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Waited 20 years for something like this!
I’m an avid music listener and part time music producer and can say without a shadow of a doubt that this app makes it tremendously easier and convenient to store, share and play all my music from any of my iOS devices! I am finally back in control of my music library like in the old iPod days. The new era of music steaming services is destroying our ability to chose how we want to purchase and experience music in our terms. This app gives you that control back in your hands.
Personally, I still and always will prefer to OWN a copy of the music I want to listen to so I will still buy CDs (sometimes digital downloads as well with no DRM) so that I can listen to it whenever and however I chose. Monthly subscriptions to music just don’t make sense to me the way I like to experience music. All the music I have purchased since high school, which I still have, is in my music library and continues to grow over time as I see fit.
Make no mistake, this is the future of music, not streaming . Don’t let corporations tell you how to consume music. You have the final say in that.Show lessiOS 3.0.1
It just works. Also, it’s ridiculously beautiful.
I’ve been an on-and-off Plex user for years, but this app might just keep me here for good. The app works just as promised, and it’s one of the most beautiful iOS apps I’ve ever seen, to boot. I love the customization features. It would be nice to have icon options like the regular Plex app, and to be able to turn off some features, like Moods, lyrics, and showing record labels, which just kinda get in my way. Regardless, this is now my daily driver for playing ALAC and FLAC files, and I don’t imagine I’ll find a reason to switch any time soon.Show lessD. Wilhelm
Only one thing keeping me…
There is only one thing keeping me from using this app instead of prism music. That is filter/sort when looking under the genre. If they would implement the ability to pick a genre and then show the artists that have something in the genre so you could pick the artist then allow you to pick the album then the song. Right now when you pick genre it shows you all albums that have that genre. Sometimes there is a lot. But if instead of showing all albums it showed the artists that had an album first, then you could pick the artist to just see the albums of that artist. I love most everything else about Plexamp other than that. It is the only thing that keeps me using prism music instead. Hence 3 stars. And no airplay. Common Plex get airplay supportShow lesscarltonnoble
Developer Response
We literally just added this in the latest version, look for an entry called "Artist Genres" on your library tab. AirPlay has been supported since the very first version, you can use the system AirPlay picker or tap on the AirPlay icon inside the cast menu. For any more help, please reach out on Twitter @plexamp or via Plex forums.From good to great
I’ve been using Plexamp for years now, as my primary (at this point, only) music app. It’s always been a pretty great way to stream my FLAC library to all my devices. Over the years, the app has become even better, with interface and performance improvements, and additional playback quality settings that have made this audiophile quite happy! The devs have been great and responsive, and I have no hesitation paying my monthly plex pass to help support their work.Show lessUbelsteiner
Beautiful private music player
This app is amazing and there are two standout features for me: 1. You can pass the active play queue between devices pretty easily, so pick up on your phone where you left off on your computer down to the exact track position! 2. Access to my entire Plex music library in full fidelity and no one can change my library contents due to licensing restrictions as often happens with popular streaming services.Show lessJay Holler
New Home layout is a step backwards
I don’t have any interest in Mixes or Stations and I’m rather disappointed you can’t disable these from appearing on the Home layout. I typically gravitate to a specific album from Recently Played or Recently Added and go from there. The fact that Mixes and Stations take up so much real estate and clutter what used to fit on my screen without swiping is really a step backwards. I appreciate the additional capability as everyone has their own preferences for interacting with their music library but please add an option to disable or rearrange them.Show lessaeros88
Great on device can be better in CarPlay
When your on your device is functions as expected and is a really sold streaming app. But my biggest problem is in CarPlay. When I go into the library tab it gives you a list A-Z for the artist you want, then it gives a list of all the artists in that letter, then it gives you the albums the artist made, then the songs in the album and finally plays your music. I think it has too many pages to navigate in the car and can be dangerous if you are trying to quickly change the song from a different album. There are more assessable lists like the just added list which is a lot better but I would like to see a list of just the albums in an easier spot.Show lessWolfarix18
Developer Response
Happy to help more on Twitter @plexamp or via Plex forums, but I'm a but confused. There is no albums tab, it's a library tab. We show artwork for each artist and for each album after you browse into it. We use the CarPlay standard and don't start playing immediately because otherwise we can't offer the option to shuffle an album.Plexamp Review
High quality across a large mix of audio types: ogg mp3 flac and good categories for quick grab and go. It is also plays gapless between songs in a playlist. I had been using foobar2000, but it quit working easily off my server. Used MonkeyMote with my foobar2000 after that, but some audio quality lacking, and clunky interface. Then I used Plex, and moved to PkexAmp after that. I wish it would play with HEOS as many have pleaded with on the HEOS side of things, but I can live with that. Thank you for making such a high quality audio player.Show lessWoggiechewbahcah
Hands down best app for your local music collection
So much care has been put into this app and you can tell the devs really care about this product. Ive been a plex user for 6+ years now but the main plex app is lacking when it comes to music. This app fixes this totally. Love the interface and also the opus transcoding strategy too, allowing you to store days worth of audio tracks taking up less space than 1 Apple Music album. Great for road trips! Appreciate the carplay support too!Show lessMamado
Apple Watch support would be nice
A great way to listen to a personal music collection without the hassle of having to upload to iTunes or download to your device. It keeps device storage free for other apps, photos or whatever while giving access to a personal music streaming service. Easy to setup and integrate files on a computer to stream anywhere internet access is available. When internet is not available options to download content are available.
It would be nice to get an app for Apple Watch. All users could use an Apple Watch app in a Wi-Fi capable area and for those with data plans anywhere service is available.Show lessuawhiteknight
