Full player view
A dedicated Now Playing screen with large artwork, LP-style transport, progress, lyrics, and AirPlay— in portrait and landscape.
12 years · relaunched · local library only
Your music collection like a shelf—covers instead of endless text lists.
Give your songs a face: a cover shelf instead of endless text lists. After 12 years, relaunched—with a full player view, Cover Flow, new shuffle modes, and in Gold mode a true iPad layout. It uses only music loaded on your iPhone or iPad; it does not access streaming services.
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Covers · Player · Cover Flow · Listen
Full player view
Cover Flow
Shuffle album / artist
iPad (Gold)
Follow the Song
Unwanted tracks
Playlist while listening
Favorite playlist at top
Local library only
Relaunched—what you know stays
For twelve years My Records has focused on local music collections. The relaunch adds without replacing the familiar.
Cover Flow
A three-dimensional cover interface: browse by flipping through album art, like records on a shelf.
Available in landscape only.
New shuffle modes
Pick whole albums or whole artists at random for playback— on top of the familiar scope from a single track to the entire library.
Gold mode
With Gold mode on, the iPad uses the full screen— not a stretched iPhone layout. You can also show vinyl controls as gold or black.
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Why My Records
Covers first, playlists from your collection—no podcasts, radio, or all-in-one streaming in the same interface. The app is for music loaded on your iPhone or iPad; it does not access streaming services.
Covers first
Album art at a glance—even in large collections. Jump with the A–Z index, pick an album with one tap, start a song with another: like a record or CD on a shelf.
Playlists that keep up
A favorite playlist at the top of the library, add songs to a playlist while you listen, add tracks and albums—clear playlist management.
Orientation while listening
With Follow the Song™, the overview jumps to the current track. Hide unwanted tracks; shuffle and repeat apply only in the scope you choose.
Full player view
A dedicated Now Playing screen with large artwork, LP-style vinyl controls, progress, and rating. Lyrics when they are in the library—AirPlay via the system. In landscape, the player uses the width well.
My Records and typical all-in-one music apps
Not a ranking of competitors—just where this app focuses.
| Feature | My Records | Many large music apps |
|---|---|---|
| Local library only (no streaming services) | Yes | Often Apple Music, Spotify & other catalogs |
| Clear job (manage your own collection) | Yes | Often streaming, radio, podcasts, and more |
| Album overview with covers & A–Z index | Yes | Varies; often playlist- or stream-centered |
| Cover Flow (landscape) | Yes | Rare or missing |
| Favorite playlist at top of the library | Yes | Rarely a fixed library block |
| Follow the song in the album overview | Yes | Not everywhere |
| Shuffle/repeat with selectable scope | Yes (track, album, artist, section, all) | Often global only |
| Shuffle: random albums or artists | Yes | Rare |
| Hide tracks/albums (“unwanted”) | Yes | Not everywhere |
| Full player view with LP controls | Yes | Standard player UI |
| True iPad layout (Gold mode) | Yes | Varies; often a scaled phone UI |
The essentials for listening
Everything here matches what is in the app—without marketing hype.
Album art & library
My Records works with the library on your device—purchased, imported, or synced tracks. No third-party streaming catalog. Instead of long text lists: album covers in the overview, like a record or CD on a shelf.
- Open an album with one tap, start a song with the next
- Letter index for quick jumps
- Sort by artist, play count, rating, or genre
- A hint when the on-device library still looks incomplete
Cover Flow
In landscape, browse the collection in three dimensions through album covers—Cover Flow for your local library.
- Available in landscape only
- Focus cover with album and artist info
- A–Z index in this view too
Favorite playlist & playlists
Create playlists quickly from your music library. A favorite playlist can sit as the favorite playlist at the top of the library—favorites ready at a glance. Edit via management and swipe when the app created the playlist.
- Create a playlist and set it as the favorite at the top
- Add single tracks or whole albums
- Sort and rename playlists clearly
Organize while listening
Add the current song to an existing playlist easily—from the player or from an album, while you listen. Plan with the queue separately; optionally save it as a new playlist.
- “Add to playlist” for the playing track
- View and edit the queue
- Save the queue as a playlist (when possible)
Follow the Song™ & playback scope
Optionally, the album overview jumps to the current song while you listen. Shuffle and repeat are not blindly global—you choose the scope:
- Track, album, artist, section, or entire library (“All”)
- Follow the Song™ on or off
Shuffle: albums and artists
Beyond classic shuffle in the chosen scope: pick whole albums or whole artists at random for playback—the app decides which album or artist comes next.
Unwanted tracks
Easily hide songs (or whole albums) you don’t want to hear via the context menu or a long press. Blocked tracks stay manageable in their own overview.
Full player view
On the Now Playing screen: large cover, LP transport with vinyl-style controls, swipe to the next or previous track—in portrait and landscape.
- Lyrics when present in the library
- Star rating for the current track
- Background color from the cover; AirPlay via the system
Gold mode
In Gold mode, My Records uses the iPad screen more fully—instead of an iPhone layout on the large display. You can show vinyl controls as gold or black.
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FAQ
You choose a playlist that My Records shows as the first block in the album overview—ideal for favorites or a list you open often. You can switch or remove that block anytime.
In an album or track list: context menu or long-press a song—then “Don’t play anymore”. Whole albums have a matching action. Blocked tracks live under unwanted songs in playlist management.
No. My Records only plays and organizes music in the local library on the device (via MusicKit)—e.g. purchased, imported, or synced. Streaming catalogs from Apple Music, Spotify, or others are not searched or played. An Apple Music subscription alone is not enough if the tracks are not in your device library.
If only a few tracks are loaded on the device while many albums exist, the app shows a hint—often fully loading or syncing the library in system settings helps.
Playlists created by My Records can be renamed, sorted, and filled. System or third-party playlists are shown and filled only as far as the library API allows.
Cover Flow is a three-dimensional cover view for browsing album art in your collection. It is available in landscape only.
Instead of single tracks, you can pick whole albums or whole artists at random for playback. The familiar scope (track, album, artist, section, all) remains available as well.
With Gold mode on, the iPad gets a true iPad layout using the full screen—not an iPhone UI on the large display. That means better iPad support. You can also show vinyl controls as gold or black.
My Records is only for your music library. Podcasts and internet radio have their own aurarum apps—kept separate so each app has one clear job.
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