SepiaPod vs døPe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SepiaPod
Experience your music library with a nostalgic, classic portable player interface. Browse album art with Cover Flow and navigate tracks using a virtual Click Wheel for a comforting and elegant listening session.
- Virtual Click Wheel and touch controls
- Cover Flow and list view browsing
- Seek, shuffle, and repeat functions
- Customizable device color and screen themes
- Landscape display mode
- Home screen widget support (iOS 17+)
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SepiaPod is a music app that brings the feel of a classic portable player to the modern iPhone. Browse album art, pick tracks, and lose yourself in music — a nostalgic and comforting experience. FEATURES • Wheel & touch controls • Seek, volume, shuffle & repeat • Album art & list views • Landscape display • Screen, body & wheel color customization • Home screen widget support (iOS 17+ only) • iPhone music library support Nostalgic. Elegant.
døPe
This app offers a retro music listening experience for personal MP3 libraries. It features a visual album carousel, lyrics display, and customizable nostalgic design. Users can also integrate their Apple Music subscription.
- Retro music player interface
- Import personal MP3 files
- Optional Apple Music connection
- Visual album carousel
- Lyrics display
- Edit song metadata
- Customizable nostalgic design
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døPe is a retro music player for iPhone built for personal music libraries. Import your own MP3 files, optionally connect your own Apple Music subscription, browse albums with a visual carousel, view lyrics, edit song metadata and change the wheels’ design to a very well-known nostalgic one. Built for music and nostalgic fans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SepiaPod at 171 against døPe's 1. døPe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
døPe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SepiaPod has 171 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SepiaPod ships an update weekly, døPe every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SepiaPod | døPe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (171 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kazuki Awasawa | Bobby Tatum |
In-app purchases
SepiaPod
No in-app purchases
døPe
No in-app purchases
