MusiQ Player vs The Queue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MusiQ Player
This music player allows you to easily manage your music queue with intuitive swipe gestures. Enqueue songs, albums, artists, and genres, then rearrange them by dragging. It also features a sleep timer, song preview, and comprehensive artist filtering.
- Gesture-based queue management
- Drag-and-drop queue reordering
- Sleep timer functionality
- Song preview from player view
- Comprehensive artist filtering
- Export queues to native Music app
- Light and dark themes
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MusiQ is a gesture-based music player designed to let you manage the now playing queue with ease. Enqueue songs, albums, artists, playlists, and entire genres from your music library using left-to-right and right-to-left swipe gestures, and rearrange them in the queue however you like by simply dragging! Set a breakpoint in the queue (when repeat is off) to stop playback after a certain point and to display the amount of time remaining until the breakpoint is reached (like a sleep timer). Preview the song that’s up next right from the player view by panning the album artwork from right-to-left, and skip to that song by releasing. Adjust the volume in one dot increments by tapping the speaker icons on either side of the volume bar in the player view. Browse through your music with filters for songs, albums, artists, genres, and playlists. Further refine a selected category by grouping results with the granularity desired. The artists filter intelligently finds all songs and albums not only made by the artist, but also featuring the artist, providing a comprehensive listing, unlike many other music players. Export saved queues directly to the native Music app, or export them in the iTunes XML Playlist format to the document picker or to open in other apps. This file can be imported into iTunes as a native playlist or into MusiQ as a queue. Switch between the light and dark themes with a two finger swipe up or down, or have it automatically match the system appearance. View the list of songs Up Next, the current Queue, and change the Repeat or Shuffle options—all from the CarPlay interface. Completely usable with VoiceOver. Download now and try it out! Note: MusiQ cannot play DRM-protected songs (e.g. M4P format) or songs stored in iTunes Match or iCloud Music Library that have not been downloaded to your device.
The Queue
This app allows guests to collaboratively build a real-time music queue for playback on your device. It's ideal for parties and gatherings, using a voting system to prioritize popular songs. Enjoy shared music experiences without the hassle of managing requests.
- Collaborative music queue editing
- Real-time playback
- Like/skip voting system
- Anonymous song queuing
- Host music queues for free
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Tired of trying to find the right music for your guests? Are jukeboxes maybe just a little too expensive? No matter the occasion, The Queue is the perfect way to ensure your guests enjoy the music they love, without the guesswork. The Queue is a mobile jukebox that allows your guests to collaboratively edit a single queue of music for playback on your own device, in real time. Ideal for parties, car rides, restaurants, and much more! The Queue uses a like/skip voting system to sort queued songs by popularity and allows users to easily and anonymously queue the music they love, so you can stop worrying about what everybody wants to listen to. Host a queue for free, today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MusiQ Player at 82% against The Queue's 20%. MusiQ Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. The Queue sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. MusiQ Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
MusiQ Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of MusiQ Player's written reviews are positive against 20% of The Queue's.
MusiQ Player ships an update every 6 weeks, The Queue every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MusiQ Player | The Queue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better | 4.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | New-Clor of America Inc. | Universal Queue LLC |
Customer experience
MusiQ Player
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In-app purchases
MusiQ Player
No in-app purchases
The Queue
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