Patatap vs RecordQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patatap
Create music and animations with a touch. This app offers a portable sound and animation kit, allowing users to generate melodies accompanied by dynamic visual shapes. It's an offline version of a popular web-based tool.
- Portable animation and sound kit
- Create melodies with moving shapes
- Touch-based interaction
- Offline functionality
- Visualizer
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Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes. Warning: contains flashing images. This is the official offline port of the popular website http://www.patatap.com/ —————————— By buying this app you're supporting the makers who publish and host this website to millions of people to enjoy for free. Thank you for your support and happy music making!
RecordQuest
Catalog your vinyl collection, discover new music, and connect with fellow enthusiasts. Track your records, create a collector profile, and find local record stores. It's designed to make vinyl collecting more social and organized.
- Build and manage vinyl collection
- Create collector profile with stats
- Connect with other collectors
- Discover and locate record stores
- Track wishlist of desired records
- Unlock achievements for collection milestones
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RecordQuest is a social vinyl collection app built for people who love collecting records. Keep track of your collection, discover albums, connect with other collectors, find record stores, and see your collection grow — all in one place. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Search for albums and add records to your personal collection. Keep track of ratings, favorite tracks, notes, condition, purchase information, and more. CREATE YOUR COLLECTOR PROFILE Show off your collection with a public profile, collection statistics, and achievements earned as your collection grows. CONNECT WITH COLLECTORS Discover other RecordQuest users, follow collectors, explore their collections, and keep up with activity from people you follow. DISCOVER RECORD STORES Find nearby record stores or explore stores in other locations. View store information, get directions, and check in when you visit. TRACK YOUR WISHLIST Save records you want to find and keep your collection goals organized. UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS Earn achievements for building your collection, visiting record stores, and using RecordQuest. RecordQuest is designed to make collecting vinyl more social, organized, and fun — whether you're starting your first collection or adding another record to the shelf.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RecordQuest at Free against Patatap's $1.99. RecordQuest also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 36 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). Patatap's advantage is chart position (#185 vs unranked) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
RecordQuest is free to download; Patatap costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Patatap against 5.0 for RecordQuest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patatap has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Patatap ships an update every 36 months, RecordQuest weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patatap | RecordQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jono LLC | Arie Shalita |
Customer experience
Patatap
RecordQuest
In-app purchases
Patatap
No in-app purchases
RecordQuest
No in-app purchases
