Music Library Tracker
Keep an eye on your music
$3.99 · Designed for iPad
Music Library Tracker keeps an eye on your music library and automatically monitors additions, deletions, and any changes to your songs as well as upgrades to Spatial Audio. With streaming becoming more popular, it is very easy for song metadata to change or for songs to disappear as licensing deals expire; with Music Library Tracker you will always know when something in your library changes.
Features
- Automatic monitoring of the media library on your iPhone or iPad (including iCloud Music Library if enabled on your device). Music Tracker checks the title, artist, album, album artist, genre, year of release, disc number, track number, rating, and Spatial Audio status.
- See which of your tracks have been upgraded to Spatial Audio and have them placed into an automatic playlist within Apple Music. You can also opt-in to receive notifications when tracks are upgraded.
- View an overview of changes to your library with filters to personalise the display to your requirements
- Drill down into the detail of individual tracks to see exactly which metadata changed and when along with dates for when tracks were added or deleted from your library
- A daily notification giving you a summary of changes in the previous day (this can be customised to just tell you about added, changed, or deleted tracks)
- Automation via x-callback-url allowing you to see changes to your library in the Shortcuts app or with Siri
- Full support for split screen views on iPad along with trackpad and keyboard integration
- Dark mode
Music Library Tracker contains no in-app purchases and does not require an internet connection; I believe in your privacy so none of your media library data ever leaves your device and I do not collect usage data or perform any data analytics. Spatial Audio matching is "opt-in" as it requires the app to send your music identifiers to my server; no personally identifiable information is ever sent and the data is kept only for as long as it takes to serve the request (typically less than a couple of seconds). You can read more about this in my privacy policy at https://dodoapps.io/music-tracker/privacy/
If you have any issues at all, please email support@dodoapps.io and I'll help you.
more I’m so thankful for an app like this that helps me keep track of when tracks get pulled so I can go and fix the Apple Music corruption issue or delete and add the re-release. However because of Apple Music’s (idiotic) tradition to delete songs from playlists when the song is deleted from the user’s library, I was wondering if there could also be a playlist tracking feature that would keep track of when songs are removed from a user’s playlist? It would help for both the issue I described above, so that a user could restore their playlists to before if they had to delete and re-add a release for whatever reason. And it would also help if a playlist has non-library tracks in it that eventually get removed. Of course, I understand if the current APIs do not allow for this.
I’m so thankful for an app like this that helps me keep track of when tracks get pulled so I can go and fix the Apple Music corruption issue or delete and add the re-release. However because of Apple Music’s (idiotic) tradition to delete songs from playlists when the song is deleted from the user’s library, I was wondering if there could also be a playlist tracking feature that would keep track of when songs are removed from a user’s playlist? It would help for both the issue I described above, so that a user could restore their playlists to before if they had to delete and re-add a release for whatever reason. And it would also help if a playlist has non-library tracks in it that eventually get removed. Of course, I understand if the current APIs do not allow for this.
I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to figure out which songs in my main playlist (around 290 songs) are in Dolby Atmos. Apple’s solution. Open each one and look for an icon that may or may not be there. This guy…give you a list of Atmos songs! I would like to see the ability to add these songs to a specific playlist. That would be 5 out of 5 for me. I need this because I use my playlists on my other devices (Apple TV, SmartTVs, my Car, etc). If you don’t care about that and just want to play the songs directly, you can just click it and it will play on your phone.
Developer Response Thanks for your review. In the settings of the app there is already a way to enable a Spatial Audio playlist. This will put all of the Spatial Audio tracks into a new playlist within Apple Music.
I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to figure out which songs in my main playlist (around 290 songs) are in Dolby Atmos. Apple’s solution. Open each one and look for an icon that may or may not be there. This guy…give you a list of Atmos songs! I would like to see the ability to add these songs to a specific playlist. That would be 5 out of 5 for me. I need this because I use my playlists on my other devices (Apple TV, SmartTVs, my Car, etc). If you don’t care about that and just want to play the songs directly, you can just click it and it will play on your phone.
Thanks for your review. In the settings of the app there is already a way to enable a Spatial Audio playlist. This will put all of the Spatial Audio tracks into a new playlist within Apple Music.
While this app has some performance issues here and there (slow scrolling or freezing) among other issues (case changes like of to Of can be noisy), it works. It does the job. And that’s awesome. It’s so annoying and disappointing when tracks are removed from Apple Music. It’s worse when I go to play something and I can’t because it’s not there and I have no idea. Now at least I know when it happens and to exactly which tracks before I hit a wall for my listening mood. I can then proactively find the tracks elsewhere and get them back into my library. The daily summary notifications are great. It works in the background and tells me what happened every morning. I love this app and hope it sticks around forever.
While this app has some performance issues here and there (slow scrolling or freezing) among other issues (case changes like of to Of can be noisy), it works. It does the job. And that’s awesome. It’s so annoying and disappointing when tracks are removed from Apple Music. It’s worse when I go to play something and I can’t because it’s not there and I have no idea. Now at least I know when it happens and to exactly which tracks before I hit a wall for my listening mood. I can then proactively find the tracks elsewhere and get them back into my library. The daily summary notifications are great. It works in the background and tells me what happened every morning. I love this app and hope it sticks around forever.
Lots of behind the scenes changes going on Metadata id3 tags etc. are finally being properly edited, either the studios finally got their act together and or Apple has got their act together and his properly getting the catalog tagged. Hooray 🥳 I bought it to see what of my iTunes match albums were being upgraded to special audio, but the big thing is seeing how the wrong meta-data that’s been there for years is being corrected. I gave up on manually editing meditated for my iTunes match stuff because so much of it was wrong in Apple/iTunes/Apple Music. This app allows me to see that it’s finally being edited properly.Bought app in January 2023.
Lots of behind the scenes changes going on Metadata id3 tags etc. are finally being properly edited, either the studios finally got their act together and or Apple has got their act together and his properly getting the catalog tagged. Hooray 🥳 I bought it to see what of my iTunes match albums were being upgraded to special audio, but the big thing is seeing how the wrong meta-data that’s been there for years is being corrected. I gave up on manually editing meditated for my iTunes match stuff because so much of it was wrong in Apple/iTunes/Apple Music. This app allows me to see that it’s finally being edited properly.Bought app in January 2023.
- Resolves an issue with activity becoming hidden when the time zone changes
2.1.1 07/22/2024
- Added a "Send Test Notification" option to settings to test if push notifications are working correctly
- Fixed an issue which was preventing automatic scanning of libraries
- Minor UI and bug fixes
Recently in v2.0:
Spatial Audio Scanning
- Music Library Tracker can now detect if your tracks have a Spatial Audio version
- A new page lists all of these upgraded tracks in a timeline (tap a song to play it)
- Optional: The app can generate a Spatial Audio playlist within Apple Music that is updated automatically
- Optional: A daily notification detailing any new tracks that were upgraded in the previous day
- Spatial Audio scanning is an "opt-in" feature as it requires sending your music identifiers to a remote server. More information is available in my privacy policy and within the app. No personally identifiable information is ever sent.
Redesigned UI
- The app has had a bit of a facelift with new colours, icons, and layout.
- Updated settings page with more detailed options for notifications
- Brand new onboarding experience to walk you through enabling library access, Spatial Audio, playlist generation, and notifications
- Improved UI on iPad including additional padding for readability, keyboard shortcuts, and support for trackpad pointers
Scanning Improvements
- The process of scanning for changes is around 10-20x faster than the previous version of the app
Other Changes
- Additional metadata that is tracked: album artist, disc number, track number, and Spatial Audio status
- Minor diacratic changes are now ignored (i.e. a genre updating from Electrónica to Electronica will no longer show as a change)
- Fixed some issues with sort filters when viewing deleted tracks
- Fixed an issue with review prompts being shown too frequently
- Lots of other UI improvements and minor fixes
2.1 01/20/2024
- Fixed an issue which was causing tracks to incorrectly be shown as "Downgraded from Spatial Audio"
Recently in v2.0:
Spatial Audio Scanning
- Music Library Tracker can now detect if your tracks have a Spatial Audio version
- A new page lists all of these upgraded tracks in a timeline (tap a song to play it)
- Optional: The app can generate a Spatial Audio playlist within Apple Music that is updated automatically
- Optional: A daily notification detailing any new tracks that were upgraded in the previous day
- Spatial Audio scanning is an "opt-in" feature as it requires sending your music identifiers to a remote server. More information is available in my privacy policy and within the app. No personally identifiable information is ever sent.
Redesigned UI
- The app has had a bit of a facelift with new colours, icons, and layout.
- Updated settings page with more detailed options for notifications
- Brand new onboarding experience to walk you through enabling library access, Spatial Audio, playlist generation, and notifications
- Improved UI on iPad including additional padding for readability, keyboard shortcuts, and support for trackpad pointers
Scanning Improvements
- The process of scanning for changes is around 10-20x faster than the previous version of the app
Other Changes
- Additional metadata that is tracked: album artist, disc number, track number, and Spatial Audio status
- Minor diacratic changes are now ignored (i.e. a genre updating from Electrónica to Electronica will no longer show as a change)
- Fixed some issues with sort filters when viewing deleted tracks
- Fixed an issue with review prompts being shown too frequently
- Lots of other UI improvements and minor fixes
2.0.2 04/10/2023
- Fixes an issue where scanning could get stuck when matching Spatial Audio
Recently in v2.0:
Spatial Audio Scanning
- Music Library Tracker can now detect if your tracks have a Spatial Audio version
- A new page lists all of these upgraded tracks in a timeline (tap a song to play it)
- Optional: The app can generate a Spatial Audio playlist within Apple Music that is updated automatically
- Optional: A daily notification detailing any new tracks that were upgraded in the previous day
- Spatial Audio scanning is an "opt-in" feature as it requires sending your music identifiers to a remote server. More information is available in my privacy policy and within the app. No personally identifiable information is ever sent.
Redesigned UI
- The app has had a bit of a facelift with new colours, icons, and layout.
- Updated settings page with more detailed options for notifications
- Brand new onboarding experience to walk you through enabling library access, Spatial Audio, playlist generation, and notifications
- Improved UI on iPad including additional padding for readability, keyboard shortcuts, and support for trackpad pointers
Scanning Improvements
- The process of scanning for changes is around 10-20x faster than the previous version of the app
Other Changes
- Additional metadata that is tracked: album artist, disc number, track number, and Spatial Audio status
- Minor diacratic changes are now ignored (i.e. a genre updating from Electrónica to Electronica will no longer show as a change)
- Fixed some issues with sort filters when viewing deleted tracks
- Fixed an issue with review prompts being shown too frequently
- Lots of other UI improvements and minor fixes
2.0.1 02/13/2023
Spatial Audio Scanning
- Music Library Tracker can now detect if your tracks have a Spatial Audio version
- A new page lists all of these upgraded tracks in a timeline (tap a song to play it)
- Optional: The app can generate a Spatial Audio playlist within Apple Music that is updated automatically
- Optional: A daily notification detailing any new tracks that were upgraded in the previous day
- Spatial Audio scanning is an "opt-in" feature as it requires sending your music identifiers to a remote server. More information is available in my privacy policy and within the app. No personally identifiable information is ever sent.
Redesigned UI
- The app has had a bit of a facelift with new colours, icons, and layout.
- Updated settings page with more detailed options for notifications
- Brand new onboarding experience to walk you through enabling library access, Spatial Audio, playlist generation, and notifications
- Improved UI on iPad including additional padding for readability, keyboard shortcuts, and support for trackpad pointers
Scanning Improvements
- The process of scanning for changes is around 10-20x faster than the previous version of the app
Other Changes
- Additional metadata that is tracked: album artist, disc number, track number, and Spatial Audio status
- Minor diacratic changes are now ignored (i.e. a genre updating from Electrónica to Electronica will no longer show as a change)
- Fixed some issues with sort filters when viewing deleted tracks
- Fixed an issue with review prompts being shown too frequently
- Lots of other UI improvements and minor fixes
2.0 02/13/2023
- Vastly improved the speed of the activity page
- Added options to filter the activity page (i.e. just show days where tracks were deleted)
- Removed the "Hide days with zero activity" toggle from settings as this is now covered by the new filter tool (if you had this toggle "on" then the same settings will be applied as a filter by default)
- Fixed an issue whereby the app would become sluggish the longer it had been installed
- Multiple UI tweaks, bug fixes, and speed improvements
A big thank you to Eric who helped in the debugging of some speed problems that were affecting users with a long history with the app.
Recently in v1.9
- Added ability to customise summary notification (i.e. you can choose only to be notified about tracks that are deleted)
- Added option to sort lists of tracks by title (default), artist, and album
- Fixed a number of issues which prevented notifications from working (you may need to open the app to re-enable notifications)
- Improved speed and accuracy of metadata scanner
- Various UI updates and bug fixes
As always, if you find Music Library Tracker useful then I appreciate any reviews. If you have any issues at all, please email support@dodoapps.io and I will help you.
1.9.1 05/19/2022
- Added ability to customise summary notification (i.e. you can choose only to be notified about tracks that are deleted)
- Added option to sort lists of tracks by title (default), artist, and album
- Fixed a number of issues which prevented notifications from working (you may need to open the app to re-enable notifications)
- Improved speed and accuracy of metadata scanner
- Various UI updates and bug fixes
- Substantial changes to the way data is displayed (i.e. if a song is deleted and then added in the same day, this does not affect the added / deleted counts as they cancel each other out)
As always, if you find Music Library Tracker useful then I appreciate any reviews. If you have any issues at all, please email support@dodoapps.io and I will help you.
1.9 05/13/2022
+ Added Dark Mode for iOS 13 (automatic theme based on your system settings)
+ Bug fixes and optimisations for iOS 13
If you find Music Library Tracker useful, please leave a review on the App Store - I do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and I'll help you.
1.8 09/19/2019
+ Added support for new iPad displays
Recently added in v1.6.0
+ Music Library Tracker now monitors the "Year" property on your songs
+ Speed improvements to library tracking
+ UI updates and font changes
+ Fixed a big with library permissions when restoring device from a backup
+ Added automation via x-callback-url for use with Shortcuts
Recent versions have added support for iPhone X, XS, and XS Max along with iOS 12.
If you find Music Library Tracker useful, please leave a review on the App Store - I do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and I'll help you.
1.6.1 11/09/2018
+ Music Library Tracker now monitors the "Year" property on your songs
+ Speed improvements to library tracking
+ UI updates and font changes
+ Fixed a big with library permissions when restoring device from a backup
+ Added automation via x-callback-url for use with Shortcuts
Recent versions have added support for iPhone X, XS, and XS Max along with iOS 12.
If you find Music Library Tracker useful, please leave a review on the App Store - I do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and I'll help you.
1.6.0 10/19/2018
+ Added support for the iPhone X, XS, and XS Max
+ Improvements to reliability of library tracking
+ Support for iOS 12
If you find Music Library Tracker useful, please leave a review on the App Store - I do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and I'll help you.
1.5 10/03/2018
+ Improvements to speed of library tracking
+ Fixed some issues that were stopping automatic tracking from working
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Previous updates:
v1.4.3
+ Fixed music library authorisation issues with iOS 10.3
+ Various bug fixes and speed improvements
+ Upgraded to Swift 3
v1.4.2
+ Fixed a long standing issue whereby changes would be logged multiple times (please note that this will only prevent this occurring with future changes, not remove existing duplicates)
v1.4.1
+ Switched to a new push notification provider to improve reliability of notifications and library tracking (IMPORTANT: you will need to open the app once updated for this to take effect)
+ Minor iOS 10 bug fixes
v1.4
+ Added support for iOS 10
+ Resolved bugs with media library access on iOS 10
+ Removed Apple Watch app (may come back if requested)
+ Various performance improvements
If you find Music Library Tracker useful, please leave a review on the App Store - I do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and I'll help you.
1.4.4 07/21/2017
+ Fixed music library authorisation issues with iOS 10.3
+ Various bug fixes and speed improvements
+ Upgraded to Swift 3
It is recommended that you open the app after updating and press the reload icon to ensure that Music Tracker is working correctly and is authorized to access your music library. We also recommend double checking that the Summary Notification is enabled within Settings.
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Fixed in previous releases:
v1.4.2
+ Fixed a long standing issue whereby changes would be logged multiple times (please note that this will only prevent this occurring with future changes, not remove existing duplicates)
v1.4.1
+ Switched to a new push notification provider to improve reliability of notifications and library tracking (IMPORTANT: you will need to open the app once updated for this to take effect)
+ Minor iOS 10 bug fixes
v1.4
+ Added support for iOS 10
+ Resolved bugs with media library access on iOS 10
+ Removed Apple Watch app (may come back if requested)
+ Various performance improvements
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store - we do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you.
1.4.3 04/27/2017
v1.4.2
- Fixed a long standing issue whereby changes would be logged multiple times (please note that this will only prevent this occurring with future changes, not remove existing duplicates)
v1.4.1
- Switched to a new push notification provider to improve reliability of notifications and library tracking (IMPORTANT: you will need to open the app once updated for this to take effect)
- Minor iOS 10 bug fixes
v1.4
- Added support for iOS 10
- Resolved bugs with media library access on iOS 10
- Removed Apple Watch app (may come back if requested)
- Various performance improvements
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store - we do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you. We can't reply to reviews left on the App Store so please contact us if you are experiencing any issues.
1.4.2 03/07/2017
v1.4.1
- Switched to a new push notification provider to improve reliability of notifications and library tracking (IMPORTANT: you will need to open the app once updated for this to take effect)
- Minor iOS 10 bug fixes
v1.4
- Added support for iOS 10
- Resolved bugs with media library access on iOS 10
- Removed Apple Watch app (may come back if requested)
- Various performance improvements
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store - we do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you. We can't reply to reviews left on the App Store so please contact us if you are experiencing any issues.
1.4.1 02/07/2017
v1.4
- Added support for iOS 10
- Resolved bugs with media library access on iOS 10
- Removed Apple Watch app (may come back if requested)
- Various performance improvements
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store - we do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you. We can't reply to reviews left on the App Store so please contact us if you are experiencing any issues.
1.4 10/25/2016
v1.3.1
FIXED: Some customers were seeing tracks duplicated in the "Added" and "Changed" fields.
v1.3
NEW: This update contains speed and performance improvements, especially for older devices and large media libraries (i.e. over 25000 songs).
NEW: "Pull to refresh" on the main page has been removed and replaced with a "refresh icon". This will take you to a new scanning page which gives more detail as to what Music Tracker is doing.
FIXED: Automatic tracking of your library whilst the app is in the background has been improved and sped up; whether you have 100 songs or 100000, Music Tracker will work.
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store - we do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you. We can't reply to reviews left on the App Store so please contact us if you are experiencing any issues.
1.3.1 03/25/2016
NEW: This update contains speed and performance improvements, especially for older devices and large media libraries (i.e. over 25000 songs).
NEW: "Pull to refresh" on the main page has been removed and replaced with a "refresh icon". This will take you to a new scanning page which gives more detail as to what Music Tracker is doing.
FIXED: Automatic tracking of your library whilst the app is in the background has been improved and sped up; whether you have 100 songs or 100000, Music Tracker will work.
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store - we do not prompt for reviews within the app.
If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you. We can't reply to reviews left on the App Store so please contact us if you are experiencing any issues.
1.3 03/14/2016
NEW: A requested feature, you can now hide days with no activity (turned off by default)
IMPROVED: Library scanning performance has been improved by 40%. This should help those of you with large libraries who weren't seeing changes appear automatically.
If you have a large library (over ~25000 tracks) and you are experiencing issues with the app not picking up changes in your library, please get in touch with us via support@dodoapps.io - we don't do any tracking or analytics on your data so we need to give you a special test version of the app to debug any performance issues on large libraries.
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store. If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you.
1.2 02/19/2016
NEW: added support for iPad and iPad Pro (including split screen support)
NEW: added landscape mode to iPhone
FIXED: bug which limited summary notification and Apple Watch complication to displaying a maximum of 20 changes (i.e. if you added 68 tracks it would only say "Added 20 tracks")
FIXED: other minor bugs
If you find Music Tracker useful, please leave us a review on the App Store. If you have any issues, please email support@dodoapps.io and we'll help you.
1.1 02/11/2016
- Fixes an issue with Summary Notification not appearing in certain situations
- Reduced amount of background time required
1.0.1 01/19/2016
- Resolves an issue with activity becoming hidden when the time zone changes
more Version 2.1.1 07/22/2024
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app.