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Cs: Music Player app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 9456 ratings )
Music Utilities Entertainment
Developer: Mike Clay
2.99 USD
Current version: 6.4.6, last update: 5 months ago
First release : 21 Nov 2014
App size: 5.51 Mb

CLASSIC TAB INTERFACE
Enjoy your music collection free from suggestions, recommendations, and radio stations. Cs Music preserves the classic tabbed music interface with a modern iOS twist.

COMPLETELY AD-FREE.
Works with your Apple Music automatically. No extra accounts, signups or subscriptions required.

MORE CUSTOMIZABLE
Organize your library your way with more sorting and display options than the default player. Customize your view preferences for each view and tab. Get deeper into your songs with track details, metadata and tagged lyrics.

PIN YOUR FAVORITES
Pin your favorite playlists, artists, and albums to create convenient shortcuts. Pinned playlist or albums, etc. will always appear at the top of any list they are included in.

ADVANCED PLAYLIST CONTROL
Take playlists to the next level with advanced functions. Search for songs within a playlist, group tracks into artists or albums, and randomize tracks (including by album and grouping).

DYNAMIC PLAYER
Gorgeous player that changes color based on album artwork. Controls are visible, and conveniently placed: easily love and rate songs or toggle shuffle with just a tap.


Cs requires Music.app remain installed.

Pros and cons of Cs: Music Player app for iPhone and iPad

Cs: Music Player app good for

I love Cesium. Since the standard music app got so bloated up over time with Apple music, radio etc. Im very glad Cesium brings back the classic music interface we used to love so much since our first iPod / iPhone. And the best for me: audiobooks are back inside the music app making for a much simpler experience than accessing them separately. :-) Thanks a million to the developer. Its small things but they really make a huge difference!
And it keeps getting better with every update! Love the new sorting options. The night mode is still really buggy though, causes the app to crash. Had to reinstall to fix.
Now we can create a mix in seconds! Great work! The dev keeps on optimizing and bugfixing, that is a big plus. I personaly think there a a few to many steps to switch between library, playscreen and que - but overall a great player, now my standard-app for music.
I used to use the first iPod Touch - and - it was a perfect iPod. I perfect player for your locally stored music. Many years went by and I was on other platforms. Recently I went back to Apple - iPhone SE - and the music player was so, so frustrating. I just wanted a simple music player for my phone. Instead what was included in iOS9 was a music player that was asking me to join Apple Music. A player that was advertising Radio - which would nto work unless I bought a subscription to Apple Music. I didnt like the Music home screen - the way it was displaying recently added albums It also has front and centre @CONNECT - I have no idea what that even is and when clicking it - I will never use it - no one I know even uses it if theyve even heard of it. Basically - the iOS music player has turned into a bloated piece of garbage while I was away. Cesium is how it should be. Simple - some simple settings that help you make it look/act more to your liking. Periodic Icons are great - look them uo :) The only thing I cannot find how to do - if possible - is delete music from my iPhone on the go - which I do when Im on the road to weed out anything I dont want (Im not so much a playlist guy). Also - I contacted the developer and he responded overnight, so, very happy with my purchase :)
I was going to give it 4 stars but I cant fault it. I was a bit put off before I bought it as there was a lot of blurb about genres (which I never use) but like the old music app, you can decide what tabs to display and it defaults to albums, artists and playlists anyway. You sync playlists in apples Music/iTunes and it gets them just fine. Best of all theres no streaming or radios. Purely for locally stored music which is all I have or want. Its such a relief to get back to where apple were when they did music well.
Black, sleek and efficient! You can select all songs from all albums to play by a given artist unlike Apples player. I like it! Buy it, you will too!

Some bad moments

Random mode used to play songs (albums, playlists...) by random (meaning that after each songs played once they will do over in an different order) its not longer the case. The feature I bought this app is gone, so am I
Wow. New music app without CarPlay... When you fix that Ill update my review.
Ive tried to use this app but it doesnt work very well. When I skip songs the skipped song just starts over and that continues to happen. Not going to use this app anymore.
Lags when skipping songs, it starts from the beginning. Scrobbling is buggy.
Blocked on the first screen talking about collection control. The application is crashing.
It presents itself as an alternative to iTunes and Apple Music. However, its reliance on the iTunes nightmare makes it just as frustrating.