Comparison

MusiCards Release Viewer vs PlumFM

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

Head to head
About

MusiCards Release Viewer

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MusiCards is a visual MusicBrainz release browser and personal music player designed for exploring music data in a calm, clean and structured way. Search for artists, releases and tracks, scan CD barcodes, look up MusicBrainz release IDs, identify music using Shazam or Apple Music Now Playing, and explore detailed release, track and artist information. Connect an indexed local music library or your own Navidrome server to see which MusicBrainz releases you can play. Matching releases can be played directly in MusiCards with background playback and system media controls. The app organises music into five cards: • SEARCH: Find artists, releases and tracks, scan barcodes, use Shazam, browse recent items and discover releases from Apple Music Now Playing. • RELEASE: View cover art, release details, label information, release history and other available versions. Open the selected release in Apple Music when available, or play it from a connected library. • TRACKS: Browse the complete track list. For classical music, composers, works and movements are displayed in a structured way instead of a flat list. Tap any track to see performers, creators and technical credits. • ARTIST & DISCOGRAPHY: Read a short Wikipedia biography excerpt and browse a categorised MusicBrainz discography by year. English Wikipedia content is preferred, with another available language used when no English article exists. • PLAYER: Play matching releases from an indexed local library or Navidrome. View artwork, track information, performer credits, playback source, audio route and decoded audio format. Control playback from MusiCards, the Lock Screen, Control Center or the system Now Playing interface. A MusiCards account is not required. Connecting a local library or a self-hosted Navidrome server is optional; the complete MusicBrainz browsing experience remains available without either. MusiCards is a personal project focused on clear and transparent presentation of music metadata. The app does not infer or generate missing information — if data is unavailable from its sources, it is shown as missing. Powered by MusicBrainz, the open music encyclopedia. MusicBrainz data is available under the Creative Commons CC0 licence. Cover art is provided by the Cover Art Archive.

About

PlumFM

Explore your entire Last.fm listening history on your iPhone. Discover insights into your music habits, track streaks, and revisit forgotten artists. It syncs your full scrobble history for a comprehensive look at your musical journey.

Highlights
  • Full scrobble history sync
  • Music listening insights
  • Streak tracking
  • Artist rediscovery tools
  • Yearly music recaps
  • Top charts by time period
  • Apple Music scrobbling (experimental)
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Your Last.fm history is a diary. Every track you've scrobbled, going back years: the chapters of your life, and the music that went with each one. PlumFM brings it to your iPhone. Not just the last few tracks — your whole scrobble history syncs to the device, so the app can look back through all of it. INSIGHTS • Overview — your headline numbers and a rolling scrobble chart • Streaks — your current and longest consecutive-day scrobbling streaks • Milestones — scrobble and artist ladders, plus listening anniversaries • Rediscover — the artists you've drifted away from, through One Scrobble Wonders, One Hit Wonders and Blasts from the Past • Year in Review — a full recap of a year: totals, highlights, top artists, albums and tracks, day coverage, and the new artists that stuck around HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Your last 7 days of scrobbles, or the covers of your top albums, right on your Home Screen. PLUS EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT • Your recent scrobbles • Top charts — artists, albums and tracks, by time period • Artist, album and track pages that put your own history next to Last.fm's global numbers • The tracks you've loved, and the friends you follow • Search, with the artists and albums you looked at recently APPLE MUSIC SCROBBLING (EXPERIMENTAL) PlumFM can list songs you've recently played in Apple Music, so you can pick the ones to scrobble to Last.fm. This part is experimental: Apple Music doesn't tell apps exactly when a song was played, so some times are estimates — and the time shown is the time Last.fm will record. Check it before you scrobble. YOUR DATA Your scrobbles stay on your iPhone and in your Last.fm account. No servers of mine, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. PlumFM is free, with nothing to buy. Requires a Last.fm account. PlumFM isn't affiliated with Last.fm or Deezer.

Screenshots

MusiCards Release Viewer4 screens
PlumFM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MusiCards Release Viewer at 3 against PlumFM's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MusiCards Release Viewer ships an update fortnightly, PlumFM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
MusiCards Release Viewer versus PlumFM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusiCards Release ViewerPlumFM
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGyorgy HildRomani Khomasuridze

In-app purchases

None

MusiCards Release Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

PlumFM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MusiCards Release Viewer free?
MusiCards Release Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlumFM free?
PlumFM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MusiCards Release Viewer or PlumFM have ads?
Neither MusiCards Release Viewer nor PlumFM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MusiCards Release Viewer or PlumFM?
MusiCards Release Viewer ships an update fortnightly, and PlumFM every 3 weeks. Most recently, MusiCards Release Viewer was updated on October 31, 2026 and PlumFM on November 6, 2026.

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