Great little music players
I’ve tried it just about every music app out there. This is by far the best.
At Last!!
I have about 500 albums, and most albums are comprised of songs to display the range and expertise of the artist. In almost all cases the album ranges over many moods. However, when a listener begins to listen to music, he or she begins in a specific mood, and either wants to listen to music in that specific mood, or to intentionally choose music in a specific different other mood!
This app is a golmine for those who recognize its value. May it be available fo to r all future generations
This app is a golmine for those who recognize its value. May it be available fo to r all future generations
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Was great ...
Now needs a bug fix.
Was one hell of a good idea of an application.
Was one hell of a good idea of an application.
No longer working
Not working since upgrade to iOS 14 .3
Is this app being supported?
I love the parts of this app that work. Several key features do not work, and when I follow the path to get support it appears the app has been acquired by a larger company. Is this app being maintained and if so how do I receive support for it?
Still waiting...
I used to love this app, but on iOS 12 it doesn’t work anymore. I’m still waiting for an update, but it’s almost a year since the last released version, so probably this is a dead project.
When it works, it works…
Like MoodAgent, HABU suffers from lack of app development/support to keep up with iOS updates - but that said when it works it does a great job, but sometimes on iOS 10-iOS12 the app won’t launch properly at just show a blurred background and the ONLY way I have found to fix this is to remove App & App data, reinstall, & let it reprofile 15,000 music tracks! A real pain!
(When profiling music, make sure ‘turn off screen’ on your device is switched off & plug device into charger, at least until music is profiled, then re-enable screen off setting & you can unplug too)
(When profiling music, make sure ‘turn off screen’ on your device is switched off & plug device into charger, at least until music is profiled, then re-enable screen off setting & you can unplug too)
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Great application!
I love this application. I think it has great potential specially for people with big music collections who love to create playlists. I like the fact that you can explore your music through a different lens (mood) and find new surprising relations between song that you did not think about. It is a great tool to give you ideas when creating a playlist. One issue I see is that the app doesn’t analyze music in the background (you have to keep the phone opened)and that this app is not maintained often; the last update was about 10 months ago.
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Thought this app was gone. GREAT
I thought this app died 3 years ago but I kept it on my phone anyway. Glad I did now that an update was made 7 months ago. Works fine on my Xs and now that mood agent is gone this is the only app of this type I can find. Works well to create nice playlists. Wish there was a way to globally remove comedy routines etc but I’ll live with it as it is. Really my go to music player again.
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Works fine on iPhone 5 but fails completely on iPhone 6 both running iOS 8.1. Works on iPad 3 with 8.1. Too bad was a favorite app. Developer says they are working on it but it seems to be taking quite a long time.
----- original review follows. I really did like it.
After using this app a few days I'm upping to five stars. Much easier to use than Mood Agent and is got me listening to my music again. The playlists are spot on and it's queuing up tracks I've not listened to for years and they fit the mood playlist perfectly.
I even created a new smart playlist to load my new iPhone 5 cycling available tracks based on rating, last skipped etc. Thanks to thus app I don't think I'll have to buy more music for years!
Also, it's been very efficient in excluding audiobook and comedy tracks. Only a couple of musical comedy tracks have been included and those are probably by design.
In short, worth every penny. I've deleted most of the other music player apps off my phones and iPads. This is clearly the goto app for casual listening.
AirPlay works great with this and AppleTV.
Lastly they must be using the Apple iPod core to play the tunes because the last played and skipped items are updated in the iTunes database making the Realtime playlist updating possible.
Hope all this is useful. I don't do many reviews but I'm very enthusiastic with this simple but effective app.
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Works fine on iPhone 5 but fails completely on iPhone 6 both running iOS 8.1. Works on iPad 3 with 8.1. Too bad was a favorite app. Developer says they are working on it but it seems to be taking quite a long time.
----- original review follows. I really did like it.
After using this app a few days I'm upping to five stars. Much easier to use than Mood Agent and is got me listening to my music again. The playlists are spot on and it's queuing up tracks I've not listened to for years and they fit the mood playlist perfectly.
I even created a new smart playlist to load my new iPhone 5 cycling available tracks based on rating, last skipped etc. Thanks to thus app I don't think I'll have to buy more music for years!
Also, it's been very efficient in excluding audiobook and comedy tracks. Only a couple of musical comedy tracks have been included and those are probably by design.
In short, worth every penny. I've deleted most of the other music player apps off my phones and iPads. This is clearly the goto app for casual listening.
AirPlay works great with this and AppleTV.
Lastly they must be using the Apple iPod core to play the tunes because the last played and skipped items are updated in the iTunes database making the Realtime playlist updating possible.
Hope all this is useful. I don't do many reviews but I'm very enthusiastic with this simple but effective app.
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Enjoyed
I thought this was a great idea, and really enjoyed using the app. Wish it was still usable on new OS. Sorry you weren’t able to make a go of it and keep it updated. Very nice concept. Good layout.
Needs an update
I really enjoyed this app but since I’ve updated my phone I just get a message saying that the developer needs to update the app. Pretty please can you do an update?
Upgrade.
Any status on when upgrade for iOS 11?
Update for iOS 11
I love this app. It worked great before iOS 11, but now it is no longer compatible. Can you please update it to work with iOS 11? Thank you so much. This is such an amazing app.
Exceptionally clever way of accessing all your music
I love this app. I really really hope that you will continue to develop it. It's truly the best way to play ALL your music rather than just your favourites. Brilliant piece of coding.
Brilliant
What better way to sort music on your device into different moods ready to play.
So clever!
So clever!
Stuck at analyzing "network error"
It's been 2 days and I still havn't synced all my playlist, it goes for 5-6 songs then get stuck. After closing & opening app it goes for another 6-7 song and gets stuck again. Now after 2 days of closing and opening the app I'm almost done the analyzing part but it doesn't go past analyzing anymore!!!! What a waste
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Love it - when is a desktop version coming??
Love this app - no, it's not perfect, but it's great for mixing up your music...
I just wish there was a desktop version...
I just wish there was a desktop version...
A cool concept - wish they'd continue to develop it
This app is particularly relevant now with the demise of Genius on phones with Apple forcing users out of their own libraries to their paid subscription service.
I've used this for a long time and simply pleased it still exists ! Please take up the cause again - would be cool to see it evolve and happy to pay for a next gen version to fully replace friggin Genius ;)
I've used this for a long time and simply pleased it still exists ! Please take up the cause again - would be cool to see it evolve and happy to pay for a next gen version to fully replace friggin Genius ;)
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Such potential!
It's the only app like it in the store. It has such potential and, honestly, if tweeked could be something Apple would buy. It has quite a few glitches and sometimes the music doesn't fit the mood. I hope the developer works on this app because I enjoy it.
Probably Best Mood Player out there
Habu is exactly what im looking for, offline music library mood analyser and player and online music discovery according to mood you choose. Works fine, only a few unpopular songs were not mismatching the selected mood, which is so much better than dreadful shuffle. And the best part is, its totally free!!! 👍🏻
Update: on each launch it re-analyses last 200 songs so I cant choose shuffle option and have to wait for 15-20 mins every time. This is the only annoying bug and I hope they fix it soon!
Update: on each launch it re-analyses last 200 songs so I cant choose shuffle option and have to wait for 15-20 mins every time. This is the only annoying bug and I hope they fix it soon!
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