiCards Release Viewer's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sleevd ships an update every 10 days, MusiCards Release Viewer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sleevd versus MusiCards Release Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleevdMusiCards Release Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAriel SerruyaGyorgy Hild

In-app purchases

None

Sleevd

No in-app purchases

None

MusiCards Release Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sleevd free?
Sleevd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MusiCards Release Viewer free?
MusiCards Release Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sleevd or MusiCards Release Viewer have ads?
Neither Sleevd nor MusiCards Release Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sleevd or MusiCards Release Viewer?
Sleevd ships an update every 10 days, and MusiCards Release Viewer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sleevd was updated on October 9, 2026 and MusiCards Release Viewer on October 2, 2026.

Other comparisons