Penta - CD Player & Changer

Retro 5-CD Carousel Player

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Now on iPhone Duo: open the phone and the jewel case opens with it. Real recorded CD changer sounds, and the actual printed CD art with Penta Pro. Penta turns your iPhone, iPad or iPhone Duo into a five-disc CD changer — the hi-fi component you grew up with, rebuilt for your Apple Music library. Open a jewel case, drop the disc into the carousel, and play. Every detail is here: the fluorescent display, the motorized carousel, the power-on self-test, a disc winding up to speed before it plays, and the clunk as it comes to a stop. ON IPHONE DUO The phone is the jewel case. Close it and you're holding the album; open it and the case opens with it. Open flat for the whole deck, or fold it like a laptop for your CD wallet above the tray. FEATURES • A real five-disc carousel — load, spin, and swap discs by hand • Real sounds, recorded from a five-disc changer: key clicks, the tray, the platter turning and a disc set down • A different deck each way up: the full carousel sideways, a CD wallet over the tray upright • Jewel-case browser — open the case and drag the disc out, or drop it straight into any of the five slots • Plays your Apple Music library in full, with real album art on every disc • Keys you can feel — on iPhone every key clicks under your thumb • Magazines — save a set of five discs and reload the whole cartridge later • Favorites, whole-library search, and Apple Music catalog search • A vacuum-fluorescent display with track, time, and format readouts • Any way up on iPad, and in resizable windows • Favorites and saved magazines sync across your devices via iCloud PENTA PRO A one-time unlock: Real CD Artwork (beta) shows the actual printed disc instead of the album cover, plus the full phosphor-colour set, the analog needle and VU meters, a gentle readable spin, the minimal readout, and unlimited saved magazines. The free deck plays your whole library with no limits. Albums you own play without a subscription. Streaming from the Apple Music catalog needs an Apple Music subscription.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    5 Ratings

Penta comes to iPhone Duo, and the deck now sounds like the real thing. • iPhone Duo: the phone is the jewel case. Open it and the case opens with it, then load the disc into the changer. Fold it like a laptop and your CD wallet sits above the tray. • Real sounds: the keys, the tray, the carousel and a disc being set down are recorded from a real five-disc changer. • Hold it upright for a new deck: a CD wallet over the disc tray, on iPhone and iPad. Turn it sideways for the full carousel. • Penta Pro adds Real CD Artwork (beta): discs can show the actual printed CD instead of the album cover. • Jewel cases catch the light as you tilt. • The carousel turns like a real changer, one slot at a time. • Fixes: stopping while a song is starting now stops it, and opening an album no longer stalls.

The developer, John Seubert, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Seller
    John Seubert
    Size
    5.8 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 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © John Seubert