Infinite Record Crate vs Penta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Infinite Record Crate
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Flip through your music like digging through a crate of records. Infinite Record Crate turns your Apple Music library into a crate you dig through with your thumb. Records stack like sleeves in a bin — flick through them, pull one out to look closer, flip it over to read the back, and swipe up to drop the needle. THE CRATE • Your whole library, stacked like records in a crate • Flick to riffle — records tip forward and out of the way as you dig • Related albums are woven in as you go, so the crate never runs dry THE RECORD • Tap any sleeve to pull it out of the crate • Flip it over for the track list, like reading the back of the jacket • Read about the album with notes from Apple Music and Wikipedia • Swipe up to play it through Apple Music DISCOVERY • Recommendations grow from whatever vein you're digging in • Add any find to your library with one tap An Apple Music subscription is required for playback of recommendations and related-album discovery. Albums you own play from your library.
Penta
Experience your Apple Music library with a virtual five-disc CD carousel player. Browse albums, load discs, and control playback with a realistic interface, complete with tactile sounds and a retro display.
- Five-disc carousel simulation
- Apple Music library integration
- Realistic tactile interface
- Customizable display
- Save and reload disc sets
- iCloud sync for favorites
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Penta turns your iPhone, iPad or iPhone Duo into a five-disc CD changer — the hi-fi component you grew up with, rebuilt for your Apple Music library. Open a jewel case, drop the disc into the carousel, and play. Every detail is here: the fluorescent display, the motorized carousel, the power-on self-test, a disc winding up to speed before it plays, and the clunk as it comes to a stop. ON IPHONE DUO The phone is the jewel case. Close it and you're holding the album; open it and the case opens with it. Open flat for the whole deck, or fold it like a laptop for your CD wallet above the tray. FEATURES • A real five-disc carousel — load, spin, and swap discs by hand • Real sounds, recorded from a five-disc changer: key clicks, the tray, the platter turning and a disc set down • A different deck each way up: the full carousel sideways, a CD wallet over the tray upright • Jewel-case browser — open the case and drag the disc out, or drop it straight into any of the five slots • Plays your Apple Music library in full, with real album art on every disc • Keys you can feel — on iPhone every key clicks under your thumb • Magazines — save a set of five discs and reload the whole cartridge later • Favorites, whole-library search, and Apple Music catalog search • A vacuum-fluorescent display with track, time, and format readouts • Any way up on iPad, and in resizable windows • Favorites and saved magazines sync across your devices via iCloud PENTA PRO A one-time unlock: Real CD Artwork (beta) shows the actual printed disc instead of the album cover, plus the full phosphor-colour set, the analog needle and VU meters, a gentle readable spin, the minimal readout, and unlimited saved magazines. The free deck plays your whole library with no limits. Albums you own play without a subscription. Streaming from the Apple Music catalog needs an Apple Music subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Infinite Record Crate at none against Penta's 1. Penta's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Penta sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Infinite Record Crate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Infinite Record Crate ships an update every 5 weeks, Penta weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infinite Record Crate | Penta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BENJAMIN SANBORN CURRIE | John Seubert |
In-app purchases
Infinite Record Crate
No in-app purchases
Penta
- Penta Pro$0.99









