# SongCapsule — user reviews > 86 indexed App Store user reviews of SongCapsule by Sorcererhat, rated 4.30/5 from 193 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/songcapsule/id1476724373/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/songcapsule/id1476724373.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 129 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of SongCapsule? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💡 Intelligent playlist generation from existing library - 👍 User-friendly and clean interface design - 🎵 Rediscovers forgotten songs and deep cuts - ⚡ Seamless integration with Apple Music app - 🔒 Privacy-focused with on-device processing - 🎯 Simple and straightforward to use - ✨ Great for music lovers with large libraries **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and app freezes - ⏱️ Slow loading times, especially with large libraries - 🔄 Repetitive song selection despite large library - 📱 Poor CarPlay functionality and stability - 💰 High price ($4.99-$5.49) for limited features - ⚠️ App becomes unusable after first use - 🔌 Requires minimum 100 songs to function - 🎯 Doesn't offer music discovery beyond existing library - 📊 Inaccurate play history tracking - 🔧 Settings and UI elements cause crashes **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch or after permissions granted - White screen with loading spinner that never completes - App loses state when backgrounded, requires reinstall - Settings/gear icon causes immediate crash - Album cover art disappears after refresh - Duplicate songs appearing in playlists - Genre exclusion settings not respected - CarPlay touch controls unresponsive - Music library import only captures partial library (e.g., 750 of 2000 songs) - App hangs indefinitely when refreshing large libraries - Crashes after recent updates across multiple devices - Never played playlist contains previously played songs - Forgotten songs playlist inaccurate - Slow performance when selecting songs (15+ second delays) **Most requested features** - Spotify integration support - Music discovery/recommendation features for new songs - iPad and Apple Watch support - CarPlay optimization and stability - Crossfade and audio transitions between tracks - Ability to save and rename generated playlists - Larger playlist sizes (50+ songs instead of 25) - Delete songs from playlists within app - EQ adjustment controls - Last.fm metadata integration for better curation - Support for other streaming services - Playlist export functionality - Weekly library rescanning and updates - Language localization options ## Newest reviews (14 of 86) ### 4/5 — Need improvement but solid start *2025-08-14, version 1.9* Big potential. Need to play outside of library to discover things. Crash a lot. ### 4/5 — Could be so much more… *2025-03-16* Have been searching for a replacement for the original Groove music app. (Bought and destroyed by Microsoft). This app comes close, but could be so much more. Groove mined metadata from last FM to tie songs together. This allowed for very specific playlists. Things like British New Wave. They also would create triple play playlists. Playing three songs by each artist within a specific genre. Hoping the developer can keep pushing the envelope and create the ultimate play list tool. ### 4/5 — Great music collection alternative *2025-01-24* Great app for randomly choosing music. Would have given 5 stars if it didn’t take so long to open. ### 4/5 — Great idea but doesn’t function properly *2025-01-19* Bought this because my playlists on Apple Music have become extensive after years of listening to music, I have around 5 or 6 days worth spread between two or three playlists on there, however when I load into the app and it says it’s accessing my music library and finishes, it only manages to bring around 750 songs over from the probably over 2000 that’s I have, if that gets fixed this would be perfect ### 2/5 — Bonne idée mais … *2024-12-14* … joue toujours les mêmes morceaux, plusieurs fois dans les playlists ### 3/5 — Don’t make my same mistake! *2023-10-25, version 1.7.1* I thought this app could work with Spotify too! It doesn’t! I should have looked into it more before I got it but now I spent $5 and can’t use it 😔 ### 3/5 — Decent but buggy *2023-06-09* Bougth this on a whim to see what it would add to my music listening and, honestly, it just does what some smart playlists and 30 minutes could accomplish (albeit automatically). First, you need 100 songs minimum in your library. Not hard to do honestly, but it's a requirement. Second, it does its thing. Pretty darn easy. My one big criticism is the metadata (namely album covers) isn't persistant. Everytime the app refreshses the playlists, it loses cover art. Kind of annoying. Beyond this simplicity and the bugginess, I think this has lots of potential. I hope they add some AI functionality to recommend new music based on the playlists. ### 2/5 — Pretty useless *2023-06-04* Even when you change the settings the shuffle is no better than apple’s, the “never played” playlist is full of songs I’ve played multiple times. Same with the forgotten songs playlist. I don’t understand why it’s so hard to make a better shuffle option **Developer response:** Hey! Thanks for your review. Can you contact us at support@sorcererhat.com? We’d like to understand better what’s happening. ### 3/5 — Not all it was hyped to be. *2023-04-03* I expected to be able to dynamically play based in the user rating of songs. Can’t believe it does t have a play loved, give you the ability to build playlist of 5stars it 4 &5 stars. It does have some interesting features , but it also would be nice to be able to reset the play counter on songs Apple Music played every time I hooked up to the car based on it being alphabetically first. ### 2/5 — Great idea, but unstable *2023-03-14, version 1.7.1* The idea behind this app is amazing but it's so unstable that it's near unusable, especially on Carplay, where I listen to music the most. It's actually unusable unless you connect carplay, launch app via carplay (where the app crashes), then unlock phone, launch app, close app, launch again and then resume on carplay ### 2/5 — Pouca utilidade *2022-08-25* Aplicativo muito caro para o pouco que oferece. A função de organizar playlist por gênero e artista já está presente nativamente no Apple Music me levando a questionar o porquê ter comprado isso. ### 4/5 — Quase perfeito *2022-06-04* O app é muito bom, mas só se você tiver o costume de adicionar as músicas que você gosta pra sua biblioteca do Apple Music. Eu gostaria que ele também sugerisse músicas marcadas como favoritas e músicas adicionadas à playlists criadas pelo usuário. Se ele fosse assim, seria perfeito porque o app nem abre porque eu tenho menos de 100 músicas na minha biblioteca. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2022-06-03, version 1.6.3* Crashes as soon as I grant permission for it to access my music, crashes every time I open it now. Both iOS and macOS. ### 3/5 — NO SE ABRE *2022-06-03* Con la última actualización ya no se abre la aplicación **Developer response:** Hey! We’re sorry about this. Could please try reinstalling the app on your device? If it’s still not working, please contact us at support@sorcererhat.com so we can see what’s happening. Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sad *2025-09-20, version 1.9.1* I really wanted this app to work. I could use it once but it never reloaded ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Really Work *2025-08-01, version 1.9* It works the very first time but then always crashes or continuously sits spinning. I have a decent-sized music library, so it clearly wasn’t tested with a large library. Seems like a toy, and certainly isn’t a serious app. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Really Work *2025-03-06, version 1.8.4* It works the very first time but then always crashes or continuously sits spinning. I have a decent-sized music library, so it clearly wasn’t tested with a large library. Seems like a toy, and certainly isn’t a serious app. ### 1/5 — Not what I expected *2024-11-02, version 1.8.3* It says “local syncedbsongs on your device” which it doesn’t so a pointless purchase for me. ### 1/5 — Crashes on launch please fix this *2023-09-28, version 1.7.1* Unusable ### 1/5 — The App doesn’t work. *2023-06-22, version 1.7.1* This app has been installed in my phone for a very long time, yet it has never functioned properly. The application launches and loads the playlist, but it does not proceed any farther; therefore, I require a refund of my purchase price. ### 1/5 — No better than Shuffle *2023-05-16* I had high hopes for this app but it doesn’t work any better than the Shuffle feature in Apple Music with my Library. I have 4000 songs there but this app insists on playing the same 15-20 titles each time I start it up. I thought it was supposed to be better at picking songs you had not listened to in a while to add to the shuffling but that is not the case. I am very disappointed. **Developer response:** Hey! Thanks for your review. Have you tried changing the algorithm of Magic DJ in your mix? This may help to keep it more diverse. Feel free to send an email to support@sorcererhat.com if you need something. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2023-01-13* App blocks on reading the music library. So impossible to use. **Developer response:** Hey! We’ve answered you by email. Sorry again about this experience. ### 1/5 — Stürzt nach Update sofort ab, lässt sich nicht mehr öffnen! *2022-10-21* Stürzt nach Update sofort ab, lässt sich nicht mehr öffnen! Das tritt auf allen Geräten auf, Mac Book Pro M1, iPad Pro M1, iPhone 14 Pro. **Developer response:** Hey! Sorry about this. Please send an email to support@sorcererhat.com so we can help. Thank you! ### 1/5 — Crashing on newest update? *2022-10-12, version 1.7* Great app and been using since it came out. But since this update on my iPad it crashes back too spring board every time. Cannot even open too get too support etc. iPad Pro 5th gen 1TB 16 gb ram. Please sort or help. Thanks. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — i love it *2025-11-06, version 1.9.1* it creates nice playlists from songs i didn’t even remember that i love hahah. it’s very fluid too ### 5/5 — Best for auto generated playlists. *2025-05-25* Been looking for something like this for a long time now it’s on my home screen and I don’t think it’ll ever leave. ### 5/5 — Convenient to rediscover my library *2024-11-05, version 1.8.3* Love rediscovering old music from my library ### 5/5 — Das macht doch mal Spass! *2024-06-13* Im Laufe der Jahre haben sich so viele Titel angesammelt. Nun werden diese Songs in abwechslungsreicher Weise (Mixe und Playlisten) präsentiert. Das macht Laune, ich lerne Songs kennen, die mir bewusst gar nicht bekannt waren. Es hat sich einfach zu viel angesammelt. Vielen Dank an die Entwickler für das Programm, es ist nichts kompliziertes, angenehmer Preis und es macht ...... Spass! ### 5/5 — Great little app. *2023-03-06, version 1.7.1* Has opened up my music collection again and liberated me from Apple Music which was getting increasingly tedious. ### 5/5 — Became Essential *2022-03-29* Quite simple to use, allowing us to create all kinds of playlists based on what we listen. ### 5/5 — Top *2022-01-20* Enfin de l'intelligence dans la gestion de la musique ! ### 5/5 — Genius rises from the dead!!!! *2021-06-05* Very good app that replaces intelligently the now defunct Genius for iPhone. - user interface is nicely thought - mix results are interesting - expect more surprising mixes in the future releases ### 5/5 — Bravo *2021-05-07* Cette application est exactement celle que je cherchais pour écouter ma musique (celle en local sur l’iPhone) avec des playlists automatiques notamment les derniers ajouts et les musiques les plus écoutées. Mais elle va beaucoup plus loin. Merci ! ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2021-01-28* It’s such a simple app, but worth the money considering you’re rediscovering all of your favorite songs. I mean when you take paying $10/month for Apple Music into consideration, this is a good app to have since you’ll get more of your money’s worth. EQ adjustment would be a great feature to add down the road btw! **Developer response:** Thanks for your review! We’re glad that you like our app! ❤️ --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*