About Albumen
Albumen provides a simple interface for viewing and playing songs (tracks) in your device's music library, organized into albums and playlists. Back when Albumen was originally written, Apple's Music app truncated song...
Albumen provides a simple interface for viewing and playing songs (tracks) in your device's music library, organized into albums and playlists. Back when Albumen was originally written, Apple's Music app truncated song title and artist information, whereas Albumen displayed that information in full. Apple's Music app no longer truncates, but Albumen remains useful for the sheer simplicity of its interface. Tap a song (track) to start playing it. The iPhone's music player is used, so you can then quit Albumen and playback will continue, and you can use the iPhone's standard music interface (including the Music app, the Control Center, and the lock screen) to pause and resume play and so forth. Albumen also includes a play/pause button and a track progress indicator. Albumen also tells you what track is currently playing: the Now button takes you to the currently playing track within its album, and the currently playing track has a note mark.
Version History Updated to iOS 26 and Liquid Glass, Swift 6.3 and strict concurrency. 3.1 Apr 16 Completely rewritten from scratch for iOS 18, with Swift 6, strict concurrency, Swift Testing, etc. Display of the track's Year is added. Display of on-the-go playlists is added. Miscellaneous bug fixes and interface improvements, including dark mode. NOTE: The "Audiobooks" and "Podcasts" screens have been removed from this update, because Apple has moved the functionality for playing them out of the Music app. Audiobooks are now played by default in Apple's Books app; podcasts are best handled by a dedicated third-party app such as Overcast. 3.0 01/14/2025 Improved interface layout. Complete code modernization behind the scenes. 2.8 10/21/2021 Updated for iOS 15 and Swift 5.5. Minor bug fix to update playback interface when activating app. Added text when a category is empty. 2.7 10/18/2021 Update to iOS 12, Swift 4.2 New feature: tap progress bar to scroll to now playing item Mild interface appearance tweaks Work around bug in media entity persistent ID numeric type Numerous small bug fixes having mostly to do with display of now playing item 2.6 09/24/2018 Updated for iOS 10. Rewritten in Swift 3. Bug fixes, mostly involving display of currently playing track. 2.5 11/30/2016 Update to Swift 2.0. Work around Media Player framework changes (starting in iOS 8.4). WARNING: Starting in iOS 8.4, the iBooks app can play audiobooks. If you play audiobooks this way, the Music app and the Media Player framework cannot see what's happening — and therefore, neither can Albumen. Albumen works fine with audiobooks, provided you initiate play from within Albumen. 2.4 09/25/2015 Updated for iOS 8 and all iPhone sizes. Added playlists display. 2.3 06/22/2015 Updated for iOS 7. Now shows albums in three categories: songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. In iOS 7, Albumen is useful for two reasons: (1) It displays a track's full title and artist information (not truncated); (2) it displays podcasts in addition to music and audiobooks. NOTE: Starting with this version of Albumen, cloud-based music is ignored (not listed). Albumen is useful for songs that are on your device and are organized by album. 2.2 05/23/2014 Updated for iOS 6 and iPhone 5. Bug fixes. 2.1 11/22/2012 Now displays podcasts as well as song albums. Rewritten for iOS 5; new color scheme. 2.0 11/30/2011 Completely rewritten for iOS 4 / iPhone 4. (Now requires iOS 4 or later.) Added Now button and auto-scrolling to current track. It is now really easy to navigate to the currently playing song. Replaced Stop button with Play / Pause button. 1.2 07/09/2010 Added progress indicator, stop button, and live updating of "now playing" indicator to second screen. 1.1 02/19/2010 1.0 02/11/2010
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Albumen since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-29 21:36:55.
The latest version is 3.1 and it was updated on 2026-06-10 19:08:06. See below the changes in each version.
Albumen version 3.1
Updated At: 2026-06-10
Changes: Version History Updated to iOS 26 and Liquid Glass, Swift 6.3 and strict concurrency. 3.1 Apr 16 Completely rewritten from scratch for iOS 18, with Swift 6, strict concurrency, Swift Testing, etc.
Display of the track's Year is added.
Display of on-the-go playlists is added.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and interface improvements, including dark mode.
NOTE: The "Audiobooks" and "Podcasts" screens have been removed from this update, because Apple has moved the functionality for playing them out of the Music app. Audiobooks are now played by default in Apple's Books app; podcasts are best handled by a dedicated third-party app such as Overcast. 3.0 01/14/2025 Improved interface layout.
Complete code modernization behind the scenes. 2.8 10/21/2021 Updated for iOS 15 and Swift 5.5.
Minor bug fix to update playback interface when activating app.
Added text when a category is empty. 2.7 10/18/2021 Update to iOS 12, Swift 4.2
New feature: tap progress bar to scroll to now playing item
Mild interface appearance tweaks
Work around bug in media entity persistent ID numeric type
Numerous small bug fixes having mostly to do with display of now playing item 2.6 09/24/2018 Updated for iOS 10. Rewritten in Swift 3. Bug fixes, mostly involving display of currently playing track. 2.5 11/30/2016 Update to Swift 2.0. Work around Media Player framework changes (starting in iOS 8.4).
WARNING: Starting in iOS 8.4, the iBooks app can play audiobooks. If you play audiobooks this way, the Music app and the Media Player framework cannot see what's happening — and therefore, neither can Albumen. Albumen works fine with audiobooks, provided you initiate play from within Albumen. 2.4 09/25/2015 Updated for iOS 8 and all iPhone sizes. Added playlists display. 2.3 06/22/2015 Updated for iOS 7. Now shows albums in three categories: songs, podcasts, and audiobooks.
In iOS 7, Albumen is useful for two reasons: (1) It displays a track's full title and artist information (not truncated); (2) it displays podcasts in addition to music and audiobooks.
NOTE: Starting with this version of Albumen, cloud-based music is ignored (not listed). Albumen is useful for songs that are on your device and are organized by album. 2.2 05/23/2014 Updated for iOS 6 and iPhone 5. Bug fixes. 2.1 11/22/2012 Now displays podcasts as well as song albums. Rewritten for iOS 5; new color scheme. 2.0 11/30/2011 Completely rewritten for iOS 4 / iPhone 4. (Now requires iOS 4 or later.)
Added Now button and auto-scrolling to current track. It is now really easy to navigate to the currently playing song.
Replaced Stop button with Play / Pause button. 1.2 07/09/2010 Added progress indicator, stop button, and live updating of "now playing" indicator to second screen. 1.1 02/19/2010 1.0 02/11/2010
Albumen version 3.0
Updated At: 2025-01-14
Changes: Completely rewritten from scratch for iOS 18, with Swift 6, strict concurrency, Swift Testing, etc.
Display of the track's Year is added.
Display of on-the-go playlists is added.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and interface improvements, including dark mode.
NOTE: The "Audiobooks" and "Podcasts" screens have been removed from this update, because Apple has moved the functionality for playing them out of the Music app. Audiobooks are now played by default in Apple's Books app; podcasts are best handled by a dedicated third-party app such as Overcast.
Albumen version 3.0
Updated At: 2025-01-14
Changes: Jan 14, 2025
Version 3.0
Completely rewritten from scratch for iOS 18, with Swift 6, strict concurrency, Swift Testing, etc.
Display of the track's Year is added.
Display of on-the-go playlists is added.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and interface improvements, including dark mode.
NOTE: The "Audiobooks" and "Podcasts" screens have been removed from this update, because Apple has moved the functionality for playing them out of the Music app. Audiobooks are now played by default in Apple's Books app; podcasts are best handled by a dedicated third-party app such as Overcast.
Albumen version 2.8
Updated At: 2021-10-21
Changes: Oct 21, 2021
Version 2.8
Improved interface layout.
Complete code modernization behind the scenes.
Albumen version 2.4
Updated At: 2010-02-13
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