1.9.1
2020-09-17
• Added dark mode support.
• Fixed issue where songs didn’t appear after being added to a playlist.
• Fixed issue where sheet music would scroll under the notch when rotating or switching songs.
1.9.0
2020-03-02
Icon update and bug fixes.
1.8.5
2019-05-10
• Renamed app to Sacred Music.
• Updated icon and splash screen.
• Show Words button now appears while sheet music is downloading.
• Improved support for Mandarin and Cantonese audio recordings.
• Simplified the song info that shows in the control center while listening.
• Added support for deep linking with sacredmusic:// URLs.
• Updated form for sending feedback.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.
New in 1.8.5:
• Double-tap to view a song in full screen (previously single-tap).
• Updated translations.
1.8.4
2019-04-23
• Renamed app to Sacred Music.
• Updated icon and splash screen.
• Show Words button now appears while sheet music is downloading.
• Improved support for Mandarin and Cantonese audio recordings.
• Simplified the song info that shows in the control center while listening.
• Added support for deep linking with sacredmusic:// URLs.
• Updated form for sending feedback.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.
1.8.3
2018-01-17
* Improved performance.
* Better support for iOS 11 and iPhone X.
* Updated search box to match iOS 11 design guidelines.
* Updated icon and title of first tab to be more consistent.
* Fixed bug where no message was displayed when a song had copyright restrictions.
* Fixed bug where no message was displayed while sheet music was downloading.
* Fixed bug where audio got stuck in "Words and Music" or "Music Only" mode.
* More relevant search results when searching by number.
* More reliable shuffle feature.
* Miscellaneous bug fixes.
1.8.2
2017-01-06
• Fixed bug that caused some users to not see content when they opened the app.
• Now Playing screen now shows all authors and composers for the selected song, instead of just one.
• Content Options menu for the selected song now displays artists correctly, along with the authors and composers (Youth Theme Music).
• Fixed bug on large iPad screens that caused song lists to not be centered.
• Updated icons of other apps in Settings.
• Crash and bug fixes.
1.8.1
2016-11-11
• Fixed issue where app launched without content.
• Fixed some issues that were causing the app to crash.
1.8.0
2016-11-02
• Added new content in several languages (including Youth Theme Music in English and Spanish).
• Improved stability of sheet music downloading and updating.
• Added contributors and topics to the Content Options menu for each song.
• Improved appearance of words-only view.
• Improved deep-linking to songs with ldsmusic://.
• Added 5 hymns that we didn’t previously have copyright approval to publish: “All Creatures of Our God and King”, “Be Still My Soul”, “For All the Saints”, “I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly”, and “If You Could Hie to Kolob”.
1.7.3
2015-09-17
Added dates to privacy policy and rights and use information links.
1.7.2
2015-07-30
Updated the list of other apps, added links to the privacy policy and rights and use information, and moved the location of the copyright and acknowledgements.
1.7.1
2015-02-01
Additional content:
• Added the hymnbook in Dutch, Kekchi, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, and Swedish
• Added the Children’s Songbook in Dutch, Italian, Kekchi, Korean, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian
• Added “Hymns and Children’s Songs” in Estonian and Lithuanian
Stability and usability:
• Added the ability to change how songs are sorted in the Now Playing list
• Require iOS 7.1 or later, allowing us to continue improving the app
• Bug fixes for search, scrolling, localized collection names, export options, and content management
1.7.0
2014-11-08
Improved and expanded content:
• Added the Hymnbook in German, Korean, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, Latvian, and Traditional Chinese
• Added the Children’s Songbook in German and Traditional Chinese
• Corrected typos in existing English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese music
• Marked verses below the music in words view
• Added singing instructions to words view
Better use of storage:
• Turned off downloading music in the background by default
• Use smaller audio files for faster downloads and less storage
• Added the ability to manage storage in the new Settings tab
Stability and UI changes:
• Added support for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
• Simplified the change language screen
• Combined the Authors and Composers tabs into the new People tab
• Revised song sharing to support share extensions
• Removed Google+ sharing (we expect the Google+ app to provide a share extension soon)
• Fixed various crashes and UI issues
1.6.2
2014-02-19
You can now select the Vocal Audio option on the "Now Playing" screen. Once a song starts playing, the "Now Playing" screen will appear. Tap the "Music Only" button to select which audio type you prefer. Your preference will be remembered the next time you press play.
Other improvements:
- The app is much more responsive!
- Numeric search is improved, with a keypad option and better ordering.
- An alternative audio type is automatically played when the preferred type is unavailable.
- An "Add all songs..." feature has been added to the add to playlist menu which adds all songs in the list to the playlist.
- You can send feedback from within the app by quickly tapping the screen three times with two fingers (previously only one finger was required).
- Removed the ability to sort songs by number when the songs don’t have numbers.
- Changed first lines of songs (in an alphabetical list of songs) to display in italics rather than gray.
- The app will remember what audio it was last playing, even after a reboot. On iOS 7, if LDS Music was the last app to play audio it will be re-launched when you first press play on any audio control (i.e. Control Center, headphones, bluetooth, etc.) after a reboot.
1.6.1
2013-11-26
Bug Fixes
You can now select the Vocal Audio option on the "Now Playing" screen. Once a song starts playing, the "Now Playing" screen will appear. Tap the "Music Only" button to select which audio type you prefer. Your preference will be remembered the next time you press play.
Other improvements:
- The app is much more responsive!
- Numeric search is improved, with a keypad option and better ordering.
- An alternative audio type is automatically played when the preferred type is unavailable.
- An "Add all songs..." feature has been added to the add to playlist menu which adds all songs in the list to the playlist.
- You can send feedback from within the app by quickly tapping the screen three times with two fingers (previously only one finger was required).
- Removed the ability to sort songs by number when the songs don’t have numbers.
- Changed first lines of songs (in an alphabetical list of songs) to display in italics rather than gray.
- The app will remember what audio it was last playing, even after a reboot. On iOS 7, if LDS Music was the last app to play audio it will be re-launched when you first press play on any audio control (i.e. Control Center, headphones, bluetooth, etc.) after a reboot.
1.6
2013-11-20
You can now select the Vocal Audio option on the "Now Playing" screen. Once a song starts playing, the "Now Playing" screen will appear. Tap the "Music Only" button to select which audio type you prefer. Your preference will be remembered the next time you press play.
Other improvements:
- The app is much more responsive!
- Numeric search is improved, with a keypad option and better ordering.
- An alternative audio type is automatically played when the preferred type is unavailable.
- An "Add all songs..." feature has been added to the add to playlist menu which adds all songs in the list to the playlist.
- You can send feedback from within the app by quickly tapping the screen three times with two fingers (previously only one finger was required).
- Removed the ability to sort songs by number when the songs don’t have numbers.
- Changed first lines of songs (in an alphabetical list of songs) to display in italics rather than gray.
- The app will remember what audio it was last playing, even after a reboot. On iOS 7, if LDS Music was the last app to play audio it will be re-launched when you first press play on any audio control (i.e. Control Center, headphones, bluetooth, etc.) after a reboot.
1.5
2013-10-23
User interfaces changes
• Updated app icon for iOS 7
• User interface and button icons updated for iOS 7
• Moved "Add to Playlist" option to the sharing/action - menu
• Moved "Content Options" button from the titlebar to the toolbar
• Updated artwork for collections
Advanced playback controls
• Now Playing page with album art, advanced audio controls, and song information
• Indicator in the list of hymns that shows which song is currently playing
• Background audio is now fully functional and better integrated with iOS
• Music will automatically pause when an external speaker is unplugged
• AirPlay option to play music using Apple TV
Miscellaneous changes
• Share any song by tapping and holding it in the list
• Add a song to a playlist by tapping and holding it in the list
• Ability to open a PDF or MP3 of the song in another app
• Ability to share songs with nearby individuals using AirDrop
• Seamless automatic switch to words-only view when sheet music is not available
• Upside-down portrait mode allowed on iPads
• Users can triple-tap the screen throughout the app to send feedback
• Miscellaneous improvements to responsiveness of the app
New content
• Additional Children’s Songs (English)
1.4.1
2013-08-10
Bug Fix:
• Vocal Audio Content now persists after download
Note: This bug was causing the mp3 files to always download when the app was running, which caused older single core devices to run very slow when “Offline Access” was enabled under the Language Settings. (i.e. iPad 1, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4th gen, and earlier versions of each). The files will still need to download once, but after the initial download completes these devices should run much faster, since they won’t be continuously downloading these mp3 files. You can also address this issue by disabling “Offline Access” under the Language Settings menu.
Feel free to send us your feedback at ldsmusic@ldschurch.org
1.4
2013-04-21
♪ Make and share your own playlists.
♪ Play either vocal or instrumental music.
♪ Quickly switch to the same song in other languages.
♪ Share songs over email and on social networks.
♪ Dozens of other small improvements throughout the app.
Note: Many of you are waiting for us to release the content in languages other than English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. We are working hard to make this happen but still have some barriers we must overcome to make this happen. We will release the content in other languages as soon as we can.
1.3.1
2012-10-01
► Support for iPhone 5
1.3
2012-03-22
► New Portuguese and French Hymns and Children's Songbook
► Automatically downloads audio over Wi-Fi in the background
► Enhanced to take advantage of the Retina display on the new iPad
1.2
2012-01-17
► Improved the appearance of song lyrics.
► Added the sheet music "slingshot": scroll just past the end of the sheet music for longer songs to jump quickly back to the top!
1.1
2011-12-11
► Spanish Hymns and Children's Songbook
► Increased font size on the words screen on iPad
► Fix for crashing on iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd gen.
► Fixes for other minor bugs
1.0.2
2011-11-15
Nov. 8-9 we had a corrupt music database on our servers, which caused the app to crash on launch for those who accessed LDS Music during that period. This release fixes the issue for those users. We've also taken additional steps to ensure that this does not happen again. Enjoy!
1.0.1
2011-11-08
Improved sheet music for Hymn #60, lists first lines as well as titles, and enables integration with other apps.
