Comparison

crowdDJ vs Halloween Prank

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

Head to head
About

crowdDJ

Select and play your favorite songs at participating venues like gyms, bars, and hotels. Browse music libraries, add songs to the queue, and even integrate with Spotify to import playlists and save tracks. Discover new music and support local artists.

Highlights
  • Find participating venues
  • View current and upcoming playlists
  • Search and browse music library
  • Add songs to playback queue
  • Support Australian musicians
  • Import Spotify playlists
  • Save tracks to Spotify
Features
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crowdDJ® lets you choose your favourite songs in your favourite places - gyms, bars, hotels, bowling alleys, cruise ships and thousands of other locations across Australia and New Zealand. More countries are coming on-board soon. Using crowdDJ® you can: - find crowdDJ venues - view the current playlist (past and upcoming) - search and browse the venue's music library - sort alphabetically or by release year - play your favourite songs by adding them into the playback queue - support Aussie musicians and play their music - you'll see our new Australian Played icon next to all Aussie tracks By connecting your Spotify account, you can also: - import your Spotify playlists to match with the venue's music library - take home the previous or upcoming 50 tracks by saving to your own Spotify playlists - add individual songs to your Spotify playlists or a new Spotify playlist - view featured and suggested songs similar to your music selections - listen to or preview a track through Spotify There's no need to create an account or give any of your details - just turn on Location Services so you can be verified at the venue (we do not use or store this information), choose 'Continue as Guest' and 'Check In' to your current Location! Use the Map to see where you can crowdDJ® next. Each crowdDJ® venue has a unique sound, and you can add to the vibe in that location by picking songs that fit their brand. This unique sound and music library may include release year filters, exclude explicit content or focus on a particular music genre. If you are importing your Spotify playlists please note that song-matching may be affected by these settings, which are requested by the venue. Search results may also be affected. crowdDJ® is a public performance music platform exclusive to Nightlife Music clients. Chances are you listen to Nightlife at your favourite bar, work out to it at your gym, dance to it at the hottest nightclubs and even shop to it at your local mall. Nightlife Music is Australia's most recognised music entertainment system and has been for almost 30 years - nightlife.com.au.

About

Halloween Prank

Enhance your Halloween trick-or-treating experience with spooky sounds played through a Bluetooth speaker. This app offers a humorous visitor count, a horror scream, or a beastly roar to make your home the most memorable this year. It includes safety features like a flashing torch and ambient sounds to alert visitors.

Highlights
  • Spooky sound effects (visitor count, scream, roar)
  • Bluetooth speaker integration
  • Camera-based visitor detection
  • Flashing torch for visibility
  • Ambient sound alerts
  • App identification announcement
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The Halloween Prank app, together with a spare Bluetooth speaker, will level-up the experience trick-or-treaters have when they visit your home. As they head down the path to your door, the app will play a humorous count of the visitors (think Sesame Street), a horror-movie scream, or a beastly roar. Ensure your place is the one people will talk about this year! It's so easy to be this spooky. All you need to do is pair your phone to a Bluetooth speaker, place this speaker next to the path (in plants or decorations works best), exit any other apps on your phone that might make a noise, then position the phone so that it is plugged into a charger and that the camera points at the path that visitors have to walk down to get to your door. Then wait for the laughter and screams! Try out all three Halloween-themed sound options to see what best suits your decorations and neighborhood. Tapping the red button moves between the options: "123" is the count, the animal paw is the roar, and the open eyes is the scream. The red button also shows a count of how many people are visible to the camera at any time. Use this app ONLY for Halloween fun, and decorate the path so people know to expect a Halloween experience before they visit. Note that the app has features that limit it frightening people. Every 10 seconds, the torch on the app will flash so that people nearby will know its position, and the speaker will make a soft sound so that people will know that it is there. Every 30 minutes, the app will announce that it is the Halloween Prank app so that people living nearby can tell what is happening. Tips: (i) ensure that the camera isn't seeing people walking past and only sees people on your path, (ii) fully-charge your Bluetooth speaker first, and turn its volume WAY UP, and (iii) turn on a light if it starts to get dark as the app doesn't work in darkness. Have fun!

Screenshots

crowdDJ4 screens
Halloween Prank2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Halloween Prank at 100% against crowdDJ's 36%. Halloween Prank also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). crowdDJ's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

crowdDJ is free to download; Halloween Prank costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halloween Prank holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: crowdDJ has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of crowdDJ's written reviews are positive against 100% of Halloween Prank's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

crowdDJ ships an update every 2 months, Halloween Prank every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
crowdDJ versus Halloween Prank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercrowdDJHalloween Prank
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.2 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB127 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNightlife Music Pty LtdAndrew Scott

Customer experience

crowdDJ

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative50.4%

Halloween Prank

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

crowdDJ

No in-app purchases

None

Halloween Prank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is crowdDJ free?
crowdDJ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Halloween Prank free?
Halloween Prank costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, crowdDJ or Halloween Prank?
Halloween Prank is rated higher. crowdDJ averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Halloween Prank averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do crowdDJ or Halloween Prank have ads?
Neither crowdDJ nor Halloween Prank shows ads.
Which is updated more often, crowdDJ or Halloween Prank?
crowdDJ ships an update every 2 months, and Halloween Prank every 12 months. Most recently, crowdDJ was updated on September 22, 2026 and Halloween Prank on June 1, 2026.

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