# Cinch for Chromecast — user reviews > 168 indexed App Store user reviews of Cinch for Chromecast by Thomas Devoy, rated 3.20/5 from 117 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cinch-for-chromecast/id931225847/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cinch-for-chromecast/id931225847.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 37 · 4★ 25 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 35 ## What do users think of Cinch for Chromecast? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Plays music well - 👍 Connects to Chromecast - 🚀 Loads music quickly - 👍 Recognizes playlists - 👍 Clean user interface **Cons** - 🐛 Unstable connection - 🐛 Stops playing randomly - 🐛 Slow to load next song - 🐛 Doesn't work with Apple Music - 🐛 Crashes on startup **Commonly reported bugs** - Doesn't load full music library - Upside down photo orientation - Frequent disconnections from Chromecast **Most requested features** - Add search/browse by artist and album - Implement repeat/shuffle options - Allow background playback - Improve volume control integration - Add customization options for UI ## Newest reviews (17 of 168) ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work with Apple Music *2022-07-19, version 2.2* Cannot find any music on my iPhone. ### 4/5 — Every thing is really good except one thing *2021-01-05, version 2.2* Good looking app finds music very well connects well and visual looks good when casting. Has a very annoying loading time in between songs. Not sure if it’s due to my connection but when casting from my Plex it does not do this. If there is a solution to this I’ll give it 5 stars. But other than that very worth purchase ### 4/5 — Does the job *2020-10-08, version 2.2* It’s fine. ### 4/5 — Solid app *2020-07-12* So glad to find this app to play music stored on my phone via Chromecast. Just wish it organized albums with their actual tracklist and as subfolders beneath the artist name **Developer response:** Hey thanks for the review! We'll get a new version out to change that soon! ### 3/5 — Average *2020-05-29, version 2.1* It works unstable. Sometimes the application freezes while trying to change song. ### 4/5 — Pretty good solution *2019-05-23* I’m using Cinch specifically to cast my iTunes library to Chromecast Audio. It works as advertised most of the time. Occasionally gets hung up, but has been a minor inconvenience in comparison to the bigger picture of inexpensive, good quality, and very flexible while house audio powered by Chromecast. ### 4/5 — good app but needs refinement *2019-05-07* It does what it does. For playlist play, I hope it displays more info on browse pages and now playing page. Like track number, duration, even album info. Now it only displays title. ### 2/5 — Music stops playing at random times *2019-01-01* I am trying to use Cinch with a Google audio device. Cinch will just stop at times. Not responding to any touch on my iPad. I have to completely shut down the app and restart it. Annoying. ### 1/5 — The best of what's available but... *2018-12-19, version 2.1* The Cinch app is the best of what's available but it is not dependable. You may get a song or two, perhaps (when lucky) close to a full album but when streaming music, it will fail. And each time it does, the greater the chance it will do it again that evening. ### 1/5 — Bad music player *2018-12-09* No genre support, no browsing by Artist->Albums. Perfectly fine for people who know nothing or don’t care about music. And it does get music from an iPod touch to a chromecast audio. But otherwise, too frustrating to use. ### 2/5 — Needs improvement *2018-11-10, version 2.1* The user interface is very clunky. Could be easily tweaked to improve it. Worse than this though is the loss of sound quality when music is played via chromecast via the app. I’d expect some loss of quality but it really is quite marked. ### 1/5 — Wo sind meine Lieder? *2018-10-24, version 2.1* Findet leider gerade mal 8 Lieder auf meinem IPad — daher leider unbrauchbar. ### 4/5 — Cinch for Chromecast *2018-09-28, version 2.1* It does what they say it supposed to do. ### 1/5 — Fragt ständig nach einer Bewertung *2018-09-13, version 2.1* Feel the pain ### 1/5 — Useless. No background support *2018-05-22, version 2.0* App has to be visible and your phone has to be unlocked or it will stop playing at the end of a song. Also no gapless playback. Has to buffer the next song at the end of the last. This takes 5 seconds or so. Really annoying. ### 3/5 — Dissapointed *2018-05-19* I was happy when it played my music right away, but it needs a automatic repeat. It doesn’t play more than one song at a time, and I have to manually turn to the next song. I got this so I could stream low key music as a sleep... it defeats the whole purpose 🙄. Not worth the 5 bucks I spent. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2018-05-17, version 2.0* I'm disappointed I paid for this app in hopes it would cast Apple music. It only sees one song in my collection and won't play. Wasted my money ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Only works with purchased songs *2023-05-04, version 2.2* Does work with Apple Music, the only songs available to play are ones I’ve purchased individually:( ### 1/5 — Absolut sinnlos *2022-11-12, version 2.2* Rausgeschmissenes Geld.... ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2022-09-14, version 2.2* Did not do as advertised ### 1/5 — Stops for no reason *2021-08-22, version 2.2* Plays if it feels like it. Just stops between songs for no reason. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work with Apple Music Subscription *2021-02-13* I wasted a dollar. It was a gamble. For others, don’t gamble, it doesn’t work. No where in the description does the app disclose this. I reread it and it says “local media” on the iPhone. I download my Apple Music subscription songs to save data, so my music is “local.” This app will only cast the music I’ve paid for/purchased. It does not play music downloaded from your Apple Music subscription. ### 1/5 — Not worth the money. Try other apps first. *2020-07-11* This doesn't do what it claims. Couldn’t successfully cast reliably. No response from the developer. Can truly say that it’s the most significant waste of money spent for an app. Can see podcasts that are on iPhone, but not music. Can cast photos, but REALLY slowly. Videos skip the beginning. Then the app stalls after the first couple of casts and has to be restarted. No tutorial or instructions provided. And so on.... ### 1/5 — The app does not consistently work (which is an understatement) *2020-05-27* The app should chromecast tracks from an iPhone file source from the first track on an album to the last track. I even paid for it to do this basic function. It has yet to chromecast an album end to end without locking up. Most of the time it’s one of the first tracks and it freezes mor often than not. I can get over the slow buffer and weak interface but this is not acceptable Very disappointing as there are not a lot of options for apps that chromecast your Apple Music from your phone. When it infrequently works it works great. I don’t understand the positive reviews and hope I am missing something or I have a misbehaving iPhone. I will gladly extract this review if an explanation of the problem is provided and can be corrected. Drc ### 1/5 — Very much Disappointed *2019-08-18, version 2.1* I am very much disappointed. Feeling bad that I had not read the reviews. Very bad quality of music that gets streamed from phone. Super annoying. ### 1/5 — Doesn't do anything.... *2019-04-14, version 2.1* Great way to start...a nice "c" stuck on the TV screen and that's about everything this app does...makes me laugh. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2019-01-05, version 2.1* Very poor and no reply when I reported issues to the developer. Do not waste your money on this app! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — That’ll teach em. *2020-01-03* When a product I own tries to coerce me into paying them to use my own stuff, it bothers me. This app gets around that. I do have years of music collecting on my hard drive, and I have a favorite selection on my phone. This app allows me to play it any way I want, streaming onto Chromecast. I love hearing my music on the surround sound I have hooked up to the tv. This makes it simple to do. Would recommend. **Developer response:** That was our exact reaction when we bought a Chromecast and the reason the app was made! Thanks for the review! ### 5/5 — Playlist Feature *2018-10-06* This app works better than others because it works with my playlists and not just my song lists. And ### 5/5 — То, что надо *2018-07-12, version 2.1* Для Chromecast audio идеально подходит для воспроизведения музыки из библиотеки iTunes на айфоне, единственное приложение в таком роде! ---- Thanks for the search function! ### 5/5 — Top application *2017-10-24, version 2.0* I use Cinch to easily stream my iOS music to my chromecast devices (marshall multiroom, chromecast audio,...) This is a user friendly application with a great support in case of question. ### 5/5 — Must needed *2017-09-22, version 1.9* Awesome app ### 5/5 — Very useful for Chromecast users *2017-09-10, version 1.9* Best way to circumvent Apple not allowing Google Chromecast to stream iTunes playlists. ### 5/5 — super! *2017-07-22, version 1.9* super ### 5/5 — its something *2017-07-18, version 1.9* its something ### 5/5 — iPhones and Bluetooth *2017-03-02, version 1.9* Perfect for my IPhone and Vizio Mobile speaker. IPhone/Bluetooth compatible App. ### 5/5 — Pass on this app *2017-02-20, version 1.9* This app sucks. It keeps playing the same song over and over with a huge lag. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*