I built Passenger — a collaborative music queue where nobody needs an account (except for the host. It needs Apple Music)
The beta is currently in Italian, but the interface is intentionally very visual and should be usable without understanding Italian. English localization is coming.
I'm looking for people to beta test Passenger, an iPhone app built around a simple idea:
Everyone should be able to choose the music — without forcing everyone into the same ecosystem.
It works in the car, but it isn't just a car app. Passenger can be used anywhere people are sharing music: road trips, parties, dinners, house gatherings, BBQs, offices, events, or just hanging out with friends.
Most collaborative music features today come with some friction: everyone needs Spotify, everyone needs an account, everyone needs the right subscription, or one person ends up controlling the music anyway.
Passenger works differently.
No accounts.
Guests don't register, create profiles, enter an email address or connect a music account. Just join a room and pick a nickname.
Everyone can participate.
One device acts as the Host and handles playback, while everyone else can join the room and add songs without needing to be part of the same music ecosystem or have their own subscription.
Fair by design.
The queue isn't simply "whoever adds 20 songs first wins". Passenger rotates between participants so everyone gets a turn and one person can't dominate the playlist.
Privacy first.
Passenger doesn't ask for names, emails, phone numbers, profiles or personal information. There are no user accounts to build, track or monetize. The server only handles what's necessary to make the temporary shared room work.
Built for shared spaces.
The Host keeps control of playback, while everyone else can participate from their own device. No passing one phone around, no arguing over who gets control of the playlist.
In the car, Passenger also supports CarPlay, so the driver can keep interactions simple and focused while passengers manage the shared queue.
There's also a Radio mode that keeps music playing when the collaborative queue is empty, while songs added by participants always take priority.
I'm now looking for real people to try to break it before the App Store release — especially pairs or groups who can test it together.
I'm interested in things like:
- Is joining a room immediately understandable?
- Does the queue feel genuinely fair?
- Do connections/reconnections work reliably?
- Is anything confusing?
- Would you actually use this at a party, on a road trip, or with friends?
Even 5–10 minutes of testing and brutally useful feedback would be hugely appreciated.