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If you like albums, you’ll love Longplay: the album-focussed music player for iOS, visionOS and macOS.

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Longplay 1.1.4 for macOS just dropped. Includes a number of small tweaks and improvements for AppleScript, the Menu Bar, and global shortcuts. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!

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November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A new update for Longplay has arrived, including significant memory and performance improvements for library updates and the Album Wall – especially noticeable for large music libraries.

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Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection
Longplay is the iOS and visionOS app for music lovers who enjoy listening to full albums but have a hard time finding them in their music library. Rediscover, enjoy and organise your album collection.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Help wanted: Do you use Longplay on multiple devices, wish for better cross-device playback support, and don’t shy away from a beta? Reply with a DM with your email (or email words at longplay.app) and I’ll add you to the closed TestFlight.
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Longplay update for iOS & macOS out now!

- Refined look for the album wall with a tessellated background
- Playlists on the wall now adapt to their artwork's colours
- Parsing of #MusicBrainz IDs for more accurate scrobbling
- Plus fixes, stability, and translation updates

longplay.rocks
Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection
Longplay is the iOS and visionOS app for music lovers who enjoy listening to full albums but have a hard time finding them in their music library. Rediscover, enjoy and organise your album collection.
longplay.rocks
October 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Longplay updates for iOS 26 and macOS 26 are out now.

They include CarPlay and Album Wall widget improvements for iOS, and a round of design refinements and polish throughout. Find the updates in the App Stores (or in-app for the direct purchase version).

longplay.rocks
Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection
Longplay is the iOS and visionOS app for music lovers who enjoy listening to full albums but have a hard time finding them in their music library. Rediscover, enjoy and organise your album collection.
longplay.rocks
September 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Betas for Longplay for iOS and macOS for the upcoming iOS 26 / macOS 26 release cycle are available.

Focus is on design refinements and polish for existing features.

iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/JjRi91L8
macOS: testflight.apple.com/join/jwDmyQHA

Any feedback is welcome!
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Longplay 1.0.5 for macOS is out.

It includes a couple of new AppleScript commands to get the current playing track and album, and rate the track. The Alfred workflow has been updated to support those, too.

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August 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A round of Longplay updates just dropped: 2.4.4 for iOS and 1.0.4 for macOS.

On quality-of-life improvement on iOS is that Longplay will now stick around longer when playback is paused and the app is in the background.

Many more tweaks, fixes and polish. See longplay.rocks/changelog
Release Notes - iOS - Longplay
Longplay iOS app changelog and release notes - Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Reposted by Longplay
Finally! After 3+ years of development, Longplay for Mac is shipping today.

The journey from "let's try Catalyst" to "wait, stuttering playback?" to "updating the dock icon fixes it?!" was... quite something. I love the result though.

My developer's commentary: adrian.schoenig.me/blog/2025/07...
Longplay comes to the Mac
A happy Longplay family I am thrilled to be finally releasing Longplay for Mac today. Longplay is all about the joy of listening to entire albums and marvelling at their beautiful album artwork. It is...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🎉 Longplay for Mac is here!

The album-centric music player comes to macOS with native design, a flipping mini player, iCloud sync, and some Mac exclusives:

✨ Built-in MCP server for Claude integration
🤖 Full AppleScript & Shortcuts support
🎵 Feature parity with iOS

More: longplay.rocks
July 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Longplay for Mac 0.9.0 is now available in Early Access.

Short release notes but a sweet new feature: Support for local folders as the source of your music — as an alternative, or in addition to, Apple Music. Feedback appreciated, as always.

Grab the update through the app or from longplay.rocks.
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Longplay 2.4 for iOS is now live in the App Store.

Main new feature are smart collections using up to 14 filters, including genre. Create them through Shortcuts on iOS (or through Claude or another MCP client using Longplay for Mac).

Full release notes here: longplay.rocks/changelog/
Changelog - Longplay
Longplay iOS app changelog and release notes - Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Longplay for Mac 0.8.0 is available in Early Access.

🤖 Standout feature is a built-in #MCP server to control playback, create smart collections, and interact with your music library from other apps like Claude Desktop. It's the future that Apple promised at #WWDC 2024.

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June 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Longplay for Mac 0.7.0 is available in Early Access.

It adds extensive AppleScript support, for integrating with apps such as Alfred. Playlists also make their first appearance in the Mac variant.

Grab the update through the app or from buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
May 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Version 0.6.1 for Longplay on Mac is out. This one brings a round of polish and under-the-hood tweaks. Enjoy.

A couple more features to go for parity with iOS and some as a bonus on top, and then it's time for the 1.0 version.

Currently available as Early Access at buy.longplay.app
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December 12, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Reposted by Longplay
🥳 Happy Thursday! I’m excited to release the big 2.0 update to my indie album player Longplay for iOS today.

Where 1.0 focussed on discovery and the album wall, 2.0 focusses on the listening experience and organising your albums.

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August 31, 2023 at 9:22 AM