Version 1.6.0

Released September 14, 2025


MusicBox now features a modernized UI for Liquid Glass and iOS 26, 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.

Version 1.5.6

Released July 21, 2025

  • 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.

Version 1.5.5

Released July 2, 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.

Version 1.5.4

Released May 28, 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.

Version 1.5.3

Released May 23, 2025

  • MusicBox is now free to download, so you can try it out with up to five albums at no cost! An in-app purchase is available for adding unlimited albums.
  • Previous users who bought the app before version 1.5.3 keep unlimited access forever.

Version 1.5.2

Released April 29, 2025

  • Customize Tags, Smart Search, and folders with colors and icons of your choice.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering by Date Played.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering items with no ratings.

Version 1.5.1

Released April 2, 2025

  • Transitions throughout the app now animate more smoothly.
  • Performance improvement when selecting a Tag folder.

Version 1.5.0

Released March 3, 2025

  • Fixed an issue where Smart Search in some cases could filter items incorrectly based on tags.

Version 1.4.9

Released February 19, 2025

  • Stability improvements.

Version 1.4.8

Released February 14, 2025

  • You can now select a custom color for Tags using the system color picker.
  • In addition to syncing data with iCloud, MusicBox now also automatically backs up daily to iCloud Drive for extra protection.

Version 1.4.7

Released January 14, 2025

  • MusicBox can now try to open items in a music streaming app of your choice, regardless of their origin. Go to Settings → General → Open In to configure.

Version 1.4.6

Released December 4, 2024

  • Added support for Spotify artists.
  • Redesigned the Manage Tags view to support folders and search.
  • Redesigned Tag menus throughout the app to support folders.
  • Fixed an issue where updates to an auto-tagging condition would not be reflected in the UI.

Version 1.4.4

Released November 20, 2024

  • Pinned items will no longer appear in both the Pinned section and the corresponding Tags or Smart Searches section in the Start Screen.
  • By default, MusicBox will now open the added music when adding via the Share button from other apps. You can configure the default behavior in Settings → General.

Version 1.4.3

Released October 23, 2024


This update includes several improvements and features based on user feedback from the past weeks:

  • Shortcuts
    • Add Music now supports the same set of services supported by the main app.
    • Add Music Manually now includes track count, duration, editorial notes, and rating as fields.
    • Find Music now supports finding items by their ID.
    • Show Music can be customizable to either open the item in its source app or view it in MusicBox.
    • Add or Edit Notes action was introduced to manipulate notes for an item.
    • Mark as watched now properly updates the Date Played attribute.
  • Services
    • Better support for albums, tracks, and artists from Songwhip and AllMusic.
    • Podcasts from Apple Podcasts will now get the “Podcast” type.
  • User Interface
    • New option to organize new music by genre on the start screen. To configure, go to Settings → Start Screen.
    • Separate sections for albums and singles when adding via search.
    • The full album title will now be shown in the details view.
    • Temporarily remove support for widget accented mode due to a system issue that stops links from opening their associated items.
  • Auto-Tagging
    • Editing an Auto-Tagging condition and changing the 'When' attribute no longer unnecessarily clears the 'Contains' field.

Version 1.4.2

Released September 24, 2024

  • Fixed an issue where video notes could briefly duplicate while typing.

Version 1.4.0

Released September 16, 2024

  • MusicBox 1.4.0 adds support for the latest features introduced in iOS and iPadOS 18. It offers controls for Control Center, includes new app icons that match your Home Screen style, and deeply integrates with Spotlight. It also brings new forms of interaction via App Shortcuts that allows you to retrieve data using Siri, Spotlight, the Shortcuts app, and more. Now you can also translate editorial notes to your preferred language Check out the dedicated page to learn more about the new features introduced in this update.

Version 1.3.5

Released June 5, 2024

  • New option to hide titles in grid view, for a cleaner look.
  • The notes text editor now features live markdown syntax highlighting and improved controls.
  • Pinned Tags and Smart Searches now sync across platforms, and there’s no limit to the number of items you can pin.
  • Search now offers title, artist, notes, and tag as categories for more granular control.
  • Deleting items is now safer and less likely to be done accidentally.
  • Revamped UI when adding items from the share sheet.
  • New button in the item’s context menu to quickly filter by that artist.
  • Improved MusicBox’s initial launch experience.

Version 1.3.4

Released May 10, 2024

  • Included the option to edit the artist name.
  • You can now add star ratings by touching and holding the album in the context menu.

Version 1.3.3

Released Apr 22, 2024

  • Fixed an issue where the app could crash when launched by users with numerous tags and tag folders.

Version 1.3.2

Released Apr 20, 2024

  • The music list now indicates which items have a star rating or notes.
  • Included buttons to help with Markdown formatting while editing a note.
  • Tag and Smart Search folders can now be edited and deleted from the sidebar.
  • Tag folders now display the item count.
  • Improved support for music from Mixcloud.
  • The Find Music shortcut action now supports filtering by URL.
  • Resolved a problem where the Manage Tags screen would unexpectedly close while modifying music tags.

Version 1.3.1

Released Apr 1, 2024

  • The list of supported streaming services has been significantly expanded. If MusicBox couldn't fetch metadata for a music you tried to add before, there's a good chance it can now handle it.
  • MusicBox now also supports a wide range of content types, including articles, posts, and so on. This opens up various possibilities, such as saving links to podcast episodes, album reviews, articles listing top albums, and so on.

Version 1.3.0

Released Mar 21, 2024

  • Create folders for Tags and Smart Searches to better organize your music collection.
  • You can now choose between Thumbnail and Color & Icon for the Tag, Smart Search, Artist, and Record Label sections on the Start Screen. Go to Settings → Start Screen to configure.
  • Settings now shows a live preview of the selected layout.
  • Improved animations throughout the app.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Played list to not be sorted in reverse chronological order.

Version 1.2.9

Released Mar 14, 2024

  • Added support for Tidal albums, artists, and singles.
  • From this update forward, the Duration attribute will be included for albums, singles, and playlists on compatible platforms. It is also available as a Smart Search and Auto-Tagging condition.
  • You can now create rules for Auto-Tagging based on the year of release.

Version 1.2.8

Released Mar 6, 2024

  • The initial list now shows video thumbnails for each Tag, Smart Search, Artist, and Record Label
  • You can now view the number of items on each Smart Search
  • Play a random new item when pressing and holding a Tag or Smart Search

Version 1.2.7

Released Feb 17, 2024

  • Pin up to two Tags or Smart Searches at the top of the start screen for quick access.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering by URL.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering items that do not include a specific tag.
  • Smart Search now supports customizing the criteria between Contains and Doesn’t Contains when filtering by title, artist, genre, label, notes, or URL.
  • Drag and drop a tag into an item to assign while in grid view.
  • The Actions section now shows a button to quickly access Batch Edit.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause some specific albums to not be added.

Version 1.2.6

Released Dec 13, 2023

  • The Actions section in the start screen now features a button to open a random new item.
  • Added Set and Mix to the list of possible item types.
  • Added Date Played as a possible attribute for filtering and sorting music in the Find Music shortcut action.
  • It is now possible to show the Date Played as Metadata #1 or Metadata #2 in the List and Grid layout.
  • Fix: Importing music from a playlist no longer duplicates existing items.
  • Fix: Marking an item as played from the Batch Edit view now sets the Date Played attribute.

Version 1.2.5

Released Nov 13, 2023

  • Added a button to open the main app when adding an item from the Share Sheet.
  • The large widget now shows 16 albums when configured with the Minimal UI option.

Version 1.2.4

Released Sep 25, 2023

  • Widgets have been reorganized to offer unified options for the Lock Screen and Home Screen. There are now three types of widgets: List, Single Item, and Add Music. I also added more sizes, specially the smaller ones, allowing for more flexible widget setups. Large and extra-large interactive widgets now have two new background colors: Black and System, which follows the system’s defaults for light and dark mode. They also offer a Minimal UI option that hides every UI element.
  • Customizable Start Screen and Sidebar: You can now customize which sections are visible in the start screen/sidebar. Show or hide tags, smart search, a new list of actions for quickly adding music, and even new sections that automatically groups music by artist and record label. Go to Settings → Start Screen to configure.
  • MusicBox can now optionally group items by artist and label, allowing you to easily catch up on new music from a particular creator. Artists and labels with new music will be shown in the start screen/sidebar and are sorted by the count of new music and then by name. Go to Settings → Sidebar to activate.
  • New Super Dense Grid layout option that shows more music per page. If you’re on the iPad, try pairing it with a two-column layout for a more focused music list. Go to Settings → Music List to configure.
  • Smart Search now supports filtering by multiples artists, genres, and labels when using a comma to separate the name (e.g., boygenius,oasis).
  • The Add to MusicBox share sheet action now supports adding music manually. When adding music from an app that MusicBox can’t get the metadata automatically, the window will allow you to manually type the missing metadata.
  • The music’s star rating is now present in the response of the Find Music shortcut action, and also available as an attribute for filtering.
  • The Record Label can now be shown as a metadata option for the list and grid layout.

Version 1.2.3

Released Sep 13, 2023


MusicBox 1.2.3 brings new features for iOS and iPadOS 17 including interactive widgets, support for StandBy mode on the iPhone, support for Lock Screen widgets on the iPad, and more:

  • Interactive Widgets: Edit a large or extra-large widget to customize and configure interactive Tags and Smart Searches.
  • Support for the iPhone’s new StandBy mode.
  • Support for Lock Screen widgets on the iPad.
  • MusicBox now shows tips about features you may not know about.
  • Improvements and bug fixes:
    • New Add Music Manually shortcut action allows you to add music manually by filling in all the required metadata.
    • Added the ability to open MusicBox without viewing a random item when tapping the Random Item Lock Screen widget.
    • The Played section now always sorts items by the date played attribute.
    • Improved dark mode support and legibility for tag colors.
    • MusicBox now remembers the state of the Tags list (shown/collapsed).
    • Fixed a bug that could cause the creation of Apple Music playlists to fail.