Music by mood
Sort your collection by detected moods—energetic, relaxed, cheerful, and more. Analysis runs on-device only; results are cached locally.
12 years · relaunched · Apple Music · local
Your music collection like a shelf—covers instead of endless text lists.
Give your songs a face: a cover shelf instead of endless text lists. After 12 years, relaunched—with a full player view, Cover Flow, and in Gold mode a true iPad layout. Version 2.1 adds sort by mood and Assisted Mode. My Records works with Apple Music and accesses the songs stored locally on your iPhone or iPad—not the streaming catalog.
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Covers · Player · Cover Flow · Listen
Mood
Assisted Mode
Local playlists
Full player view
Cover Flow
Shuffle album / artist
iPad (Gold)
Follow the Song
Unwanted tracks
Apple Music · local library
New in version 2.1
Find the right mood, clearer controls, playlists kept local—version 2.1 adds three focus areas to the relaunch.
Assisted Mode
Hides conflicting options—for example an active playlist when you want to play all songs— so focus and sorting stay clear.
Playlists in My Records
Playlists you create are now stored locally in My Records— not in Apple Music. Favorite playlist at the top and organize-while-listening remain.
Further improvements
Artwork enlarges during playback; trash and arrow controls appear briefly. AirPods play/pause resumes from the remembered position. CarPlay improved further.
Why My Records
Covers first, playlists from your collection—no podcasts, radio, or all-in-one streaming in the same interface. The app works with Apple Music and uses songs stored locally on your iPhone or iPad—not the streaming catalog and not Spotify & others.
Covers first
Album art at a glance—even in large collections. Jump with the A–Z index, pick an album with one tap, start a song with another: like a record or CD on a shelf.
Playlists that keep up
A favorite playlist at the top of the library, add songs to a playlist while you listen, add tracks and albums—clear playlist management.
Orientation while listening
With Follow the Song™, the overview jumps to the current track. Hide unwanted tracks; shuffle and repeat apply only in the scope you choose.
Full player view
A dedicated Now Playing screen with large artwork, LP-style vinyl controls, progress, and rating. Lyrics when they are in the library—AirPlay via the system. In landscape, the player uses the width well.
My Records and typical all-in-one music apps
Not a ranking of competitors—just where this app focuses.
| Feature | My Records | Many large music apps |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Music (local library) | Yes | Often cloud catalogs, Spotify & others |
| Clear job (manage your own collection) | Yes | Often streaming, radio, podcasts, and more |
| Album overview with covers & A–Z index | Yes | Varies; often playlist- or stream-centered |
| Cover Flow (landscape) | Yes | Rare or missing |
| Sort by mood (on-device) | Yes | Rarely local; often cloud recommendations |
| Playlists stored locally in the app | Yes (not in Apple Music) | Often in the cloud library |
| Favorite playlist at top of the library | Yes | Rarely a fixed library block |
| Follow the song in the album overview | Yes | Not everywhere |
| Shuffle/repeat with selectable scope | Yes (track, album, artist, section, all) | Often global only |
| Shuffle: random albums or artists | Yes | Rare |
| Hide tracks/albums (“unwanted”) | Yes | Not everywhere |
| Full player view with LP controls | Yes | Standard player UI |
| True iPad layout (Gold mode) | Yes | Varies; often a scaled phone UI |
The essentials for listening
Everything here matches what is in the app—without marketing hype.
Album art & library
My Records works with Apple Music and accesses the library on your device—locally stored, purchased, imported, or synced tracks. The streaming catalog and other services like Spotify are not searched. Instead of long text lists: album covers in the overview, like a record or CD on a shelf.
- Open an album with one tap, start a song with the next
- Letter index for quick jumps
- Sort by artist, play count, rating, genre, or mood
- A hint when the on-device library still looks incomplete
Mood & Assisted Mode
Version 2.1 adds sort by mood: on-device analysis detects moods such as energetic, relaxed, or cheerful and stores results locally—no upload. Assisted Mode hides conflicting focus and sort combinations so you can focus on listening.
- Mood and extended mood sorting
- Selectable analysis depth; cache stays on the device
- Assisted Mode optimizes related settings with you
Cover Flow
In landscape, browse the collection in three dimensions through album covers—Cover Flow for your local library.
- Available in landscape only
- Focus cover with album and artist info
- A–Z index in this view too
Favorite playlist & playlists
Create playlists quickly from your music library. Playlists you create are stored locally in My Records—not in Apple Music. A favorite playlist can sit as the favorite playlist at the top of the library—favorites ready at a glance. Edit via management and swipe.
- Create a playlist locally and set it as the favorite at the top
- Add single tracks or whole albums
- Sort and rename playlists clearly
Organize while listening
Add the current song to an existing playlist easily—from the player or from an album, while you listen. Plan with the queue separately; optionally save it as a new playlist.
- “Add to playlist” for the playing track
- View and edit the queue
- Save the queue as a playlist (when possible)
Follow the Song™ & playback scope
Optionally, the album overview jumps to the current song while you listen. Shuffle and repeat are not blindly global—you choose the scope:
- Track, album, artist, section, or entire library (“All”)
- Follow the Song™ on or off
Shuffle: albums and artists
Beyond classic shuffle in the chosen scope: pick whole albums or whole artists at random for playback—the app decides which album or artist comes next.
Unwanted tracks
Easily hide songs (or whole albums) you don’t want to hear via the context menu or a long press. Blocked tracks stay manageable in their own overview.
Full player view
On the Now Playing screen: large cover, LP transport with vinyl-style controls, swipe to the next or previous track—in portrait and landscape. During playback the cover enlarges; trash and arrow controls appear briefly.
- Lyrics when present in the library
- Star rating for the current track
- Background color from the cover; AirPlay via the system
Gold mode
In Gold mode, My Records uses the iPad screen more fully—instead of an iPhone layout on the large display. You can show vinyl controls as gold or black.
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FAQ
You choose a playlist that My Records shows as the first block in the album overview—ideal for favorites or a list you open often. You can switch or remove that block anytime.
In an album or track list: context menu or long-press a song—then “Don’t play anymore”. Whole albums have a matching action. Blocked tracks live under unwanted songs in playlist management.
Yes, with Apple Music: My Records accesses—via MusicKit—the songs stored in the local library on the device—e.g. downloaded, purchased, imported, or synced. Apple Music’s streaming catalog as well as Spotify and other services are not searched or played. An Apple Music subscription alone is not enough if the tracks are not available locally on the device.
If only a few tracks are loaded on the device while many albums exist, the app shows a hint—often fully loading or syncing the library in system settings helps.
Playlists created by My Records are stored locally in the app and can be renamed, sorted, and filled. System or third-party playlists are shown and filled only as far as the library API allows.
Cover Flow is a three-dimensional cover view for browsing album art in your collection. It is available in landscape only.
Instead of single tracks, you can pick whole albums or whole artists at random for playback. The familiar scope (track, album, artist, section, all) remains available as well.
With Gold mode on, the iPad gets a true iPad layout using the full screen—not an iPhone UI on the large display. That means better iPad support. You can also show vinyl controls as gold or black.
My Records can analyze songs on-device by mood and sort the library accordingly—e.g. energetic, relaxed, or cheerful. Analysis and cache stay on the device; no audio is sent to aurarum.
Assisted Mode hides conflicting combinations of focus and sorting—for example an active playlist when you want to play all songs—so the interface stays clear and you can focus on listening.
Playlists you create in My Records are stored locally in the app—not in Apple Music. They stay with the app and do not change your Apple Music library.
My Records is only for your music library. Podcasts and internet radio have their own aurarum apps—kept separate so each app has one clear job.
Ready for calmer music listening?
Discover version 2.1: mood, Assisted Mode, and local playlists—for your library.
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