Comparison

SoundMachine Player vs Tunify Player

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

Head to head
About

SoundMachine Player

Stream licensed background music for your business. Manage playlists, schedules, and multiple locations remotely from your phone or tablet. Control music playback and user assignments with ease.

Highlights
  • Licensed music for business
  • Remote playback control
  • Playlist and schedule management
  • Multi-location management
  • User assignment
  • Like/dislike songs
Features
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The SoundMachine Player app allows you to play fully licensed music for your business. Log in to the app with your SoundMachine username and password and enjoy all the content from the web platform now on your phone or tablet. Access all your mixes and schedules from your phone. Have them available to play directly on your app or assign them to users. You can also assign music to any user with SoundMachine software: see what station they have assigned or update them. Control every location and every zone from the palm of your hand. Assign them mixes, schedules or stations. Manage the SoundMachine player remotely, both for the main account and the users. Choose what music is playing and change it any time. Like and Block songs directly from the app. What is SoundMachine? SoundMachine brings commercial background music to the fore with a subscription-based service that gives business owners everything they need to create a seamless, engaging and on-brand music experience in their stores, restaurants, hotels, spas or other locations. Features for all plans: - Public Performance licensing in the US and Canada - Access to SoundMachine’s collection of professionally curated playlists - Mix playlists to create the perfect audio backdrop - Insert promotional messages - Schedule different types of music for different times of day - Control music in multiple locations from a central account Subscribers to Business Premium powered by Napster receive access to an expanded catalog of millions of songs and hundreds of curated stations, along with the ability to create their own custom stations starting from a single artist or song and building a consistent mood. Subscribers to the Enterprise plan can request a custom playlist curated specifically for their needs. The service is fully licensed for business use within your commercial environment. No additional licenses to play music in public are required if you are based in the US (ASCAP, BMI, GMR, and SESAC) or Canada (SOCAN and RE:SOUND). If you are from another country, please visit the Licensing section at our website. New in this version: - Entirely rebuilt app - New interface - Browse genres, stations, My Stations, mixes and schedules - Like and dislike songs in real time - Search function added - See and manage your users - Control the SoundMachine player remotely

About

Tunify Player

This music streaming service is designed for businesses to create specific atmospheres for their customers. It offers easy-to-use tools to tailor music to a brand's concept and clientele, enhancing the customer experience without requiring music expertise.

Highlights
  • Business-specific music streaming
  • Tailored music for brand concepts
  • Effortless atmosphere creation
  • Wide range of business sectors supported
  • Easy to use consumer interface
Features
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Tunify is a music streaming service aimed at the needs of business users. You've certainly heard us in a cozy coffee shop or an original concept store. And we may have already made you sweat harder during a workout. Or made you feel all zen at the spa.... Tunify offers the ease of use of a consumer music service, but adds the specific expertise needed for business users to maximize the impact of music. We ensure that you can play music that is perfectly tailored to your brand, concept and customers, all without music knowledge, without effort and at any time of day. In this way, you can quickly and easily create the desired atmosphere in your business. Tunify users can be found in various sectors: Arts & Culture, Body & Mind, Business & Work, Café & Nightlife, Club & Lounge, Eat & Drink, Fashion & Style, Fitness & Sports, Fun & Leisure, Health & Care, Hotel & Lodging and Shop & City.

Screenshots

SoundMachine Player4 screens
Tunify Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SoundMachine Player at 100% against Tunify Player's 67%. Tunify Player's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundMachine Player ships an update every 3 months, Tunify Player fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SoundMachine Player versus Tunify Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundMachine PlayerTunify Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoundMachineTunify NV

Customer experience

SoundMachine Player

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tunify Player

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

SoundMachine Player

No in-app purchases

None

Tunify Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoundMachine Player free?
SoundMachine Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tunify Player free?
Tunify Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SoundMachine Player or Tunify Player have ads?
Neither SoundMachine Player nor Tunify Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundMachine Player or Tunify Player?
SoundMachine Player ships an update every 3 months, and Tunify Player fortnightly. Most recently, SoundMachine Player was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tunify Player on October 10, 2026.

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