Player Solo vs Kew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Player Solo
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Experience your music exactly the way it was meant to be heard. Player Solo is the ultimate destination for audiophiles and music collectors who prefer ownership over streaming.
Kew
This app offers a curated video watching experience, replacing algorithmic feeds with a user-controlled queue. Watch videos one by one, on your own terms, without distractions like recommendations or autoplay. It functions as a reading list for video content.
- User-built video queue
- No algorithmic recommendations
- No autoplay or infinite scroll
- Watch videos in order
- Search for any video
- Multiple queues with premium
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Watch with intention. Kew replaces algorithmic feeds with a queue you build yourself and watch in order. No recommendations, no autoplay, no infinite scroll, nothing designed to exploit your attention. Time well spent, not time spent. How Kew works Connect YouTube and Vimeo, add videos from the creators you follow, or search for something new. They go into your queue, and you watch them one at a time, on your own terms. It's a reading list for video, not a feed. Kew+ Upgrade to Kew+ for multiple queues, a private journal to reflect on what you watched, watch insights, gentle personal limits, more skips, and premium themes. By downloading Kew, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Player Solo at none against Kew's 2. Kew's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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. Kew sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Player Solo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Player Solo ships an update every 6 weeks, Kew weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Player Solo | Kew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Twobi Media LTD | Jacob Feld |
In-app purchases
Player Solo
No in-app purchases
Kew
- Kew+ Monthly$2.991 Month
- Kew+ Annual$24.991 Year
