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Music Library Tracker Media Kit

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Overview

Music Library Tracker keeps an eye on your music library and monitors additions, deletions, and any changes to your songs. It can also tell you when tracks have been upgraded to Spatial Audio. With streaming becoming more popular, it is very easy for song metadata to change or for songs to disappear as licensing deals expire; with Music Library Tracker, you will always know when something in your library changes whether it was by you, a family member, or your streaming service.

Features

• Automatic monitoring of the media library on your iPhone or iPad (including iCloud Music Library if enabled on your device). Music Tracker checks the title, artist, album, album artist, genre, year of release, disc number, track number, rating, and Spatial Audio status.
• See which of your tracks have been upgraded to Spatial Audio and have them placed into an automatic playlist within Apple Music. You can also opt-in to receive notifications when tracks are upgraded.
• View an overview of changes to your library with filters to personalise the display to your requirements
• Drill down into the detail of individual tracks to see exactly which metadata changed and when along with dates for when tracks were added or deleted from your library
• A daily notification giving you a summary of changes in the previous day (this can be customised to just tell you about added, changed, or deleted tracks)
• Automation via x-callback-url allowing you to see changes to your library in the Shortcuts app or with Siri
• Full support for split screen views on iPad along with trackpad and keyboard integration
• Dark mode

Spatial Audio

The new Spatial Audio scanning feature is the result of several months of development and the largest database of Spatial Audio tracks outside of Apple itself.

I started monitoring for upgraded tracks back in June 2022 before releasing the Spatial Audio Finder, a website that lets you see which tracks of a particular artist have been upgraded. This was followed by the @NewSpatialAudio Twitter Page which tweets every time a track has been updated. Now, Music Library Tracker makes use of the same database to seamlessly match your library and show you which of your tracks are available in Spatial Audio; it can even generate a playlist for you containing those tracks.

You can learn more about my Spatial Audio database in this blog post.

For the avoidance of doubt, Spatial Audio refers to any track mastered in Dolby Audio (fixed Spatial Audio) or Dolby Atmos (head-tracked Spatial Audio).

Privacy

Music Library Tracker contains no in-app purchases and does not require an internet connection. Spatial Audio scanning is opt-in as it requires the app to send the unique identifiers of each music track in your library. This information is used only to match songs containing Spatial Audio and is not stored for longer than is necessary to serve the request (typically under a second). No personally identifiable information is ever sent. This is covered in more detail at https://dodoapps.io/music-tracker/privacy/

Device Support

Music Library Tracker is compatible with all devices running iOS 15.0 or greater. It is optimised for Split View on iPad.

Relevant URLs

• App Store Page
• Marketing
• Privacy Policy
• Support

App Information

• Price: Tier 4 ($3.99 / £3.99 at time of writing). There are no in-app purchases, adverts, or subscriptions.
• Availability: Worldwide
• Rating: Suitable for all ages
• Languages: English

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About Dodo Apps

Dodo Apps is the company name for freelance app developer Ben Dodson. Ben has been making iPhone apps since the introduction of the App Store in 2008. He has built a number of his own apps (which have been featured by Apple amongst others) as well as apps for clients ranging from worldwide brands to one-man startups. He has reached #1 in the App Store charts with several apps and has been featured on national television in the UK. In 2015, his award winning app WallaBee was successfully acquired by Munzee. You can learn more about Ben at bendodson.com and see his self-published apps at dodoapps.io

Contact Information

Ben Dodson (Developer): ben@bendodson.com
Twitter: @bendodson
Mastodon: @ben@bendodson.com

If you would like a FaceTime call (or similar) to go through this app or any others in more detail, this can be arranged via email.

Promo codes or TestFlight invites are available upon request.

Version History

• v1.0 (13th Jan 2016): Initial Release
• v1.0.1 (20th Jan 2016): Minor bug fixes around Summary Notification and Background Fetch Request schedule
• v1.1 (11th Feb 2016): Native iPad / iPad Pro support added (including split-screen) along with landscape mode for iPhone
• v1.2 (19th Feb 2016): Performance improvements and ability to hide days with no activity
• v1.3 (14th Mar 2016): Massively improved speed and reliability with support for huge media libraries (i.e. 100000 songs). Added support for all iOS 9.0 devices.
• v1.3.1 (25th Mar 2016): Fixed an issue with duplicate tracks.
• v1.4 (25th Oct 2016): Added support for iOS 10 and added support for new Media Library privacy controls.
• v1.4.1 (7th Feb 2017): Improved push notification reliability.
• v1.4.2 (7th Mar 2017): Improved tracker reliability.
• v1.4.3 (27th Apr 2017): Upgraded to Swift 3 and fixed some iOS 10.3 issues.
• v1.4.4 (21st Jul 2017): Improvements to speed of tracking.
• v1.5 (3rd Oct 2018): Support for iPhone X, XS, XS Max, and XR screen sizes. Added support for iOS 12 and upgraded to Swift 4.2 with tracking speed improvements.
• v1.6 (19th Oct 2018): Added monitoring of "Year" metadata along with speed and UI improvements. Also added support for automation via x-callback-url for use with Shortcuts and Siri.
• v1.6.1 (9th Nov 2018): Added support for new iPad displays.
• v1.8 (19th Sep 2019): Added Dark mode theme
• v1.9 (13th May 2022): Added ability to customise summary notifications. Added options for sorting lists.
• v1.9.1 (19th May 2022): Vastly improved the speed of the activity page and added a way to filter activity.
• v2.0 (13th Feb 2023): Redesigned UI, massively increased scanning speed, and added a way to track Spatial Audio and get notified when tracks are upgraded.
• v2.0.1 (14th Feb 2023): Fixed an issue which could cause the app to hang during Spatial Audio matching.