Comparison

Jamming Player vs cratedigger.fm

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

Head to head
About

Jamming Player

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Jamming Player turns your music library into a playground for ears that learn by playing. FREE TO ENJOY No subscription, no ads, no "pro" tier hiding the good stuff. Just download, drop in a song, and play. CAPO ANY SONG Shift the key up or down semitone by semitone without warping the pitch. Practice in your range, jam in your friend's. SLOW-MO TEMPO Drag the playback rate from 0.25x to 2x. That impossible solo? Suddenly very possible. LIVE CHORDS, KEY & BPM The app listens along and shows you the current chord, the song's key, and the tempo while it plays. No tabbing through forums. BRING YOUR OWN MUSIC MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, AAC, AIFF, ALAC - pull files straight from iCloud Drive or your device. Your playlist syncs across iPhone and iPad. AUDIO INSPECTOR Tap any track to see its sample rate, bit depth, format, and tags. The nerdy details, on tap. A NOTE ON ACCURACY The key, chord, and BPM readouts are smart estimates to help you start - your phone's best guess, not gospel. They're occasionally off, especially on busy or unusual recordings. Trust your own ears too. So grab your instrument, find a track you've been chasing, and play along.

About

cratedigger.fm

Features
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cratedigger.fm is a music discovery app for people who'd rather dig for gems than be fed by an algorithm. Hit play and lean back while a continuous, radio-style stream surfaces independent artists, curated labels, and deep cuts — all sourced from Bandcamp, where artists keep the majority of what you spend. DISCOVER, DON'T SCROLL Pick a genre or tag, press play, and let the crates roll. cratedigger.fm builds a never-ending feed of releases you won't find on the front page of the big streaming services. WAYS TO LISTEN • Discovery — a continuous feed of hand-picked releases across genres • Curated Labels — stream straight from independent labels worth knowing • My Radio — build a personal station from the labels and artists you love • Favorites — star tracks and grow your own collection • Playlists — save and organize the tracks you keep coming back to YOUR BANDCAMP, IN SYNC Connect your Bandcamp profile to sync your wishlist and library — so the music you already want and own travels with you, right inside the player. PLAYS LIKE A REAL MUSIC APP • Background playback — keep listening with the screen off or while using other apps • Lock-screen and Control Center controls — play, pause, and skip without unlocking • Automatic track-to-track advancement across full listening sessions SUPPORT ARTISTS DIRECTLY Found something you love? One tap takes you to Bandcamp to buy it — so your money goes to the people who made the music, not a middle-meddling-person. BUILT FOR THE HEADS • Clean, distraction-free player • Dark mode, easy on the eyes • No ads and no third-party trackers beyond anonymous usage analytics cratedigger.fm is an independent app for discovering music on Bandcamp. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bandcamp. Made for the heads, not the algorithms.

Screenshots

Jamming Player3 screens
cratedigger.fm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: cratedigger.fm at none against Jamming Player's 1. cratedigger.fm also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jamming Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. cratedigger.fm asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Jamming Player versus cratedigger.fm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJamming Playercratedigger.fm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVina RiantiRasmus Kjærbo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jamming Player

One-time1
  • Jamming Player Strawberry Jam Jar$3.99
None

cratedigger.fm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jamming Player free?
Jamming Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is cratedigger.fm free?
cratedigger.fm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jamming Player or cratedigger.fm have ads?
Neither Jamming Player nor cratedigger.fm shows ads.

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