DJMesh vs SpinCut DJ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
DJMesh
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Your phone is the record. Lay it flat on a turntable platter and DJMesh turns rotation into playback. The phone measures how the platter turns with its own sensors and plays the audio at exactly that speed and in that direction. Slow the platter and the track slows. Stop it and there is silence. Spin it backwards and it plays backwards. No timecode vinyl, no needle, no interface. HOW IT WORKS The gyroscope integrates the platter angle continuously, so the app knows where the record is, not only how fast it turns. Playback rate is sensed rotation over nominal rotation. Reverse, stop and pitch are physics, not modes you switch on. THE SCREEN IS THE RECORD The waveform is drawn as concentric rings, a groove you can read, and it turns with the phone because it is locked to the platter. The playhead, the beat ring and the cue markers are counter-rotated every frame, so they stay fixed in the room while everything underneath them turns. Touches are hit-tested in world coordinates, so a control stays where you see it however the screen is oriented. Set 12 o'clock once with a two-finger double tap; the phone remembers it for the next time it is put down. THREE VIEWS, CHOSEN FOR YOU Groovy when the phone sits over the spindle. Cover when it lies further out on the record, for the picture-disc look. Wavey as a flat band when the phone is in your hand or on the table. The app switches by itself, from the sensors. IN YOUR HAND Off the platter the band is the record: drag it to scratch, let go to throw, tap play to run. A resting thumb on the glass cuts the sound, click-free. ON THE DECK - Click-free varispeed engine, built for scratching - Hot cues and loops on a board that turns with the record and fires where you see it - Cue points, loops and beatgrids read from tagged audio files - Loops that stay correct under bidirectional scratching - Any Bluetooth MIDI crossfader cuts the sound (CC 0, channel 1) - Two phones are two decks on the same network; put one down left of the spindle, one right APPLE WATCH The watch on your wrist shows the other deck: its label stays upright while the platter turns under it, and a live waveform strip runs across the face. One phone, both decks in view. BRING IN A MAC A Mac on the same network can follow the phone's playhead and render the audio on the house system, with a cover-art crate and drag-and-drop onto deck slots. Both sides always sit on the same position, so handing playback from phone to Mac is a change in gain, not a resync. The Mac can also present the platter to your DJ software as a MIDI controller, so the phone on the record drives a software deck: a mapping for Serato DJ Pro is included, djay follows over MIDI. Hot cues, pitch and instant doubles come back to the phone. WHAT YOU NEED A turntable, a phone, and something that stops the phone from sliding. Direct drive and belt drive both work. Smoothest on a 120 Hz display. Calibration is optional; the app offers it once and you can run it any time from Setup. PRIVACY No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no ads, no third-party SDKs. Your audio stays on your device. Communication between your own devices runs over your local network only and is never routed through a server.
SpinCut DJ
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YOUR TRACKS. YOUR MIX. SpinCut DJ brings two-deck mixing, expressive scratching and creative performance tools to iPhone and iPad. Load your own audio files and build your mix with touch controls or a DDJ-FLX4 controller. YOUR MAC LIBRARY, AWAY FROM HOME Sign in with the same SpinCut account to browse tracks and folders from your Mac. Select LOAD to fetch a track over the internet. Once its opening audio is ready, playback can begin while the rest continues downloading. Separate tabs keep your device tracks and Mac library organized. GO LIVE IN SPINCUT WORLD Stream your DJ performance to your Personal Room in SpinCut World and share music in a virtual space. Show or hide the live broadcast area in Settings. MIX WITH CONFIDENCE Blend two tracks with channel and crossfader controls. Shape your sound with EQ, filters and FX, and add variety with performance pads. Organize device tracks in folders, move tracks and change their order. EXPLORE VOCALS AND INSTRUMENTALS Use vocal and instrumental controls to explore new combinations. Stem processing is required before separated audio is available. SCRATCH YOUR WAY Scratch directly on the screen, or use the jog wheels of a connected DDJ-FLX4 for hands-on performance. SEE MORE OF YOUR MUSIC Switch to the large waveform view to see track structure and playback position clearly as you mix. DDJ-FLX4 CONTROLLER SUPPORT Connect a DDJ-FLX4 via USB to control playback, cues, jog wheels, mixer controls and more. DDJ-FLX4 is sold separately. A compatible USB connection and appropriate power supply are required. Remote library access requires a compatible Mac version of SpinCut DJ, the same account on both devices, your Mac running and awake with sharing enabled, and an internet connection on both devices. Playback start time depends on the connection. Fetched audio uses temporary storage on your device. This feature does not provide a subscription music catalog. Feature availability may depend on your account and plan. Use supported audio files you have the necessary rights to use. Ensure you also have the necessary rights for live broadcasting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SpinCut DJ at Free against DJMesh's $24.99. SpinCut DJ also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). DJMesh's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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
SpinCut DJ is free to download; DJMesh costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DJMesh ships an update every 2 weeks, SpinCut DJ every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DJMesh | SpinCut DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free β better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karl Rafael Yankovic Capdeville | ζ ͺεΌδΌη€ΎLALAMO |
In-app purchases
DJMesh
No in-app purchases
SpinCut DJ
No in-app purchases









