Comparison

Blendcast vs ARC Music

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ARC Music

Features
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Music, remembered. ARC is an iPhone/iPad app for Apple Music that gives your albums room to breathe and your listening a place to stay. Explore your collection, settle into an atmosphere drawn from album artwork, and keep the moments that matter. ONE LIBRARY, THREE PERSPECTIVES Browse your Apple Music albums in Library, move through a cinematic perspective in Film, or explore an immersive wall of complete album covers in Wall. Search Apple Music for songs, albums, artists, and playlists beyond your personal collection. FROM AMBIENT TO FOCUS Shape your listening space with one continuous control. Let artwork and color take the lead in Ambient, or bring track information and controls forward in Focus. Choose Dynamic for gently moving album-inspired color, or Still for a quiet composition. SAVE A MOMENT Keep the exact point in a song that means something to you. Add a note, tags, or an optional voice recording. Return to a saved Moment and replay the song with a short lead-in to that point. EXPLORE YOUR MEMORY Discover four ways to revisit listening recorded in ARC: • Moments — the points you chose to keep. • Listening Days — the music that accompanied a recorded day. • Albums Revisited — the records you returned to across different days. • Listening Rhythms — patterns supported by your recorded listening. LET YOUR MUSIC BECOME A CHAPTER Choose a completed week, month, or year and watch your recorded listening unfold through moving artwork, dates, saved Moments, and musical highlights. Each Chapter reflects the records available, with music on or off. Leaving the film returns you to your previous playback. PRIVATE, LOCAL, YOURS No ARC account is required. Your Memory, notes, and voice recordings stay on your iPhone/iPad. Back up or move your Memory through manual export and import. Voice recordings are excluded from exports unless you explicitly choose to include them. ARC does not provide cloud synchronization. EIGHT LANGUAGES Use ARC in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, or Spanish. Original song, album, and artist names remain unchanged, as do your notes. BEFORE YOU LISTEN Apple Music authorization is required for music access. Subscription-catalog playback requires an Apple Music subscription, which is not included with ARC. Content availability depends on your Apple Music account and region. Search, library refresh, streaming, and replay may require an internet connection. Memory reflects playback observed by ARC on this device, not your complete Apple Music listening history. Chapters appear for completed periods with enough recorded listening or saved Moments and play inside ARC; video export is not available.

Screenshots

Blendcast4 screens
ARC Music4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ARC Music at daily against Blendcast's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blendcast against 5.0 for ARC Music. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blendcast ships an update every 3 weeks, ARC Music daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Blendcast versus ARC Music: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlendcastARC Music
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB29 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAzaerra Studios LLCShenzhen HiFiCloud Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Blendcast

No in-app purchases

None

ARC Music

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blendcast free?
Blendcast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ARC Music free?
ARC Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blendcast or ARC Music?
Blendcast and ARC Music are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Blendcast or ARC Music have ads?
Neither Blendcast nor ARC Music shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blendcast or ARC Music?
Blendcast ships an update every 3 weeks, and ARC Music daily. Most recently, Blendcast was updated on October 31, 2026 and ARC Music on October 31, 2026.

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