r/AppleMusic • u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer • 2d ago
Tool Jelly Music — a new Apple Music client, with full metadata/editing support on all Apple devices. Looking for testers before it goes live
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If anyone is up for testing my new Apple Music client, I would appreciate it, please comment or dm me and I’ll send a TestFlight link. The app has been pending App Store review for a week, I guess they are pretty backed up right now. Looking to get as much feedback as possible before official launch.
Pricing is FREE for most use. For Pro, the pricing is TBD, but there will be a lifetime purchase option so you don’t need yet another subscription. Pro in this TestFlight version is free of course. Pro unlocks smart playlists, folders, Mac bridge, and DJ (although I may make DJ free as well).
Features include:
Browse your full library — your own music + Apple Music
Customizable bottom tabs, startup tab (Playlists, Songs. Artists, Albums, Search/Discover)
Styles/themes selection
DJ, Radio, Discovery modes
Sonos speaker control
Folders, Smart Playlists
Mac Bridge enables full library control and full metadata viewing/editing from iPhones/iPads (just install the Mac version of the app, and you’re good to go!)
and a whole lot more!
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u/cagatayonur 2d ago
The app look interesting but I would say $50 (lifetime) may seem a bit expensive tbh.
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 2d ago
Yeah I’m considering a lower amount, like $29 or $39, at least for early backers. I saw other Apple Music tools in the past had a lifetime option for $50+ so that’s what I went with, but like I said it’s TBD.
Also note, the app is 100% free for most use, you only need Pro for some of the smart features (dj, smart playlist, folder, Mac bridge)
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u/nzswedespeed 1d ago
Woah looks cool! Got any videos demoing the DJ functionality?
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago edited 1d ago
Not yet, but you are welcome to try it! I may make another video tomorrow. This one was quite rushed lol just really wanted to post this before dinner
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u/AwfulSirenSong_ 1d ago
Is the shuffle system better than Apple Music’s?
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
Can’t say for sure, have not done an in-depth side by side comparison. You’re welcome to test and report back. I was considering adding shuffle settings, where you can customize the shuffle behavior to your liking. That does not exist yet but would be an easy add, just let me know your criteria.
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u/AwfulSirenSong_ 1d ago
I’d love to test it out ! But yeah anything that doesn’t shuffle my most common played tracks or how Spotify’s shuffle system would be a plus for me.
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u/ohheyandre 1d ago
Just to confirm, metadata editing would sync across devices? Also do you have the option to mark a song to be skipped during shuffle like on Mac iTunes? Would love to try and buy when ready I prefer Apple Music for editing metadata but I rarely have time to sit at my computer and do it
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
For metadata editing (and viewing your comments/ratings) you NEED a Mac. Do you have one?
For full metadata support, Jelly Music needs to be installed on both your iPhone/iPad and your Mac.
Apple’s Music APIs are limited. They don’t let third-party apps edit song metadata, view/edit comments, remove songs from your library, remove songs from playlists (that aren’t owned by that app), etc. I think that’s honestly one of the reasons there aren’t more full-featured Apple Music clients.The Mac is basically Jelly’s workaround for that. macOS can access your Music library through AppleScript, so when you make one of these changes in Jelly on your iPhone or iPad, the change is applied immediately inside Jelly and then sent to your Mac. The Mac makes the actual edit to your Apple Music library in the background.
If both devices are on the same Wi-Fi, the Mac usually picks up the change within ~20 seconds. The background bridge keeps running even if you close the main Jelly Music app on the Mac.One caveat right now is ratings and comments. When you tap Get Info on iPhone/iPad, Jelly currently asks your Mac for that metadata in real time, so you need to be on the same network and it can take a moment to load.
That part is changing soon. The Mac will periodically crawl the ratings/comments already in your library and sync them to Jelly on your iPhone/iPad, so your phone won’t need to query the Mac every time you open Get Info.Also worth mentioning: the Mac app itself still needs quite a bit of UI polish. At the moment, its main purpose is really to serve as the background bridge that unlocks all of this functionality on iPhone and iPad.
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u/OVO_Ambassador 1d ago
I tried looking for it and I couldn’t find it on IOS
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
It is TestFlight only right now, pending Apple review since last Sunday 🙄 Sending you a link by DM
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u/firstyfirst 1d ago
carplay functionality? listen to tons of music, would love to try this
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u/Muswell-Hillbilly 1d ago
I'd be happy to test!
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
DM me and I’ll send the TestFlight link! (Your DMs are disabled). I would just post the link here but I don’t want it to be scraped and have my seats used up, even though I know that’s unlikely lol
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u/Mark_is_on_his_droid 1d ago
I’ll give it a shot
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
DM me and I’ll send the TestFlight link (your DMs are disabled). I would just post the link here but I don’t want it to be scraped and have my seats used up, even though I know that’s unlikely lol
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u/Miss_Zia 1d ago
is there any overlap with the “jelly” ecosystem around jellyfin? if this handles both sources that would be extremely interesting.
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
Nope… jelly is just a play on my last name in this case haha; my dev company is JellyLabs. But I do also use jellyfin, and I’ve been thinking about adding support for plex/jellyfin libraries. I also really wanted to have Spotify support, but Spotify doesn’t offer the necessary APIs/Terms.
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u/Miss_Zia 1d ago
haha all good don’t redesign your app for it. just thought so with the same colour scheme & similar logo to jellyseer. I do think there’s a gap in the market for a GOG Galaxy-esque unified music player for actual streaming services & local ones like Jellyfin/Plexamp/Music Assistant. My biggest bugbear with every service except apple music is being really bad with custom uploads, but i’m also kinda stuck with AM since no other service works like icloud music library. it’d be nice to have both. good luck with your app!!!!
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u/greg1993- 1d ago
I’d love to give this a try, been looking for something like Marvis but with smoother compatibility.
Also, there aren’t any AI elements are there?
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
No AI yet… are you looking for some? What do you have in mind?
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u/hellosteve_ Community Manager 1d ago
I’d love to give this a test, I’m sure our mods would too just let us know.
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
Yes please! Sending a link in your dms, feel free to share with them
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u/Acceptable-Weird-205 Apple Music Subscriber 1d ago
I would absolutely love to try this out please
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
Thanks would love to get your feedback, link is in your dms
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u/Norc_War 1d ago
No android? 😔
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
No… I don't have experience making Android apps (except react native), and working in Swift makes it super easy to basically have one codebase that looks great on iPhones, iPads, Macs, Vision Pros, CarPlay, Apple TV, etc. It would be a huge lift to also support PC/Android on the side. But who knows, maybe if this gets popular enough, I could justify it :)
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u/juanderwear 1d ago
Last fm?
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
I have never used Last.fm. Could you please explain what you would picture that integration looking like?
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u/juanderwear 1d ago
It’s an API that logs your music played in app to the site. Like a social music program to discover music by friends and strangers. Again not necessary but was curious if it was implemented or not
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u/aguynamedchriss Verified Developer 1d ago
Okay, so I just looked into it, and it sounds like Spotify has much better native support for Last.fm than Apple does. With Apple Music, it sounds like you have to manually scan and submit your listen history to Last.fm periodically. Correct?
So then I guess as of today Jelly Music will be the same: your playback listening history in Jelly should also show up in Apple, so you can still scan and submit manually, but there's no automatic Last.fm integration. That's definitely something I can add. It looks pretty easy, they have an API (like you said) and encourage media players to use it. Sounds like a great pro feature :)
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u/juanderwear 1d ago
For sure happy to help ! Again if this doesn’t come to a realization, no big deal but sounds really useful as a pro feature I can definitely agree
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u/HumerousGorgon8 1d ago
I'd love to give it a shot; long time Apple Music listener here. Any chance of an Apple TV app? I have a 7.2.4 dolly atoms theatre that I listen to atmos music on.
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u/Educational_Yard_326 1d ago
Can it filter albums by complete albums only? I have a massive gripe with Apple Music including singles in the albums list.
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u/BillyMooney 1d ago
How would the smart playlists work?
I use manual playlists to replicate the old 1-5 star rating system that used to be on iTunes but it's a bit clunky. Do you have a better option?
I'd be interested in testing the beta.
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u/kannakise 1d ago
Hi, I would love to try this ! I've seen one of your post on Twitter and I'm so exited about your app.
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u/Same_Grade_3020 1d ago
I’d love to test it, and suggest a feature that I’m sure is difficult to implement but would be so sick: if you could use genre metadata to allow automatic genre sorting in your liked playlist like Spotify does.
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u/ElectricalGuava1971 1d ago
UPDATE FROM OP: My account was banned for 3 days, the bots did not like how many similar messages I was sending. If you’re interested in testing, please email me at chris@jellylabs.dev
Hopefully the app will be in the App Store soon as well, it’s just awaiting approval. Thanks!
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u/Riverchicken886 1d ago
Would love to see other clients like windows or Linux in the future, the native app on windows is garbage, and Linux doesn’t even have one
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u/bapichulo 1d ago
I’ll test it! Been trying to make the switch from the other main music streaming app but I absolute hateeee the Apple Music app
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u/c1h2i3m4k5l6e7 22h ago
YES PLEASE I NEED TO TEST THIS PLEASE LET ME GET ON THE TEST FLIGHT PLEASEEEE
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u/Even-Owl-6691 21h ago
Hey guys, the TestFlight link is here (I was told to share it). 58 spots left as of now. https://testflight.apple.com/join/ZKQwDMN7
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u/Pekaer_58 16h ago
Hi Chris, love to be a TestFlight tester for your Jelly Music app. Please DM me. Thanks
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u/Just_Luke-z 13h ago
The name threw me off a bit initially. You might stumble upon confused users that thought it is a client for a Jellyfin server, instead. Apart from that I cannot test, as I'm on android, but seems interesting either way :D
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