Stezza Music Player

• Free

Last verified 5 Aug 2026

3.9 133 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Album art showing up now

   Album art wasn’t showing up, I think the issue was if stock music app was open it for some reason does not allow the album art file to be accessed in Stezza. My only beef now is that unless I’m blind, I cannot find a search function, which is horrible when you have hundreds of artists and over 8000 tracks. Help me lol.

   whydoyoumakememakeanickname · 5 Aug 2026

2. 1/5Despite several updates, still does not work.

   What was the only player I used has been destroyed. It works in my iPhone but not in my iPad. In iPad it just loads and does nothing, no matter what you tap on. Issues with the new version include: Cluttered — not easy to find what you’re looking for. Car play mode — not needed if you have Apple car play. Shuffle — You used to be able start a song from your playlist then hit shuffle and the song continued, with subsequent songs random. Now if you do that, when you hit shuffle it immediately goes to another song. Further, there is no indicator that shows whether you are in shuffle mode. Since I don’t stream music, there is no benefit whatsoever that I can tell for the new version. I would love it if they would re release the old version as Stezza Classic and allow those of us who preferred it to download it and use it.

   KS4321 · 5 Aug 2026

3. 2/5Fewer options than Apple’s Music app

   I am desperately looking for an app that allows me to quickly and easily and safely move through my very large and diverse (10,000+) music library via CarPlay. I have yet to find an app capable of doing this, and picking this app was a wild stab, based on a Cult of Mac review, but I’m afraid I wasted my $2.99. To boot this app does not have all of the sorting/filing the options that Apple‘s built-in music player app does (as basic as they are in that app). Further, there are some. On-intuitive UI features, e.g., navigating to library options. It’s not clear whom this app is geared toward, but I know that I am a bit of an rarity who does not do streaming and has all his (uncompressed) music on his phone. :-). What I’d really like is something like a Pandora for my own library!

   Cinephilomaniac · 5 Aug 2026

4. 1/5Good bye Stezza

   Unbelievable what they’ve done to this app, it is unstable, unreliable, and frankly useless compared to what it once was. The developers have completely lost sight of what made Stezza special in the first place. Instead of building on its unique strengths, they’ve stripped it down into just another generic media player, one that doesn’t even do that job well. Crashes, bugs, and poor performance have replaced what used to be a smooth and distinctive experience. The only real hope for this app is rollback to an earlier version, or a serious commitment from the developers to recapture what originally made it worth downloading. Until then, I can no longer recommend it.

   Karl Schilv · 5 Aug 2026

5. 2/5May 2026: RIP Stezza

   For many years Stezza was a well-loved app because it was *different* than other music players. Large buttons, simple interface, easy navigation, customizable colors… It was as close to perfect as any of the thousands of apps I’ve tested and/or use daily. The May 2026 “fully redesigned” app just erased all that. It’s now just like every other app, including Apple Music, which means there’s no reason to keep it. I will never understand the logic behind decisions like this. Somewhere there’s a list of great iOS apps that were ruined by redesigns that literally zero users asked for. And Stezza just joined it.

   gatorfantom · 5 Aug 2026

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