Stezza Music Player

Name: Stezza Music Player
Rating: 3.9 (135 reviews)
Author: Foobar Creative

for your library & Apple Music

Free

135 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Foobar Creative
Language

EN
+ 36 More
Size

68.3
MB

"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 • Your music 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.

Ratings & Reviews

3.9

out of 5

135 Ratings

Album art showing up now
08/24/2019
whydoyoumakememakeanickname
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.
Album art showing up now
08/24/2019
whydoyoumakememakeanickname

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.
Despite several updates, still does not work.
May 13
KS4321
What was the only player I used has been destroyed. It works in my iPhone but not in my iPad. In iPad it just loads and does nothing, no matter what you tap on. Issues with the new version include: Cluttered — not easy to find what you’re looking for. Car play mode — not needed if you have Apple car play. Shuffle — You used to be able start a song from your playlist then hit shuffle and the song continued, with subsequent songs random. Now if you do that, when you hit shuffle it immediately goes to another song. Further, there is no indicator that shows whether you are in shuffle mode. Since I don’t stream music, there is no benefit whatsoever that I can tell for the new version. I would love it if they would re release the old version as Stezza Classic and allow those of us who preferred it to download it and use it.

Developer Response
Hi thanks for your review, there are some teething issues with the new release, stay tuned for some updates. Please don’t hesitate to contact me via support in the app with more details and I can try get to the bottom of any bugs. I’m just a single person working on this app as a passion project. Ricardo
Despite several updates, still does not work.
May 13
KS4321

What was the only player I used has been destroyed. It works in my iPhone but not in my iPad. In iPad it just loads and does nothing, no matter what you tap on. Issues with the new version include: Cluttered — not easy to find what you’re looking for. Car play mode — not needed if you have Apple car play. Shuffle — You used to be able start a song from your playlist then hit shuffle and the song continued, with subsequent songs random. Now if you do that, when you hit shuffle it immediately goes to another song. Further, there is no indicator that shows whether you are in shuffle mode. Since I don’t stream music, there is no benefit whatsoever that I can tell for the new version. I would love it if they would re release the old version as Stezza Classic and allow those of us who preferred it to download it and use it.
Developer Response May 10
Hi thanks for your review, there are some teething issues with the new release, stay tuned for some updates. Please don’t hesitate to contact me via support in the app with more details and I can try get to the bottom of any bugs. I’m just a single person working on this app as a passion project. Ricardo
Fewer options than Apple’s Music app
05/09/2023
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!
Fewer options than Apple’s Music app
05/09/2023
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!
Good bye Stezza
May 26
Karl Schilv
Unbelievable what they’ve done to this app, it is unstable, unreliable, and frankly useless compared to what it once was. The developers have completely lost sight of what made Stezza special in the first place. Instead of building on its unique strengths, they’ve stripped it down into just another generic media player, one that doesn’t even do that job well. Crashes, bugs, and poor performance have replaced what used to be a smooth and distinctive experience. The only real hope for this app is rollback to an earlier version, or a serious commitment from the developers to recapture what originally made it worth downloading.Until then, I can no longer recommend it.

Developer Response
I appreciate your passion. I won’t be returning the old design but I will try my best to fix any bugs and accommodate any feature requests. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me directly via the email support item in the settings. Cheers, Ricardo.
Good bye Stezza
May 26
Karl Schilv

Unbelievable what they’ve done to this app, it is unstable, unreliable, and frankly useless compared to what it once was. The developers have completely lost sight of what made Stezza special in the first place. Instead of building on its unique strengths, they’ve stripped it down into just another generic media player, one that doesn’t even do that job well. Crashes, bugs, and poor performance have replaced what used to be a smooth and distinctive experience. The only real hope for this app is rollback to an earlier version, or a serious commitment from the developers to recapture what originally made it worth downloading.Until then, I can no longer recommend it.
Developer Response May 28
I appreciate your passion. I won’t be returning the old design but I will try my best to fix any bugs and accommodate any feature requests. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me directly via the email support item in the settings. Cheers, Ricardo.

New: Autoplay (Preview). When your queue ends, Stezza keeps playing songs that fit what you've been listening to. Turn it on in Settings. Stezza is now on Mac! Play your music library on your Mac with the same simple player. Your playlists now sync across your iPhone, iPad and Mac when they use the same iCloud account. New Allow Explicit setting, and an E badge on explicit songs. Plus a new album page header, a song count in Up Next, and other improvements.

Version 3.3 Oct 17

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Seller: Foobar Creative
Size: 68.3 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
Languages: English and 36 more

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