Comparison

UCranePlayer vs Kaign

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

Head to head
About

UCranePlayer

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UCranePlayer is a free offline audio player for iOS. Enjoy your music without an internet connection. Sync local audio files from your Mac to your iPhone and listen anytime, anywhere. Key features: • Offline music playback – play local audio files without internet access; • Easy sync – transfer music from your Mac to your iPhone; • Playlists – organize your music by creating local playlists; • Customizable interface – personalize the player with different color themes. UCranePlayer focuses on simplicity, privacy, and full control over your local music collection.

About

Kaign

Create custom playlists from your music library based on release date, artist, and genre. Save dynamic playlists that update automatically or share filters with friends. Supports Apple Music and Spotify libraries.

Highlights
  • Visual filter editor
  • Create playlists by release date
  • Filter by artist
  • Dynamic playlist updates
  • Shareable filters
  • Supports Apple Music and Spotify
Features
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Did you ever want to listen to your favorite songs from the past three years? How about having your top five artists in one playlist? Kaign’s filters are here to make that and more happen, in the most convenient way: 1st filter - All songs with at least 4 stars released after 2014 2nd filter - All songs from a list of artists names. Kaign features a visual filters editor which lets you create the above filters quickly and intuitively. Once applied to your library, Kaign filters returns a playlist of songs matching your criteria. You could start listening to the playlist right away or save it as a dynamic playlist, which will get updated as you add and/or remove songs from your library that match its criteria. Because Kaign filters are not linked to any music provider, they are completely portable and sharable. You can share any filter you’ve created with your entourage via email or AirDrop. Once received on any apple device (iPad, iPhone, Mac) which has Kaign installed, the filter will automatically open and is ready to be saved and used. The usability of Kaign filters is almost unlimited. You can combine more than one filter both inclusively or exclusively on any Music library (Apple and Spotify currently supported) as Kaign relies on meta tags to apply filters. These meta tags could be in any language available in Unicode. Simply, you can filter by genres, titles and artists’ names in English, Korean, Japanese, Punjab, Russian, Persian, Romanian, Afrikaans, Arabic, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Tasmanian, Mandarin, Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, etc. We are working hard to translate the Kaign interface in as many languages as we can.

Screenshots

UCranePlayer4 screens
Kaign1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UCranePlayer at none against Kaign's 7. Kaign's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Kaign sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. UCranePlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UCranePlayer ships an update every 5 weeks, Kaign every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
UCranePlayer versus Kaign: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCranePlayerKaign
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuriy ZhuravelFrancois-Michel Schumaker

In-app purchases

None

UCranePlayer

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Kaign

One-time7
  • 5 Filters Pack 1$0.99
  • 5 Filters Pack 2$0.99
  • 5 Filters Pack 3$0.99
Show 4 more
  • 15 Filters Value Pack$1.99
  • Extras Value Pack$1.99
  • 25 Filters Super Value Pack$2.99
  • 50 Filters Mega Value Pack$3.99

Questions

Is UCranePlayer free?
UCranePlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kaign free?
Kaign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do UCranePlayer or Kaign have ads?
Neither UCranePlayer nor Kaign shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UCranePlayer or Kaign?
UCranePlayer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Kaign every 2 months. Most recently, UCranePlayer was updated on October 26, 2026 and Kaign on October 29, 2026.

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