Stezza Music Player User Reviews

Name: Stezza Music Player
Rating: 3.95522 (134 reviews)

Stezza Music Player

Foobar Creative

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Was great, but no longer

Best music player app for a dozen years, then ruined with a rewritten interface.

Johnny the C

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your review. Sorry to hear you don’t like the new version. I put lots of effort into making what I thought was a fresh modern player. I guess it’s getting a Luce style reception. If you have any questions for suggestions don’t hesitate to contact me personally via the support item in the settings menu.

Good bye Stezza

Unbelievable what they’ve done to this app, it is unstable, unreliable, and frankly useless compared to what it once was. The developers have completely lost sight of what made Stezza special in the first place. Instead of building on its unique strengths, they’ve stripped it down into just another generic media player, one that doesn’t even do that job well. Crashes, bugs, and poor performance have replaced what used to be a smooth and distinctive experience. The only real hope for this app is rollback to an earlier version, or a serious commitment from the developers to recapture what originally made it worth downloading.
Until then, I can no longer recommend it.

Karl Schilv

2 months ago

Response from developer

I appreciate your passion. I won’t be returning the old design but I will try my best to fix any bugs and accommodate any feature requests. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me directly via the email support item in the settings. Cheers, Ricardo.

The app crashed after the update

After the update, it crashed and won't work anymore

MM SAMUEL

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hi sorry about that, it is now fixed in the latest update as of today.

Despite several updates, still does not work.

What was the only player I used has been destroyed. It works in my iPhone but not in my iPad. In iPad it just loads and does nothing, no matter what you tap on. Issues with the new version include: Cluttered — not easy to find what you’re looking for. Car play mode — not needed if you have Apple car play. Shuffle — You used to be able start a song from your playlist then hit shuffle and the song continued, with subsequent songs random. Now if you do that, when you hit shuffle it immediately goes to another song. Further, there is no indicator that shows whether you are in shuffle mode. Since I don’t stream music, there is no benefit whatsoever that I can tell for the new version. I would love it if they would re release the old version as Stezza Classic and allow those of us who preferred it to download it and use it.

KS4321

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hi thanks for your review, there are some teething issues with the new release, stay tuned for some updates. Please don’t hesitate to contact me via support in the app with more details and I can try get to the bottom of any bugs. I’m just a single person working on this app as a passion project. Ricardo

May 2026: RIP Stezza

For many years Stezza was a well-loved app because it was *different* than other music players. Large buttons, simple interface, easy navigation, customizable colors… It was as close to perfect as any of the thousands of apps I’ve tested and/or use daily.

The May 2026 “fully redesigned” app just erased all that. It’s now just like every other app, including Apple Music, which means there’s no reason to keep it.

I will never understand the logic behind decisions like this. Somewhere there’s a list of great iOS apps that were ruined by redesigns that literally zero users asked for. And Stezza just joined it.

gatorfantom

2 months ago

Useless now for car

Unbelievable what they did to this app, it is useless now. I cannot use it anymore for the car, workart is not shown anymore. What a shame.

Karl Schilv

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hi thanks for your review. Please update to 3.1 it should be much better in the car.

No Point

I used Stezza as a car music player specifically because it had the huge buttons that made navigation easier. Now that it’s been removed, there is absolutely no reason to use this app anymore.

CrlsThHdghg

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback, and thanks for using Stezza for so long. I’m considering adding a car mode, trying to cover all bases. Feel free to contact me via the in app support for more details!

An amazing refresh

Been using Stezza for years as my go to in-car music player. This update doesn't disappoint.

ngubu

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for the kind words, and glad you like the update!

Best Music Player

Been using Stezza for more than ten years. It’s still my go to music player. There is no better User Interface out there. It’s what Apple Music should be.

RLSOZ

a year ago

Perfect, thanks!

I don’t usually write reviews but I was impressed with this for two reasons: simple and free with no intrusive adverts. Please leave it that way. Perfect for me. Thanks.

Femz77

3 years ago

R

Rubbish !!

Euro cruiser

3 years ago

Don’t waste money and time.

This is one of the worst useless nonsense app. Sound output quality is super mediocre. Don’t even bother to waste time. Better download and install Flacbox that’s gem and awesome app. Everything else is just drop in dustbin quality.

Yea. System is garbage that’s why we are looking for some really excellent player out here and yours is not good enough when it comes to sound output. Yea I wish I could give -1 star.

Elon Tim

3 years ago

Response from developer

Woohoo at least you didn’t give 0 stars! Stezza uses the system music player so it’s the same quality as Music.

Fewer options than Apple’s Music app

I am desperately looking for an app that allows me to quickly and easily and safely move through my very large and diverse (10,000+) music library via CarPlay. I have yet to find an app capable of doing this, and picking this app was a wild stab, based on a Cult of Mac review, but I’m afraid I wasted my $2.99.

To boot this app does not have all of the sorting/filing the options that Apple‘s built-in music player app does (as basic as they are in that app). Further, there are some. On-intuitive UI features, e.g., navigating to library options.
It’s not clear whom this app is geared toward, but I know that I am a bit of an rarity who does not do streaming and has all his (uncompressed) music on his phone. :-). What I’d really like is something like a Pandora for my own library!

Cinephilomaniac

3 years ago

Great for children with special needs!

We have been using this on iPods with our son has autism, and it is a gem for him! Very simple interface, with big buttons, and album art prominently featured, allow him to independently find and play his favorite music, while preventing unfettered access to all of Apple Music. It has been an absolutely godsend!

aaowood

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thankyou for the great review and so glad to hear that Stezza is helpful for your family

Disappointing

I can't believe I paid money for this. The only screen that shows up is the one showing the currently playing song and on it I can only move on to another random song. I can't see all my albums like the picture shown on the app's purchase page. There is a set of 4 tiles squares.... maybe this is supposed to take me to my albums???? It just keeps changing the theme. Too many bugs to be used at all.

elkashley

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hi sorry to hear of your disappointment with the app. Try tapping the square with the current playing song title to explore your library. Let me know how you go! support@stezza.co you can have a refund if you are not happy. Peace ✌️

Simplicity to Love

Like Apple products, Stezza shines in its simplicity. Large album artwork and controls that are perfect for driving, exercising etc. The artwork can take a minute to load initially but once it's in the players cache it's like magic. One trick is to go back one song for a song that doesn't load artwork. I can't wait for future updates. Keep up the great work Team Stezza!

BluClrFlr

5 years ago

Easy \ simple \ consistent

Remembers what was playing last and at what point which is more than I can say for other music players.

zengoldabil

5 years ago

Impossible to use

So creative I couldn’t figure out how to use it. At all.

Moosemiestser

6 years ago

My goto player

As Apple Music has become less and less user friendly, I’ve been thru severl music apps and this has become my primary listening app. Simple. Intuitive. Has what I need and have had few gliches, none serious.

KS4321

6 years ago