Comparison

MEGAPLAY vs PlayingAlbums

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

Head to head
About

MEGAPLAY

A stylish and customizable music player designed for in-car use. It offers a comfortable and safe interface with features like color customization, background playback, and touch sound feedback. Includes a widget for easy song control without leaving your current app.

Highlights
  • Interface color customization
  • Background playback
  • Touch sound feedback
  • Song title size reduction
  • Downloadable song graphic covers
  • MEGAWIDGET for song control
  • Landscape orientation support
Features
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The Music Player based on your Music App Songs, made to be Comfortable, Safe and Stylish. Thanks to the Interface Color Customization it will fit perfectly with your car interior lighting. Perfect to using in the Car, and so much more. ● Fast. ● Easy. ● Readable. ● Complete. ● Light. ● Wide. ● Run in Background. ● Customizable. and also.. ● Commands Layout studied to increase easiness in frequent actions. ● Landscape Orientation supported. (iPhone) ● Does Not Interrupt the Songs being played when opening. ● Dark Theme to save battery. ● You can set a Sound on the Touch. To know when you are interacting, without looking at the screen. ● Sophisticated system to Reduce songs'Titles Size. ● It allows you to Download for Free songs graphic Covers for a good looking playlist. ● Choose your favourite color! MEGAWIDGET (new): the MEGAPLAY Widget. ● It Allows you to change the song without exit from current app. ● The large alternative to the bottom system control center. ● It's also a shortcut to open MEGAPLAY tapping the song title. ● Instructions to enable: open the notification panel --> tap on "edit" --> tap on "+ MEGAPLAY" ● We recommend to move it on to the first position. Please support us writing a 5 stars review. Thank you. Support: feedbacks, bugs and infos: info@soponext.com

About

PlayingAlbums

This app shuffles songs within playlists by album, allowing you to listen to entire albums sequentially. It integrates with Apple Music and iTunes Match, and playlists can be shared across devices. Users can choose to use the standard Music app player or a separate mode.

Highlights
  • Shuffle songs by album
  • Integrates with Apple Music/iTunes Match
  • Cross-device playlist sharing via iCloud
  • Option to use standard Music app player
  • Separate player mode available
  • Supports multi-disc albums
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If you love music albums, you will listen to an album, then another album, then another...... All your songs or songs in the selected playlist will be shuffled by album. Songs in the selected playlist will play on devices that use iTunes Match or Apple Music, even if they are not downloaded on the device, as long as they are online. Playlists shuffled by albums can be shared with your own devices via iCloud. If you do not use either iTunes Match or Apple Music, the order of songs will be synchronized as long as playlists are synchronized between your devices. If you are a user of PlayingAlbums for macOS, you will share its settings for PlayingAlbums for iPhone. You may not want to listen to songs serially of an album with multiple discs. Disc 2 is sometimes completely different from disc 1. By default, the playing information (playback counts, etc.) will be integrated since PlayingAlbums uses the same player as the standard “Music” app. If you would not like to integrate the information, a new mode has been implemented that does not use the same player as the standard “Music” app. The application does not include any songs or other content; you must first create a playlist, either by importing from a CD or by using a subscription such as Apple Music. The screen shots shows a playlist created by subscribing to an album from Apple Music.

Screenshots

MEGAPLAY4 screens
PlayingAlbums2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MEGAPLAY at 80% against PlayingAlbums's 0%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

MEGAPLAY costs $0.99 and PlayingAlbums $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MEGAPLAY ships an update every 12 months, PlayingAlbums every 9 months. Both last shipped on September 14, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MEGAPLAY versus PlayingAlbums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMEGAPLAYPlayingAlbums
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.2 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSopoNextYuki Kuroki

Customer experience

MEGAPLAY

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%

PlayingAlbums

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

MEGAPLAY

No in-app purchases

None

PlayingAlbums

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MEGAPLAY free?
MEGAPLAY costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlayingAlbums free?
PlayingAlbums costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MEGAPLAY or PlayingAlbums have ads?
Neither MEGAPLAY nor PlayingAlbums shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MEGAPLAY or PlayingAlbums?
MEGAPLAY ships an update every 12 months, and PlayingAlbums every 9 months. Most recently, MEGAPLAY was updated on September 14, 2026 and PlayingAlbums on September 14, 2026.

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