Harken Music Player For iPhone

Harken Music Player For iPhone


For synched music and podcasts


$1.99

4.7.2for iPhone, iPod touch
8.7
9 Ratings
Ben Thomas
Developer
7 MB
Size
Apr 30, 2023
Update Date
Music
Category
4+
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About Harken Music Player For iPhone

Rediscover your music collection with version 4 of Harken, a beautiful yet simple music player for your iPhone or iPod that uses gestures to control playback of music and podcasts synched from iTunes, streamed from iTunes Match, or bought with the iTunes app on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

Harken has a unique bottom-based navigation so you don't have to do gymnastics to reach buttons at the top of the screen - all the primary controls are located at the bottom of the screen.

Get super fast access to your music with the minimum number of taps needed to listen to albums, artists, compilations, composers, genres, playlists, songs or podcast episodes.

Create an on-the-go playlist* from a combination of albums, artists, compilations, composers, genres, playlists, songs or podcast episodes.

Sort your library to find music you haven't listened to in ages, or by rating or recently played to quickly find your favourites.

You can also shuffle all albums or songs by a single artist, composer or genre - see Settings to change between song and album shuffling.

Does your music have lyrics? Tap the lyrics button to see them.

Choose from dark or light themes, full-screen or small cover art, and even use your favourite font to make Harken *your* music player.

Harken For iPhone is perfect for use in the car or when your iPhone is sitting in a dock and connected to your home stereo:
- playback controls are so easy to use you don't need to look at the phone to play, pause, or skip tracks
- larger than standard text is easy to read when the phone is mounted in a cradle on your wind shield or dash board
- the screen does not turn off automatically**, so you don't have to unlock the phone to control playback

Podcast support - simply sync podcasts to your iPhone or iPod with iTunes.

You can also play iTunes Match items, or hide them via the app's settings, but due to a restriction with Apple's support libraries, the music does not get saved to your phone. Nor is there an indicator of the download progress. Songs will start playing once they've downloaded enough. I'll add better support for iTunes Match as soon as possible but it will depend on Apple choosing to enhance their developer kit.

Harken has loads of features, and I'm constantly adding new ones that my users request.

*On-the-go playlists are not stored. Use iTunes if you want to create permanent playlists.
**Battery usage will increase while the screen is on.

If you have any feature requests or feedback, I can be reached on Twitter: @iosdevben.

And if you like Harken, please take the time to rate and leave a review: it really helps independent developers like me.
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.7.2

Last updated on Apr 30, 2023
Old Versions
I've fixed a couple of crashes.

If you have any feedback, please go to the Settings screen in the app and press "Email your feedback".

And if you have time to leave a review on the AppStore, I would really appreciate it, because it really helps other people decide if they should download the app.
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Version History
4.7.2
Apr 30, 2023
I've fixed a couple of crashes.

If you have any feedback, please go to the Settings screen in the app and press "Email your feedback".

And if you have time to leave a review on the AppStore, I would really appreciate it, because it really helps other people decide if they should download the app.
4.7.1
Mar 2, 2022
Fixed some bugs:
- the track listing would show the wrong tracks when the Now Playing screen was first displayed
- the wrong track info would be displayed when shuffling from the library screen

Improvements:
- added support for dynamic fonts on the Now Playing screen
4.7.0
Nov 27, 2020
Re-enabled the ability for you to choose the user interface theme independently.
4.6.0
Oct 30, 2020
It's been a long time coming, but this release includes lots of changes

- press and hold on a playlist, album, shuffle artist, or shuffle genre buttons, to see the track listing and start playback from a specific track
- use system user interface style (dark/light mode)
- swipe left to go back to the start of the song instead of skipping to the previous track. Swipe again to go to the previous track.
- sort by date added to library (and renamed sort options)
- remember sort order between app launches
- remember selected library view mode between app launches
- updated look for the now playing screen

If you have any suggestions, questions, or bugs to report, please send me an email at support@thomases.id.au.

And if you love Harken, please leave a review on the AppStore. It really helps independent developers like me.
4.5.0
Aug 27, 2019
Fixed the bug which would show Albums in the wrong order when you sorted by recently played.

Also fixes a bug with jumping to the artist from the Now Playing screen.

If you like Harken, please take the time to rate and leave a review: it really helps independent developers like me. And if you want to talk to me directly, jump into settings
4.4.1
Oct 24, 2018
This version natively supports iOS 12, the iPhone XS Max and XR, and fixes a display bug on iPhone X/XS.
4.4.0
Sep 7, 2018
Now you can see artist names in their original form, instead of all-caps. Just go to settings if you don't want all-caps.

Thanks to Michael Weinmayr for suggesting this feature via Twitter!

Also fixed a bug with searching: quotes and apostrophes were not correctly handled.

If you like Harken, please leave a review or rating in the AppStore, and if you've got any questions or suggestions, please go to settings in the app and send me a message.
4.3.4
Jul 10, 2018
Fixes a crash that could occur when selecting Genres or Artists in the library.
4.3.3
Jun 9, 2018
Further fixes for crashes when generating list of indexes from album titles.
4.3.2
Jun 7, 2018
Allow the user to choose which email client they'd like to use when submitting feedback - required because the app was crashing when Apple Mail was the only option and the user didn't have a mail account configured.

Make the text in the search box visible - was black.

If you like Harken, please leave a review on the AppStore as it helps other people decide whether or not to purchase Harken.

Want to try before you buy? Harken Lite is also available for free on the AppStore with full access to all features for 7 days.
4.3.1
Apr 17, 2018
Fixed some crashes.

If you like Harken, please leave a review on the AppStore as it helps other people decide whether or not to purchase Harken.

Want to try before you buy? Harken Lite is also available for free on the AppStore with full access to all features for 7 days.
4.3.0
Apr 5, 2018
Support for iPhone X - sorry for the long delay.

Please note that iOS 11.3 will fix the lag issue when the Now Playing screen is displayed.
4.2.0
Jul 27, 2017
You can now view lyrics for any song that has lyrics - either ones you've added manually via iTunes or where it's added automatically by Apple. This may mean you don't see any lyrics but just add them in iTunes and sync your iPhone with iTunes.

This feature was requested by one of my users, John Landry. If there's a feature you'd like to see in Harken, please contact me via the Settings screen in Harken.

Love Harken? Please rate and review or share on social media. It really helps indie developers like me.
4.1.0
Jun 14, 2017
Bumper update: View your library by Composers, and sort by play date.

For the classical music lovers, you can now choose to view a list of composers with songs grouped by album by those composers.

If you want to play something you haven't listened to in ages, or want to focus on your current favourites, sort by recently played. Albums are also now sorted when you're viewing your library by Artist and Genre.

The last couple of features have been at the request of owners of Harken For iPhone. If you'd like to see a particular feature go to Settings to send feedback. I'd love to hear from you. :)
4.0.3
Jun 4, 2017
When creating an Instant Playlist, you can now shuffle it. If you add multiple albums to the playlist, and have shuffling set to "Albums", Harken will play the albums in random order. You can still just play all the items in order if you press the play button.

I'm also working on saving the playlists so you can access them later.
4.0.2
May 19, 2017
Rediscover your music collection with the completely redesigned and rewritten Harken for iPhone 4. You can now create playlists from all media types, sort your library to find music you haven't listened to in ages or by rating, choose from dark or light themes, full-screen or small cover art, and even use your favourite font to make Harken *your* music player. You can also play iTunes Match items, or hide them via the app's settings.

In v4.0.2 I've fixed a bug: music would be shuffled when you tapped on an album and had the shuffle setting set to "songs". Music should only be shuffled when you press a shuffle button.
4.0.1
May 15, 2017
Rediscover your music collection with the completely redesigned and rewritten Harken for iPhone 4. You can now create playlists from all media types, sort your library to find music you haven't listened to in ages or by rating, choose from dark or light themes, full-screen or small cover art, and even use your favourite font to make Harken *your* music player. You can also play iTunes Match items, or hide them via the app's settings.

In v4.0.1 I've added the ability for you to manually reload your library, and to provide feedback.
4.0
May 11, 2017
Rediscover your music collection with the completely redesigned and rewritten Harken for iPhone 4. You can now create playlists from all media types, sort your library, choose from dark or light themes, and even use your favourite font.

You can also play iTunes Match items, or hide them via the app's settings.
3.0.6
Jan 19, 2015
Updated to support iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

If you like Harken, please take the time to leave a review: it really helps.

#Podcasts can not be selected if you have iOS 8.4 - i have filed a bug report with Apple to have Podcasts reinstated in the off-the-shelf component that I'm using to select audio.
3.0.5
Jun 19, 2014
Stability improvements.
3.0.4
May 8, 2014
Stability improvements.

Cloud (Music Match) items won't be played when the whole music library is shuffled.
3.0.3
Apr 24, 2014
Fixed a crash that would occur when a track was loaded which had no album title or artist.
3.0.2
Apr 18, 2014
Fixed a problem when selecting songs that have no album and artist.
3.0.1
Apr 14, 2014
Bugfixes.

If you like Harken, please leave a review. It really helps.
3.0
Apr 7, 2014
Big overhaul this time. Along with a more modern design, there are the following changes:
- see a list of all songs
- create a playlist via the library menu screen
- adjust the volume from within the app
- shuffle and repeat are more accessible
- toggle the backlight timer (when on/highlighted the screen will stay on)

If you like Harken, please take the time to leave a nice review: it really helps.

Harken Music Player For iPhone FAQ

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iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Harken Music Player For iPhone supports English

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