"Stezza is meant to be quick, easy and accessible. If that's all you're after, look no further."
- Cult of Mac
Stezza is the music player where your record collection and Apple Music share the same stage. Equal billing, no second-class library tab.
For years your library has been the also ran, buried behind algorithmic feeds and endless suggestions. Stezza puts it back front and centre, and puts Apple Music right beside it. Two tabs at the top. Same player. Same queue. Your records and your streaming, finally on level ground.
Playback
• iPhone library and Apple Music in one player, and in one queue
• Beautiful mesh backgrounds drawn from your album art
• Floating glass mini player, reachable from every screen
• Full screen player with big buttons
Search
• Unified search, scoped to your library or Apple Music
• Songs, albums, artists and playlists are grouped into one result view
• Recent searches remembered, because who remembers!
Apple Music
• Rich artist pages with Play, Shuffle, Station, top songs, full discography, related artists
• Album detail with track list, Play, and Shuffle
Design
• If you got this far, just know its been painstakingly designed
• Like every pixel
• Full accessibility support
Built by one developer who still listens front to back. Indie developed.
Album art wasn’t showing up, I think the issue was if stock music app was open it for some reason does not allow the album art file to be accessed in Stezza. My only beef now is that unless I’m blind, I cannot find a search function, which is horrible when you have hundreds of artists and over 8000 tracks. Help me lol.
Fewer options than Apple’s Music app
Cinephilomaniac
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!
Simplicity to Love
BluClrFlr
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!
Great for children with special needs!
aaowood
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!
Developer Response
Thankyou for the great review and so glad to hear that Stezza is helpful for your family
Stezza 3.0: a full redesign.
Apple Music and your library, on the same stage.
• Search your library and all of Apple Music
• Mesh gradients made from your album art
• A glass mini player, on every screen
• Full-screen player with big buttons
• Rich artist pages: top songs, albums, singles, similar artists
Version 3.0
The developer, Foobar Creative, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
