PlayPin vs DaRa^2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlayPin
Explore and share content from various services like videos, music, and photos. Create shared lists, follow creators, and discover new content and people.
- Explore content from multiple services
- Play videos, music, and view photos
- Pin and share content and thoughts
- Create community lists for collaboration
- Follow creators and see their activities
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PlayPin allows you to explore services, play and pin to share with others. Create lists, favorite and follow other people. Discover more content and creators! Key Features: - play videos, music, podcasts and view photos, artwork, playlists, profiles and more - search multiple services, explore to see what they offer - pin content and thoughts, sharing with others - create lists of anything you like, make it a community list and others can contribute - see the activities of other people — what they play, pin, view, favorite, list and follow Powered by YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Spreaker, Twitch, Flickr, DeviantArt and iTunes.
DaRa^2
This app allows you to play a wide variety of media, including music, videos, and web content, from multiple sources. Create playlists for continuous playback and enjoy background playback with automatic volume control and equalizer presets. It also offers remote control capabilities via Apple Watch.
- Play iTunes music and movies
- Access media from apps and Photo Library
- Stream videos from web pages
- Integrates with iCloud Drive
- Create and manage playlists
- Background playback
- Apple Watch remote control
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It is an application that keeps playing by selecting various videos and music in various places. You can play iTunes music and movies, media stored in apps, videos in photo apps, videos on web pages and media on iCloud Drive. If you register the media you want to play in the playlist and start playback, repeat playback will start. You can also set to keep playing background. App controls media playback volume automatically. You can use preset iPod Equalizers. Switch tabs to locate the desired media and add it to the playlist with the plus button. The now playing screen is automatically displayed. You can add it even by long press. Preview playback can be temporarily performed on the media detail screen. In the meantime, playlist playback pauses. After preview playback is completed, you can set it to continue the original playback. [Apple Watch] app can remote control [iPhone DaRa^2] app. Play local media on [App Watch] app from Ver1.5.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PlayPin at none against DaRa^2's shown. PlayPin also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. 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 PlayPin against 5.0 for DaRa^2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PlayPin ships an update every 2 months, DaRa^2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayPin | DaRa^2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Corey Evans | Masamune Seki |
Customer experience
PlayPin
DaRa^2
In-app purchases
PlayPin
No in-app purchases
DaRa^2
No in-app purchases
