klikWheel vs døPe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
klikWheel
A music player that recreates the tactile experience of a classic scroll wheel. Navigate your local files or Apple Music library with intuitive gestures and haptic feedback. Enjoy a unique, ad-free listening experience with customizable visuals and offline playback.
- Scroll-wheel navigation with haptic clicks
- Import local music files (MP3, FLAC)
- Apple Music integration
- Offline playback
- Customizable backdrops and themes
- Queue management and editing
- VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support
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klikWheel is a music player you actually touch. Spin the wheel to scroll, press to play, and get through your library without looking at a grid of tiles. Play your own files or pull from Apple Music—through the same click-wheel either way, on iPhone and iPad. FEATURES • Scroll-wheel navigation with haptic clicks • Import your own library (MP3, FLAC, and more)—plays fully offline • Apple Music—search, browse by artist and album, explore playlists, play full tracks with your subscription • iPad—fullscreen, windowed, split • Backdrops—floating notes, a Metal aurora, or bokeh that react to what's playing • Hide Explicit—filters your local library and Apple Music at once, center-press to toggle • Sort albums A–Z or newest-first • Drag to scrub on the Now Playing screen • Block artists from your queue • Edit your Up Next queue—drag to reorder, swipe to remove • Local playlists—multi-select and search to build them fast • 12 collectible themes, 3 unlockable Pro themes • Extras: Brick, Snake, a Fidget toy, and a Clock • Full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support No klikWheel account. No tracking. No ads. Just your music and a wheel. klikWheel is an original, unofficial tribute to the dedicated scroll-wheel music players of the 2000s. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Apple Inc.
døPe
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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 rating: døPe at 5.0 against klikWheel's 4.5. døPe also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). klikWheel's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 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
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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: klikWheel has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
klikWheel ships an update every 3 days, døPe every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | klikWheel | døPe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Joshua Stoner | Bobby Tatum |
In-app purchases
klikWheel
No in-app purchases
døPe
No in-app purchases








