Cs Music Pro

Name: Cs Music Pro
Price: 3.99 USD
Rating: 4.3 (1823 reviews)
Author: Mike Clay

Classic Music App, Remastered

$3.99 · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

1.8K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Mike Clay
Language

EN
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Size

3.6
MB

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Cs Music Pro reimagines the classic iOS Music app—updated, enhanced and ad-free. Experience the familiar tabbed interface you loved, enhanced with powerful features and seamless Apple Music integration. Effortless control: • Intuitive organization: Browse by artists, albums, playlists and more. • Advanced customization: Powerful sort and grouping options make managing large libraries easy. • Quick filters: View new additions, recent plays, or favorited songs with just a tap. • Pin your favorites: Convenient access to the artists and albums in heavy rotation. Rediscover your music: • Dive deeper with metadata and lyrics: Explore your library in more detail. • Classic star ratings: rank and order your tracks the old-school way. Beautifully designed interface: • Dynamic player: Immerse yourself with album artwork-based colors. • iOS-native: Feels right at home alongside your stock apps, and respects accessibility settings. Cs Music Pro is perfect for those who: • Love their music collection: You've ripped your CDs, downloaded your favorites, and curated your library over the years. Cs Music Pro gives you the power to organize and enjoy it your way. • Value control and a curated library: You want more than just a basic music player. You want fine-grained control over how your music is organized, presented, and enjoyed. • Want a pure, ad-free listening experience: No interruptions, no distractions. Just you and your music. • Use the Music.app library: You use the built-in Music app to manage your music, whether you subscribe to Apple Music or not. Cs Music Pro enhances that experience with a classic interface and powerful features. (Note: Cs Music Pro requires the use of your existing Music.app library. It is not a standalone music player.) Download Cs Music Pro today and rediscover the joy of your music.

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

1.8K Ratings

Hate the update
12/29/2020
chasingsheep
I’ve been using Cesium for years now at this point, and overall it’s so much better than Apple’s Music app; kudos to the developer. However...I’m not a huge fan of the update. It feels like it’s moving in the direction of Apple’s Music app, in terms of some UX choices, which is the reason I switched to Cesium in the first place. The new UI looks great, but now it forces you to either see all songs in a list or only the albums. You can switch between all songs and albums, but I’d rather have both without needing to go into settings every time I want to listen differently. It also now shows iCloud items that haven’t been downloaded, by default, though there is at least an option to turn it off. Personally, I would rather the default be off, some it’s not on my device for a reason.Some other issues I have is that the time remaining in a song disappears once the song is far enough along. I care more about how much is left than how much I’ve listened to. I don’t know why the time elapsed doesn’t just remain at the left end of the bar. The update also seems to have removed the ability to swipe and tap “play next/later,” which is so much faster than having to long press on a song, and you can’t see the “jump-to” alphabet until you’ve started scrolling.
Hate the update
12/29/2020
chasingsheep

I’ve been using Cesium for years now at this point, and overall it’s so much better than Apple’s Music app; kudos to the developer. However...I’m not a huge fan of the update. It feels like it’s moving in the direction of Apple’s Music app, in terms of some UX choices, which is the reason I switched to Cesium in the first place. The new UI looks great, but now it forces you to either see all songs in a list or only the albums. You can switch between all songs and albums, but I’d rather have both without needing to go into settings every time I want to listen differently. It also now shows iCloud items that haven’t been downloaded, by default, though there is at least an option to turn it off. Personally, I would rather the default be off, some it’s not on my device for a reason.Some other issues I have is that the time remaining in a song disappears once the song is far enough along. I care more about how much is left than how much I’ve listened to. I don’t know why the time elapsed doesn’t just remain at the left end of the bar. The update also seems to have removed the ability to swipe and tap “play next/later,” which is so much faster than having to long press on a song, and you can’t see the “jump-to” alphabet until you’ve started scrolling.
App is still super useful, with room for optimization
04/02/2019
Elixir Walls
Cesium has been my go-to music app for a few years now and I’ve loved its interface and functionality much more than the ugly and hardly functional Apple Music app. The app has significantly improved since my last review. Previously, it crashed all the time and had barely any functionality. Now Mike restored some original functionality (ratings, queueing, etc.) and Cesium is almost back to its old self. The search has a tendency to crash the app, so that’s sad, since that means I have to defer to using Apple Music’s search and its “play next” feature, which is really annoying. As a wish list item, I wish that I could sort by artist within a playlist, because then I could use the little right sidebar to jump to a letter, since I find myself doing a bunch of scrolling looking for an artist to start off my music listening, which is time-consuming. Also, whenever I queue a song to play next, it will, then another song or two will play, then it’ll play the same exact song that I queued earlier again, which is kinda annoying because then I have to skip it. After that, my songs will play normally. This might only happen when I do multiple “play next” actions in a row, because I haven’t noticed this problem when I only do one “play next” at a time. (I’m using an iPhone 6 with the latest iOS and Cesium update, if that impacts the situation.)Looking forward to the subsequent updates and optimizations though. Keep it up, Mike, you’ve really made one of the best music apps on the market!

Developer Response
I'm sorry you are having issues! Some of what you describe (greyed shuffle, not being able to add to queue) are protective measures when Cesium fails to re-contextualize it's internal queue with the system queue. Apple made some changes in iOS 12 that could be contributing to why you are seeing it now. You can read more about these issues at cesium-app.com/blog. Disabling "Advanced Queueing" should improve performance, although at the cost of some of these problematic features. You could also check @CesiumApp on twitter and join the Cs 5 beta which has been built API-safe to improve performance and reliability.
App is still super useful, with room for optimization
04/02/2019
Elixir Walls

Cesium has been my go-to music app for a few years now and I’ve loved its interface and functionality much more than the ugly and hardly functional Apple Music app. The app has significantly improved since my last review. Previously, it crashed all the time and had barely any functionality. Now Mike restored some original functionality (ratings, queueing, etc.) and Cesium is almost back to its old self. The search has a tendency to crash the app, so that’s sad, since that means I have to defer to using Apple Music’s search and its “play next” feature, which is really annoying. As a wish list item, I wish that I could sort by artist within a playlist, because then I could use the little right sidebar to jump to a letter, since I find myself doing a bunch of scrolling looking for an artist to start off my music listening, which is time-consuming. Also, whenever I queue a song to play next, it will, then another song or two will play, then it’ll play the same exact song that I queued earlier again, which is kinda annoying because then I have to skip it. After that, my songs will play normally. This might only happen when I do multiple “play next” actions in a row, because I haven’t noticed this problem when I only do one “play next” at a time. (I’m using an iPhone 6 with the latest iOS and Cesium update, if that impacts the situation.)Looking forward to the subsequent updates and optimizations though. Keep it up, Mike, you’ve really made one of the best music apps on the market!
Developer Response 11/22/2018
I'm sorry you are having issues! Some of what you describe (greyed shuffle, not being able to add to queue) are protective measures when Cesium fails to re-contextualize it's internal queue with the system queue. Apple made some changes in iOS 12 that could be contributing to why you are seeing it now. You can read more about these issues at cesium-app.com/blog. Disabling "Advanced Queueing" should improve performance, although at the cost of some of these problematic features. You could also check @CesiumApp on twitter and join the Cs 5 beta which has been built API-safe to improve performance and reliability.
A lot to love, increasingly more things not to love
04/01/2021
Rai El Grande
I’ve been a long time user of Cs Music Player (or Cesium as it used to be called). I’m not so old but it seems I’m a dinosaur when it comes to the way I like to listen to music since I’m a firm believer in OWNING music, having a music library that somehow reflects my own progressing tastes. Apple used to love music lovers and used to provide some very nice hardware and software to cater to guys and gals like me. Now these times are gone and streaming took over. Anyway. I really would like to like Cs and I lindner do since it allows me to listen to my synced iTunes library in a meaningful way. A huge library needs the right tools to handle it and Cs still does that. So thanks for that. However, I don’t like the direction the app is heading with constantly changing and seemingly erratic UI choices that try to reinvent the wheel. That’s really not necessary because if Cs was just a copy of what Apple’s iTunes app used to be a few years ago, everything would be just fine. But for some unknown reason Mike seems to take pleasure in deconstructing well-proven features which is really a shame since the USP of Cs is really simple: an app that allows you to easily navigate your (huge) music collection and so helps you to enjoy it. Please, Mike, don’t try to improve things that are just fine the way they are. Personal wish: please bring (back) the shuffle by album feature. Thanks.
A lot to love, increasingly more things not to love
04/01/2021
Rai El Grande

I’ve been a long time user of Cs Music Player (or Cesium as it used to be called). I’m not so old but it seems I’m a dinosaur when it comes to the way I like to listen to music since I’m a firm believer in OWNING music, having a music library that somehow reflects my own progressing tastes. Apple used to love music lovers and used to provide some very nice hardware and software to cater to guys and gals like me. Now these times are gone and streaming took over. Anyway. I really would like to like Cs and I lindner do since it allows me to listen to my synced iTunes library in a meaningful way. A huge library needs the right tools to handle it and Cs still does that. So thanks for that. However, I don’t like the direction the app is heading with constantly changing and seemingly erratic UI choices that try to reinvent the wheel. That’s really not necessary because if Cs was just a copy of what Apple’s iTunes app used to be a few years ago, everything would be just fine. But for some unknown reason Mike seems to take pleasure in deconstructing well-proven features which is really a shame since the USP of Cs is really simple: an app that allows you to easily navigate your (huge) music collection and so helps you to enjoy it. Please, Mike, don’t try to improve things that are just fine the way they are. Personal wish: please bring (back) the shuffle by album feature. Thanks.
Buggy
10/23/2018
tom_993
I want to like this app, but it's pretty buggy. Sometimes when you press the home button or modify the queue, the song that is currently playing starts over. Sometimes when you add a song to the top of the queue, it doesn't play (it gets removed from the queue). Sometimes when you try to modify the queue, the changes don't get saved. Sometimes it hangs (I'm not talking about the iOS 11.2 lag, this is different) and sometimes it even crashes. It doesn't seem to update song metadata (e.g. 'last played' and play count) in a timely fashion. Songs that have just played still appear in the queue. If you add a long playlist (a couple thousand songs) to the queue, it reduces it to about 500 songs, I have no idea how it selects which songs to play when it does this. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app and get the same results. I'm on iOS 11.3.Update for version 4.3: This app has gotten a lot better since the developer implemented workarounds for the Apple bugs. However, the Apple bugs still make it very difficult to modify the queue. Is there anything we can do to push Apple along? Post something on the feedback site perhaps? Shame on Apple for not fixing these bugs, they've known about them for a long long time.

Developer Response
Sorry for the issues you are experiencing. The queue reduction issue has been fixed – update is in beta. Please email me at mike@cesium-app.com if you are interested in testing. Thanks!
Buggy
10/23/2018
tom_993

I want to like this app, but it's pretty buggy. Sometimes when you press the home button or modify the queue, the song that is currently playing starts over. Sometimes when you add a song to the top of the queue, it doesn't play (it gets removed from the queue). Sometimes when you try to modify the queue, the changes don't get saved. Sometimes it hangs (I'm not talking about the iOS 11.2 lag, this is different) and sometimes it even crashes. It doesn't seem to update song metadata (e.g. 'last played' and play count) in a timely fashion. Songs that have just played still appear in the queue. If you add a long playlist (a couple thousand songs) to the queue, it reduces it to about 500 songs, I have no idea how it selects which songs to play when it does this. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app and get the same results. I'm on iOS 11.3.Update for version 4.3: This app has gotten a lot better since the developer implemented workarounds for the Apple bugs. However, the Apple bugs still make it very difficult to modify the queue. Is there anything we can do to push Apple along? Post something on the feedback site perhaps? Shame on Apple for not fixing these bugs, they've known about them for a long long time.
Developer Response 04/16/2018
Sorry for the issues you are experiencing. The queue reduction issue has been fixed – update is in beta. Please email me at mike@cesium-app.com if you are interested in testing. Thanks!

- Changes to search structure: playlists are now included in the global search pane. Searching within a playlist is unchanged, however the search bar is now hidden by default. - Visual refinements

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Seller: Mike Clay
Size: 3.6 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.

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Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

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