MusicBox: Catalog and Organize
Music Backlog & Album Tracker
Free · In-App Purchases
A personal music library you actually own and control. Catalog albums and songs from any service, organize them exactly the way you think, and rediscover your music collection.
Critically acclaimed and award-winning.
■ MacStories Selects 2022: Best New App
MacStories: "It’s rare for me these days to find new apps that elicit this kind of enthusiasm"
9to5Mac: "With MusicBox, users can finally keep track of songs they want to listen to later"
iMore: "If you imagined a read-later app but for music, MusicBox is it"
Snazzy Labs: "MusicBox is a great place to store music without committing it to your library"
MacMagazine: "MusicBox is a great tool for saving albums and songs to listen to later"
YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES
- Tag albums and songs with custom labels.
- Write personal notes and assign star ratings to anything in your collection.
- Edit metadata whenever you want to keep everything clean and consistent.
- Customize the sort order of each collection to match how you think.
COLLECTIONS THAT STAY FRESH
- With Smart Search you can create custom lists tailored to your unique preferences.
- Use Auto-Tagging to tag items automatically based on the rules you set.
- Finds anything by title, artist, genre, record label, tags, notes, and more.
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Desktop widgets put your collection one tap away.
ADD FROM ANYWHERE
- Add albums, songs, artists, playlists, radio stations, podcast episodes, and more from any app or website.
- Identify music playing around you with the built-in Shazam integration and save it instantly.
- Drag and drop links from any app, import from a playlist, or add items manually.
- Use Shortcuts actions to automate your music-saving workflows.
LISTEN AND SYNC
- Tap any album or song to open it directly in its service.
- Listen using the system’s music player.
- Your entire library syncs automatically across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV via iCloud.
MusicBox is a modern app with support for the latest system features. It is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV as a universal app, so you can enjoy it with a single purchase across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS.
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more • Improved system widget backgrounds to better match the system in Light and Dark Mode.
• Fixed an issue where some albums didn’t appear when configuring or searching in the Single Album widget.
• Fixed an issue where shortened Spotify links were not recognized.
1.8.2 5 days ago
• The Create Tag shortcut action now includes an optional Folder parameter.
• Fixed Qobuz integration.
• Fixed redirecting albums and songs to Spotify.
• Fixed Play Item configuration in Control Center not working.
1.8.1 11 Aug
• You can now reorder sections on your start screen/sidebar. Tap the Edit button in the top-right to customize.
• Search now starts in the list you’re viewing, making results more relevant right away, with an option to switch back to searching everywhere. The search filters have also been redesigned to be easier to scan and adjust.
• Added the option to choose what happens when you tap an album or song in a Widget: view it in MusicBox or open it in the original music app.
1.7.9 24 Jul
When adding an Apple Music playlist link, MusicBox now asks whether to save the playlist as a single item for later listening or import all of its tracks individually.
1.7.8 9 Jul
• Your MusicBox library is now reliably indexed in Spotlight, making it easier to find and access from anywhere.
• Fixed adding items from AllMusic.
1.7.7 2 Jul
GENERAL:
• Added support for more music links and URL formats.
• Added support for copying and pasting tags between items.
• Added support for copying and pasting custom colors when creating or editing tag, smart search, and folders.
• Added support for duplicating auto-tagging conditions.
• Added 187 new icons to customize your tags, smart search, and folders.
SHORTCUTS AND SPOTLIGHT:
• Improved Shortcuts support, making app actions more reliable and easier to use from Apple Shortcuts.
• Enhanced Spotlight and system search integration so music-related content can be found more naturally.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
• Made the sidebar feel smoother by loading counts and artwork more efficiently.
• Fixed small interface issues that could affect what appears on screen.
• General performance and reliability improvements throughout the app.
1.7.6 24 Jun
• New "Refresh Album Artwork" action to fix album artwork that stopped loading. You can find it in Settings → Batch Edit or on any item under Advanced.
• Albums imported from your music library now get artwork that displays correctly on all your devices.
• Fixed an issue that could prevented YouTube Music albums from being added with correct metadata.
1.7.5 13 Jun
• Fixed an issue where lists didn't refresh when changing the selected sidebar item on iPadOS.
Previously:
• Several performance improvements for large libraries.
• Improved reliability of opening an album in other streaming services when using “Redirect to My Preferred App.”
1.7.4 9 Jun
• Several performance improvements for large libraries.
• Improved reliability of opening an album in other streaming services when using “Redirect to My Preferred App.”
1.7.3 9 Jun
• The notes editor is now much more capable for detailed notes:
- It now fully utilizes the entire screen height for better content visibility.
- Editing tools now appear directly above the keyboard for faster writing.
- You can format text with Markdown and add links more easily.
- New tool for quickly referencing tags and other music items.
- Ability to preview your Markdown document and export it as a Markdown file.
• Added an optional Quick Actions button to Music Details, letting you place your preferred action in the toolbar for faster access to rating, editing metadata, managing tags, sharing, or marking music as new/played. Configure in Settings → Music Details.
• Music Details now shows a small rating badge next to the album or song title, making it easier to see your saved star rating at a glance.
• Improved opening albums in a preferred streaming app: if an album isn’t available or can’t be opened on the selected service, MusicBox now offers other available platforms.
• When adding with search, you’ll now see trending albums right away, making it easier to discover and add popular albums.
• Ability to create a new tag directly while adding tags to a Tag Folder.
1.7.2 27 May
• MusicBox now appears in more places in the iOS share sheet, making it easier to save music and links from other apps.
• The Batch Edit view in Settings can now filter results by a specific tag.
1.7.1 12 May
Fixed an issue where the app would crash on launch when iCloud had pending changes to sync.
1.7.0 15 Apr
• Added the ability to open a random new item in the Genres section.
• Performance improvements when scrolling the list of items.
1.6.9 1 Apr
• New Safari extension for quickly adding the current page to MusicBox. Tip: use the Control-Option-M keyboard shortcut for even faster access!
• Fixed Spotify integration.
1.6.8 10 Mar
• Ability to replace an album with one of its other available versions on Apple Music.
• Redesigned the music context menu for a more organized layout and complete set of actions.
• Improved library album import by searching Apple Music as a fallback to ensure more reliable matching and metadata retrieval.
1.6.7 27 Feb
• Support for landscape orientation on iPhone.
• Ability to create an Apple Music playlist from a Smart Search.
• Ability to randomize a list, making it easier to get a fresh perspective when choosing the next album to play.
• Improved support for YouTube Music playlists.
• Improved support for Tidal albums, artists, and tracks.
• Improved support for Plexamp albums.
SHORTCUTS
• Added a new “Get Music from Smart Search” action that returns all albums from a selected Smart Search.
• Replaced the old “Get Tags” action with a new “Find Tag” action that lets you customize filtering and sorting options for more flexible tag searches.
• Replaced the old “Add Tag” action with a more modern version that accepts both Tag and Music parameters.
• Replaced the old “Remove Tag” action with a more modern version that accepts both Tag and Music parameters.
1.6.6 21 Feb
Improved app launch speed and faster switching between lists.
1.6.5 13 Feb
• Ability to import albums from your Apple Music library.
• Tag folders now display the total item count as a badge in the sidebar.
1.6.4 7 Feb
• Support for bookmarking Apple Music curators.
• Smart Search now supports the * wildcard, allowing you to filter items that have notes.
• Added a top-left navigation bar button to manage tags when adding items from the Share Sheet.
• New Add With Search Shortcut action that asks for a search query, shows matching albums, and saves the one you choose.
• The Find Music Shortcut action now lets you find items that don’t have a specific title, artist, URL, editorial notes, or notes.
• The Add Music Shortcut action now lets you set tags to “Ask Each Time”, so you can choose the appropriate tags when adding.
1.6.3 16 Jan
• Ability to set a default list to open when launching the app. Go to Settings → General to configure.
• Support for showing played items in the Artists, Record Labels, and Genres lists on the Start Screen/Sidebar. Tap the Edit button in the top-right to configure.
• New Music Credits menu that lets you explore credits for supported items in MusicSmart and NowPlaying.
1.6.2 14/11/2025
• The details page now adapts to the artwork’s colors, making Liquid Glass controls stand out with gorgeous reflections and refractions.
• iPad now offers a redesigned details page that makes full use of the available space.
• Tinted widgets now display images in full color.
• Tags are now easily accessible without scrolling when adding music via the share sheet.
• The Notes text field is now larger on bigger phones, making better use of the available space.
1.6.1 11/10/2025
MusicBox now features a modernized UI that adopts the new design language, updated app icons, and intelligent features that help you throughout the app.
FRESH DESIGN - Deeper separation between content and navigation controls, buttons that animate and shift shape as you move between different views, and playful navigation transitions for a polished user experience. Music lists now include a subtitle with relevant metadata, and the search bar has been relocated to the bottom for easier access. Modal sheets throughout the app have been redesigned to only take up the space they actually need, making them less likely to get in the way of other content you’re viewing.
UPDATED APP ICONS - MusicBox now supports every icon appearance for customizing your Home Screen.
TAG AND ICON SUGGESTIONS - On supported devices, you can now get AI-generated tag and icon ideas for your content.
1.6.0 14/09/2025
This update brings a fresh new start screen and sidebar design, a streamlined way to add music, smoother animations, and more:
• Redesigned start screen and sidebar on iPhone and iPad.
• Ability to customize which default lists are visible.
• Adding from playlists and multiple items is now centralized in the Add Music sheet.
• Pasting music URLs from the clipboard no longer requires permission.
• New MusicBox icon for widgets, controls, and share sheet.
• Zoom animation when opening music details.
• Two-column layout on iPad for easier navigation.
1.5.6 22/07/2025
• Redesigned the music details view with separate tabs for each section: attributes, editorial, notes, and actions.
• Ability to include/exclude played items from search results.
• Tag folders now display correctly in the Share Sheet when adding music from other apps.
• Support for tinted widgets.
• Context menus for music now display a large artwork preview.
1.5.5 02/07/2025
• Search now finds items across the whole app, not just in the selected list—and it’s blazing fast!
• Search now also lets you choose which music attributes to match.
• UI refinements across the app.
• The old “Add Music” shortcuts action should now automatically migrate to the new “Add Music” App Intents based action.
• Possible fix for an issue that could cause MusicBox to not recognize Premium entitlements when invoked from the Share Sheet.
1.5.4 28/05/2025
• Improved system widget backgrounds to better match the system in Light and Dark Mode.
• Fixed an issue where some albums didn’t appear when configuring or searching in the Single Album widget.
• Fixed an issue where shortened Spotify links were not recognized.
more Version 1.8.2 5 days ago
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