Tunelapse vs Blendcast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunelapse
This app creates personalized music and podcast playlists tailored to your commute duration and preferences. It integrates with Apple Music to build custom queues, ensuring your listening ends as you arrive.
- Personalized commute playlists
- Music and podcast mix control
- Apple Music integration
- CarPlay and Live Activity support
- Privacy-focused design
- Commute time calculation
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Your commute deserves a better soundtrack. Tunelapse builds a personalized queue of music and podcasts that fits your commute almost to the minute — so your last song ends as you pull in, not twenty minutes after. SET YOUR COMMUTE Enter your route and how you travel — drive, train, bus, bike, or walk — and Tunelapse calculates your commute time. Save up to 10 commutes and switch between them anytime. DIAL IN YOUR MIX Spin the listening wheel: Only Music, Mostly Music, Balanced, Mostly Podcasts, or Only Podcasts. Tell Tunelapse your favorite artists, genres, podcasts, and categories once — every queue after that is yours. BUILD YOUR QUEUE One tap and Tunelapse assembles the perfect queue, filling your commute with real songs from Apple Music and fresh episodes from your favorite shows. Watch it come together on the highway timeline, then hit play. MADE FOR THE ROAD • CarPlay: your queue, commutes, and Now Playing on your car's display • Live Activity: track progress from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Smart variety: every rebuild mixes things up, and podcast episodes you've already heard stay out of your queue • Export music queues to Apple Music as playlists • History: replay or rebuild any past queue WORKS WITH APPLE MUSIC Full songs require an Apple Music subscription. No subscription? Tunelapse still builds your queue and plays 30-second previews, and podcasts always play in full. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your routes, preferences, and history stay on your device. Tunelapse collects no data. Set it up once. Every commute after that is one tap.
Blendcast
Combine music from Apple Music and podcast episodes into a personalized listening experience. Create custom "Builds" with specific timings for music breaks and podcast segments, then let the app seamlessly transition between them.
- Mix music from Apple Music playlists and albums
- Add individual songs and podcast episodes
- Arrange content order
- Set podcast segment lengths
- Define music break song counts
- Edit and share custom listening sequences
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MUSIC AND PODCASTS. ONE FLOW. BlendCast brings Apple Music and podcasts together in one listening session, with the timing controlled by you. Want 30 minutes of a podcast, then 4 songs, then back to your podcast? Set it once and let BlendCast handle the switching. Create a Build using podcasts, Apple Music playlists, albums, and songs. Choose your timing, press Play, and keep listening without constantly reaching for your phone. BUILT AROUND YOUR APPLE MUSIC BlendCast is a powerful companion for Apple Music, giving you a new way to organize and combine the music you already love with your favorite podcasts. • Mix multiple Apple Music playlists and albums • Add individual songs and podcast episodes • Choose how long podcasts play • Choose how many songs play between podcast sessions • Arrange your listening order • See what’s playing and what comes next • Edit and share your Builds YOUR CONTENT. YOUR RHYTHM. BlendCast automatically moves between podcasts and music based on the timing you choose. Use it at work, while driving, studying, exercising, or whenever you want music and podcasts to flow together throughout your day. Think of it as your own personal radio station, built from the content you already enjoy. FREE TO DOWNLOAD Download BlendCast for free and give your Apple Music a completely new way to play. An active Apple Music subscription is required to play Apple Music catalog content. Music and podcast availability may vary by country or region.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blendcast at none against Tunelapse's 3. Tunelapse's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Tunelapse sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Blendcast asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tunelapse against 5.0 for Blendcast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.
Tunelapse ships an update every 9 days, Blendcast every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Tunelapse | Blendcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Steven Trigili | Azaerra Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Tunelapse
Blendcast
In-app purchases
Tunelapse
- Nice Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Amazing Tip$9.99
Blendcast
No in-app purchases









