Picky Music Player 4+
Sort, filter, queue your music
Charles Joseph
Designed for iPad
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- $0.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
“…a powerful music utility that is perfect for getting reacquainted with your favorite tunes.” — John Voorhees, MacStories.net
”…undeniably one of the most powerful and accessible general-purpose players available today.” — Marc Barrowclift, barrowclift.me
Featured in Macworld, MacStories, and Mac & i magazine, Picky is for people particular about their music, giving you full control over how you browse and listen to your albums and songs.
‣ Picky keeps your Artists and Albums lists uncluttered by hiding those with only a few songs – simply adjust the filters to taste.
‣ Queue up tracks to play later: simply swipe to the left on a song until the ‘+’ icon appears and turns solid orange, then let go to queue it.
‣ Use Picklists to quickly play (or queue) groups of songs – like playing an album without its bonus tracks.
‣ Easily sort the main Albums list and artists’ album lists with just a couple taps: by title, release date, duration, or by date added to your library.
‣ Picky lets you easily filter your Songs and Albums lists by genre (or by multiple genres). You can do things like quickly put together a mix by opening the filter, tapping on a few genres, and then closing it and tapping Shuffle.
‣ You can use the Artists and Songs filters to keep singles and one-hit-wonders tucked away, or bring them into focus when you really want to listen to them.
‣ Picky intelligently combines both grouping by artist and by album artist, so you'll always find your songs where you expect them to be. But if you prefer just one of the groupings, you can easily change that with a setting.
‣ Quickly see the list of your currently playing songs by simply swiping up in the Now Playing view.
‣ Quickly search across your entire music library with just a few taps.
‣ Picky is designed for iOS 15 and supports widgets, Dark Mode, Split View, AirPlay 2, iPad trackpads, Context Menus, VoiceOver, headphone remotes, iTunes Match, and Apple Music that has been added to your collection. You can use Picky exclusively or seamlessly switch between it and the system Music app.
Picky: for listeners with refined taste.
What’s New
Version 4.5.1
4.5.1:
‣ Fixed a few bugs with how albums with missing release dates are handled
4.5:
‣ Search your albums by year! Typing a specific year into the search bar won’t just pull up title/artist matches but also any albums with a matching release date
‣ Play, shuffle, or queue an entire set of album or song search results with convenient new buttons
‣ Fixed a bug where the Now Playing bar could stop updating when returning to the app after enough time away
‣ Reissues with bonus tracks now use the original album release date if it differs from the date the bonus tracks are tagged with
‣ Playlist sort options now just apply temporarily instead of across all playlists and app sessions
‣ Fixed a crash that could happen if a playlist was edited outside of the app while its details were open in Picky
Ratings and Reviews
Fantastic! Find entire ripped CDs on the “digital shelf”
Feb 2021 update: updated to 5 star.
I have rediscovered Picky after some time away. Not sure when search was added in a prior update, but I missed seeing it at the time .
This app is fantastic for navigating a large music library of entire albums and one hit wonders. Its my go to app to find and play all the music I own. Easy to use and does exactly what I need. Well done.
*****
Original comments:
This app has one killer key feature i have never found elsewhere (filter artists by number of songs); however it lacks search capability which limits its usefulness for most day to day use where one wants to find specific songs among thousands in the collection (especially if you dont renember exact artist or song title).
This app has one particular key feature for old school guys like me who want to find and play entire albums or CD’s in their music collection, but you want to scan the collection to decide what to listen to:
It offers the digital equivalent of scanning through the milk crate of albums or shelf of CD’s: by filtering artists by the number of songs, I can separate the entire CD’s I have ripped from the thousands of one hit wonders in my collection, to find the old favourite that hits my mood from the shortlist.
Developer Response ,
Glad to have you back 😀
An Excellent App
Once you told me that I can access iTunes Match through the settings button in the app, it worked great. Well worth the price to have an alternative to the apple app. Thank you!
Developer Response ,
Excellent, glad to hear that did the trick — enjoy!
I don’t believe it!
I have tried in vain to get an app that will shuffle all songs and play them only once during the shuffle play. This product was advertised that it does just that. After an hour or so of play, I hear the same song play again. To me this is unacceptable -as that is the purpose to pay (like I did) for a music shuffle app. Not impressed.
Developer Response ,
Hi there, sorry to hear you’re disappointed with Picky. The app’s shuffle features (apart from album shuffle) are built on top of Apple’s system music player and, for better or for worse, use the same shuffling logic as the system Music app. I’d be happy to get in touch via email and try to troubleshoot the problem, get your feedback on some potential custom shuffle options in the future, or help with a refund — feel free to reach out at pickyapp@cjoseph.com
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Information
- Seller
- Charles Joseph
- Size
- 8 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2012-2022 Charles Joseph
- Price
- $0.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Picky Deluxe $6.99
- Amazing Tip $6.99
- Unbelievable Tip $12.99
- Generous Tip $2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.