Changelog

• Insights are now easier to show/hide via a dedicated button in each section.
• Redesigned the Now Playing view for iPad to better utilize the screen space, displaying the song artwork alongside playback controls and credits/liner notes. It also supports Split View, allowing you to pair MusicSmart with the Music app to create interesting combinations such as playback controls + credits + real-time lyrics that automatically update when the current song changes.
• Improved animations throughout the app.

Support for tinted widgets.

This updates fixes an issue when connecting with Spotify. MusicSmart 2.1.0 adds support for the latest features introduced in iOS 18. It offers controls for viewing music credits in Control Center, includes new app icons that match your Home Screen style, and deeply integrates with Spotlight. It also brings an innovative App Shortcut that allows you view liner notes and credits for the currently playing song anywhere in the system, and allows you to translate liner notes to your preferred language:

APP ICON
• New app icon for dark and tinted variants.

CONTROLS
• New Control for viewing music credits in Control Center. You can use it to create a music-focused group with various attributes and quickly see a specific credit for the current song.
• New Control for quickly launching MusicSmart from the Control Center, Lock Screen, or Action button.

APP INTENTS
• New App Shortcut to view liner notes and credits for the currently playing song. Just say “Siri, explore current song with MusicSmart” or access it from Spotlight or the Shortcuts app.

SPOTLIGHT
• As you use MusicSmart to read liner notes and credits, tracks and artists will be indexed for Spotlight. You can touch and hold tracks to preview their liner notes. Tapping a track or artist will take you to the corresponding page in MusicSmart.

MusicSmart 2.1.0 adds support for the features introduced in the latest OS updates. It offers controls for viewing music credits in Control Center, includes new app icons that match your Home Screen style, and deeply integrates with Spotlight. It also brings an innovative App Shortcut that allows you view liner notes and credits for the currently playing song anywhere in the system, and allows you to translate liner notes to your preferred language:

APP ICON
• New app icon for dark and tinted variants.

CONTROLS
• New Control for viewing music credits in Control Center. You can use it to create a music-focused group with various attributes and quickly see a specific credit for the current song.
• New Control for quickly launching MusicSmart from the Control Center, Lock Screen, or Action button.

APP INTENTS
• New App Shortcut to view liner notes and credits for the currently playing song. Just say “Siri, explore current song with MusicSmart” or access it from Spotlight or the Shortcuts app.

SPOTLIGHT
• As you use MusicSmart to read liner notes and credits, tracks and artists will be indexed for Spotlight. You can touch and hold tracks to preview their liner notes. Tapping a track or artist will take you to the corresponding page in MusicSmart.

TRANSLATION
• Liner notes, artist bio, and podcast descriptions can now be translated to your preferred language.

• Related songs such as samples, interpolations, and others now display their respective artwork.
• The track’s artwork, title, and artist are now displayed on the liner notes/credits screen.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the keyboard to be shown when tapping on a search result.

Minor bug fixes.

Fixed an issue that could cause the start screen to freeze while loading albums and songs from your local music library.

• Easily find liner notes and credits for items in your music library by navigating through new sections for Artists, Albums, and Songs.
• Added ability to copy the song’s description.

- Added a button to share the current album.

MusicSmart 2.0.2 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. It also redesigns the list of credits to show the artist's profile picture:

New on iOS and iPadOS 17
• New ‘Live Liner Notes’ interactive widget with liner notes and credits for the currently playing song.
• Support for the iPhone’s new StandBy mode.
• Support for Lock Screen widgets on the iPad.
• MusicSmart now shows tips about features you may not know about.

Improvements
• Redesigned the list of credits to feature the artist's profile picture.
• Added the ability to open MusicSmart when tapping the Get Liner Notes Lock Screen widget.

• Added the ability to hide Trending and Top Albums sections.
• New ‘Search MusicSmart’ shortcut action that opens MusicSmart and searches for the provided query.
• Added the ability to log out from Spotify when long pressing the Spotify button in Settings.
• Fixed an issue that could cause an incorrect attribution of sources.

Welcome to MusicSmart 2.0! This latest update brings a host of new and exciting features, including:

• Smart Sections: Credits are now automatically grouped by categories such as Songwriting and Composition, Performance and Recording, Instruments, and more.

• Roles and Instruments Insights: Gain a deeper understanding of the music creation process with comprehensive insights about each role and instrument used in a song.

• Customizable Sections: Choose the liner notes and credits you want to see and tailor the app to your specific needs.

• Continuous Mode: The Now Playing screen now detects when the music changes, automatically displaying liner notes and credits for the current song.

• Support for MusicBrainz: MusicSmart can now find liner notes and credits for an even larger selection of songs, thanks to its integration with the extensive MusicBrainz database.

• Trending Songs and Popular Albums: Access a variety of features and content from the new Home view, including trending songs, top albums, and albums recently added to your music library.

• Unified Search: Quickly find liner notes and credits for albums, artists, and songs right from the Home view.

• Significant UI Improvements: Every screen has been revisited and redesigned to provide a more informative, consistent, and user-friendly experience.

It also includes these additional improvements:

• Improved image caching to boost overall app performance.
• The Action Extension now supports opening links when tapped.
• Quickly add albums and songs to MusicBox for listening later.
• Two additional options, Rate Your Music and Album of the Year, for searching and reading album reviews.
• The ability to view movies and TV shows on Letterboxd, Simkl, and Trakt.
• The ability to open or subscribe to a podcast in Overcast.

Fixed an issue that could prevent liner notes from being found for artists with names translated into the user’s language.

• Added support for Drag & Drop, a new way to integrate MusicSmart with the Music app. Quickly read liner notes by dragging and dropping from Music into MusicSmart.
• Added ‘Description’ as an available attribute of the Get Attribute shortcuts action.

• New Lock Screen widget to quickly get liner notes using Shazam, Now Playing, or Search.
• Added support for Spotify albums and songs when using MusicSmart from the Share Sheet.

• MusicSmart now offers a shortcut action to get the attributes of a song! Combine it with the Get Current Song action to easily read liner notes for the music that is currently playing.
• Improved the share sheet extension to work better with third-party apps.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Home Screen widgets to not be available on some devices.

MusicSmart 1.3.3 brings an improved layout on the iPad, new home screen widgets to quickly get liner notes, a new for recently viewed albums and tracks, and more:

• New home screen widget with actions to quickly get liner notes using Shazam, Now Playing, or Search.
• New section for recently viewed albums and tracks.
• Three-column layout on the iPad takes advantage of the larger screen and allows for easier navigation.
• Moved the control for switching between Album/Tracks/Artist to the bottom of the screen.
• Fixed a bug that could cause some albums not to be found on the Apple Music catalog.

Added a new URL Scheme to open liner notes for a specific Apple Music album: musicsmart://get?applemusicurl={album/song url}

MusicSmart now shows which audio variants are available for the album or song in Apple Music.

• Fixes a bug that could cause the app to not appear on the Share Sheet when sharing albums or songs from the Music app.
• Editorial Notes are now correctly formatted with bold and italic styles.
• Indicates which sorting option is selected in the initial screen.

MusicSmart 1.2.9 brings two improvements that will make it more useful and easier to use.

Liner Notes
• Added the ability to search liner notes for songs that are not in your library. Tap the Search button in the app, and search for any song or artist.

Movies and TV Shows
• Added a button to search for the Movie/TV Show on Google.

- This update makes it possible to navigate into a related song! So you can get liner notes for samples, interpolation and remixes of a specific song.
- Now you can also open a song in Apple Music, right from the main app. Use it to listen and discover new related songs and more!