# Longplay — Rediscover your albums

> Music player for rediscovering and exploring your album collection. (iPhone/iPad app by Adrian Schoenig.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longplay/id1495152002 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Adrian Schoenig](https://appshunter.io/developer/1004508517)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: $7.49 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 164 App Store ratings · 98 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 39 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2020-08-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longplay/id1495152002/reviews.md

## What is Longplay?

Do you have an album collection of dozens to thousands of albums? Does the next song of an album already start playing in your head when one finishes? Longplay is for you.

Longplay presents a beautiful view of the album artworks of the (near) complete albums in your music collection. It let's you rediscover forgotten favorites or just play the music you love, and explore it with various smart sort options:

- Orderliness: by artist, then by album
- Addiction: by amount of time spent listening
- Brightness: by the primary color of the album artwork
- Negligence: by the time it’s been since you’ve last listened to the album, weighted by the rating
- Recency: by date added
- Memory: by last played
- Stars: by the rating you’ve provided for each song
- Random: a new order, every time you tap it

You can organize your albums into collections, which sync across your devices.

Infinite album shuffle let's you stay in the flow, with smart shuffle depending on your current collection or sort order.

It comes with a home screen widget that displays the top albums by your nominated sort order. On the larger widget, tap an album to play it, on the smallest it doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button to start playback of one of them.

It supports CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight.t supports CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts.

It works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes or synced manually.

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Important: Longplay does not ship with any music included, it is instead a player for your music library - be it from Apple Music, iTunes or your synced music. It provides a filtered view of just the albums of which you have all or most of the songs, as well as your playlists; thus focusing on your album collection without any singles or albums where you only have very few songs.
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Tap an item to play (or pause). Long tap for additional options, such as adding to your album queue or to a collection.

It works with libraries big and small, and besides regular albums it also handles compilation albums and playlists.

Comes with Shortcuts actions to play a random top album by a defined sort order, or a random album, optionally filtered by artist or genre. All of that with Longplay's logic that makes sure that it's an album for which you have all or most songs.

It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Fully VoiceOver accessible.

## Key features

- Album artwork display
- Smart sorting options
- Album collections
- Infinite album shuffle
- Home screen widget
- CarPlay and Siri support
- Shortcuts integration

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $7.49.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $2.00 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $5.00 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $10.00 | one-time |


## What do users think of Longplay?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎵 Excellent album-focused listening experience
- 👍 Intuitive and minimalist user interface
- 🎨 Beautiful visual presentation of album artwork
- 🔍 Unique sorting options (Addiction, Negligence, Brightness)
- 🚗 CarPlay support for album browsing
- ⚡ Fast app startup and responsiveness
- 🎯 Filters out singles to show only complete albums
- 🔄 Rediscovery of forgotten music in library
- 📱 Works seamlessly across multiple Apple platforms
- 🛠️ Responsive developer who fixes issues quickly
- 🎪 Vision Pro immersive album wall view
- ⌨️ Apple Shortcuts integration support

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes with large music libraries
- ❄️ UI freezing and performance issues
- 🔥 Device overheating during operation
- ⏱️ Slow album loading and updating process
- 🚫 Doesn't display all albums in library
- 🎵 Gapless playback not working properly
- 🔊 Scrobbling only captures first few songs
- 📱 iPad navigation issues after scrolling
- 🎚️ Limited playback controls
- 🔍 No search functionality for albums
- 📊 Lacks track listing display
- 🎯 Settings hidden behind unintuitive gestures

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on startup with large libraries
- UI constantly freezes during album loading
- Device becomes very hot during operation
- Doesn't load entire music library
- Gapless playback creates overlapping songs
- Purity option for gapless play doesn't work
- Scrobbling incomplete (only first few tracks)
- CarPlay support broken after updates
- Vision Pro immersive view crashes
- Settings window cannot be minimized
- Allow selection toggle loses memory
- Widget doesn't show album artwork
- Sort by feature missing since iOS 26
- Album library not syncing with Apple Music
- Crashes when immersive view selected
- Player window too large in panorama mode

**Most requested features**

- Search functionality for albums and artists
- Track listing display during playback
- Skip/back track controls
- Volume control in app
- Sort by release year
- Sort by genre/categories
- Show album information and metadata
- Play Next/Play Later queue management
- Open album in Apple Music link
- Delete albums from library option
- View only complete albums toggle
- Exclude specific albums (e.g., Christmas albums)
- macOS version of the app
- tvOS app version
- Higher resolution album artwork
- Album cover size randomization in grid
- Immersive listening room environments
- Album liner notes viewing
- Widget improvements for album display
- Autocorrect toggle for search

## Recent user reviews (10 of 98)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longplay/id1495152002/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Brilliant App

*2026-06-05*

I love this music app. It just makes playing my favourite albums so much easier and surfaces all those old albums I have not played in a while so much much easier. 

It’s brought joy of listening to music back to my life.

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2026-03-12*

Apple Music’s album experience (visualisation, discovery, playback) pales into insignificance in comparison to Longplay’s. Kudos to the developers for building this.

### 5/5 — This app is fantastic!

*2026-02-02*

Perfect companion app for Apple Music. I realize how many workarounds I have tried over the years to have something like this. I used custom labels on iTunes to tag complete albums. I created complicated shortcuts to shuffle albums, and not songs. But those were just that - workarounds. This is the real thing, and I say thank you to the developer! I wouldn’t change a thing… or maybe, just one. Have a view of the album cover, and just that, while playing on the iPad.

### 5/5 — Great way to view / play your albums

*2026-01-23*

If you like listening to albums, this app is great to explore them in different ways - stuff you’ve forgot about - or your favourites / go to’s etc.  Developer very helpful if any issues too.

**Developer response:** Hi Delatron, that is odd. Those should be working. Can you please get in touch with me by mail at words@longplay.app and I’ll do my best to figure out what’s going wrong for you there. Cheers, Adrian

### 5/5 — Superb

*2026-01-02*

I love music. I love sometimes listening to a succession of bangers. However, I also love listening to music in its original context. A𐤡BA’s “Me and I” is a banger. It’s even better as part of “Super Trouper” which is where I originally heard it.

I love how this app also allows me to rate my music with Star Ratings on CarPlay. (Remember them, Apple?)

I love how I can sort albums by Negligence. Rediscovering a great album that I had simply forgotten about is now easy.

If there were also a tvOS app, I’d be made up.

Buy this app now. Your ears deserve it.

### 3/5 — 3 stars

*2025-12-23, version 2.5.6*

The app is interesting but I am experiencing several issues to load the albums/tracks. The UI and UX are not the best as I expected. There are several points to improve.

### 4/5 — Good but features gone wrong sine ios26

*2025-11-15, version 2.5.4*

The sort by has gone awol since iOS 26.  Can’t view by addiction, neglected etc.

### 5/5 — Top!

*2025-11-07*

Ich liebe diese App! Ich hab nur ein Problem, wie bekomme ich neue Alben in die App? Es scheint sich nicht zu aktualisieren? Bitte ein Tipp wie es klappt! Danke

**Developer response:** Danke für das Feedback, und freut mich zu hören, dass dir Longplay gefällt, Alex.

Ich habe den Bug gefunden, der dafür verantwortlich ist, dass neue Alben nicht immer zuverlässig angezeigt werden. Ein Fix ist unterwegs und sollte in Kürze verfügbar sein (mit Version 2.5.4).

Bis dahin hilft folgender Workaround: Longplay komplett beenden (also die App im App-Switcher nach oben wischen), erneut öffnen und dann per „Pull-to-Refresh“ die Alben neu laden. Nicht ideal, aber immerhin erscheinen die neuen Alben dann zuverlässig.

### 5/5 — Just look at it!

*2025-10-31*

There is a natural reluctance to be suspicious of superlative reviews but I offer no apology for echoing all those who have given this app the five stars it so richly deserves. I should love to know if Mr J.Ive has it installed and have to believe that Mr S.Jobs would wholeheartedly approve. It is a delight to use and behold on all platforms.

### 5/5 — Entry point to my music library

*2025-10-21, version 2.5.2*

Great way to see only my full albums.   Just as if you were browsing through your record collection.

## Frequently asked questions about Longplay

### What does Longplay do?

Longplay is a music player designed to help you rediscover your album collection. It presents your albums with beautiful artwork and offers various smart sorting options to explore your music in new ways. It focuses on complete albums and playlists from your existing music library.

### What are the key features of Longplay?

Key features include a beautiful album artwork view, smart sorting by artist, listening time, artwork brightness, time since last played, recency, memory, rating, and random. It also supports organizing albums into collections, infinite album shuffle, home screen widgets, and integration with CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts.

### How much does Longplay cost?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. Specific details on what these purchases unlock are not provided in the description, but it indicates a 'free with in-app purchases' monetization model.

### What devices is Longplay compatible with?

Longplay is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. It is also fully VoiceOver accessible, ensuring usability for visually impaired users.

### Can Longplay play music from Apple Music?

Yes, Longplay works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes, or music synced manually to your device. It acts as a player for your existing music library, focusing on complete albums and playlists.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5.11 — 2026-08-04

Take a load off:

- Cached album artwork takes up far less space. Oversized caches are rebuilt automatically after updating.
- Tapping an album now highlights it straight away. The album wall was applying resizes one tap late.
- Longplay now pauses more work while in the background to keep it alive longer while suspended.
- Faster and lighter on large libraries.

Please consider leaving a review if Longplay helps you enjoy your albums. If you have any issues, you can reach me at words@longplay.app.

### 2.5.10 — 2026-06-16

- Robustness for ListenBrainz scrobbling during server outages

### 2.5.9 — 2026-05-15

- ListenBrainz scrobbles now correctly tag Longplay as the media player
- Small performance improvements

### 2.5.8 — 2026-03-09

New:
- Adds setting to disable up-sizing of playing album

Fixed:
- Tweak colour extraction from albums to better avoid poor contrast, and vibrant text on vibrant background
- When getting random albums via Shortcuts and AppleScript, return a new set each time
- Make search more relaxed regarding colons and dashes in titles
- Show artwork on album wall widget quicker after refresh or clearing cache
- Fixes handling of non-square album artwork
- Fixes missing text in Track Listens settings
- Fixes possible scrobbling mismatch of tracks in a playlists 
- Fixes an issue where temporary files could accumulate and eat up disk space
- Performance improvements

### 2.5.7 — 2025-12-25

- Addresses race condition where previously selected album could resume playing when starting playback of another album right after app launch
- Stability improvements, in particular when encountering corrupted album artwork

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