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What is so bad about iOS 7 Music app?

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ranyodh

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Jun 2, 2014
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I see so many people complaining about how iOS 7 ruined Music app and it is the worst thing since slice bread.

It seems to be an alright music app, simple and easy to use.

Other than blinding white and Artist view not having collapsed albums, what other thing do you hate about it (comparing with iOS 6)?
 
Cannot shuffle by genre, artist, or album. Those are my main caveats. Some minor ones include smaller album art on 3.5" devices but Apple is focusing on 4" so I'm not too surprised that the 3.5" devices got the short end of the stick (same with lock screen). Also cannot delete albums. Some early impression of iOS 8 indicate that one can shuffle by genre, artist, and album and allowing one to delete albums so I'm pretty hype for the new iOS 8 fixing those issue.
 
Collapsed Albums for me is a must to end the endless amount of scrolling.
For now I am using Lagu, I really would like to ditch it and use the stock app.
But until collapsed albums is reintroduced I'm sticking with Lagu.
 
My main problem is that the controls are so closely spaced together now, that I have trouble rating my music without changing the track or skipping in the song.
 
Nothing is really “wrong” with it. However, if you have multiple albums from one artist it becomes hard to find a specific song unless you search for it by the song section or know what album the song is in. A disadvantage of searching for the song by that section is because if you want to listen to other songs, that are not on the same album, you cannot. Therefore, you have to search again, and again, and again. Also, in the old app you were able to go to the artist tab, select artist, and then view all songs in alphabetical order regardless of what album the song was in. You could also view one specific album at a time. Now, you don’t have the option to view all songs in alphabetical order. The songs are automatically grouped by album in release date order. This is a pain in the a**. Who remembers what specific song is on what album and what year the album was released? Not I! All I ask apple to do is change the way the artist view section works and restore it back to it’s old format. If that is changed, I think the music app would be an allstar app!
 
lock screen

You can't skip back to shuffled songs in the lock screen. Well, you can 10% of the time.
 
The artist view could be improved I agree, but in most other ways it's better as far as I'm concerned. Certainly it's less buggy than the IOS 6 version, which seemed unable to remember where I was in any playlist (including a shuffle) and kept skipping back several songs and repeating them constantly. I also prefer the IOS 7 lockscreen just for the fact that the controls are there with one push of the home button rather than two.

The tiled album art view is a lot more useful than the endless scrolling album-by-album in coverflow too.
 
The scroll-heavy artist view is so bad, it just shouldn't happen to the company that invented the iPod. I get the impression that they didn't remember to test it with more than just a few albums in the device.
 
crookadile said:
Collapsed Albums for me is a must to end the endless amount of scrolling.
For now I am using Lagu, I really would like to ditch it and use the stock app.
But until collapsed albums is reintroduced I'm sticking with Lagu.
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How many albums and songs do you have from one artist? The most I have is 4 albums and around 30 total songs. Doesn't seem like much of a deal breaker. I can always just search the specific song I'm looking for.

I suppose if you have an alternative, there's no reason to stick with a slight annoyance.

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BklynApple said:
You can't skip back to shuffled songs in the lock screen. Well, you can 10% of the time.
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I just shuffled an album, skipped forward a bunch then went to lock screen to check. I'm able to skip back... hmm.

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BklynApple said:
You can't skip back to shuffled songs in the lock screen. Well, you can 10% of the time.
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I just shuffled an album, skipped forward a bunch then went to lock screen to check. I'm able to skip back... hmm.
 
afsnyder said:
How many albums and songs do you have from one artist? The most I have is 4 albums and around 30 total songs. Doesn't seem like much of a deal breaker. I can always just search the specific song I'm looking for.

I suppose if you have an alternative, there's no reason to stick with a slight annoyance.

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AC/DC 17 Albums, 178 songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll.
 
crookadile said:
AC/DC 17 Albums, 178 songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll.
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Black Sabbath, 165 Songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll

Queen, 172 Songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

Devin Townsend, 183 songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

Judas Priest, 185 songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

The Beatles, 193 Songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

Dream Theater, 280 Songs (including some live albums)
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll



...and before someone says "It's your own fault for having a large collection", Apple sells a 64GB iPod touch specifically targeted at people like me. Prior versions of the music app worked just fine with ANY amount of songs.
 
afsnyder said:
Wow. Sorry!
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Nothing to be sorry for mate. We all have opinions.
The stock app is ok for you but not for me. At least until they hopefully fix it.

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me7 said:
Black Sabbath, 165 Songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll

Queen, 172 Songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

Devin Townsend, 183 songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

Judas Priest, 185 songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

The Beatles, 193 Songs
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

Dream Theater, 280 Songs (including some live albums)
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll



...and before someone says "It's your own fault for having a large collection", Apple sells a 64GB iPod touch specifically targeted at people like me. Prior versions of the music app worked just fine with ANY amount of songs.
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May I suggest Lagu (free) it's almost exactly like the old music app.

Oh, and may I suggest some antiseptic cream for the blister on your finger from all that scrolling. ;)
 
It's not that bad, but it could do with some improvements


  • Too much white
    no Smart Playlists
    No option to view rest of the album in the iTunes Store
    No equalizer settings
    Better UI, like the Remote app
 
me7 said:
Black Sabbath, 165 Songs

Scroll Scroll Scroll



Queen, 172 Songs

Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll



Devin Townsend, 183 songs

Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll



Judas Priest, 185 songs

Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll



The Beatles, 193 Songs

Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll



Dream Theater, 280 Songs (including some live albums)

Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll







...and before someone says "It's your own fault for having a large collection", Apple sells a 64GB iPod touch specifically targeted at people like me. Prior versions of the music app worked just fine with ANY amount of songs.
Click to expand...


Exactly, having 298 albums from 204 Artist is a pain to scroll through.
 
My main gripes have been listed already, however one missing feature that would make it a lot better for me (as well as fixing all the above) would be the "Play next" functionality from iTunes.
 
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