Grooves vs Howli
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grooves
This app is a social music platform for album enthusiasts. Users can rate albums, write reviews, track listening history, and discover new music through friends and the community. It helps build a personal music taste profile and connect with others who share similar interests.
- Rate albums
- Write reviews
- Track listening history
- Follow users
- Discover music through community
- Build music taste profile
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Grooves is a social music platform for people who love albums. Rate albums, write reviews, track what you’ve listened to, and discover new music through friends and the community. Whether you want to log your favourites, see what other people are reviewing, or find users with similar tastes, Grooves makes music discovery feel personal. With Grooves, you can: - Rate albums quickly and easily - Write reviews and share your thoughts - Follow other users and explore their taste - See what friends and other fans are listening to - Discover albums through community ratings and reviews - Build a profile that reflects your music taste over time Grooves is built for album lovers who want more than passive listening. It’s a place to track your taste, connect with others, and find your next favourite record.
Howli
Create multi-layered vocal harmony videos by recording individual parts. Follow on-screen cues for pitch and lyrics to build a full choir sound from a single voice. Ideal for singers practicing covers or creating unique vocal arrangements.
- Record individual harmony layers
- Follow pitch and lyric cues
- Select songs to record
- Keep best vocal takes
- Build full choir-style videos
- Practice vocal parts
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Howli is a harmony singing and vocal recording app for iPhone. Practise each vocal part with pitch and lyric guides, record harmonies with yourself, and turn your voice into a layered harmony video. Learn and record harmonies - Hear each part before you sing, then follow pitch and lyric cues while recording. - Use your vocal range to choose a starting key, then adjust it yourself. - Record each harmony separately and bring your best takes together in one performance. Sing with yourself in Freestyle Record two to six vocal layers, choose your tempo and recording length, and sing freely without written notes or a pitch score. Make an a cappella-style cover or build a one-person choir with your own voice. Create and share your own arrangements Choose a built-in song, paste a Howli song code or write notes and lyrics for your own vocal parts. Share the arrangements you write as song codes so another singer can record their own version. Song codes contain the arrangement, not your audio or video recordings. Import MIDI and MusicXML Open Howli's free browser editor at https://get-howli.com/custom, import a MIDI or MusicXML file, and check the vocal parts. Copy the resulting song code into the iPhone app to practise and record. PDF scores and photos are not supported. Save and share, with or without the camera Record with the camera on or keep your face off screen. Voice-only recordings can still become a shareable video with animated pitch visuals. Choose part colours, show or hide lyrics and pitch notes, and adjust reverb or voice pitch before saving your finished harmony video. Start free Free practice includes a daily recording allowance, with full-quality saving and sharing included. Songs you write from scratch in Howli have unlimited free practice on your iPhone. Howli Unlimited Keep practising with unlimited recording attempts for every song and part, and sing the extended ending of In the Bleak Mid-Winter. Its first four sections remain free to record, review and share. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or lifetime access with one purchase. Your retained recordings remain free to review, save and share if Unlimited ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Howli at 50% against Grooves's 0%. Howli also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Grooves's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and monetization model 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. Howli sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Grooves asks for nothing beyond the download.
Howli holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Howli has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Grooves's written reviews are positive against 50% of Howli's.
Grooves ships an update every 3 months, Howli every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Grooves | Howli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MARTIN SVOBODA | CandidGO Ltd |
Customer experience
Grooves
Howli
In-app purchases
Grooves
No in-app purchases
Howli
- Howli Unlimited Monthly$3.991 Month
- Howli Unlimited Yearly$14.991 Year
- Howli Unlimited Lifetime$24.99









