Comparison

AI Playlist Maker vs Sortwave

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

Head to head
About

AI Playlist Maker

Features
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Tell iSetlist what you want to hear. Get a real playlist in your Apple Music library seconds later. Something for a long drive tonight. Two hours of songs to get me through the gym. Songs I had on repeat last summer. Just ask, and your AI music expert builds it. STUDIO: YOUR AI MUSIC EXPERT Studio is a music expert that actually knows you. It reads your Apple Music listening history, so every playlist is built from artists and songs you already love, not generic filler. Ask for anything, in your own words: Late night drive. Dinner party. Heartbreak. Study session. Pre-gym warmup. Road trip. Whatever the moment is, describe it and Studio builds it. It also searches the web live, so it is never stuck on old information: CONCERT PLAYLISTS: Ask what an artist is playing on tour right now. Studio pulls their recent real setlists and builds a playlist of what you are actually going to hear, so you know every song before you walk in. TRENDING RIGHT NOW: Get what is charting and going viral today, not what was popular a year ago. KEEP TALKING: Ask for more upbeat. Ask for something longer. Ask it to swap an artist out. Studio adjusts and rebuilds until it is right. Every playlist saves straight to your Apple Music library with one tap. SCAN ANY SETLIST You just watched your favourite artist play a setlist you have never heard before. By the time you get home, you have forgotten half the songs. iSetlist fixes that. You just saw someone post 20 songs in a TikTok slideshow. iSetlist fixes that too. Take a photo or screenshot of any setlist and the AI identifies every song instantly. Printed backstage sheets, handwritten notes taped to monitors, TikTok posts, Instagram stories from the pit, LED screens, blurry photos from the back row. iSetlist reads them all and turns them into an Apple Music playlist in seconds. The AI resolves abbreviations, shorthand, and typos to official song titles automatically, including the shorthand only real fans would recognise. It handles festival setlists with multiple artists, encores, and cover songs attributed to the original artist. EVERYTHING ELSE: CHOOSE WHAT GOES IN: Select and deselect individual songs. Leave out the opener. Add only the encore. Your playlist, your rules. DISCOVER UPCOMING SHOWS: Browse real setlists from concerts happening now and add them straight to Apple Music. KEEP EVERYTHING: Your full history is saved, so you can revisit any concert or playlist, or build a new one from an old show. Whether you are at a stadium show, a small club, on a long drive, or just discovering a new artist through a viral clip, iSetlist makes sure you never lose a song again. Get Premium for more usage and to save playlists directly into your Apple Music app. Terms of service: https://fitdaily.in/terms-of-service-isetlist/ Privacy policy: https://fitdaily.in/privacy-policy-isetlist/

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Sortwave

Features
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Swipe music into place. Sortwave is a focused playlist-curation companion for Apple Music. Choose a playlist, listen to each full song, and decide what belongs without breaking your flow. Swipe right to keep a song. Route it up or down into playlists you already use. Mark favorites, shuffle your session, scrub through playback, undo a decision, or stop whenever you want. Sortwave queues your choices locally and applies them together when you choose Finish & Sync. Apple Music doesn’t allow third-party apps to directly delete arbitrary library songs. When you mark songs for removal, Sortwave places them in a clearly labeled Deleted Songs playlist and shows a short guide for completing deletion safely in Apple Music. Your original library stays under your control. Features: β€’ Full-song Apple Music playback β€’ Fast, gesture-first playlist decisions β€’ Two configurable quick-route playlists β€’ Favorite and unfavorite controls β€’ Interactive playback scrubber β€’ Shuffle, previous, next and undo controls β€’ Batched sync with a clear summary β€’ Session history and resilient local queueing β€’ Secure connection restoration β€’ No advertising or tracking An active Apple Music subscription may be required for full-song playback and library access. Sortwave is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.

Screenshots

AI Playlist Maker4 screens
Sortwave3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sortwave at none against AI Playlist Maker's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. AI Playlist Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Sortwave asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Playlist Maker ships an update every 10 days, Sortwave every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
AI Playlist Maker versus Sortwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI Playlist MakerSortwave
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size28 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMayank YadavSooraj Sambasivam

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AI Playlist Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Pro$7.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$99.99
None

Sortwave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI Playlist Maker free?
AI Playlist Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sortwave free?
Sortwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI Playlist Maker or Sortwave have ads?
Neither AI Playlist Maker nor Sortwave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI Playlist Maker or Sortwave?
AI Playlist Maker ships an update every 10 days, and Sortwave every 5 days. Most recently, AI Playlist Maker was updated on October 13, 2026 and Sortwave on October 13, 2026.

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