# TapTunes

> Rediscover your music.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id320145698](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id320145698)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id320145698`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Blundell
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 3.10 / 5 (23 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-04
- **First published:** 2009-06-17
- **Size:** 7.39 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/taptunes/id320145698)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://david-blundell.blogspot.com/p/taptunes-privacy-policy.html](https://david-blundell.blogspot.com/p/taptunes-privacy-policy.html)

## Description

With TapTunes, you will experience your music collection like never before. Touch, tap, drag, shake, swipe, pinch ‒ you've never been this close to your tunes!

By presenting albums visually in a random order, TapTunes brings you much closer to your music than you'd ever get by scrolling through an alphabetical list of artist names. You'll soon find yourself rediscovering old favorites and listening to those forgotten gems lurking around the edges of your music library.

After all, if a picture is worth a thousand words, why let words alone do all the talking for your music?

Features
* Five unique browse displays
* Gesture playback controls
* Home screen widget, app icon choices, light and dark themes, Shortcut support
* Seamless switching between music, audiobooks, and podcasts
* Highly personalized, with over 40 settings and counting
* And more...

## Rankings

- #275,373 — Overall

## Review summary

TapTunes offers a visually rich grid/album-wall, gesture-driven navigation, and strong customization, plus a random-album widget that aids discovery. However, reviews consistently flag five downsides: it relies on Apple Music and can’t play local files; stability issues such as freezing and lag; missing core features like playlists/queue management; a 500-album limit in the grid view; and no dark mode option, with brightness changes frustrating users who want a true dark theme.

### Pros

- Visually appealing grid/album-wall layout that displays many albums with attractive background effects.
- Gesture-based navigation and quick, intuitive controls.
- Strong customization with multiple display modes (grid, stacked) plus a random-album widget.
- Supports exploring and organizing music via album art and varied views for discovery.

### Cons

- Relies on Apple Music and cannot play local music; no standalone playback.
- Frequent performance issues, including freezing and slow responsiveness.
- Lacks core playlist features like Play Next, Add to Playlist, or queue management.
- Grid view is limited to around 500 albums; users want more.
- No dark mode option; brightness changes reduce usability at night.

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