# Smart Shuffle — The Album-Centric Music Player > Album-centric music player with randomized album playback and enhanced selection features. (iPhone/iPad app by Spudfish Software.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-shuffle/id342320176 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Spudfish Software](https://appshunter.io/developer/342320179) - Category: Music, Lifestyle - Price: $1.99 - Rating: 3.80/5 from 36 App Store ratings · 115 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.6 · 16 MB - Languages: American English, French (France) - Released: 2009-12-05 - Data updated: 2026-09-04 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-shuffle/id342320176/reviews.md ## What is Smart Shuffle? Do you miss the old "Album Shuffle" on your Apple device? Here at Spudfish Software, we did, so we did something about it! Smart Shuffle: The Album-Centric Music Player Smart Shuffle brings album shuffle back to you, randomly shuffling your music and playing it back one album at a time with songs selected in the order that the artist intended. If you love albums, Smart Shuffle is the only music player you need! Version 4.0 also includes a host of new features to help you further take charge of your album collection! CARPLAY COMPATIBLE!!! - Tell Smart Shuffle to re-shuffle, play next album, play previous album, or view the next albums in your queue from our new CarPlay interface! SIRI SHORTCUTS - train Siri to tell Smart Shuffle to Shuffle Albums, Play Next Album or Play Previous Album PLAY ALBUMS FROM THE CLOUD - Smart Shuffle can now access your albums in the cloud, seamlessly adding them to your selection list. Have a bad data plan or spotty internet connectivity? Just turn off this feature from the Settings app for Smart Shuffle. ENHANCED ALBUM SELECTION - Sort your albums by Title, Artist, Genre, Composer, or Release Date - Filter the selection list to refine your selections. You can create an album playlist to match your mood by filtering on any combination of: - Artist - Genre - Grouping - Composer - Rating - Play Count - Date Added - Decade Released - Minimum Song Count - Inclusion in one of your Playlists - Cloud Availability - Filter by Selected to see only the albums you have currently selected for shuffling, or those that you haven't selected yet. - Start Album: Select the first album to play, then pick random albums thereafter. - Split Multi-Disc Albums: treat each volume of a multi-disc set individually APPLE WATCH INTERFACE - Control the playback of your album selections on your Apple Watch. Play or pause the current album, skip to the next album, or re-play the previous album. SLEEP MODE - Touch and hold the play/pause button for a second to request Sleep Mode - Smart Shuffle will automatically pause after 30 minutes, an hour, or after the current album. You'll get lulled to sleep listening to your favorite albums without missing a bunch of them while asleep! ANNOUNCEMENT AND DELAY - Smart Shuffle now comes with settings to announce each new album before it is played, and to delay for up to 30 seconds between albums to let you cleanse your musical palate. RESPONSIVE TO TOUCH EVENTS - Double tap the screen to play/pause music - Swipe left/right on the album art to skip to the next/previous album - Swipe left/right on the now playing information to skip to the next/previous song - Swipe down in the pull-tab to show your entire shuffled album queue. Swipe up to view the currently playing album art. - Touch the progress bar to change songs - Touch the time remaining to show the time of day that the currently playing album will end. Touch again to return to time remaining. - Touch and hold the progress bar to get a list of songs to choose from - From the Selection Screen, touch and hold an album to play it first in your shuffled list REMOTE CONTROL EVENTS - In addition to the usual remote control events (play/pause, next song, previous song), Smart Shuffle can now skip to the next/previous album using the "skimming" remote control events. Double-click and hold the remote control on headphones, or touch and hold the forward arrow on the remote control panel on your lock screen. If you quit the application, your music keeps playing. Open the Music app, and your Smart Shuffle mix is retained. Pop right back into Smart Shuffle to skip albums or select new albums to mix. Happy Shuffling! See our website for additional information, FAQ's and contact us to report bugs or request new features. http://spudfish.com/smartshuffle ## Key features - Album shuffle playback - CarPlay integration - Siri Shortcuts - Cloud album access - Enhanced album selection & filtering - Apple Watch interface - Sleep mode timer ## Recent user reviews (10 of 115) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-shuffle/id342320176/reviews.md ### 4/5 — The best feature of iTunes is back!! *2026-05-30* I’m so glad to have this functionality back! I’m a long time Mac user, but new to iPhone and one of the things I was most looking forward to was album shuffle, so imagine my shock and dismay when I learned first that I had to pay Apple to have access to my library of CDs I’ve ripped over the years, and then that I wasn’t going to be able to listen to them on album shuffle. Smart Shuffle to the rescue! And after paying more than 10x the price of the app for a year of access to my iTunes library, this was worth every penny. I do have two issues, though: Choosing which album are going to shuffle is clunky and sometimes just gets lost and I have to do it again. There’s no way to save album playlists within this app. This would be especially useful because apple’s Music app doesn’t have any easy way to edit or generate an iTunes playlist, so I have to go back to the computer first. Love it, though! I’m about a hair’s width from a 5 star review on this app. ### 5/5 — THE BEST!! *2026-02-01* I’ve been using this app for at least 10 years!!! I love it, I just don’t understand why Apple did away with album shuffle selection! Smart Shuffle has helped me to discover new albums in my library! I hope this app lives FOREVER!!! Thank you for the recent app update!!! ### 5/5 — Miss cassette tapes? *2025-11-07* Love the app! I've been using it to simulate the experience of listening to random album sides, as I used to do on cassette in the car. I do this by first assigning the albums a "disc 1" and "disc 2" portion, to correspond to album sides A and B. So, the app’s ability to shuffle by "disc" is wonderful! I also love the ability to include some silence between albums, so I can hear that it is moving on to the next album. However what would be really cool is if it could play a tape-changing sound (or some kind of sound like a physical CD changer would make). Maybe you could add that? Thanks for making this ### 2/5 — No playlist available *2025-07-16* I have hundreds of albums in my library. So I want to select albums from my playlists. The developer told me to try Filter by Playlist. It is functioning but I want to clear all selected items. Because if I change a new playlist, I need to clear selected albums. Or I just do not know another function in the app? **Developer response:** Have you tried to Filter by Playlist in the Album Selection screen? Unselect all choices (tap the "X" icon in the lower right), then tap the Filter icon in the lower left. Select "Filter by Playlist", then you can select a playlist and then all or a portion of the albums from each playlist you filter by. If this doesn't work for you, please contact us at smart_shuffle_support@spudfish.com and we can try to diagnose the problem so we can fix it. And to remove all the currently selected albums and filters, tap the Filter icon, then scroll to the bottom of the selection list and tap the red "Clear Filters and Selections (Start Over)". ### 4/5 — CarPlay? *2025-02-27* Love the app for the Album Shuffle! But will you add CarPlay support at any point? Just to make shuffling albums easier when driving? **Developer response:** Smart Shuffle 4.0 has CarPlay support! Give it a try! ### 5/5 — Terrific!! *2024-11-27* Congratulations on developing a wonderful app for us frustrated Apple Music album-lovers! 😃 Just a minor issue: when I switch from Smart Shuffle to Apple Music, play a song that's not part of current the album in SS, then switch back, SS gets a bit grumpy when I try to resume the album it was playing. I'm using an iPhone Xs with iOS 17.6.1. ### 1/5 — cannot work *2024-08-05* When I tap PLAY button, the music stops playing immediately. **Developer response:** This bug should be fixed in the latest version of Smart Shuffle. Please contact us if you're still having issues. ### 5/5 — Thanks for updating *2024-01-04* Thanks for updating to realize my hope promptly, that is, adding the index to filter by artist window. I will enjoy your product. Thanks a lot for updating to make this app best for me to play music. I have a long artists list containing about 218 names. ### 5/5 — Needs improvement *2023-12-26* Okay for 0.99 cents or a 1.09 this is a cool app definitely recommend if you want to shuffle your albums from your music library as well have all your albums play from beginning to end ### 2/5 — Needs improvement *2023-12-20* No dark theme no select all albums text isn’t optimized base on your iPhone font size is what I’ll like to see fix if fix I’ll change my star rating and I’m on iOS 16.7.3 iPhone 8 Plus please fix above issues thank you ## Frequently asked questions about Smart Shuffle ### What does Smart Shuffle do? Smart Shuffle is a music player that recreates the 'Album Shuffle' experience. It randomly selects albums from your library and plays them one by one, with songs within each album playing in the order the artist intended. This allows you to rediscover your music collection in a curated, album-focused way. ### How can I control playback with Smart Shuffle? Playback can be controlled through various interfaces. You can use the app directly, utilize Siri Shortcuts for voice commands, control it via CarPlay, or manage playback on your Apple Watch. The app also features responsive touch gestures for skipping songs and albums. ### Is Smart Shuffle free to use? Based on the provided information, Smart Shuffle is a paid application. It does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model for full functionality. ### Can I play music from the cloud with Smart Shuffle? Yes, Smart Shuffle can access your albums stored in the cloud, seamlessly adding them to your selection list. If you have concerns about data usage or internet connectivity, you can disable this cloud access feature within the app's settings. ### What are the benefits of using Smart Shuffle for listening to music? Smart Shuffle is ideal for users who love albums and want to experience their music collection in a structured, yet randomized, manner. Features like enhanced album selection, filtering, CarPlay, and Apple Watch integration provide a comprehensive and convenient listening experience. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.6 — 2026-01-09 Happy New Year! Fixed a bug that caused all of your playlists to get displayed in one huge flattened list instead of within the nice hierarchy of folders that you meticulously curated! Sorry about that, playlist mavens! ### 4.5 — 2026-01-02 Gave Liquid Glass a try. Fixed a startup bug. W00t! ### 4.4 — 2025-08-24 Fixed an audio session error and a problem with startup on CarPlay. Cool beans! ### 4.3 — 2025-06-11 Fixed a crashing bug that could happen after a new music sync. Re-did the CarPlay interface to better match the interface on iOS devices. Tap next or previous album images on the CarPlay screen to move ahead or back. Tap the currently playing album image to toggle play and pause. Tap "Show Upcoming Albums" to show and select the next 25 albums in the queue. The thin progress bar at the bottom of the screen tracks the currently playing song, while the "progress donut" tracks the currently playing album. As always, we're happy to hear your comments at smart_shuffle_support@spudfish.com. Happy Shuffling! ### 4.2 — 2025-05-25 Fixed a crashing bug and another bug that caused Smart Shuffle to lose track of what song it's playing. Also made "Speak Next Album" more robust when using AirPods and other bluetooth speakers. 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