# Cs Music Pro — user reviews > 669 indexed App Store user reviews of Cs Music Pro by Mike Clay, rated 4.30/5 from 1,823 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cs-music-pro/id924491991/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cs-music-pro/id924491991.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,263 · 4★ 229 · 3★ 119 · 2★ 71 · 1★ 141 ## What do users think of Cs Music Pro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Straightforward and efficient interface - 👍 Customizable appearance and settings - 🚀 Faster and more responsive than Apple Music - 👍 Preserves local music library functionality - 🚀 Intuitive navigation and organization - 👍 Dedicated developer with good communication **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional freezing, crashing, and lag issues - 🐛 Inconsistent behavior with music playback controls - 🐛 Syncing issues with iTunes/iCloud library - 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions - 🐛 Removal of useful features like queue management **Commonly reported bugs** - Search functionality is slow or unresponsive - Inability to delete songs from the queue - Playback issues when switching between apps - Inconsistent behavior when locking the screen **Most requested features** - Add crossfade and parametric EQ functionality - Implement a 'Recently Added' or 'Activity' tab - Allow sorting albums by artist within genres - Provide an option to disable the album art collage view - Add a 'Shuffle All' button for genres and playlists ## Newest reviews (17 of 669) ### 2/5 — Previous Versions Were Better *2026-08-18, version 7.3.1* The app was great until about the last couple of years, I wish it could go back to the 2023-24 which was version was perfect for my needs as a music listener. Recent versions have lost some of the previous sorting features and customization while simultaneously mimicking many unfavourable design choices from Apple Music which was the whole point of getting this app as an alternative. I’ve read some feedback from the developer something along the lines that the goal of the app was to “keep pace with Apple Music while giving an offline option” but in my opinion having the focus being on a classic looking music player is more what attracted us to the app. It doesn’t matter if it looks matter if it looks more square/rectangular or “outdated” that’s was always the appeal! The Liquid Glass and rounded edges on everything is especially disappointing. At best it would be good to give some optionally to turn on or off these features. CS was my favourite music player app for many years and I wish it would go back to that winning formula of a classic music player instead of uncritically emulating everything (whether it is good or not) coming from Apple Music. ### 4/5 — Needs CarPlay *2026-08-10, version 7.3* Great app if you like star ratings. CarPlay would be a huge addition. Perfect other than that ### 2/5 — Unnecessary flare replaces simple functionality *2026-08-03, version 7.2.2* BUG UPDATE - saved podcast episodes started landing in my music playlists. I don't have any podcast shows or episodes in my music library. I use the podcast app for those. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This seems to be a "more flare, less function" release. Please return the metadata sheet to its previous functionality. I used to one-tap on the song title many times a day to see its metadata. Now there's a pointless additional menu that adds no additional functionality, only yet another tap to get at the metadata with no additional benefit that I can see. There's also no way that I can find to list and play all songs by an artist in order, which was a brilliantly simple feature in the last iteration that I used at least once or twice a week. Now the songs are listed alphabetically by album. Who listens to an album alphabetically?!? Put back the “Show All Songs” button in the artist list to show all the Artist's songs chronologically. Finally, bring the album title back to the player controls, especially since you now require an additional tap to identify it. There's plenty of room for it in the big blob of white space below the player controls. ### 4/5 — Love it! *2026-05-27, version 7.2.2* I'm loving this music player. It's a breathe of fresh air after years of dealing with Apple's abomination of a music app. Would love the ability to add playlists within artists categories though. IE) ability to create a playlist of all White Stripes tunes under the White Stripes' umbrella under Artists instead of in the Playlist category. 🤷‍♂️ ### 4/5 — I love it… but one minor qualm. *2026-04-27, version 7.2.2* I love this app. It’s a clean UI interface, and everything you need is just right there. The only thing I think is important is better Apple Music integration. It should also have search have the option for Apple Music search and allow you to, if you have an Apple Music subscription, listen to/download music from there. ### 4/5 — Bring back audiobook playlists!? *2026-03-18, version 7.2.2* I have audiobook chapter playlists built thru iTunes, yes iTunes, not the music app. I have an older version of this app (5.0.11) that shows those playlists. It’s amazing. Anyway to bring that function back? ### 3/5 — What happened *2026-03-08, version 7.2.2* Worked great for years. Maybe I need to give for another coffee or pizza. I would if I knew it would bring back playability 😕 ### 3/5 — Frustrating app *2025-11-19, version 7.2.2* I love this app! The layout is simple and great. But it's also super frustrating because NEARLY every time I open it, it hangs there in a frozen state and I have to close it, reopen, close, reopen, 2-3 times before it is actually usable. Developer, please! Work out this bug. It makes a good app incredibly frustrating to use! ### 3/5 — iOS 26 compatibility issue *2025-11-14, version 7.2.2* Cs Music really doesn’t like iOS 26…freezes, shuts down and no longer usable. Real shame because I liked this player. Hopefully it will be fixed and then I can listen to my music again🙏 ### 2/5 — Is swip works? *2025-10-25, version 7.2.1* no swip to skip anymore… am i alone in this twilight zone? ### 5/5 — The way I want my music *2025-10-22, version 7.2.1* No flotsam or jetsam, just as I want my music. Unfortunately I can’t get back the music I burned from hundreds of MY CDs and then lost, thanks to Apple 😡 ### 3/5 — Option to remove artwork in Genres. *2025-10-18, version 7.2* Long-time user here. I really enjoy the extra customization we get with this app as opposed to Apple’s locked up music app. The one thing I prefer about Apple’s app is that the genres don’t have any artwork next to them. It’s just plain, neutral text. It makes sense to have artwork for the Artist and Album tabs but I don’t want to see one artist plastered over a genre all the time. The genre tab has so many view options but none to hide the artwork. ### 5/5 — Everything Apple Music should be. *2025-10-05, version 7.2* Been using this app for years. This is how I prefer to be able to see my music I have on my device; I’m not interested in Apple’s streaming service and sorting is front and center, not buried in menus. Happy to see it is still being actively updated too. ### 5/5 — Better UI features! *2025-10-05, version 7.2* Yay! Version 7.2, running on iOS 26.0.1, the “Play Later” feature works! Thanks for fixing this pesky issue. Works much better than the native Apple Music app. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2025-10-04, version 7.2* Why did we lose the alphabet down the right hand side of the artist view? That was so handy. Now I have to scroll forward to get to the Y’s and Z’s. Otherwise I love this app. Far superior to Apple Music. ### 5/5 — Legendary Timeless app *2025-09-18, version 7.1.1* Have been using this for years and it remains timeless. I do wonder where the app icon customization disappeared off to though? Keep up the great work!! ### 2/5 — Startup issues *2025-09-04, version 7.1.1* Edit: Is the startup issue ever going to be fixed? This has been my go-to for many years, but I haven’t been using it much recently because it takes 3-4 tries to launch it. Tried it again and it STILL has the same issue. This has been going on since iOS 18 came out. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No longer works *2026-01-27, version 7.2.2* Title. ### 1/5 — Widget is no longer available. *2026-01-06, version 7.2.2* Widget is no longer available in the latest version. It was really useful especially for the star rating. App became useless for me since there isn’t the possibility to rate the music via the widget. Song playing is not the song displayed. That’s a bit annoying. ### 1/5 — bring back support for ios 15 *2025-11-14, version 7.2.2* what the title says ### 1/5 — No user guide *2025-06-30, version 7.1.1* I can’t figure out how to download music to the app and I can’t find instructions anywhere. Not super tech savvy so might just be me but would probably be helpful for a lot of people to have. ### 1/5 — Latest update freezes *2025-06-21, version 7.1.1* This was a great app until the last update, now it freezes all the time and when it works it lags. ### 1/5 — Pointless App *2025-05-17, version 7.1.1* This app is actually pointless You cant add any music from anywhere else than apple music library If i wanted to use apple music library , i would use the iphone’s default music app ### 1/5 — It’s Dead! *2025-04-22, version 7.1.1* Man, I used to love this app. Waay better than Apple Music. But, for some reason, it has stopped working. My guess is that encoding or file format has changed. The songs just don’t play. Too bad. ### 1/5 — バグがなおらないどころか *2025-03-16* ライブラリの読み込みに失敗するようになった。アプリをキルして起動しなおすと読み込めたりもするから使えなくはないが不便すぎて使わなくなった。せっかく金出して買ったのにこれはない。新規でマトモなの出してくれたら買うよ。開発に金が必要なのはわかる。ライブラリしか聞かない人にとってはありがたいアプリだから応援したい気持ちはかなりある。 ### 1/5 — No longer the default player *2025-03-10, version 7.1* I love this app but recently Apples “Music” app has taken over as the default player. I can’t seem to once again make C’s the default player. :-( Update: down 2 stars to 1 since the Apple Music app has completely usurped Cs. Cs is unusable in this form. Apple’s app now plays ALL music!! ### 1/5 — Constantly crashes/doesn’t load *2025-02-14, version 7.0.3* I’ve been using this music app for many years now and always enjoyed it. The last update killed that for me. It only loads when trying to launch the app every 3 times and it will crash or freeze up sometimes. Looking for a new app because these issues have been going on for months now with no update in sight. What once was an awesome app turned to garbage ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ⭐️ Love this Apple Music player! *2026-08-29, version 7.3.3* I absolutely love this app! It connects seamlessly with my Apple Music library and gives me a completely different way to enjoy my music. The interface is beautiful, simple, and easy to use, and I love the way the Now Playing screen looks with the album artwork. Everything feels smooth and well designed. If you use Apple Music and want a fresh music player experience, I definitely recommend giving this app a try! ❤️ ### 5/5 — Developer is responsive, app is amazing *2026-08-24, version 7.3.2* I asked the developer for the option to show the album title and he did! Amazing response and quality app! ### 5/5 — Best *2026-08-09, version 7.3* easily the best ### 5/5 — Still the best! *2026-08-07, version 7.3* I genuinely appreciate the slow, steady pace of this app. Updates don’t come every other day like so many vibed-out apps these days, and that feels intentional, in a good way. The developer takes their time, the app stays stable, and it just does a darned good job at the one thing I want it to do: play my music. No constant churn, no needless reinvention, just a solid music player that works. I’ll take thoughtful, deliberate development over an endless stream of updates any day. Keep it up! ### 5/5 — Excellent but … *2026-08-07, version 7.3* … Please bring the album back to the main display. There’s plenty of room for it! ### 5/5 — Thank you for this app *2026-08-02, version 7.2.2* I have a lot of music on my iPhone that I have ripped from CDs over the years. These are CDs I purchased from independent artists. These artists are not on iTunes. I can now listen to all my music now, not just what I have purchased from iTunes. I am so happy! ### 5/5 — Besser kann es nicht mal Apple…. *2026-08-01* Jahrelang habe ich mit meinem iPod Touch 32 GB meine Musik überall problemlos anschließen und hören können. Letztlich hat ein schwächelnder Akku und die mangelnde Unterstützung heutiger Fahrzeuge dazu geführt, dass er zu Elektroschrott wurde. Dann kam die erlösende Anschaffung eines iPhone (SE) und der Kauf von CS Music. Der Look & Feel der alten iPod Bedienoberfläche und die unkomplizierte Bedienung von CS Music machen die beiden zum fast unschlagbaren Team. Absolute Empfehlung! ### 5/5 — Please don’t update to Liquid Glass! *2026-03-04, version 7.2.2* This app does an awesome job at replicating the classic music experience on iOS, which is a minimal and declutterred way to access your personal music library. It also looks very clean and bespoke, and I don’t want to see it ruined by the new SDK that forces glass elements🤞 ### 5/5 — Excelente aplicación *2026-02-19, version 7.2.2* La aplicación funciona perfecto. ¿Se actualizará la interfaz a Liquid Glass? ### 5/5 — 使いやすい音楽プレーヤー *2026-01-01, version 7.2.2* インターフェースがよく分からないミュージックAppの代替音楽プレーヤーとして愛用しています。 自分はリッピングしたCDをリリース順にアルバム単位で聴きたいオールドタイプな人間なので、アルバムを年やリリース日でソートできるのがめちゃめちゃありがたい。 再生が終わった後、再生中の表示が先頭の曲に戻らず途中の曲のまま更新されない時がよくありますが、きっと直してくれると信じてます！ --- *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 2026-09-01.*