Playlist Forge vs Dismusic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playlist Forge
Effortlessly create personalized music playlists based on artists, genres, or release years. Discover and share playlists with a community, collaborate on shared lists, and participate in music challenges. Requires an Apple Music subscription.
- Auto-generate playlists from artists
- Discover and follow curators
- Collaborative community playlists
- Song voting for community playlists
- Themed music challenges
- Boost playlists for visibility
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Playlist Forge is where you build playlists on Apple Music and share them with a community that actually listens. Pick any artist and Playlist Forge builds a playlist around them — just their songs, or a mix that trees out through similar artists. Lean toward the hits or dig for deep cuts, set the length and a release-year range, preview every track, then save it straight to your Apple Music library. BUILD Start from any artist. Choose "just this artist" or "artist + similar," pick Hits or Deep cuts, set the length and years, preview the songs, and save to your library in a tap. DISCOVER Browse playlists made by real people, add any of them to your library instantly, and follow the curators whose taste you trust. Likes, adds, and comments help the good stuff rise, and you can search across every playlist and person. MAKE IT TOGETHER Start a community playlist and let others add songs. Turn on song voting so the crowd thumbs each track up or down for fit. CHALLENGES Host your own themed challenge or enter someone else's, then let the community vote for a winner. Several can run at once, so there's always something to jump into. BOOST Give a playlist you're proud of a spotlight — pin it to the top of Discover for a day so everyone finds it. STAY IN THE LOOP Get notified when someone follows you, when your playlist hits a milestone, or when a new challenge drops. Playlist Forge is your library, your taste, together with everyone else's. Requires an Apple Music subscription to build and save playlists. Sign in with Apple to post, comment, follow, and vote. Boost and Host a Challenge are optional one-time in-app purchases. Your data is yours — delete your account and everything in it any time from your profile. Questions? 14nicholas.martin@gmail.com
Dismusic
Distribute your music to major streaming platforms directly from your mobile device. Upload your audio and cover art, fill in release details, and track your single's journey to stores. No computer required for independent artists.
- Distribute singles to Spotify and Apple Music
- Upload audio and cover art from iPhone/iPad
- Automatic transcription of lyrics and suggestion of details
- Track release status
- Home Screen widget for release monitoring
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
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Dismusic is the release form for independent artists, in your pocket. Pick your audio and cover art on your iPhone or iPad, fill in the release details, choose the date and submit your single for distribution to streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. No computer needed. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Submit a single: audio, cover art, title, artist, genre, language, songwriters and release date • Let Dismusic fill in the form: attach your audio and it transcribes the lyrics and suggests the title, artist, genre and language. It never overwrites what you typed • Mark a track as explicit when needed • See your releases and check the status of each one • Access your releases anywhere you sign in • Keep an eye on your next release from the Home Screen widget • Open the release form or your releases with Siri, Spotlight or Shortcuts • See what is trending in your genre and play short previews in the Inspiration tab HOW DELIVERY WORKS Delivery is not automatic. When you submit a release, our team reviews it and delivers it by hand to the stores through a third-party distributor. We update its status as it moves along (processing, sent to stores, live), and that is what you see in the Releases tab. How long it takes depends on the distributor and on each store. GOOD TO KNOW • One song per release: Dismusic handles singles • One account, its own releases: there is no multi-artist or label roster management • You must own or control the rights to everything you upload WHAT YOU NEED • Square cover art, 3000 x 3000 px (JPG or PNG). Smaller images are resized to 3000 x 3000 • Audio in WAV or FLAC at 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo. MP3 is also accepted. Up to 100 MB HOW IT WORKS 1. Create an account and sign in 2. Start a new release and attach your audio 3. Add your cover art and release information 4. Choose your release date 5. Submit your release and follow its status An account is required to use Dismusic. PAY PER SINGLE Pay once for each single using the original Single Distribution in-app purchase. There is no free trial, subscription or automatic renewal. The App Store shows the price in your currency before you confirm. If submission is interrupted after payment, reopen the release form to resume your saved checkout without paying again. Support: https://pdevelop.net/legal/dismusic/support Privacy Policy: https://pdevelop.net/legal/dismusic/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Playlist Forge at 5.0 against Dismusic's 4.0. Dismusic's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Playlist Forge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Dismusic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Playlist Forge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Playlist Forge | Dismusic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NICHOLAS JOHN MARTIN | PDEVELOP Limited Liability Company |
In-app purchases
Playlist Forge
- Boost Playlist$1.99
- Host a Challenge$4.99
Dismusic
- Distribute Single Worldwide$15.90









