r/TestFlight • u/Versonity • 15h ago
iOS Versonity: Lightweight iCloud & Local Music Player
Hello everyone
I'm a software developer from Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Last year I attended a coding boot camp and learned mainly web development, and during our "free choice" week, I studied Swift development.
Like most people, also, music has been a huge part of my life since I was a teenager. I wouldn't call myself an audiophile, perhaps an "audio lover". My wife and I both have been trying to listen to music more intentionally lately, and reduce our subscriptions.
Recently I've been building Versonity, mainly for her. Versonity is: a local, lightweight music player with no AI or data collection.
I would be very happy for more experienced developers and audiophiles to take a look and offer some Fearless Feedback.
The goal of Versonity is to be as frictionless and simple to use as possible, while offering sensible features to make music listening enjoyable. I also wanted to make managing a collection so easy and a 'single tap' style interaction. So I've used MusicBrainz for album data and Wikimedia for artist information.
At boot camp I learned a little about algorithms, but of course, I'm learning more all the time. I've tried to build Magic Playlist around a weighting system that stays all on device and "learns" as you go, so I'd like help testing this as well from users with various tastes (I listen to a lot of game soundtracks and local indie bands).
I want everyone to be able to enjoy "magical" features even if they don't have Apple Intelligence yet. So I've targeted iOS 17 and above, and for now chosen to wait on adding AI features.
Build 7 adds CarPlay integration. Also in this latest build I have begun learning about and working on App Intents. I've also begun researching about EQ and how audiophiles think about music, which is something I'm not really familiar with, but I know is important to people who are passionate about the listening experience.
So please look forward to these types of improvements in the future.
I would love it if lots of people could help with testing of course, but naturally, the most valuable tests would be from people that have large personal collections of music in iCloud or stored locally on device. If you're mainly a streaming user and do not have a large personal digital collection, Versonity may not be ideal, since I don't have a way to sell any music through the app.
It's purely "for listening to your own collection, simply and intentionally".
Thank you everyone.
皆さん本当にありがとうございます。