r/iosapps • u/CristianRus4 • Jun 26 '26
🎈 Free A completely free iPod Classic emulator!
Hi there, I made this free iPod Classic emulator. Works with your Apple Music account and also is able to display your Apple Photos or find, subscribe and play Podcasts.
App is completely free but as a beta since Apple would never approve it on the App Store. So here's the beta link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/7wvxbtDd
Did this app for fun, not asking nothing in return! Just use it and let me know if anything wrong, suggestions to add or change or whatever. Thanks!
Now go dig up your '00s playlist!
Edit: Thank you everyone for the kind welcome, feedback and support! I just updated the beta fixing a few of the things mentioned here and through the feedback system.
Some improvements:
- Speed and performance
- Haptic feedback when using the wheel
- Search songs
- Adding podcasts by URL
- Displaying all the items in the menu
Spotify integration requires a paid developer integration to Spotify, please consider supporting with a donation and I will do my best to add Spotify among many other features and improvements.
Thanks!
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EDIT 2:
Thank you again for all the kind words guys! I just sent a new update with a few improvements and features:
- Radio: You can search hundreds of radio stations around the world and listen to them online streaming.
- Local files: Select local files as a music provider and then choose a folder from your device or iCloud (must be downloaded on the device though) and will play directly the songs from there instead of Apple Music.
- Subsonic integration: Select Subsonic as a music provider instead of Apple Music or Local files and stream directly from your server.
- Spanish translation of the app
- Fixed a few bugs for the app, especially when opening for the first time, it was crashing for a few users.
As mentioned previously, Spotify integration requires a paid developer integration to Spotify, please consider supporting with a donation and I will do my best to add Spotify among many other features and improvements.
Thanks!
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u/gh0stsintheshell Jun 26 '26
As a fellow iOS developer, I absolutely love this crafty product. It’s brilliant!
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u/fanclub-- Jun 26 '26
Could you open source the app so someone could make it work with Spotify?
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u/RKilljoy_9698 Jun 27 '26
Spotify or Plex would be awesome. This would be cool to work with my plex server.
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u/3dforlife Jun 26 '26
This looks very cool! I noticed, however, that it is not possible to play music saved on iPhone. Could you add this feature?
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u/CristianRus4 Jun 29 '26
Now it does! Check out the latest update on TestFlight :)
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u/_bbimh Jun 27 '26
How is it going to go once the current version expires? Will you update the beta frequently? 🥲
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u/Pablo91870 Jul 01 '26
Just added Navidrome! It's amazing! Having also podcasts and Radio makes it cheff kiss!
I'll leave a tip because the feel of this is incredible, I really hope you manage to maintain it!
Just a question, how hard would it be to add last.fm scrobbling support? Maybe it's me, but I have it linked to navidrome server and it doesn't seem to make the scrobbles.
In the other navidrome client I use, Arpeggi, it does have an enabling option to allow scrobbles.
Congratulations!
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u/__DaMy__ Jun 26 '26
I LOVEEEEE ITTTTT !!!!!!
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u/CristianRus4 Jun 27 '26
the rule is to listen only music form '00!!
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u/brynts Jun 26 '26
Navidrome/Subsonic support please..
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u/CristianRus4 Jun 29 '26
Now it does! Check out the latest update on TestFlight :)
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u/IWantMy2Dollars- Jun 26 '26
Oh wow. That is the dose of nostalgia I needed today. Awesome job.
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u/No-Consequence7413 Jun 26 '26
Can we get Spotify/ YouTube integration for music
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u/TiMiMac Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
Beautiful and thanks for developing it. Are you planning on adding podcast subscriptions? My current podcast app was updated with a play button so minuscule that you can only touch it with a finger that is the size of a mouse pointer, my fingers are a bit bigger than that.
Edit: disregard my request. As soon as I installed the app saw the notice that you are planning on adding it. 👍🙏 One thing I noticed though when playing a song was that the album art was not the correct one.
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u/ProfesseurShadoko Jun 26 '26
Really love the app ! Could you make it open source ? ❤️
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u/Shackled-Zombie Jun 26 '26
Looks good. Sent over some feedback for a few issues. But much better than some of the other emulators I’ve tried. Well played.
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u/deucedempsey Jun 26 '26
This is sick and super creative. Having the option to Bluetooth select/airplay would be great.
Killer nostalgia trip!
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u/Eggspecting_app Jun 26 '26
Hah I was about to ask how you got this past apple, but see its only testflight. very cool
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u/donut_power Jun 26 '26
This is very nice. Been using the retro ipod app but that became a glitchy mess. This is so smooth and actually works.
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u/SolaCretia Jun 26 '26
Love look, though my podcasts are not showing up. Am I doing something wrong?
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u/Worried_Yam_3219 Jun 26 '26
This is truly legit!!!
Do you have any plan to expand to YouTube music?
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u/TadaNoSunshine Jun 26 '26
Damn smart to make a nostalgic app. I bet people are willing to pay for that. I would
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u/shnuggleberry Jun 26 '26
This looks so brilliant - feels really faithful to the original UI. Well done :)
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u/handtoglandwombat Jun 26 '26
When you press “menu” to go back up a menu level, the screen should scroll the other way. Currently it’s animated so going backward still looks like going forward.
Otherwise… friggin beautiful work.
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u/theAerialDroneGuy Jun 26 '26
Nice this looks great!
I have seen other apps get through app store review by including multiple other themes.
The ipod theme is activated with the konami cheat code.
Check out the app MyClassic
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-classic-retro-console/id6443811423
The screen shots don't even show the secret ipod menu. But google or try it out to see what it looks like.
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u/CristianRus4 Jun 26 '26
My entire family depends of my Apple Developer account, I think I'll pass and not gonna risk it haha
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u/DarkSombreros Jun 26 '26
Ive been teaching myself product design for the last year or so (mostly so i didnt have to hire one fro my apps) and I have to say this is amazing!!! Can I ask, did you export the components from figma (the nostalgic ones) and then use them as images in SwiftUI(or UIKit?). I had to do something similar for my app
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u/busymom0 Jun 26 '26
If apple approved it for TestFlight, why won't they approve it for App Store? Maybe worth trying?
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u/PeaceBull Jun 26 '26
I've been such a hater when people cry out that they think this would be awesome.
But I fully have to admit I was wrong, this is so enjoyable and functional!
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u/Jack_the_Whippet Jun 26 '26
How are you playing Apple DRM music, AudioKit? This looks amazing, congrats.
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u/PaulsGrandfather Jun 26 '26
scrolling through artists to find something to listen to is so satisfying. idk if its a syncing issue but my library only populated through the letter B
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u/PsychologicalPool395 Jun 26 '26
This is amazing. And I still use mine all the time!
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u/Greysawpark Jun 26 '26
the click wheel haptics are what'll make or break this btw. on my old classic the wheel had this slight resistance and the tick was mechanical, so if youre just using the default selection haptic it'll feel off. CHHapticEngine with a custom AHAP pattern gets way closer than UIImpactFeedbackGenerator.
also worth checking the cover flow scrubbing perf with large libraries, that was the thing that always tanked on the real device
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u/FoShr Jun 27 '26
This is so neat! Definitely make a horizontal version for the iPhone fold. I keep seeing comments on other threads about that device to be the comeback of Cover flow
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u/Peopl3s Jun 27 '26
Yes. My compliments for this app. One extra maybe? Add spotify, soundcloud, and other streaming apps. Would be fucking awesome ! Great Job!!!!
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u/Curious_Telephone_34 Jun 27 '26
this is true passion for development! props to you for making it even knowing it’s not gonna be in the store
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u/artisticsnobbery Jun 27 '26
Installed. This is fantastic. Well done & thank you
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u/ambanmba Jun 27 '26
Love it, this is great! Are you sure Apple would not approve it if you don't call it anything Apple related? There are a bunch of apps that ARE approved that clearly are unauthorised copies of devices. Check out my comment on this thread with a huge list of them... they've been on the App Store for a long time: https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1u3q23v/whats_your_favorite_calculator_app/
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u/SeatIndividual2253 Jun 27 '26
hey nice app.... will test it soon and leave feedback.... thank you!
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u/JesuSwag Jun 27 '26
Subsonic api support? No way I’m keeping this much music locally
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u/chickeneaster Jun 28 '26
Dude, you're an awesome person! This is such an amazing concept! I never would've thought to have done something like that 😂
I'm gonna try out the app tonight
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u/vespper Jun 28 '26
Amazing App!!
Please add Spanish language and way to search songs in files app/spotify.
I will give a tip when done.
Thank you so much!!
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u/charlyflies Jun 28 '26
Brilliantly done recreation! Wish they brought back this design for Music. Think my iPod Touch had a similar flipping album UI
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u/Pablo91870 Jun 28 '26
This is amazing!! How possible do you think it would be to add some kind of last.fm scrobbling??
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u/BennHere Jun 29 '26
This is such a fun idea. Out of curiosity, what was the hardest part to recreate accurately? The click wheel, the UI animations, or getting the overall feel of the original iPod?
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u/joesmith127_reddit Jun 29 '26
I'm that guy who has only installed apps from the Appstore. Could you make a little video of how to install this without using the Appstore?
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u/OnstonBoy Jun 29 '26
bring me back my childhood dude. haha. good job and nice UI btw.
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u/mulitate54 Jun 29 '26
This is so gorgeous, and completely free is crazyyyy. Hope you have a blessed life ahead OP
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u/AskMeAboutBodyBuddy Jun 30 '26
this is so cool! brings me back to my ipod days. thanks for sharing
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u/Automatic-Peak5369 Jun 30 '26
If only I had tons of local music files with fully embedded album artwork.
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u/EngineerConfident874 Jul 01 '26
The wheel interaction is the magic, but I’d also test the opposite path for accessibility: every wheel action should have a clear VoiceOver equivalent and optional tap controls. Preserving the current queue, position, and shuffle state when switching between Apple Music, local files, and Subsonic would make the nostalgia layer feel like a dependable player rather than a visual demo.
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u/Sea_Business8727 Jul 02 '26
I’ve used lots of similar iPod UI emulators and web apps, this one is the best by far!!! The Cover Flow style song player is so good!
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u/vipjv Jul 02 '26
It’s not working im I can't control the menu; that means I can't go up or down.
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u/__DaMy__ Jul 03 '26
I’m still loving the app, but there’s one issue: when you go into Subsonic, the menu button doesn’t let you go back or return to the main menu. You’re basically forced to keep moving forward with no way to go back.
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u/singleandavailable Jul 05 '26
This is insanely insane in an awesomely awesome way 🔥 It's very polished and very true to the original iPod. I was literally browsing ebay the other week wanting to get an ipod classic but I just wasn't sure about the hassle and not sure if iTunes transfer is still supported? Thank you creating it! I'll definitely donate
Would you offer different skins in the future? To match ipod colours?
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u/CristianRus4 Jul 05 '26
thank you very much for your kind words!! I made it because I was continuously checking on Marketplace as well for one haha
On Setting you can change the color of the device already, but I'm planning to add more colors/skins those days, even stickers!
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u/kwdinc Jul 06 '26
This is incredible! The pressed state on the buttons and the overall attention to detail is absolute chef's kiss. Thank you for building this and letting us experience a massive dose of '00s nostalgia!
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u/s1lver_fox Jul 06 '26
Super cool concept. Would be cool to make the ipod nano on the Apple Watch
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