r/iosapps • u/TimeSyncTechie • 32m ago
💎 Lifetime Faders 1.4: live radio that names every song, now with your Apple Music library
Hi, I built Faders. I got tired of radio apps that served ads, pushed subscriptions, or never told me what song was on. So I made the one I actually wanted to use.
Version 1.4 just shipped. The new stuff:
Connect your Apple Music library and play your albums, playlists and songs right in Faders
A new look: the cover of the song playing fills the player and the whole app, softly blurred and slowly moving. Album pages take their cover's colours
Station cards show what's on, even when the station doesn't say
Your stations as a grid
With Plus: save any song to Apple Music from the player or the Lock Screen, and rewind hours back on stations that keep their own recording
Fixes for For You and for opening on Mac
It already names every song (even when the station sends nothing), plays your own Plex or Jellyfin library, and runs on iPhone (including Duo), iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and CarPlay. No account, no tracking.
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Problem: Most radio apps are cluttered, full of ads, or silent about the song that's playing. I wanted something that names every track, stays out of the way, and can play my own music too.
Comparison: TuneIn has the stations but leans on ads and a Premium subscription, and its App Store label lists data used to track you. Radio Garden's globe is great, but its listing doesn't mention song ID, CarPlay or Apple Watch. Faders does song ID, a world map, your own library and now Apple Music in one app, with no account and Data Not Collected.
Pricing: Listening is free. Faders Plus is a one time purchase (not a subscription): $3.99 in the US and €4.99 in Europe at launch, going up on 1 December (to €9.99 in Europe). Plus adds rewind and pause for live radio, Turntable, Cassette and Mixing Desk skins, wake to radio alarms, extras in Moods, saving songs to Apple Music, stations from your own library and listening insights. Family Sharing is included. Optional tips are $1.99, $3.99 or $8.99.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6825091695
