QuickTunes
Creative
music player
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How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Pricing: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Good alternative to Apple Music app's bloat
From 1 comment
Another alternate client that’s great is LongPlay. Instead of being a better UI like QuickTunes, LongPlay is specifically designed for one thing and one thing only: full album…
MBCook on HN
Objections
Apple Music app performance criticism is disputed
From 2 comments
It’s a pet peeve of mine to continually hear about how the Apple Music app is bloated. Apple literally reduced the bloat compared to the past. They removed podcast, TV/movie, and…
dangus on HNCan’t say I’ve witnessed or heard of that behavior.
dangus on HN
Only supports Apple Music, not other backends like Jellyfin or Plex
From 3 comments
Modern player is not only about UIUX but also which music storage it supports, DLNA, Plex, Jellyfin, that’s the main feature users will be checking. If it’s just AppleMusic player.
dostick on HNOK there's a bunch of jellyfin clients tho. This is an Apple Music client. why you gotta drag somebody over this.
jazzyjackson on HNWell, it matters when you have to integrate with APIs and idiosyncrasies of third parties, and whatever draconian DRM they require. It’s obviously not impossible to add support…
slau on HN
Requests
Support for other music backends
From 2 comments
Modern player is not only about UIUX but also which music storage it supports, DLNA, Plex, Jellyfin, that’s the main feature users will be checking. If it’s just AppleMusic player.
dostick on HNWhy does it matter what the backend is? A music player is a music player; it shouldn't matter where the music comes from.
MangoToupe on HN
iOS alternative players
From 2 comments
Any alternatives for iOS? I’m sick of the search defaulting to Apple Music the streaming service
eisa01 on HNYes, please. The iOS Music app has been getting worse for years.
sleight42 on HN
Questions
Does it work with Windows?
From 1 comment
Any alt- Apple Music players for Windows? The Apple Music app on Windows has a lot of “native platform app” shortcomings.
browningstreet on HN
Alternatives named
LongPlay
From 1 comment
Another alternate client that’s great is LongPlay. Instead of being a better UI like QuickTunes, LongPlay is specifically designed for one thing and one thing only: full album…
MBCook on HN
Spot
From 1 comment
Reminiscent of Spot for Linux, another great shortcut-oriented streaming interface for those of you who ditched the Mac: https://github.com/xou816/spot
bigyabai on HN
Cider
From 1 comment
Looks cool. There’s also Cider, I use it on Linux https://cider.sh/.
dontlaugh on HN
Cesium
From 1 comment
https://www.cesium-app.com was great for me for a long time. I forgot why I quit using it, but I don't think it was because it stopped being great.
hoherd on HN
foobar2000
From 1 comment
Foobar2000 is available on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android
HelloUsername on HN
QuickTune
From 1 comment
The name seems awfully close to QuickTune, another frontend to Apple Music. https://marioaguzman.github.io/quicktune/
zapzupnz on HN