Most music apps keep your music taste narrow, but it should be ever-expanding, like the universe!
Univershuffle is a completely algorithm-free approach to music discovery. A truly random, endless shuffle of the entire Apple Music catalog. If you don't have an Apple Music account, you can still listen to 30-second previews. Apple Music subscribers hear the full songs.
Features:
ADD TO PLAYLISTS
If you like a song, add it to an Apple Music playlist.
OPEN IN OTHER APPS
Open the music you're listening to in your favorite app, including indie apps like Albums, Marvis, and MusicBox (or less indie apps like Spotify).
SET FAVORITE ACTION
Customize the lightning bolt button to perform your most-used action with a single tap.
TRANSLATE TITLES
Tap the title of a song or album in a different language to translate it (iOS 18.0+)
CUSTOMIZE DISCOVERY
Filter out music from particular decades, genres, or countries to keep the good vibes going
CARPLAY
Listen on the go with a fully-featured CarPlay app.
SHORTCUTS
Univershuffle offers App Shortcuts and actions for use with Siri and the Shortcuts app.
ICLOUD SYNC
Sync your listening history, filters, and more across your devices.
INTERACTIVE WIDGETS
Control playback and take your favorite action right from the Home Screen.
LAST.FM SCROBBLING
Track your listening with automatic last.fm scrobbling.
It’s such a fun and actually enjoyable idea and the execution is actually really really good. It’s cool listening to such random music and being able toggle between seeing country flag or year or a few other things for each song you’re listening to based on which one you care about the moment and quickly adding into your library or playlist. It really feels like it somehow fits all of the niche use cases. I could even think of for an app like this. Even using multiple streaming services as source stuff like that.
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the review! Glad you’re enjoying the app.
Better than an algorithm.
RogueAgency
Without this app, I never would have heard “How Do You Feel” by Sara Shansky and the Titanic Dance Band, an instant classic that will be in my library forever. You probably wont hear it. You’ll hear something else that you never would have heard otherwise, that I’ll never hear. Some band with no online presence that’s perfect for you.
Tuning things out & discovering
Kubisuro
I use this app when I’m really unable to make decisions about music listening but just have music playing to tune out the world. Bonus is I’m now finding random artists and albums to explore. This app is really well integrated with Apple Music. AND the Mac can run it for battery free long plays.
Deth to algorithms
seemslikesalvation
This is a brilliant idea. Discover music without the help of big tech. They're hindering you more than helping, trust me. That said, there are some things this app could do to help you drill down a little little bit more into what you might be interested in at the time. I'm sending feedback to the dev.
- Tweaks to the formula to pick tint colors for each song
- Improvements to app onboarding
- After installing 1.2.1, the app will no longer be blanked out when switching between TestFlight/App Store
- Various performance improvements
Version 1.2.1
The developer, Adam Linder, 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:
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Usage Data
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Adam Linder
Size
12.3 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
