Listen Party vs PlaylistDig
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Listen Party
Share music with friends across different streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify. Discover new music through a chronological feed and build collections of your favorite songs and playlists. Collaborate on playlists with friends and react to their musical discoveries.
- Share songs, albums, and playlists
- Cross-platform sharing (Apple Music/Spotify)
- Chronological music feed
- Discover new music and people
- React and comment on music
- Build song and playlist collections
- Collaborative playlist creation
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Listen Party is a social music app for you and your friends. Share and play songs, albums, and playlists in-app using Apple Music and Spotify, even if you and your friends use different services. It's free to use and there are no ads. How it works: • Create an account • Connect Apple Music or Spotify • Follow or invite friends • Tap to play any song, album, or playlist in the app • React, comment, save anything you love • Build collections of songs, artists, albums, and playlists • Make playlists together • Never miss when your friends share by adding a widget to your home screen Cross-platform sharing and playing in-app: A friend on Apple Music can share a song that plays for you even if you use Spotify, and vice versa. You use the subscription you already pay for. Even if you don't have a subscription you can still play 30 second clips of the music. Free! Listen Party is free to use. There's an optional Fan tier ($4.99/month or $49.99/year) to support development. It's entirely optional, and nothing is gated behind it. Questions? Visit listenparty.app or email info@listenparty.app — SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Fan tier: $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription auto-renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • Manage or cancel subscriptions in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions on your iPhone Website: https://listenparty.app Terms of Use: https://listenparty.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://listenparty.app/privacy Support: https://listenparty.app/support
PlaylistDig
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PlaylistDig is a viewer for DJs and music lovers who want to browse their Apple Music playlists like digging through crates of vinyl. Look at the artwork like a record, pull the disc out, and flip it over to jot down a note - the convenience of digital, with the feel of analog crate-digging. ■ Three layouts • Stack: flip through records one by one, like a real crate • List: large artwork with great overview • Grid: see many tracks at a glance ■ Built for DJs • Per-track DJ notes: jot down key, BPM, or transition ideas on the back • Marks: flag tracks you want to revisit • Favorite and rating display • In-app playback: check tracks on the spot via mini or full player ■ Keeps your library intact • Shows your Apple Music folder hierarchy as-is • Search across all playlists ■ Crafted details • Liquid Glass styling on iOS 26 • Subtle haptic feedback tuned to each gesture (can be turned off) • Flick-only controls, tap-to-flip, and more to match your taste An Apple Music subscription and access to your music library are required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlaylistDig at none against Listen Party's 2. Listen Party's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Listen Party sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PlaylistDig asks for nothing beyond the download.
Listen Party ships an update every 4 weeks, PlaylistDig every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Listen Party | PlaylistDig |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NH Studios, LLC | Kazuki Higashihara |
In-app purchases
Listen Party
- Monthly Fan$4.991 Month
- Yearly Fan$49.991 Year
PlaylistDig
No in-app purchases









