Albums: Music Library Player

Name: Albums: Music Library Player
Rating: 4.7 (345 reviews)
Author: Adam Linder

By: Adam Linder

Explore & Organize Your Music

Features & Capabilities

Albums is the Apple Music player that puts you in control of your music. Whether you want a quick shuffle or meticulous sorting, it treats your library with care. Use Quick Selection to shuffle, browse a grid of album art, or pick an album and move through tracks with album-focused controls. Enjoy Now Playing, Collection, and Quick Collection widgets, CarPlay support, and iCloud sync so you can pick up where you left off on any device. You can also add album notes and rely on strong Siri interactions and App Intents for accessibility.

Premium Tools for Power Users include Substantial Stats with weekly, monthly, and yearly reports and customizable charts; Last.fm compatibility to scrobble in real time or import history; and deep customization through Insight Collections, color theming, and personal collections. See richer discovery with production credits from MusicBrainz and Discogs, and explore related labels and producers. Note: Premium features require Albums Premium. The app can optionally integrate with Apple Health to create Workout Jams by matching listening history to exercise data—enable this in the Insights tab.

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App Music & Audio

By:

Adam Linder

Rating:

4.70

(345) 2 new ratings

Version:

7.1.3 Last updated: 2026-05-14

Version code:

885541742

Creation date:

2019-08-25

Compatible devices:

Size:

47.08MB

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 91,185 ▼ 43

Other rankings

#6 in Essential Music Apps #82 in shuffle keyword 6 ▲

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Developed by:

Adam Linder

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/albums-music-library-player/id1469948986

User Reviews

Reviewers consistently praise Albums for its album-first playback, powerful library organization, and rich discovery features (insights, This Day in History, Last.fm). Many cite its polished UI, widgets, and cross-device use, and note the developer's ongoing improvements. Common drawbacks include data accuracy problems with metadata (MusicBrainz/Discogs) and hard-to-fix album art, the inability to import local files directly (requiring Apple Music library), a paywall that hides many features, and iPadOS-specific issues such as Stage Manager resizing and limited fullscreen artwork. Overall, a strong tool for serious album listeners with some platform and data issues.

Pros

Album-centric playback that helps rediscover favorites.
Rich feature set and customization (credits, Last.fm, insights, age-based playlists, auto-download credits).
Strong library organization and cross-device catalog management.
Visually pleasing UI with useful widgets and cross-device support.
Active, responsive developer with ongoing improvements.

Cons

Metadata accuracy issues and difficulty correcting data (wrong release years, incorrect album art; MusicBrainz/Discogs data).
Inability to import local files directly; relies on Apple Music library rather than direct file import.
Paywall hides many features, limiting functionality for non-lifetime users.
iPadOS-specific issues (Stage Manager resizing bug; lack of full-screen album art; some UI/settings friction on iPad).

Recent reviews

I’ve been using this app for less than a week and so far I’m loving it. As the name indicates, it’s a music player that is organized around albums versus individual songs. This may be in my head, but IMO the sound is better than the Apple Music app itself. (Higher res recordings sound clearer than when I play them through Apple Music.) For sure the interface is more visually arresting than Apple Music, with the album art displayed at a larger scale and distractions kept to a minimum. The paid version also displays lots of stats that you won’t find in Apple Music. Couple of caveats … 1), this doesn’t fully replace Apple Music. You can’t edit Apple Music track metadata from Albums and, in fact, you can’t even view it. 2) If you have a large library like I do, you probably don’t want to keep both apps open at the same time. I tried it and both Albums and Apple Music crashed at various times. 3) Speaking of large libraries, I noticed that some of my larger playlists don’t display in Albums. The music itself is available, but the playlists are empty. 4) Note that Albums can access Apple Music play counts but it doesn’t work in reverse, at least not for the OS version of Albums. So if I play a track in Albums, the play count in Apple Music is not incremented. However, this is not an issue on the iPhone version. In fairness, some of these issues could be due to my having an extremely large library running off an older, slower external drive. If the price for the full version were higher, these caveats might be significant enough to lower my rating. But, for the price, I find this a 5 Star Player with a captivating interface. It’s a really nice add on to Apple Music and makes it fun to listen again.

by La*****, 2026-05-31

I’ve been using Albums for years to organize and listen to my Apple Music library. It’s been the best way to listen in an album-centric way for years, and it keeps adding new features that add depth without burying the core UX in complexity. Daily-use app from an excellent creator!