Great app, but…
Really wanted to love this app but on MacOS it was quite a CPU hog, so eventually I had to abandon it. It’s got huge promise, does everything Apple’s own Music doesn’t do, but even on a fairly modest collection it struggled.
Really great music player.
I’ve been using this app for less than a week and so far I’m loving it. As the name indicates, it’s a music player that is organized around albums versus individual songs. This may be in my head, but IMO the sound is better than the Apple Music app itself. (Higher res recordings sound clearer than when I play them through Apple Music.) For sure the interface is more visually arresting than Apple Music, with the album art displayed at a larger scale and distractions kept to a minimum. The paid version also displays lots of stats that you won’t find in Apple Music.
Couple of caveats … 1), this doesn’t fully replace Apple Music. You can’t edit Apple Music track metadata from Albums and, in fact, you can’t even view it. 2) If you have a large library like I do, you probably don’t want to keep both apps open at the same time. I tried it and both Albums and Apple Music crashed at various times. 3) Speaking of large libraries, I noticed that some of my larger playlists don’t display in Albums. The music itself is available, but the playlists are empty. 4) Note that Albums can access Apple Music play counts but it doesn’t work in reverse, at least not for the OS version of Albums. So if I play a track in Albums, the play count in Apple Music is not incremented. However, this is not an issue on the iPhone version.
In fairness, some of these issues could be due to my having an extremely large library running off an older, slower external drive.
If the price for the full version were higher, these caveats might be significant enough to lower my rating. But, for the price, I find this a 5 Star Player with a captivating interface. It’s a really nice add on to Apple Music and makes it fun to listen again.
Couple of caveats … 1), this doesn’t fully replace Apple Music. You can’t edit Apple Music track metadata from Albums and, in fact, you can’t even view it. 2) If you have a large library like I do, you probably don’t want to keep both apps open at the same time. I tried it and both Albums and Apple Music crashed at various times. 3) Speaking of large libraries, I noticed that some of my larger playlists don’t display in Albums. The music itself is available, but the playlists are empty. 4) Note that Albums can access Apple Music play counts but it doesn’t work in reverse, at least not for the OS version of Albums. So if I play a track in Albums, the play count in Apple Music is not incremented. However, this is not an issue on the iPhone version.
In fairness, some of these issues could be due to my having an extremely large library running off an older, slower external drive.
If the price for the full version were higher, these caveats might be significant enough to lower my rating. But, for the price, I find this a 5 Star Player with a captivating interface. It’s a really nice add on to Apple Music and makes it fun to listen again.
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Well-crafted listening software for serious listeners
I’ve been using Albums for years to organize and listen to my Apple Music library. It’s been the best way to listen in an album-centric way for years, and it keeps adding new features that add depth without burying the core UX in complexity. Daily-use app from an excellent creator!
5 stars
Literally my favorite app, used daily
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