Appmuse

I was incredibly disappointed that Apple removed the “shuffle album” option. This is a simple and effective replacement!

I really like shuffling by album and this app does not disappoint. Also excellent timely responses from Mike if you run into any issues.

Tried to contact developer through the app, which is in the settings. Problem is, no email ever popped up, so I’m leaving feedback here. Filtering by playlists isn’t available in this version, but filtering by genres is. The app doesn’t see the playlists. Or perhaps there’s a toggle in settings that’s broken. Hope this is fixable and if so, fixed soon. Show more

This app has a nice interface and seems to be better than some others at picking truly random selections, but it is worse than the free apps when it comes to maintaining a playlist. I want to shuffle albums on my car stereo with some continuity (actually listening to a whole album followed by another). If I get out of the car for a few hours and do some other things on my phone, this app “forgets” the playlist it had going. I don’t want to start a new shuffle every day, or even multiple times in a day. Show more

This app has useful features that should have been standard in Apple's music player. Since they are not this app is great. Beware that as of the current version 1.22 filters are unreliable and you may end up hearing stuff that should have been filtered out. I contacted the developer about this so hopefully it gets fixed. Update: the dev worked with me to quickly solve the filter bug. Yay for responsive devs! Show more

This is a good app, only wish I can put it on the widgets list

I really want to like this, but there is a flaw in the randomization algorithm. The same group of about 20 albums (maybe more or less, I've never tried to count) is shuffled over and over and re-shuffling simply changes the order rather than loading a new group of albums. So if you wait long enough you just end up listening to the same things over and over again while the majority of music on your device is ignored. This is the only thing that is stopping me from using it regularly. Show more

Really missed album shuffle. This app is the perfect solution.

I really love this app for letting me finally shuffle albums on my iPod touch. However, one of my biggest problems is that you can't choose one song or album to start and then shuffle from there. If you already have a song playing, once you open this app it will disregard the rest of the Album playing and start a new queue. Being able to choose a song from the app interface would be great too, instead of having to keep going back to the Music app to choose a song. This would get 5 stars if you could do something other than simply shuffle your library. Show more

This app is wonderful... when it is working properly. However, my experience is that it randomly crashes my iPad when I hit the "skip album" button. Let me be clear, it's not just the app that crashes, it causes the iPad itself to reboot. When I reported my problems, the message I received back was dismissive, and they only wanted to blame Apple rather than admit that they had problems with their app. Also, a lesser problem is that the app ignores the orientation of the device and defaults to a vertical presentation, even when it was previously opened in a horizontal orientation and not moved before opening the app again. In short, this app is a great idea with poor writing behind it, and it does not deserve the high ratings it has received until they can fix these problems. Show more

Well worth the money. I would give it five stars if it allowed you to shuffle more than 50 albums to eliminate repeats.

Couldn't listen to my music collection without it. Works flawlessly with iTunes Match.

Great app, user-friendly interface, and excellent customer support.

First and foremost, for me to get through my cardio sessions, I need my music! So when my iPod 4th Generation started to act up, I went out and got an iPod Touch. All was good and I was impressed and excited until I realized there was no loger shuffle by album!!! :( I live for this feature! I have my favorite albums for cardio in a Playlist and then I would use that shuffle by album feature to randomize by album. I seriously considered returning my iPod Touch because randomizing by track would definitely NOT work for me. I really couldn't believe the feature was missing, so I thought I just didn't know how to do it. That's when I turned to the internet and found out that it wasn't me after all and then I found this great app! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Very highly recommended. In the previous version, I noticed some bugs with the randomization feature because some albums would replay a couple of albums after they had been played. I'm hoping that this is fixed in this new version. Still, is is a small annoyance to pay for not having a feature I desperately need while doing my cardio. Show more

Restores functionality sorely missing from the stock app. If only you could shuffle albums through HomeShare!

I use this app just about every day. It is functional, fun, and well designed.

Great app! Glad to see there are other people that are just as particular about their library as I am. Now if there was a way to view [Artists>All Albums>All Songs] in their proper album-order instead of alphabetical order. I've been putting number codes in front of the track names to achieve this. For example, [0101 - This Is a Call] would be the first track on Foo Fighters' first album, and [0604 - Long Road to Ruin] is the fourth track on their sixth album. A very tedious process! Please help!!! Show more

Great app that should be a feature of the music app anyway! Would get 5 stars if it allowed track ratings.

This works, but it asks me to shuffle every time I go into it. And with 4400 albums, it takes forever to shuffle. Why can't it keep playing from the same shuffle, instead of asking for a new one every time. Show more

Album shuffle was the one thing that the iPod Touch and iPhone didn't have, and it irked me to no end. So I'm incredibly grateful for this program which does more than just album shuffle, but also allows you to shuffle within a playlist or genre. It's great to have that kind of flexibility! The program links seamlessly with the iPod music player, which is nice too. A couple suggestions for improvements: 1) speed up the shuffle (right now, when I shuffle to the next album, it has to skip every single track in the current album one at a time, which is slow) 2) similar to the volume control, make it possible to access lyrics directly from the program 3) being able to shuffle by artist would be nice 4) I wish that while the program was actually shuffling, I could access the filters. The shuffling takes so long sometimes and I haven't even picked the correct filter. Otherwise, it's exactly what Apple should have included in their original program! Show more