0.0.7 • Album art!

Album art!

This prerelease introduces album art in the app & remote controls.

• Any audio files which include album art, now displays that album art in the player, as well as any remote controls (Control Center, dynamic island, car controls, etc.)
• Album art now displays in the Playlists tab next to each imported album
• Album art now displays in the History tab next to any entry which has it
• If a track has no video and no album art, default placeholder art will display instead

Album art intentionally doesn't appear in the Now Playing list. That's an open idea which might change.

Try it out!

Join the TestFlight beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/qxHfgcAZ

Known issues

• #25: Video files don't display video thumbnails/posters; instead they show the generic "no album art" image

0.0.6

Album support!

• Folder import sorting: If you open a folder, the media within will be sorted before it's added to Now Playing
• Automatic album imports: If you import a track that has album metadata, it's automatically added to that album in your library
• Loading messages: Both when starting the app and opening a folder, a loading message is now displayed so you know shit's happening in the background
• "Clear queue" button: One button to clear the Now Playing queue. Playlists & albums aren't affected by this button, obviously. Added the same kinda button & confirmation for history.
• Toasts: When an important error occurs, a toast will appear describing that error.

Join the TestFlight

https://testflight.apple.com/join/qxHfgcAZ
(only iOS 26 & newer; bbackportsplanned for after 1.0 releases)

Known issues

• #4 Bluetooth and other remote controls don't show metadata as expected
• #16 Album art isn't displayed anywhere

0.0.5 • Playlists

Introducing playlists!

Now, when you open a file, it's added to the end of the Now Playing queue.

That Now Playing queue can be rearranged, shuffled, repeated, or saved as a playlist.

Playlists can be exported or imported as standard M3U8 playlist format, or as a proprietary JSON format which maintains some extra data just for this app.

Introducing history!

This also comes with a History tab!

Anything you play in the app will be added to the History tab, and kept for some amount of time you can specify.

New icon!

This release features a new icon, to go along with the new Deadass Simple brand:

Known issues

Some known issues do exist, since this is pre-release software:

• #4: Metadata not showing up where it should
• #5: Back/forward transport controls skip time instead of skipping tracks when playing music

0.0 • λ Lambda

This is the very first stage of development. Lots of bugs, lots of missing features, but it does work enough to be put out there for lambda testing.

What's lambda testing? It's like Beta testing or Alpha testing, but so early in the process that it's basically radioactive

---

• 0.0.1 • Minimum viable app: plays a file you give it
• 0.0.2 • #1 Title & creator are now displayed beneath the playbox
• 0.0.3 • #2 New dark/tinted icons
• 0.0.4 • #3 Support for iOS 16

Full Changelog: 0.0.1...0.0.4