SepiaPod - Retro Music Player

• Free

Last verified 7 Aug 2026

4.7 48 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5The best way to play your personal music!

   I have tried at least a dozen ways to play music over the past few years since ditching streaming including other media player apps available for the iPhone. Of everything I’ve tried, including an actual iPod, this app is the best option I’ve found. Even with my massive library the app boots in seconds and has worked instantly since I switched to my favorites and playlists. The integration of touchscreen functions while keeping the scroll wheel is the perfect compromise of classic controls with some modern quality of life improvements. It would be great to have additional options for album sorting such as by artist or by year. Additionally it would be nice to have a separate category for Compilations or at least making them appear at the end of the album scroll. The only other thing I’d love to see is an option to play podcasts downloaded from iTunes. A few other media player apps I’ve tried have had this feature and if this app had that function it would be the perfect all in one media player for me! But for now, I am happily using this for my music needs and using the regular Podcast app when needed. 😊🎶 I’d give this app ten stars if I could.

   bunterburt · 7 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Amazing!!

   I absolutely love this app. I’ve been looking for an iPod-style music player that actually works with my Apple Music library, and this is exactly what I wanted. The click wheel feels authentic, including the scroll acceleration and click sounds, which really capture the original iPod experience. I also love the customizable device colors (Sky is gorgeous!) and the dark theme. It imported my Apple Music playlists and library after I granted permission, and new playlists and downloaded songs appeared after reopening the app. The cloud icon also clearly shows which songs are streaming versus downloaded for offline playback, which is a nice touch. It genuinely feels like using a modern iPod. Thank you for putting so much care into recreating the experience! The only thing I’d love to see in the future is automatic library syncing in the background, so newly created Apple Music playlists appear without needing to reopen the app. Even without that, it’s an easy 5 stars.

   EmilyRRoach · 7 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Beautiful !!!

   Thank you so much for this amazing app!!! You have recreate touch and feel of original iPod. Even the widget is elegant. In order to be even closer to the iPod classic, I’m thinking of three improvements. First one, there are less haptic clicks than moves on screen. The second improvement, is to add Cover Flow section directly at the top of Menu above “Playlists”. The last thing is to add volume control with wheel click. These are details but the most important is that this app is really close to the original and one more time THANK YOU for your work!

   Laurent e. from France · 7 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Best iPod app!!

   I’ve tried a few but this one is so seamless! Downloads all your songs including album art, lyrics etc. You can also change the color of the iPod and put it in light or dark mode and best of all, it’s free/no ads! All I can say is that I’d love some more customization options such as being able to use my own images as a background wallpaper and maybe even being able to add stickers/my own stickers to the iPod and decorate it. I’d pay a one time amount to be able to do that honestly. :)

   uchiiware · 7 Aug 2026

5. 5/5I LOVE THIS OMG

   I figured out how to download songs!! Actually pretty easy and I'm obsessed! no ads and it works without wifi. I haven't ran into any issues yet, it plays songs well with good quality. I think it'd be nice if we could add our own lyrics to the lyric part since currently it doesn't work with mp3s. Not necessary but would be fun! and more customization too, like maybe we can pick our own color from a wheel since i'd like to make mine purple. tysm for making this I love it💝

   auIette · 7 Aug 2026

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