Performance issues on older iPads
The best mid player, but there are some performance issues on older iOads that were nit present before versions 4.2 & 4.3.
Latest update has rendered Modizer useless
The most recent update has caused most of the UI to disappear so I no longer have access to online content like Modland or HVSC, can’t change any settings and can only play locally stored files. I tried deleting the app and reinstalling several times to no avail. So this went from a 5 star app to 0 stars as it is essentially bricked, with no way to restore anything.
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Good, but has issues
Updating in 2026: I spent the past year carefully curating playlists from each and every console system, arcades, and home computers. I fly a lot and would work on my playlists on every flight. I’ve probably spent 50+ hours on them… this latest update wiped out all my playlists. They’re still there but they’re all empty now. Absolutely frustrated beyond belief right now. 🤬
Updating review in 2024: the developer is actively supporting and updating the app again, and has made quite a few improvements and fixes, including fixing the crashes that were previously happening. They’re also adding some experimental new features like automatic silence detection which is helpful for some game music formats that don’t contain song length data. This is easily the best vgm player in the app store and worth a few bucks.
**Original review below**
Overall probably the best mod/vgm player on the app store. It plays custom formats (amiga, arcade, genesis, etc) very accurately and supports a huge number of formats. The ability to download your favorite music from inside the app is fantastic. I also really like that you can easily view information stored in the custom formats, for example HVSC notes. But now for the bad news… Unfortunately, there are two pretty big issues: 1) trying to download from some integrated menus like vgmrips causes an instant app crash 100% of the time, and it’s been this way for months, which means I’m stuck with whatever songs I’ve already downloaded before this bug was introduced. Being unable to download new music on a music app seems like it should be a high priority to fix. 2) navigating through your music library and playlists is really confusing, it’s easy to get lost and hard to find the music you want sometimes. I’m not a user interface designer so I have no suggestions on how to fix it, I just know that it’s not very intuitive. Our choices for custom format game music playback on mobile devices is incredibly limited, and so this is probably your best option. Just know beforehand that there are going to be some rather large annoyances while using it.
Updating review in 2024: the developer is actively supporting and updating the app again, and has made quite a few improvements and fixes, including fixing the crashes that were previously happening. They’re also adding some experimental new features like automatic silence detection which is helpful for some game music formats that don’t contain song length data. This is easily the best vgm player in the app store and worth a few bucks.
**Original review below**
Overall probably the best mod/vgm player on the app store. It plays custom formats (amiga, arcade, genesis, etc) very accurately and supports a huge number of formats. The ability to download your favorite music from inside the app is fantastic. I also really like that you can easily view information stored in the custom formats, for example HVSC notes. But now for the bad news… Unfortunately, there are two pretty big issues: 1) trying to download from some integrated menus like vgmrips causes an instant app crash 100% of the time, and it’s been this way for months, which means I’m stuck with whatever songs I’ve already downloaded before this bug was introduced. Being unable to download new music on a music app seems like it should be a high priority to fix. 2) navigating through your music library and playlists is really confusing, it’s easy to get lost and hard to find the music you want sometimes. I’m not a user interface designer so I have no suggestions on how to fix it, I just know that it’s not very intuitive. Our choices for custom format game music playback on mobile devices is incredibly limited, and so this is probably your best option. Just know beforehand that there are going to be some rather large annoyances while using it.
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Response from developer
Update from 2026: sorry for this issue with playlists upgrade process that wiped them. Issue is now fixed since v4.3. Hi, thanks for the detailed feedback. Don't hesitate to contact the support using the integrated link in 'other' tab. Regarding the vgmrips crash, please try to clean the database & reset your settings (other/maintenance). If still KO, please rename your VGMRips folder in 'Library' tab by swiping it to the right. Lastly please uninstall / reinstall (you might want to save your Modizer folder in the cloud before using the File app).
Best mod player by far
Plays the greats, counts the plays, updates the play count on databases, visualisers, lots of options for aliasing, panning etc. It’s the shiznit.
Nice, but...
My playlist doesn't refresh after deleting many songs via iPhone's iOS v18.7.2's Files app.
Great for use on iPhone but issues remain
Well worth picking up, just wish it would play the next song instead of forcing you to select tracks manually. Also would love to see APE support at some point, for now I use Foobar2k. A couple other unsupported formats I’ve found on JoshW are TAD, TAK, and WIC. Thx again for an amazing app!
Really good retro game music player!
Great retro game player. I recommend it!
Great
I asked ChatGPT the best way to play chip tunes on my iPhone and it led me to this app. Best two bucks I’ve ever spent!
Love this app for listening to music
This app is the best app for listening to game music on iOS. But there’s a bug where for SPC music looping, from 40 mins, it doesn’t loop properly. Hopefully this can be fixed please, thank you!
Search problem
Search function doesn’t appear to be working the way it once did. I used to be able to search for, say, “protracker” on Modland to specify I wanted songs from that folder followed by further criteria like song name / artist and get results but now I get nothing. I’m not sure what’s changed but I hope it’s temporary as this is much less flexible.
EDIT: asterisk seems to work, thank you. Another thing
I forgot to mention is that searching is MUCH slower now than before regexp was introduced, it used to be instantaneous and now takes like 10 seconds.
EDIT: asterisk seems to work, thank you. Another thing
I forgot to mention is that searching is MUCH slower now than before regexp was introduced, it used to be instantaneous and now takes like 10 seconds.
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Search problem
Search function doesn’t appear to be working the way it once did. I used to be able to search for, say, “protracker” on Modland to specify I wanted songs from that folder followed by further criteria like song name / artist and get results but now I get nothing. I’m not sure what’s changed but I hope it’s temporary as this is much less flexible.
EDIT: asterisk seems to work, thank you. I also just noticed that large searches seem a lot slower on Modland but I’ll have to test that again later as it might a problem on their end.
EDIT: asterisk seems to work, thank you. I also just noticed that large searches seem a lot slower on Modland but I’ll have to test that again later as it might a problem on their end.
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Response from developer
Hi, I've introduced regexp to have more possibilities in the search patterns. I think if you just replace ' ' (space) with '*' (asterisk) it should work, like in 'protracker*samurai' instead of 'protracker samurai'. Also please ensure 'simplified regexp' is activated in the settings/global screen.
Good, but has issues
Updating review in 2024: the developer is actively supporting and updating the app again, and has made quite a few improvements and fixes, including fixing the crashes that were previously happening. They’re also adding some experimental new features like automatic silence detection which is helpful for some game music formats that don’t contain song length data. This is easily the best vgm player in the app store and worth a few bucks.
**Original review below**
Overall probably the best mod/vgm player on the app store. It plays custom formats (amiga, arcade, genesis, etc) very accurately and supports a huge number of formats. The ability to download your favorite music from inside the app is fantastic. I also really like that you can easily view information stored in the custom formats, for example HVSC notes. But now for the bad news… Unfortunately, there are two pretty big issues: 1) trying to download from some integrated menus like vgmrips causes an instant app crash 100% of the time, and it’s been this way for months, which means I’m stuck with whatever songs I’ve already downloaded before this bug was introduced. Being unable to download new music on a music app seems like it should be a high priority to fix. 2) navigating through your music library and playlists is really confusing, it’s easy to get lost and hard to find the music you want sometimes. I’m not a user interface designer so I have no suggestions on how to fix it, I just know that it’s not very intuitive. Our choices for custom format game music playback on mobile devices is incredibly limited, and so this is probably your best option. Just know beforehand that there are going to be some rather large annoyances while using it.
**Original review below**
Overall probably the best mod/vgm player on the app store. It plays custom formats (amiga, arcade, genesis, etc) very accurately and supports a huge number of formats. The ability to download your favorite music from inside the app is fantastic. I also really like that you can easily view information stored in the custom formats, for example HVSC notes. But now for the bad news… Unfortunately, there are two pretty big issues: 1) trying to download from some integrated menus like vgmrips causes an instant app crash 100% of the time, and it’s been this way for months, which means I’m stuck with whatever songs I’ve already downloaded before this bug was introduced. Being unable to download new music on a music app seems like it should be a high priority to fix. 2) navigating through your music library and playlists is really confusing, it’s easy to get lost and hard to find the music you want sometimes. I’m not a user interface designer so I have no suggestions on how to fix it, I just know that it’s not very intuitive. Our choices for custom format game music playback on mobile devices is incredibly limited, and so this is probably your best option. Just know beforehand that there are going to be some rather large annoyances while using it.
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Good app! Just keeps on wasting my battery.
When I switched from PureModPlay to Modizer, it felt like a whole new world; oscilloscope views, pattern views, many visualizers, lots of files supported, etc… I’d give the app 5 stars, if it weren’t for the battery problem.
Every night I put my phone down, I would sleep, and then this app would get stuck on a song. I don’t know why this is happening but now, I have to deduct 2 stars. Maybe if this is fixed, I will give it 5 stars.
Every night I put my phone down, I would sleep, and then this app would get stuck on a song. I don’t know why this is happening but now, I have to deduct 2 stars. Maybe if this is fixed, I will give it 5 stars.
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Response from developer
hi, please contact the support using the link in the app and share more details about the files triggering some issues so that I can check & fix it.
Plays basically every retro game and computer music
This app can play almost every obscure format I’ve thrown at it, even old “custom” Amiga sound files using UADE.
Also, thanks a lot for bringing the “List all ordered by path” mode back in the library, I missed this being the default behaviour.
Also, thanks a lot for bringing the “List all ordered by path” mode back in the library, I missed this being the default behaviour.
Search problem
Search function doesn’t appear to be working the way it once did. I used to be able to search for, say, “protracker” on Modland to specify I wanted songs from that folder followed by further criteria like song name / artist and get results but now I get nothing. I’m not sure what’s changed but I hope it’s temporary as this is much less flexible.
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Response from developer
Hi, I've introduced regexp to have more possibilities in the search patterns. I think if you just replace ' ' (space) with '*' (asterisk) it should work, like in 'protracker*samurai' instead of 'protracker samurai'. Also please ensure 'simplified regexp' is activated in the settings/global screen.
Good, but has issues
Updating review in 2024: the developer is actively supporting and updating the app again, and has made quite a few improvements and fixes, including fixing the crashes that were previously happening. They’re also adding some experimental new features like automatic silence detection which is helpful for some game music formats that don’t contain song length data. This is easily the best vgm player in the app store and worth a few bucks.
Overall probably the best mod/vgm player on the app store. It plays custom formats (amiga, arcade, genesis, etc) very accurately and supports a huge number of formats. The ability to download your favorite music from inside the app is fantastic. I also really like that you can easily view information stored in the custom formats, for example HVSC notes. But now for the bad news… Unfortunately, there are two pretty big issues: 1) trying to download from some integrated menus like vgmrips causes an instant app crash 100% of the time, and it’s been this way for months, which means I’m stuck with whatever songs I’ve already downloaded before this bug was introduced. Being unable to download new music on a music app seems like it should be a high priority to fix. 2) navigating through your music library and playlists is really confusing, it’s easy to get lost and hard to find the music you want sometimes. I’m not a user interface designer so I have no suggestions on how to fix it, I just know that it’s not very intuitive. Our choices for custom format game music playback on mobile devices is incredibly limited, and so this is probably your best option. Just know beforehand that there are going to be some rather large annoyances while using it.
Overall probably the best mod/vgm player on the app store. It plays custom formats (amiga, arcade, genesis, etc) very accurately and supports a huge number of formats. The ability to download your favorite music from inside the app is fantastic. I also really like that you can easily view information stored in the custom formats, for example HVSC notes. But now for the bad news… Unfortunately, there are two pretty big issues: 1) trying to download from some integrated menus like vgmrips causes an instant app crash 100% of the time, and it’s been this way for months, which means I’m stuck with whatever songs I’ve already downloaded before this bug was introduced. Being unable to download new music on a music app seems like it should be a high priority to fix. 2) navigating through your music library and playlists is really confusing, it’s easy to get lost and hard to find the music you want sometimes. I’m not a user interface designer so I have no suggestions on how to fix it, I just know that it’s not very intuitive. Our choices for custom format game music playback on mobile devices is incredibly limited, and so this is probably your best option. Just know beforehand that there are going to be some rather large annoyances while using it.
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Endgame MOD player
I've had this app so long I had to check whether I even bought it or it was free... Pretty sure I used to run it on my iPhone 3GS if not my iPod Touch? And I keep seeing regular updates when I already have no complaints. Currently it even links you into some leading archives of music for it, though it can be hard to get through the integrations at times. Still, I can't recommend it enough! This app and developer truly owe me nothing at this point. It's clearly a labour of love
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Two requests for NSFPlay
I love the addition of NSFPlay but I request two more things be added to the engine, can the volume be reduced? I want to see the oscilloscope views fully without the waves clipping from being too loud. Also, it does not work with endless NSFes because it will fade out on them. Can there be an option to switch it to endless where it doesn’t fade out? (Edit: the new update that was supposed to add infinite playback to NSFplay, but I cannot find the option to do so.) (Edit 2 for 6/4/2024, for infinite loop of NSFe files, I expect it to loop like a normal NSF file but it recognizes the loop point and loops from there, and the looping becomes unsatisfying. Can that be fixed?)
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Something's is wonky with the favorites list😅🙏
When playing songs in favorites, it eventually gets 'stuck' and decides to start playing songs from an entire album, songs not in the favorites. It'll be cycling thru all my songs, then say when a song I selected as a favorite from Super Mario Bros for SNES comes on, it'll begin to play the entire Super Mario Bros soundtrack, even though I didn't select the rest of the songs.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS APP IS STILL BEING TAKEN CARE OF! THANK YOU!!😅🙏♾
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS APP IS STILL BEING TAKEN CARE OF! THANK YOU!!😅🙏♾
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Viewing playlist crashes app
Not sure if reinstalling the app fixes this. Not inclined to try at the moment
