Winyl

Your albums. Nothing else.

An album player for iPhone, on Apple Music.

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Winyl’s Home on an iPhone: a stack of album covers with Abbey Road by The Beatles at the front, and “30 albums by 27 artists, 323 songs” under it.

Home

Your albums, stacked like records.

Winyl opens on your albums, in a crate you flip through. No playlists, no shuffle, no algorithm.

Winyl’s player on an iPhone: Abbey Road’s cover, large, over Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles, 2:31 of 3:05 played.

Now Playing

The cover comes first.

The artwork, large, and the controls under it. Skip a song or play it again, and the album carries on.

Abbey Road in Winyl on an iPhone: the cover, The Beatles, 1969, 17 songs, 47 minutes, a Pause button and the tracks in order, Come Together playing.

Albums

Pick an album. Hear all of it.

Every album opens on its tracks, in order. Press play and it runs from the first to the last.

Winyl’s History on an iPhone: today’s plays, tracks of Abbey Road by The Beatles with the times they were played, the latest at 9:31 AM.

History

Remember what you played.

Every album you play lands in your history, day by day.

Winyl’s Stats on an iPhone: 23 hours 43 minutes of music in the collection, a six day streak, 30 albums played with 158 completed, 134 hours 21 minutes listened, and six months of activity as a calendar of green squares.

Stats

See what you come back to.

Stats show your streak, the hours you have listened and six months of activity, and Winyl can scrobble to Last.fm.

winyl.app

On iPhone and on the web.

Your albums, history and stats are the same at winyl.app (opens in a new tab), where they go by in coverflow on a Mac or an iPad.

winyl.app on a Mac, in coverflow: Remain in Light by Talking Heads face on at the centre, Kid A and other covers turned away on either side, their reflections on the floor.

Questions

Is Winyl free?

Yes. Winyl is free. There is nothing to buy, on iPhone or at winyl.app.

Do I need Apple Music?

Yes. Winyl plays your albums on Apple Music, so you need an Apple Music subscription.

Does it work with Spotify?

No. Winyl works with Apple Music only. Spotify has changed its rules for developers, and an app like Winyl can no longer be built on it.

Is there an iPad version?

No. Winyl is made for iPhone. On iPad, open winyl.app in Safari, where your albums go by in coverflow.

Winyl for iPhone is in beta

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Or listen now at winyl.app (opens in a new tab).

For people who still believe in albums.