Comparison

Tailsync vs Credits.fm

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

Head to head
About

Tailsync

Features
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Make your reverb groove with your music. When your reverb tail matches your track's tempo, the decay fades naturally between beats. This creates a cleaner, more cohesive mix where the reverb enhances the rhythm instead of fighting it. Tailsync calculates pre-delay and decay times instantly based on your BPM and desired room size. Just copy the values into your reverb plugin. FEATURES - Instant tempo-synced calculations - 5 reverb sizes from tight to hall - One-tap copy to clipboard - Beautiful, minimalist interface - Haptic feedback - Works completely offline PRO TIP With iCloud Universal Clipboard enabled, tap any value on your iPhone and paste it directly into your DAW on Mac. No typing required. Perfect for music producers, mix engineers, and sound designers who want their reverb to feel musical, not random. Made with care by AKER.

About

Credits.fm

This app consolidates music metadata from various sources into a single, searchable platform. It allows users to look up music identifiers like ISRC and ISWC to find detailed credits, songwriter information, and links to streaming services.

Highlights
  • Search music identifiers (ISRC, ISWC, IPI, ISNI, UPC)
  • View songwriter and performer credits
  • Access links to Spotify and Apple Music
  • Learn music metadata vocabulary
  • Consolidated data from multiple sources
Features
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Music metadata is fragmented across dozens of databases, organizations, and platforms. Finding who wrote a song, which identifiers are assigned to a recording, or how rights holders connect to works usually means searching several sources by hand. Credits.fm brings that data together in one place. Search any music identifier and see the credits behind it — free, with no account required. LOOK UP ANY IDENTIFIER • ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) — a specific sound recording. Song title, artists, songwriter names and roles, publisher chains, the linked ISWC, album, duration, and links to listen on Spotify and Apple Music. • ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code) — the underlying composition. Title, alternative titles, every recording of the work, and songwriter credits with IPI codes. • IPI (Interested Parties Information) — a songwriter or publisher. Their works, recordings, co-writers, publishers, and linked ISNI. • ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier) — a creative contributor across music, books, film and academia. Name variants, roles, and cross-references to other identity systems. • UPC (Universal Product Code) — an album release. Album title, label, and every song on it with its ISRC. • Musician — the real person behind the music. Songwriter and performer credits, group memberships, discography, IPI and ISNI codes. WHAT'S INSIDE • 53M+ recordings with songwriter credits • 125M+ musical works • 2M+ songwriter and publisher identifiers • 5M+ album releases with full song lists • 146K+ creative contributor identifiers WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM Open data from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), CISAC and ISNI.org, queried in parallel so no one source holds up the rest. Spotify and Apple Music provide links to listen, plus titles and artist names where the open sources have gaps. Ownership share percentages are not shown, pending MLC licensing. LEARN THE VOCABULARY Guides to every identifier — what an ISRC is, how it differs from an ISWC or a UPC, how to find your own ISRC, and how to find out who wrote a song. Credits.fm is free and open. No account, no sign-up. Built by Notes Frequencies, Inc., the team behind Notes.fm — Music Royalties, Simplified.

Screenshots

Tailsync4 screens
Credits.fm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tailsync at 14.0 against Credits.fm's 17.0. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tailsync versus Credits.fm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTailsyncCredits.fm
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAKER SARLNotes Frequencies, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Tailsync

No in-app purchases

None

Credits.fm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tailsync free?
Tailsync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Credits.fm free?
Credits.fm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tailsync or Credits.fm have ads?
Neither Tailsync nor Credits.fm shows ads.

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