Albumen
Free
2.8for iPhone, iPod touch
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About Albumen
Albumen is a simple interface for viewing and playing songs (tracks) in your music library, organized into albums, podcasts, audiobooks, and playlists. Its chief virtues are: (1) song title and artist information is displayed in full, without truncation (unlike the Music app); (2) in addition to music, audiobooks and podcasts are displayed (unlike the Music app).
Tap a song (track) to start playing it. The iPhone's music player is used, so you can then quit Albumen and playback will continue, and you can use the iPhone's standard music interface to pause and resume play and so forth (including the Music app, the Control Center, and the lock screen). Albumen also includes a play/pause button and a track progress indicator. Albumen also tells you what track is currently playing: the album containing the currently playing track has a checkmark, and the currently playing track has a note mark.
Albumen ignores tracks without an album title, because album organization is its chief reason for being. Albumen ignores cloud-based tracks, because the system provides no coherent way of distinguishing their status.
Tap a song (track) to start playing it. The iPhone's music player is used, so you can then quit Albumen and playback will continue, and you can use the iPhone's standard music interface to pause and resume play and so forth (including the Music app, the Control Center, and the lock screen). Albumen also includes a play/pause button and a track progress indicator. Albumen also tells you what track is currently playing: the album containing the currently playing track has a checkmark, and the currently playing track has a note mark.
Albumen ignores tracks without an album title, because album organization is its chief reason for being. Albumen ignores cloud-based tracks, because the system provides no coherent way of distinguishing their status.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.8
Last updated on Oct 21, 2021
Old Versions
Improved interface layout.
Complete code modernization behind the scenes.
Complete code modernization behind the scenes.
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Version History
2.8
Oct 21, 2021
Improved interface layout.
Complete code modernization behind the scenes.
Complete code modernization behind the scenes.
2.7
Oct 18, 2021
Updated for iOS 15 and Swift 5.5.
Minor bug fix to update playback interface when activating app.
Added text when a category is empty.
Minor bug fix to update playback interface when activating app.
Added text when a category is empty.
2.6
Sep 24, 2018
Update to iOS 12, Swift 4.2
New feature: tap progress bar to scroll to now playing item
Mild interface appearance tweaks
Work around bug in media entity persistent ID numeric type
Numerous small bug fixes having mostly to do with display of now playing item
New feature: tap progress bar to scroll to now playing item
Mild interface appearance tweaks
Work around bug in media entity persistent ID numeric type
Numerous small bug fixes having mostly to do with display of now playing item
2.5
Nov 30, 2016
Updated for iOS 10. Rewritten in Swift 3. Bug fixes, mostly involving display of currently playing track.
2.4
Sep 25, 2015
Update to Swift 2.0. Work around Media Player framework changes (starting in iOS 8.4).
WARNING: Starting in iOS 8.4, the iBooks app can play audiobooks. If you play audiobooks this way, the Music app and the Media Player framework cannot see what's happening — and therefore, neither can Albumen. Albumen works fine with audiobooks, provided you initiate play from within Albumen.
WARNING: Starting in iOS 8.4, the iBooks app can play audiobooks. If you play audiobooks this way, the Music app and the Media Player framework cannot see what's happening — and therefore, neither can Albumen. Albumen works fine with audiobooks, provided you initiate play from within Albumen.
2.3
Jun 22, 2015
Updated for iOS 8 and all iPhone sizes. Added playlists display.
2.2
May 23, 2014
Updated for iOS 7. Now shows albums in three categories: songs, podcasts, and audiobooks.
In iOS 7, Albumen is useful for two reasons: (1) It displays a track's full title and artist information (not truncated); (2) it displays podcasts in addition to music and audiobooks.
NOTE: Starting with this version of Albumen, cloud-based music is ignored (not listed). Albumen is useful for songs that are on your device and are organized by album.
In iOS 7, Albumen is useful for two reasons: (1) It displays a track's full title and artist information (not truncated); (2) it displays podcasts in addition to music and audiobooks.
NOTE: Starting with this version of Albumen, cloud-based music is ignored (not listed). Albumen is useful for songs that are on your device and are organized by album.
2.1
Nov 22, 2012
Updated for iOS 6 and iPhone 5. Bug fixes.
2.0
Nov 30, 2011
Now displays podcasts as well as song albums. Rewritten for iOS 5; new color scheme.
1.2
Jul 9, 2010
Completely rewritten for iOS 4 / iPhone 4. (Now requires iOS 4 or later.)
Added Now button and auto-scrolling to current track. It is now really easy to navigate to the currently playing song.
Replaced Stop button with Play / Pause button.
Added Now button and auto-scrolling to current track. It is now really easy to navigate to the currently playing song.
Replaced Stop button with Play / Pause button.
1.1
Feb 19, 2010
Added progress indicator, stop button, and live updating of "now playing" indicator to second screen.
1.0
Feb 11, 2010
Albumen FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Albumen.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Albumen supports English
