Comparison

Sortwave vs SkipLess

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

Head to head
About

Sortwave

Features
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Swipe music into place. Sortwave is a focused playlist-curation companion for Apple Music. Choose a playlist, listen to each full song, and decide what belongs without breaking your flow. Swipe right to keep a song. Route it up or down into playlists you already use. Mark favorites, shuffle your session, scrub through playback, undo a decision, or stop whenever you want. Sortwave queues your choices locally and applies them together when you choose Finish & Sync. Apple Music doesn’t allow third-party apps to directly delete arbitrary library songs. When you mark songs for removal, Sortwave places them in a clearly labeled Deleted Songs playlist and shows a short guide for completing deletion safely in Apple Music. Your original library stays under your control. Features: β€’ Full-song Apple Music playback β€’ Fast, gesture-first playlist decisions β€’ Two configurable quick-route playlists β€’ Favorite and unfavorite controls β€’ Interactive playback scrubber β€’ Shuffle, previous, next and undo controls β€’ Batched sync with a clear summary β€’ Session history and resilient local queueing β€’ Secure connection restoration β€’ No advertising or tracking An active Apple Music subscription may be required for full-song playback and library access. Sortwave is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.

About

SkipLess

Features
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Turn your personal listening history clear decisions – directly on your iPhone or iPad. SkipLess imports supported ZIP and JSON exports, aggregates listening events into a local track library, and shows only statistics that truly exist in your data. No account. No ads. No upload of your listening history. YOUR LISTENING HISTORY AT A GLANCE See plays, longer plays, total listening time, skips, and the last played date. Older entries without a track ID are carefully merged using title, artist, and album metadata. Missing values are never invented. DECIDE WITH A SWIPE β€’ Swipe right: keep β€’ Swipe left: add to your local selection list β€’ Swipe down: review later β€’ Shake: undo your latest decisiont FILTERS THAT HELP Find rarely played, often skipped, or dormant tracks. You choose the perspective; SkipLess never changes a music library on its own. SHARE YOUR SELECTION AS CSV Share your local selection list as UTF-8 CSV with track, artist, album, plays, longer plays, listening time, skips, last played date, and decision. TRY IT INSTANTLY 250 fictional demo songs with original artwork and clearly marked demo statistics let you explore the complete flow without selecting a file. PRIVATE AND AD-FREE Import, analysis, decisions, and the selection list stay on your device. SkipLess contains no advertising, tracking, streaming login, or feature that modifies an external library. Optional one-time In-App Purchases support development but unlock no feature. The optional service waitlist is independent of every app feature and stores an email address only after double opt-in.s

Screenshots

Sortwave3 screens
SkipLess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sortwave at none against SkipLess's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. SkipLess sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sortwave asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Sortwave versus SkipLess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSortwaveSkipLess
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSooraj SambasivamAlexander Gette

In-app purchases

None

Sortwave

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SkipLess

One-time3
  • Small support$0.99
  • Development coffee$2.99
  • SkipLess Booster$4.99

Questions

Is Sortwave free?
Sortwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkipLess free?
SkipLess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sortwave or SkipLess have ads?
Neither Sortwave nor SkipLess shows ads.

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