Playlist Buddy vs Track Tailor

Tired of hearing the same songs every time you shuffle a big playlist? Playlist Buddy lets you pick up right where you left off — so your music keeps moving forward, not looping. Built for large playlists and long listening sessions, Playlist Buddy tracks your progress across multiple shuffled playlists and helps you discover more of the music you already own. Tap any track to learn more about it — the musicians, production notes, fun facts, and similar songs to play next. Generate any playlist you can imagine with a simple description, build one around the song you're playing, or scan a photo of a tracklist. Play a daily song puzzle drawn from your own playlists, or from Apple Music's charts and curated Essentials playlists. Powered by Apple Intelligence, on your device or on Private Cloud Compute, or by Claude with Playlist Buddy Pro. Features: • Resume shuffle playback in large Apple Music playlists • Manage multiple shuffled playlists at once, each remembering its position • "Learn More" insights on any song — musicians, production notes, fun facts, and similar songs • A daily song puzzle from your playlists, or from Apple Music charts and curated Essentials playlists — nothing is added to your library • Create any playlist from a description, a song, or a photo of a tracklist • Identify the song playing around you • Clean, lightweight companion built for Apple Music Playlist Buddy Pro: Claude writes for the whole app — Learn More, puzzle clues, and generated playlists — with a monthly allowance generous for everyday use. Everything works without it on Apple Intelligence, for free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://sites.google.com/view/playlist-buddy-privacy/home

Track Tailor automatically builds and updates Apple Music playlists based on rules you define — so your music is always exactly where you want it. Set up a playlist once and the app keeps it fresh: by genre, artist, release year, or a rolling window like "the last 30 days." Syncs run in the background, even when your screen is locked. What you can do: - Filter by genre, artist, date range, or title keywords - Include and exclude rules — get what you want, skip what you don't - Choose All Time, a specific year, or a rolling window (7, 30, or 90 days) - Cap total tracks or per-artist track counts - Shuffle for discovery, or sort chronologically - Run multiple independent playlists, each with its own rules - iCloud sync — configure once, works across all your devices - Background sync with completion notifications Tip: for large artist lists, keeping the app open with the screen active gives the most reliable sync — battery optimization can end long background runs early. About genre search: Genre search uses a built-in curated list of ~70 genres with hand-picked artists — works offline, no account needed. For genres not in the list, the app falls back to MusicBrainz, a free community music database. Niche, regional, or very new genres may not always be found. Richer sources like Spotify, Last.fm, and Discogs may be added in a future update. What you cannot do: - Manage or edit playlists not created by this app - Search by title — search is currently artist-based One developer. One app. Track Tailor is a solo indie project built by one person (with Claude AI along for the ride). Your feedback has a direct impact: - Missing a genre or artist in the built-in list? Let me know — it gets updated from user input. - Have a feature idea? Send it in. If it fits and enough people want it, it'll get built. Remove ads: The free version includes a small banner ad. A subscription removes it and directly supports development and API costs. Monthly and yearly options available. Requirements: Apple Music subscription required. iCloud account required for cross-device sync. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/