# Play-ya — user reviews

> 73 indexed App Store user reviews of Play by InVooDoo LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 26 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-ya/id975441489/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-ya/id975441489.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2

## What do users think of Play?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚗 Great for car use
- 💡 Innovative swipe to skip
- 🎨 Nice design and UI
- 🎶 Good for shuffling music
- ✨ Makes music control easier
- 🎵 Playlists and color features
- 🚀 Fast and efficient control
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🎶 Easy music browsing
- ❤️ Loved by many users
- 🌟 Impressive UI improvement
- 💯 Best music player found
- 🏎️ Ideal for car use
- 🎵 Simplifies music control
- 👍 Easy to use in car
- 🎶 Great for skipping songs
- 📱 Full screen album art
- 👍 User-friendly and classy UI
- 🎶 Music made simple
- 👍 Easy to use while driving
- 🎵 Great for car media control
- 💡 Creative and easy interface
- 🎶 Perfect for on the road
- 💯 Outstanding shuffle feature
- 👍 Easy to operate and simplistic
- 🎶 Simple but effective concept
- 🎵 New in-car experience
- 💡 Elegant and useful interface
- 🎶 Clean and minimalistic UI
- 🎵 Almost hands-free control
- 🎶 Wonderful application
- 👍 Great player for car
- 🎶 User friendly and good looking UI
- 🎵 Simple and clean UI
- 🎶 Easy to use and nice car player
- 🎵 Filter music library easily
- 🎶 Great integration with car audio
- 🎵 Long-tap scrubbing feature

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 App crashes on launch
- 🐛 App crashes after update
- 🐛 Does not work with Bluetooth
- 🐛 No volume control
- 🐛 Does not support Apple Music songs
- 🐛 Does not support Spotify/iTunes Radio
- 🐛 Blank screen on opening
- 🐛 App crashes when adding favorites/swiping
- 🐛 Autoplay on opening
- 🐛 Distracting while driving
- 🐛 Updates ruined the app
- 🐛 No response from developer
- 🐛 Background crashing
- 🐛 Interface changed for the worse
- 🐛 Lost features after update
- 🐛 Doesn't discern downloaded songs
- 🐛 Difficult to use play/pause button
- 🐛 Music plays automatically on opening
- 🐛 Counter-intuitive swipe direction
- 🐛 No notification for track name/artist

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes on iPhone 5s
- Crashes immediately after opening
- Crashes constantly
- Does not work properly with Bluetooth
- App opens and then crashes
- App won't launch at all now, crashing immediately
- Crashes every time I use it now
- Seems awesome. Too bad it doesn't work.
- Crashes every 20 minutes or so
- Update did nothing! Still crashes.
- Main screen comes up then disappears ... Nothing.
- Update ruined the app
- Does not work on iPad Air 2
- Blank screen on opening
- App crashes when adding a favorite or swiping
- Music started playing automatically when I opened the app
- Pinkish screen, then music plays that I don't recognize, no controls
- Lost features after update
- Doesn't discern between downloaded or not downloaded songs

**Most requested features**

- Add volume control
- Support for Apple Music songs
- Support for Spotify and iTunes Radio
- Horizontal view / Landscape mode
- Option not to autoplay when opening the app
- Fix Bluetooth issues
- Add dark mode
- Add option to set playlists
- Announce track name and artist using notifications
- Fix swipe direction for back/forward
- Improve play/pause button responsiveness

## Newest reviews (10 of 73)

### 4/5 — Killer

*2024-10-11*

Cool

### 4/5 — Best free music player for driving

*2017-01-13*

This is a great, free player for driving. You can easily skip, pause, fast forward, or rewind. 
There's no volume control, which is fine for me because Of the physical volume buttons. 
Luckily I've had no issues with it crashing as others have.

### 4/5 — Easy and safe while driving

*2016-09-14*

I find this app super easy to use while driving. I can finger swipe a song I don't want to hear without taking my eyes off the road.  My only complaint is it does crash often.  I find if I "clear" all my active apps, it crashes less.

### 4/5 — Actualícenla por favor...

*2016-08-19, version 1.1.2*

...porque no la puedo abrir
en mi iPad Air 2. Gracias!

### 3/5 — Loved it! Then. Nothing

*2016-07-30, version 1.1.2*

I raved about this app. Loved being able to swipe to skip songs. So easy to use. But now, it won't work. Main screen comes up then disappears ... Nothing. ☹️

### 2/5 — No volume controls

*2016-07-01, version 1.1.2*

There are other similar apps that have volume control. How you guys didn't think to include that is beyond me. Not a bad app, but hate to tell you guys the competition is ahead.

### 5/5 — My favorite app.

*2016-06-22, version 1.1.2*

It's such a shame that an Apple update made this program so unstable.  I used this for nearly a year for hours.  Please fix whatever went wrong.

### 3/5 — Needs Horizontal View

*2016-06-02, version 1.1.1*

Overall a good app. Desperately needs horizontal viewing mode.

### 5/5 — Music made simple

*2016-06-02*

It's good to use both inside and outside your car. I haven't even tried to use it in my car yet, but I have tried it out and I like the simplicity of it. It makes your songs seem fresh with the layout taking up your whole phone and you don't have to worry about choosing what you listen to so much, just swipe. I forgot about some songs I had and haven't listened to in a long time. Nice colors at the bottom, big font and easy to use. Great app.

### 4/5 — Sire

*2016-05-31, version 1.1.1*

He's cool uncomplicated straightforward app ideal on car,

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — What happened to skipplayer?

*2020-02-25*

When I updated my skipplayer app, this horrible app showed up in its place. Every feature I got it for in the first place is gone. Now it doesn’t discern between songs that I’ve downloaded or not. The easy interface is gone that was great for using in the car. I might as well just use iTunes.

### 1/5 — Deleted

*2019-11-26, version 3.0.1*

Paid for the full app. Wanted a full screen (album art) music app. They changed it so now it's different and worse.. I deleted it

### 1/5 — Broken

*2017-06-01, version 2.0*

This version update doesn't work on my wife's iPhone. She has a iPhone 5s. The app opens and then crashes. No error message is displayed. Deleted app and searching for another.

### 1/5 — Crashes immediately

*2016-09-22, version 1.1.2*

I literally managed to use the app twice, it won't launch at all now, crashing immediately 💩

### 1/5 — Neat idea but...

*2016-08-22*

Unfortunately does not work properly with bluetooth - can't use it in a car. Will update my review when that is fixed.

**Developer response:** Na update start het app wel op maar sluit ook meteen weer. Toestel opnieuw uit en weer aan gezet maar app doet het niet

### 1/5 — Fix The Crash !

*2016-08-17, version 1.1.2*

It's Been 2 month since the last update ruined the app ! Ain't anybody wants to fix this ?!

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2016-06-09, version 1.1.2*

Crashes every time I use it now, it was such a useful and great app and now it's garbage😔

### 1/5 — Broken.

*2016-06-06, version 1.1.2*

Seems awesome. Too bad it doesn't work.

### 1/5 — Crashes constantly

*2016-06-05, version 1.1.2*

Great when it works but that's rare. Crashes every 20 minutes or so. Contacted developer via email-no response.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2016-06-03, version 1.1.2*

Your update...it did nothing!

Still crashes. Come on man.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Love it - enjoying music with ease!!

*2019-11-29*

I have been waiting for this app for so long!! Love it!!

### 5/5 — Great app

*2019-11-29*

There are many music players so sometimes it might be a hard task to pick the app that worth to replace default one. I like this app a lot for its simplicity and at the same time exact functionality I need. Nice design, browsing, and my favorite one is play-ya lists! Cool!

### 5/5 — Lists and colors

*2019-11-26*

Lists are so cool way to check on my music. I’ve found 34 songs that somehow I haven’t listened in the last 5 years. Some of them brought so many great memories! Wow, super cool, bro!

### 5/5 — Sooo Goood!!

*2019-11-26*

I was waiting for a App like this. Highly recommend everyone to try it out.
Love Love Love it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

### 5/5 — Wow! Play-ya is Awesome!!!

*2019-11-26, version 3.0*

New UI...definitely an impressive improvement!! Well done...recommended!

### 5/5 — Extraordinarily beautiful

*2017-10-28*

The very best application thank you for every all. Hooshang

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2017-09-14*

I love this app ❤️

### 5/5 — If it crashes at start, re-install

*2017-04-29*

I love this app for my car so I can skip songs without looking.  After a 10.x update to IOS it would background immediately.  Just deleted and reinstalled and back to loving it.

### 5/5 — Love it

*2017-03-15, version 1.1.2*

It's the best music app I have used this far please keep the updates going.

### 5/5 — Simple

*2016-11-15, version 1.1.2*

Easiest way to shuffle my music while walking, on the subway or in the car. Love the simple way to skip songs I don't feel like listening to at the moment. I also like that it plays in the background, while using other apps.

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