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HiChord - New Ways Play Music

4.62 • 9 Ratings

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"The new update is incredible, exactly what I envisioned for a music player app!" - SkyCruz718 "Best third party Apple Music player I ever used" - Dr. Perfecto "Game changer. As a fan of album shuffle, I have been disappointed that this feature has been discontinued on the iPhone. HiChord changes all that." - Joel Users love HiChord, especially those who own large music library. HiChord let them enjoy music in its entirety by listening to albums, playlists, artists and genres along with ordinary songs, and convenient to skip the whole collection by just one tap. Most music players can only handle queue of songs. Collection items like albums will be played by adding the songs individually to the queue, thus can only be managed later at song's level. To skip the album, you have to delete the songs one by one. Some music players like iTunes can support album shuffle, but they can either shuffle by album, OR artist, OR playlist, but not both at the same time. You have to switch from Album mode to another so on and so forth. HiChord does it in a completely new way. All playable music units, regardless song, album, playlist, artist or genre, are treated equal. They can be added to queue, play and managed. Collection items will have a second level queue. This Deep Queue or 2-level play queue technology enables you to play, shuffle, skip, move back and forth with all kinds of music unit. Album shuffle is done beautifully, you don't have to any setup to make it work. Go to Library, swipe to album list, tap "Shuffle", that's it. Want to change to Playlist Shuffle? Swipe back to playlist lists, tap "Shuffle", done. Browse through your library, play some artist, or genre, or plain songs, just tap the artwork in the list, they will be played, all together with the albums or playlists you just selected to shuffle, together. HiChord's sophisticated queue technology supports all kinds of operation on the hybrid 2-level queue. You can top one queue item, regardless it is an album or song, change its position, or remove it. You can move a song from album's 2nd level queue outside, or turn on/off Shuffle Inside of a collection item independently — For example you can shuffle all the playlists but keep the songs in some of the playlists in original order. HiChord knows you want song order untouched in Album Shuffle but shuffle inside a playlist in Playlist Shuffle, however if you want the songs inside playlist also in original order, you can do it by long press the playlist queue item and choose "Play in Order". HiChord is not only for enjoying existing music but also keen to help you to discover new music. For casual music listeners, or even for people who has thousands of songs, the constant craving for new good music is always there. So HiChord is fully integrated with Apple Music API and thus you will have access to millions of songs with Free 3 month trial of Apple Music services. In the Discover page you can search music, browse and play charts, enjoy Apple Music "For You"personalized recommendations and much more. One more cool thing with HiChord is the "Cocktail Mode". When you are listening music, the App will search new and popular songs by the artist you are listening to and automatically mix into playing. In that way, old and new songs are mixed together to create a wonderful experience, thus called "Cocktail Mode". You don't have to worry any more about missing new releases from your favorites. They are "followed", automatically, through HiChord. There are many other subtle yet important details in HiChord. Some even are fundamental changes to how music player works. Music player interfaces are basically the same since the age of iPod or Sony walkman. I was not contented with all existing players and started to create something different and better, to change, step by step, the way listen to music and hopefully you will like it too, the HiChord way. Zili Zhang, Creator of HiChord, formerly Octa Music
What’s New
* Changing Colors by Music
Version 1.8.8
Version History

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4.62
out of 5
9 Ratings
  • hatting9, 10.04.2022
    ???
    Still very glitchy
  • Qwerty petro 77, 17.09.2019
    What did you do??
    This was my perfect go to app to jam my tunes on shuffle... now you try to throw in random songs from Apple Music that I don’t want to hear. That stops the whole playlist from continuing. Sorry, but honestly if I wanted unfamiliar songs thrown in I would listen to Pandora or something. You had a magically useful random feature, but I am looking to only random my own music, and I can’t find a way for Apple Music to leave me alone. Show more
  • fanwenqiong, 24.05.2019
    Wen Fan
    Great music app! Teens love it!
  • JinnyP999, 30.03.2019
    Highly recommended
    Love this app once found the shuffle 3 times option ; ) later found that the HiChord playlist 35 songs opens up my beautiful imagination of songs, not even that but HiChord could even centralize songs from othe app playlists. Just the first day, love it, the founder must make countless efforts in it!!! Thank you deeply!!! Show more
  • natalee p, 23.03.2019
    Playlist
    Version 1.6.4 can add song to a playlist while listening. The changing background colors look nice. Thanks the developer
  • DoctorPefecto, 02.01.2019
    Dr.
    I was looking for alternative Apple Music player and so far Hichord is the best third party Apple Music player I ever used. Background playing, streaming iCloud Music library, headphone control all works perfectly. It is easier to navigate than the system music App. The album and playlist shuffle features are cool. I especially like the tracking new songs feature. I was listening to old songs and the next moment the new single is in the mix. Thumbs up! Show more
  • SkyCruz718, 23.10.2018
    Love the update
    The new update is incredible it exactly what I envisioned for a music player app! Keep it up!
  • Soba Toto, 21.08.2018
    Much more than I expected
    I must confess that I did not expect too much about this App, but it turns out to be amazingly good!
  • schwitze, 15.04.2018
    Game changer
    As a fan of album shuffle, I have been disappointed that this feature has been discontinued on the iPhone. OctaMusic changes all that. The app is also much more robust than what I was necessarily looking for, so I look forward to exploring all of its functionality. When I had a minor issue with the way it was sorting my music, the developer was super-responsive and had a fix for the problem within just a few days. I’m very pleased and impressed with this app. Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    0.99 USD
  • Size
    13.73 MB
  • Provider
    Zili Zhang
Languages
English, Simplified Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Copyright
© 2004-2024 Zili Zhang. All rights reserved.