Comparison

OneListen vs Playlist Maker

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

Head to head
About

OneListen

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OneListen brings together online radio stations and your personal local music library in one seamless listening experience. Discover over 50,000 radio stations from around the world, explore music by genre and country, or play your own audio files with a beautiful retro-inspired player designed for everyday listening. Features: β€’ 50,000+ online radio stations β€’ Local music playback: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC and more. β€’ Unified listening experience β€’ Beautiful themes and backgrounds β€’ CarPlay support β€’ Live song metadata β€’ YouTube song search β€’ Sleep timer, EQ β€’ Favorites and custom lists β€’ Clean and distraction-free design Whether you’re streaming live radio, rediscovering your own music collection, or relaxing late at night with ambient stations, OneListen keeps everything in one place β€” simple, elegant and focused on listening.

About

Playlist Maker

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Tell it a moment. It makes the playlist. Type what you want to hear, in your own words. "Monsoon evening on the balcony." "Shoegaze, but gentle." "Like Fleetwood Mac." "90s Bollywood drive." Mixtape builds a playlist for it and saves it to your Apple Music library, where it stays. MADE FROM WHAT YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO Mixtape reads your Apple Music listening and builds around it. Ask for a rainy evening and you get the artists you already love, not a generic mood playlist that could belong to anybody. Ask for something new and it stretches, but it stretches from you. SAY ANYTHING A moment. A mood. An artist you want more of. A genre. A decade. A language. A thing you are about to do. If you can describe it, it is a valid request. HEAR IT BEFORE YOU KEEP IT Every playlist arrives complete, and you can play any song from it right there, thirty seconds at a time. Remove what does not fit. Drag songs into the order you want. Keep it only when it is right. IT IS A REAL PLAYLIST Saved mixtapes go into your Apple Music library as proper playlists, with their own artwork. They play on your phone, your Mac, your car, your speaker, your watch. They work when Mixtape is not open and they stay if you delete it. YOUR SHELF Every mixtape you keep stays in Mixtape too, as a cassette you can start with one tap. Put them in folders once there are enough to sort. ASK SIRI "Make a playlist with Mixtape." Siri asks what you want to hear, builds it, and starts playing, without opening the app. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN One small widget holding one mixtape: the latest one you made, or a particular one you pin there. Tap it and the music starts. NO SUBSCRIPTION Mixtape does not charge a monthly or yearly fee. Making playlists is free and unlimited. Keeping one costs a tape, tapes are bought once, and they never expire. Nothing renews, and nothing is taken away if you stop. An Apple Music subscription is required to save playlists to your library. Terms of Use: https://playlistmaker.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playlistmaker.app/privacy/

Screenshots

OneListen4 screens
Playlist Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Playlist Maker at none against OneListen's shown. Playlist Maker also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). OneListen's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. OneListen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Playlist Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OneListen ships an update every 6 weeks, Playlist Maker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
OneListen versus Playlist Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneListenPlaylist Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDragos PoraMohit Nandwani

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OneListen

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
3 purchases

Playlist Maker

One-time3
  • 10 Tapes$2.99
  • 25 Tapes$5.99
  • 50 Tapes$9.99

Questions

Is OneListen free?
OneListen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Playlist Maker free?
Playlist Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OneListen or Playlist Maker have ads?
OneListen shows ads; Playlist Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, OneListen or Playlist Maker?
OneListen ships an update every 6 weeks, and Playlist Maker daily. Most recently, OneListen was updated on October 31, 2026 and Playlist Maker on November 10, 2026.

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