Comparison

mu vs Play

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

Head to head
About

mu

Share music with friends and family directly from your device using Bluetooth. Create personalized music lists and send songs easily, even without a wireless network. Enjoy your favorite tunes together.

Highlights
  • Share music via Bluetooth
  • Create original music lists
  • Send music to other devices
  • Works without a wireless network
  • User-friendly operation
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mu mu is a shared application to share music with friends and family via Bluetooth from your device. Even without a wireless environment between, I can use. Please enjoy by creating original music list of your own! Method of operation I tap the Connect button. Select the music you want to send. This alone, it will be received to the device of the other party. * You can not get the sound sources that are protected by DRM.

About

Play

This app allows you to create custom music playlists based on your listening habits and specific rules. Discover your music in a personalized way by setting criteria like song length, listening history, or skip frequency. Playlists update automatically as you listen, offering a dynamic music discovery experience.

Highlights
  • Custom rule-based playlist creation
  • Analyze music habits with machine learning
  • Discover music your way
  • Live, updating playlists
  • Pre-made example playlists
  • Set playlist criteria by song length, listening history, skips, and top hits
Features
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Play-ya List is a smart playlist app for you to discover your music by setting your own rules. Yep, that’s right. You. Set. Rules. What some examples? Here you go: • songs longer then 30 minutes • what I haven’t listened for last 3 months • my all-time top 20 (5, 100, whatever number you want!) hits • songs I skipped last year You may want to start with the Play-ya lists we’ve put together for you to get the feeling of how the app works. After that, there’s really no limits for you to set up the rules and create your unique playlists. Our machine learning algorithm analyses your music habits and helps you discover the music your way. Play-ya is all about your individuality, your uniqueness. Play-ya Lists are being updated on the go when you listen to the music. They are really live. Enjoy! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy http://www.invoodoo.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use http://www.invoodoo.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

mu4 screens
Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mu at none against Play's 4. mu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). Play's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Play sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. mu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
mu versus Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermuPlay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews—70.3% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLast,Inc.InVooDoo LLC

Customer experience

mu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Play

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative23.0%

Bugs and requests

mu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Play

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Crashes on iPhone 5s
  • Crashes immediately after opening
  • Crashes constantly
  • Does not work properly with Bluetooth
  • App opens and then crashes
Show 14 more
  • App won't launch at all now, crashing immediately
  • Crashes every time I use it now
  • Seems awesome. Too bad it doesn't work.
  • Crashes every 20 minutes or so
  • Update did nothing! Still crashes.
  • Main screen comes up then disappears ... Nothing.
  • Update ruined the app
  • Does not work on iPad Air 2
  • Blank screen on opening
  • App crashes when adding a favorite or swiping
  • Music started playing automatically when I opened the app
  • Pinkish screen, then music plays that I don't recognize, no controls
  • Lost features after update
  • Doesn't discern between downloaded or not downloaded songs

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add volume control
  • Support for Apple Music songs
  • Support for Spotify and iTunes Radio
  • Horizontal view / Landscape mode
  • Option not to autoplay when opening the app
Show 6 more
  • Fix Bluetooth issues
  • Add dark mode
  • Add option to set playlists
  • Announce track name and artist using notifications
  • Fix swipe direction for back/forward
  • Improve play/pause button responsiveness

In-app purchases

None

mu

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Play

Subscriptions3
  • Almighty Version$3.991 Month
  • InVooDoo One$5.991 Month
  • Almighty Version$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Almighty Version$99.99

Questions

Is mu free?
mu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play free?
Play is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mu or Play?
mu is rated higher. mu averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Play averages 4.5 from 26 ratings.
Do mu or Play have ads?
Neither mu nor Play shows ads.

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