Comparison

Orphea vs Crate Music Library

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

Head to head
About

Orphea

Features
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Orphea analyzes your music taste across all your streaming services (SoundCloud, TIDAL, Deezer & Apple Music) using AI to reveal your unique musical DNA. DISCOVER YOUR MUSICAL IDENTITY • Get a deep AI analysis of any track: beat, lyrics, structure & emotion • Uncover your Musical DNA profile across all providers • See your taste evolve over time with weekly recaps THE CUT: DAILY MUSIC DISCOVERY • Swipe through 20 curated tracks every day • Build your streak and discover new favorites • Rate, save, and share your discoveries MULTI-PLATFORM • Connect all your streaming accounts in one place • SoundCloud, TIDAL, Apple Music & Deezer • Cross-platform library and analysis history COMMUNITY • Share your musical vibes and discoveries • Join real-time channels with other music lovers • Discover what others are listening to FREE TO START Get 5 AI analyses per month for free. Upgrade for unlimited analyses, Vibe Search, and more.

About

Crate Music Library

This app transforms your existing music library into an interactive experience. Discover new music based on your tastes, revisit albums with precise playback, and explore the stories behind your favorite songs. It offers personalized playlists and detailed artist and album information.

Highlights
  • Resume playback exactly where you left off
  • AI-powered playlist generation from your library
  • New release recommendations based on your taste
  • Detailed song and album information (liner notes, facts)
  • Explore music by artist origin or year
  • Customizable app appearance
Features
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Your music is personal. Your app should be too. Crate turns your Apple Music library into a room full of records: every album you were partway through, waiting at the second you stopped; a box of new releases every Friday; the story behind each song as it plays; mixtapes that keep themselves up to date; and a Clerk who makes playlists from songs you already own. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF, TO THE SECOND Stop a record halfway through "Deacon Blues" and Crate keeps your place: the song and the second, for each of your last five albums and playlists. Switch to something else, come back days later, and it carries on from exactly there, on your iPhone, your iPad, in CarPlay and from your Apple Watch. SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR Ask the Clerk for "sunday morning soul from the 70s", "songs with trains in the title" or "Leonard Cohen songs sung by anybody but Leonard Cohen". It picks only from your library, shows how it read your words, and tells you plainly when it can't do something rather than guessing. A BOX OF NEW RECORDS EVERY FRIDAY The week's new releases that connect to records you already own: their label, a musician or producer on them, an artist they sound like, the town they come from. Each one says why it's in the box. Hear thirty seconds of every track, then sort the delivery: Add to Library, Later, or Not for Me. THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG Pop-Up Facts appear over Now Playing every half minute: how the song was written, who played on it, what happened in the studio. Each says where it came from. Liner notes show who produced every record and who played on it; tap any name to see everything else of yours they worked on, and read what the critics said. MUSICAL ROAD TRIPS Travel through your own records: one song from every year, from one genre to another, from one album to another, or town to town on a map by where your artists come from, with a postcard from every stop. MIXTAPES AND PLAYLISTS Smart playlists built from rules, like "added this year" or "from the 90s and not played lately", beside playlists you make by hand. Crate can copy any of them into the Music app and keeps that copy current, so it plays in the car and on every device. EVERY DAY, SOMETHING NEW FROM YOUR SHELVES An album of the day with the reason it came up, crates of a dozen records joined by a reason you can see, and records picked for the hour you're in. WANDER AND THE BACK ROOM Flip from one artist to the next and see where it takes you. The Back Room holds what the critics are reviewing, new records from artists you collect, and the records your library is missing. EVERY PLAY, YEAR BY YEAR Stats on your eras, the hours you listen, every album you played through, and your year in records. Made for iPhone Duo: open it for a sidebar beside your shelf, or half-fold it to put a record on one page and its liner notes on the other. Dress it in one of seven looks, from a sunlit record room to a late-night jazz club. Works on iPhone, iPad and CarPlay, with home screen widgets and an Apple Watch remote. Private by design: Crate reads your library on your device and there is no Crate server, so nothing comes to us. Your own library works without a subscription; playing records you don't own needs Apple Music. Website: cratemusicapp.com Discord: discord.gg/QUtsNJUvNV Support: support@cratemusicapp.com

Screenshots

Orphea4 screens
Crate Music Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Orphea at Free against Crate Music Library's $6.99. Orphea also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Crate Music Library's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). On ads 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

Orphea is free to download; Crate Music Library costs $6.99 up front. Orphea sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Crate Music Library asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orphea ships an update monthly, Crate Music Library daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Orphea versus Crate Music Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrpheaCrate Music Library
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB64 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAmilcar AyatEric Linder

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Orphea

Subscriptions7
  • Starter$3.991 Month
  • Orphea Pro$7.991 Month
  • Studio Monthly$8.991 Month
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  • Producer$29.991 Month
  • Starter$29.991 Year
  • Orphea Pro$59.991 Year
  • Producer$249.991 Year
None

Crate Music Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orphea free?
Orphea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crate Music Library free?
Crate Music Library costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orphea or Crate Music Library have ads?
Neither Orphea nor Crate Music Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orphea or Crate Music Library?
Orphea ships an update monthly, and Crate Music Library daily. Most recently, Orphea was updated on October 31, 2026 and Crate Music Library on November 8, 2026.

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