Comparison

Song Cues vs FloatMusic

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

Head to head
About

Song Cues

Features
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Song Cues is a digital music player for customized playback of Apple Music playlists. Users can cue songs to fade-in, fade-out, start later, or end earlier, and they can customize how their playlists are shuffled. In contrast to current mixing apps, this app provides a hands-off listening experience, applying cues and settings that the user has pre-defined. This app does not modify files in your music library. Ownership of songs is required to apply cues but is not required to apply customized shuffle settings and additional features. Additional features include an auto-pause after five or ten songs, a "sessions" feature that allows switching playlists and not hearing the same song twice, the ability to designate multiple versions of a song so that only one version is played during a session, and the ability to create subgroups within a playlist to adjust the likelihood that songs within those subgroups will play in a shuffle.

About

FloatMusic

Features
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Your music, in your pocket. No subscription to someone else's catalogue. You already own music. Files you bought, albums you ripped, concerts and DJ sets that are on no streaming service at all. FloatMusic gives them a home: upload them once, download what you want onto your iPhone, and listen anywhere, with or without a signal. Start with a sample track, then add your own. Upload straight from your iPhone, or drag and drop a whole folder through the web panel on your computer. What you get: • Your own cloud library, private to your account • Offline downloads for the car, the plane, or anywhere without signal • CarPlay, with your library, playlists and favourites on the car screen • Cover art, titles and artists read straight from your files • Playlists, so tracks that belong together stay together • Favourites, one tap from the player or from the car • Lock screen, Dynamic Island and background playback • Repeat one track or the whole list, shuffle when you feel like it • Sign in with Apple, with no email to confirm and no password to invent • Calm black and white, in light and dark mode Your files stay yours. Nothing is shared with anyone, nothing is analysed, and you can delete any track, or your whole account with everything in it, straight from the app. Need more room? FloatMusic Plus raises your storage limit, so a bigger collection fits. Supported formats: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV and other formats iOS can play. Made by someone who got tired of paying every month for music he already owned. If you enjoy the app, please leave a rating or review. For an independent developer it really means a lot. Thank you! The sample track is "I Am the Real" by MonoCulture, used under a Creative Commons BY licence. Privacy Policy: https://floatmusic.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://floatmusic.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Song Cues1 screens
FloatMusic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Song Cues at none against FloatMusic's 2. Song Cues also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). FloatMusic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. FloatMusic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Song Cues asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Song Cues ships an update every 5 weeks, FloatMusic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Song Cues versus FloatMusic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSong CuesFloatMusic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDARREN JAMES VAN BLOISSebastian Brzezinski

In-app purchases

None

Song Cues

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FloatMusic

Subscriptions2
  • Lite$0.991 Month
  • Plus$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Song Cues free?
Song Cues is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FloatMusic free?
FloatMusic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Song Cues or FloatMusic have ads?
Neither Song Cues nor FloatMusic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Song Cues or FloatMusic?
Song Cues ships an update every 5 weeks, and FloatMusic every 3 weeks. Most recently, Song Cues was updated on October 31, 2026 and FloatMusic on November 6, 2026.

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