Appmuse

This app is a little irritating to say the least. I search up a simple song with a well known name and I get 50+ covers or other artists and other random things mixed in. Doesn’t have a lot of songs as well, and just not a great app all around. Albeit you get free songs, five a week through your library, but that does take some time to build a playlist. Show more

It loads, it logs in, it accesses and queues content, but does not PLAY any content from the app, video or audio. The government should claw back our money and get a better provider. Show more

I’ve been using this for music only and so far so good, not lagging when steaming. I deducted one star because there isn’t a cast function.

The iPad version - iPad Pro 11 version 3 2021 running iPad OS 15.7 - does not work at all. It displays the opening splash screen and that is all it does on a fully updated iPad. There is no functionality whatsoever. Dead as a door nail. There is no way to get any technical support as there are no links or technical support on the website other than a FAQ that is not relevant to this problem. Beyond the FAQ, there is no way to contact support. Apparently there is none. None. Zip. Zero. Try to login at the website and the form that is displayed requires an address and county but the USA is not a supported county so that is not an alternative to a non functional app. Show more

This app doesn’t have a wide selection of songs, and many of my favorite bands’ songs aren’t here ? Not very good

This app is pretty nice! It is free with no ads. But lots of good songs are missing. And it is too slow. You can only get five downloads per week. It has been FOREVER and only have a few songs! Show more

You must have patience using this app. It’s free through libraries, but you have to work at it. You get 5 downloads a week, and after a year you have a good set of songs. There is unlimited streaming, and you can load songs there, but you need internet access to play streaming. I have found a lot of interesting songs and musicians through Freegal, as it seems anyone can upload their music. It is missing a lot of great performers but you can find almost any song. Just takes awhile to find just the right version. Show more

The Spokane Library system has discontinued this service. We enjoyed it for many years. How can we continue to get it? Thanks, Gary

Annoying and borderline clunky interface but considering it is “free” downloadable music it is tough to complain too much. I had no technical issues. Music quality doesn’t seem to be HD but is good enough for most users I think. Show more

Great app and you can download music so you can Liston on the road. But they are missing lots of artists it I have tried to find.

Freegal is awful. Poor selection, glitchy, terrible user interface, and difficult to transfer files to listen in another app. They charge public library systems exorbitant rates for sub par performance, capitalizing in many cases on the libraries’ lack of tech savvy. 0/10 do not recommend, and strongly recommend libraries find another way to get music to their patrons. Show more

On iPhone SE 2, music always pauses if the phone sleeps or if it is not the foreground app. I don’t have this problem on an older iPhone 6. Very frustrating, especially when driving. Show more

None of the public libraries I have access to is listed. I live near Boston, MA and have cards for four libraries, including Boston, in four library networks. The app is useless for me. YMMV. Show more

I wished this worked on the iPhone!

There isn’t one that I’ve found. Music side is solid but needs more development on the audiobook side.

It is great that the app is free, but the layout needs a LOT of improvement.

I’ve been using the Freegal app for several years. The fact that it’s a free* streaming service that gives access to most of the Sony/Columbia catalog is a great feature for those of us who don’t subscribe to one of the commerical streaming platforms. You can access complete catalogs from great artists, such as Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, etc. (but not The Beatles even though they’re owned by Sony!). A key problem with the app is that often it goes to sleep after completing a song. You have to manually switch on your phone and enter the app to get the next song playing. This doesn’t always happen, and I’m not sure if it’s just for certain albums, but it certainly happens a lot. If you’re streaming from the comfort of your home, then it’s just an annoyance. If you’re streaming while driving your car then it can be downright dangerous to have to manually start the app playing again (which is why I don’t use it when I’m driving!). It’s been like this for years so I’ve no expectation of them fixing it. The other main problem is not to do with the app specifically. Many of the songs I’ve listened to have little glitches in them that can be quite annoying. I think it mainly affects older songs in the catalog. An example I heard recently is the second half of Kate Bush’s “Aerial” album. If you download the songs instead of streaming then I’ve found the songs to be perfectly OK, but you’re limited in how many songs you can download each week and a lot of songs can’t be downloaded (e.g., the Kate Bush album I mentioned). I’ve tried complaining to the Freegal customer service, but with no success. * It’s not really free. Your tax dollars go to your library, which then pays Sony for the service. Show more

This app works very well with no crashes. I noticed in some reviews people complaining about the selection of music not being as good as they would like. I would like to remind them this is app is free. If you want all the latest music then you have to pay and use some other app. For being a free app, it works well and has a reasonably good selection of music, videos and audiobooks. I love the app! Show more

I have been downloading songs off the freegal website for months now with access from my library card. However, the audio streaming quality on the desktop website always left something to be desired. The audio quality on the app is much better! The music selection on here can be a bit eclectic, but I have still found lots of great stuff! A good way to search out good or popular songs is to check the playlists different public libraries put together. And it’s all free! (well, payed for by taxes. Support your public libraries for great services like this!) Show more

So I downloaded this app a few months ago and it has been amazing. Great design, almost no glitches, awesome interface, good music, and all for free! This would be the dream app except for one minor problem. It’s selection of songs does not include pop music bands such as Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons, etc. Overall though, this app is amazing and should be used by everybody. It even has a good selection of other genres such as rock and alternative. I highly recommend this app to everybody who likes alternative, rock, rap, latin, and even old-school hip-hop. This is definitely the future of music. Show more