Play vs Shoutify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play
This app allows you to create custom music playlists based on your listening habits and specific rules. Discover your music in a personalized way by setting criteria like song length, listening history, or skip frequency. Playlists update automatically as you listen, offering a dynamic music discovery experience.
- Custom rule-based playlist creation
- Analyze music habits with machine learning
- Discover music your way
- Live, updating playlists
- Pre-made example playlists
- Set playlist criteria by song length, listening history, skips, and top hits
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Play-ya List is a smart playlist app for you to discover your music by setting your own rules. Yep, that’s right. You. Set. Rules. What some examples? Here you go: • songs longer then 30 minutes • what I haven’t listened for last 3 months • my all-time top 20 (5, 100, whatever number you want!) hits • songs I skipped last year You may want to start with the Play-ya lists we’ve put together for you to get the feeling of how the app works. After that, there’s really no limits for you to set up the rules and create your unique playlists. Our machine learning algorithm analyses your music habits and helps you discover the music your way. Play-ya is all about your individuality, your uniqueness. Play-ya Lists are being updated on the go when you listen to the music. They are really live. Enjoy! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy http://www.invoodoo.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use http://www.invoodoo.com/terms-of-use
Shoutify
Listen to your favorite music playlists and share them with friends. Create custom groups to invite others and enjoy music together.
- Listen to music playlists
- Share playlists with friends
- Create custom crowds
- Invite friends to crowds
- Social music discovery
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Now listen to your favorite music service playlists AND your friends. Create your own Crowds and invite your friends to join in the fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shoutify at none against Play's 4. Shoutify also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 70%). Play's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 8). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Play sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Shoutify asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Play against 4.6 for Shoutify. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Play's written reviews are positive against 83% of Shoutify's.
Play ships an update every 2 days, Shoutify every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play | Shoutify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (26 ratings) | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | InVooDoo LLC | Shoudout LLC |
Customer experience
Play
Shoutify
Bugs and requests
Play
Reported bugs
19 issues- Crashes on iPhone 5s
- Crashes immediately after opening
- Crashes constantly
- Does not work properly with Bluetooth
- App opens and then crashes
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- App won't launch at all now, crashing immediately
- Crashes every time I use it now
- Seems awesome. Too bad it doesn't work.
- Crashes every 20 minutes or so
- Update did nothing! Still crashes.
- Main screen comes up then disappears ... Nothing.
- Update ruined the app
- Does not work on iPad Air 2
- Blank screen on opening
- App crashes when adding a favorite or swiping
- Music started playing automatically when I opened the app
- Pinkish screen, then music plays that I don't recognize, no controls
- Lost features after update
- Doesn't discern between downloaded or not downloaded songs
Requested features
11 requests- Add volume control
- Support for Apple Music songs
- Support for Spotify and iTunes Radio
- Horizontal view / Landscape mode
- Option not to autoplay when opening the app
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- Fix Bluetooth issues
- Add dark mode
- Add option to set playlists
- Announce track name and artist using notifications
- Fix swipe direction for back/forward
- Improve play/pause button responsiveness
Shoutify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Play
- Almighty Version$3.991 Month
- InVooDoo One$5.991 Month
- Almighty Version$29.991 Year
- Almighty Version$99.99
Shoutify
No in-app purchases
