Music, made more fun. Find records you'd never have run into on your own, then learn everything about them. Who played bass, where it was recorded, what it samples.
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● Who it's for
Anyone who wants to hear more new music, and know more about the music they already love.
• Anyone hunting for their next favourite album, not another playlist
• People who want a new record to try every day
• Everyone who hears a great song and needs to know more, right now
• Crate diggers and collectors who read every sleeve
• Apple Music and Last.fm fans who keep track of what they play
• Vinyl fans who want a proper display for the record that's spinning
● See more of your music
SongDisplay turns your iPhone or iPad into a display for whatever's playing. Artwork, facts, and the story behind the song, updating as the music changes. Prop it up next to the turntable and let it run.
• Album art or artist art, full screen
• Kiosk Mode hides the buttons so only the music shows
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
• Send it to a TV or monitor over AirPlay
• Every session saved, so you can find that one song again
• Read great insights about the song that’s playing
● Skip the algorithm
A new Album of the Day, picked for the genres you actually listen to. Swipe through Album Discovery to find records nothing else would serve you, drawn from the Rolling Stone 500, 1001 Albums, the Apple Music Top 100, new releases, and your own library. Read Pitchfork reviews and Bandcamp Daily picks in the same place, plus music books worth reading. Come back tomorrow for the next one.
● Know the whole story
Liner notes, verified facts, band members, samples and the songs they came from, awards, recording locations on a map, photography, set lists from the tour, and full lyrics. Translate any of it into your language, or let Song Story read it aloud.
● Find any song
Catch what's playing around you with Shazam. Scan the barcode on a CD or record. Photograph an album cover to identify it. Point Visual Intelligence at a sleeve. Or search all of Apple Music.
● Keep it all together
Save songs to Favourites and to your Apple Music library or a playlist. Scrobble to Last.fm. Add records to Discogs and songs to MusicThread. See your rated albums, On Repeat, and Heavy Rotation in one place. Build your Best of the year list and share it as an image.
Open anything in Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, YouTube Music, Deezer, Amazon Music, or Pandora.
● Everywhere you listen
Five Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center controls for listening, playing today's album, and scanning, plus Siri Shortcuts and Handoff between devices. NowPlaying also runs on Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro, in the same download.
● NowPlaying Gold
No ads, Last.fm scrobbling, your full search and SongDisplay history, extra details like awards and band members, Kiosk Mode, and app icons you unlock by listening and exploring. NowPlaying works without it. Gold makes it better and keeps it going.
Terms of use: https://nowplaying.page/terms
Privacy policy: https://nowplaying.page/privacy
Every time I search for a song just before it finds this song or right after it finds a song or write as it finds this song, it will brighten the screen up to all the way up brightness and I have my brightness really low if not all the way down to zero because this is a bug that you need to fix and my auto brightness on my phone is off so it’s clearly an option in the app that’s turned off by the fall and you can’t turn it off or it’s a bug because this is insane it should be happening. This has never happened before this needs to be fixed as soon as possible. I’m serious it’s very annoying and I am getting really fed up with this app because it hasn’t done this before you need to fix this bug.
Nice app.
UncleRobin
If you are looking for the ‘behind the scenes’ info about a track or artist that Shazam lacks, you probably would enjoy this app. The developer is responsive and actively maintaining/improving the app. Another gem of this app is the Display feature, especially on an iPad and optionally mirroring to an Apple TV. This is quite nice if you listen to Internet radio streams that don’t have metadata, as it provides continuously updated track/artist info of what is currently playing.
What am I missing here?
nerfTractor
This app has one main purpose as I see it, and that is to improve the display of the song currently playing on your device. Only… that’s not what it does. Sure, you can start up the app and choose Now Playing and see a pretty cool view of the song that is now playing. But when the song changes, this app doesn’t seem to be aware that a different song is “now playing.” You have to terminate this app and restart it so that the currently playing song is shown onscreen. I know this can’t be the intended design so is this maybe a bug? Whatever it is I hope it’s fixed right quick because the app in its current state is useless. Incidentally this issue is present for every device I’ve tried so far, from iPhone to iPad to Apple TV.
Developer Response
Hi,This seems to be a bug indeed! Not sure what can cause it, but I will investigate it! Have you tried using the SongDisplay feature with the Mic. instead?Thanks for letting me know
The newest version is outstanding
Steves_64
I had the original version and it worked well it just didn’t keep a library of the music you listened to. Now that the new update 1.3 came out, the app is everything I wished it was. All songs are kept under the History button. I’m glad they listen to the feedback they received. AAA+++Steve
NowPlaying now fully supports the new iPhone Duo. Discover new music and find out more about the music you already love with layouts that adapt to compact, portrait, horizontal, and seated modes.
● Dig through new releases
We’ve introduced a new way to explore releases: dig through them in a crate, just like you would at your favorite record store.
● More to explore
- You can now view extra information about artists, like birthdays, origins, and pictures.
- Improved performance and fixed bugs in Album Swipe.
- You can now see if a song is in Billboard’s Top 100, and where it ranks.
Version 2027.8
Subscriptions
NowPlaying Gold Annual
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$19.99
The developer, Modum B.V., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Identifiers
Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
Modum B.V.
Size
521.3 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Apple TV Requires tvOS 26.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 26.2 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
13+
13+
This app is rated 13+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.