For a while now I’ve been missing the ability to nickname transfer contacts in-app.
If you have someone with multiple accounts under their same name in your contacts, e.g. depot and savings accounts, you’ll need to look up their exact IBANs every single time.
Please let us nickname them how we want and save time.
I follow around 100 artists across Spotify and Apple Music, and both platforms are just bad on telling me when something new drops. They only do for some, and bury everything else in playlists and recommendations, if at all.
I wanted that one place that tells me, reliably, the moment something's out.
MusicHarbor's been around longer and covers more ground. Concerts, news, video. I went narrower on purpose.
MusicDrops is built specifically on "this thing just dropped" and "look, that just got announced / added":
I just shipped update 1.4 last week with full iPad support, a reworked onboarding flow, and a round of performance/reliability fixes on top of that.
The app's free for up to 10 followed artists. Past that it's €1.99/month, €14.99/year, or €44.99 once, lifetime.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/music-drops/id6759535792
Happy to answer any questions and get honest feedback.
Thanks for reading!
I follow around 100 artists on Spotify, and the new release notifications are... inconsistent, to put it kindly.
Some drops trigger a push, others just quietly appear in Release Radar days later, and a few I only find out about when I stumble onto the album myself. There's no way I can see, at a glance, what's actually coming up next from artists I follow. It's either the notification lottery or manually checking each artist's page.
Is this just me? Or has anyone found a workaround inside Spotify itself that actually fixes this?
I ended up solving it for myself initially: built a small app called MusicDrops that pulls your followed artists and gives you an actual timeline: what's dropped recently, what's confirmed upcoming, with reliable push notifications instead of whatever Spotify's algorithm decides to surface.
Not trying to turn this into an ad, genuinely more interested in whether others have hit the same wall, or what you'd like to have Spotify add/fix. But I'm happy to share more if it's useful.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/music-drops/id6759535792
Web: https://musicdrops.app
I've been using an iPad Mini as my daily tablet for years. The one-handed size, it fitting in a jacket pocket.. it's genuinely my favourite piece of Apple hardware, and I feel like it gets treated as an afterthought by a lot of apps that just stretch their iPhone or iPad Pro layout to fit.
I build MusicDrops, an app that tracks new music releases from artists you follow. Features a timeline of upcoming/just-dropped stuff, discography per artist, that kind of thing.
When I added iPad support in v1.4 last week, I didn't want to just scale up the iPhone version. The Mini's screen is small enough that a lot of "iPad" layouts feel cramped or oddly spaced on it specifically. So I spent extra time making sure the timeline and discography views actually work one-handed, in portrait, at Mini size, rather than just technically running on it.
Yes, I know MusicHarbor has been here longer. And I went for UI and iPad mini polish.
Screenshots below are straight from a Mini. Genuinely curious if other Mini owners here have apps that get this right vs ones that clearly only tested on a Pros.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/music-drops/id6759535792
Web: https://musicdrops.app
Happy to answer anything about the app or the layout decisions.
I built MusicDrops after getting tired of missing new releases from artists I actually follow. Spotify and Apple Music both catch some drops and miss others, buried under algorithmic suggestions I didn't ask for.
Sure, MusicHarbor's been around longer and covers more ground, e.g. concerts, news, video.
I went narrower on purpose: a timeline of upcoming and just-released music from artists you follow, push notification for each release, countdowns to known release dates, full discography per artist, and actual user reviews pulled from multiple iTunes storefronts. You can import your followed artists straight from your Apple Music library (Spotify to come!).
Just shipped v1.4 last week — native iPad support, reworked onboarding, and a round of performance and bug fixes.
Free for up to 10 followed artists, then €1.99/month, €14.99/year, or €44.99 lifetime.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/music-drops/id6759535792
Web: https://musicdrops.app
Am genuinely curious how people here think about a dedicated timeline like this? Also open to feedback on the iPad layout specifically, since that's brand new.
I'm David, developer of MusicDrops.
I follow around 100 artists across Spotify and Apple Music, and neither platform can reliably tell me when new music drops. And none can just show me a simple timeline of what interests me, without any algorithm suggestions.
I wanted one place that just notifies me, reliably, the moment something's out. Clean iOS UI, intuitive design.
Sure, MusicHarbor's been around longer and covers more ground, e.g. concerts, news, video.
I went narrower on purpose: MusicDrops is built specifically around upcoming and shadow drops, real push notifications for each release, with a timeline showing countdowns, full discography views per artist, and actual user reviews pulled from multiple iTunes storefronts. You can import your followed artists straight from your Apple Music library (and Spotify to come!).
Shipped v1.4 last week: native iPad support, a reworked onboarding flow, and a round of performance/reliability fixes on top of that. Still very much actively maintained.
Upcoming features include timeline highlights and recaps.
Pricing: free for up to 10 followed artists. Past that it's €1.99/month, €14.99/year, or €44.99 once, lifetime.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/music-drops/id6759535792
Web: https://musicdrops.app
Privacy Policy: https://musicdrops.app/privacy/
Terms of Service: https://musicdrops.app/terms/
Happy to answer all questions!
Only even noticed two days later.
Thanks to the editors! Such an awesome feeling!
I'm the developer of MusicDrops. I've posted here before, and the most common reply was some version of "I'm not adding 200 artists by hand." Fair enough. That was the worst friction point in the app, and library import is now in. If you've got the app already, grab the latest update: import shipped in 1.3, and 1.3.1 (live now) layers some fixes on top of it, so it's worth checking the App Store.
What's new
You can now import straight from your Apple Music library. The app reads the artists already in your library and follows them in one pass. No search-and-add, no typing names one at a time. And it's not just stuff you added from the streaming catalog. Artists from iTunes purchases and music you've synced over from a computer get picked up too.
Nothing from the import leaves your devices except through your own iCloud. There's no server of mine in the middle and no third party touching it.
If you'd rather stay selective, you still can. Import shows everyone as a list so you pick, or you let it follow all on first import and trim from there.
Quick recap for anyone who missed the earlier post
The reason it exists: Apple Music's built-in new-release notifications don't reliably fire. The toggle's in settings, the "New Releases" tab exists, but neither catches releases consistently, and there are threads going back years about it. Across my own ~20 followed artists I was missing roughly 4 out of 5 releases, including one full album I didn't see until almost two months after it dropped.
MusicDrops watches your followed artists' catalogs and notifies you when something changes:
iOS, built on Apple's MusicKit framework. No separate login, no third-party music service, no analytics on your listening. Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you play through Apple Music as usual.
Pricing (unchanged)
Free for up to 10 followed artists. Past that it's €1.99/month, €14.99/year (now with a 1-month free trial), or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. It funds ongoing development, like the iPad version I'm working on right now.
Feedback wanted
Import is the biggest thing I've shipped since launch, so this is when I most want bug reports. If it misses an artist, double-adds, or a notification doesn't fire when it should, tell me in the thread or via email.
Hand-crafted in Germany.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
Indie dev here. MusicDrops is my new-releases tracker.
30-day numbers from App Store Connect:
When I broke down page views by source, the picture got interesting:
The channel I want to grow is App Store Search, because the web link spikes don't compound.
What I'm hoping to get your help on:
App Store listing: MusicDrops
Appreciate any eyes on it.
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing Apple Music issue.
The problem
If you follow artists on Apple Music, you've probably noticed the built-in notifications don't reliably fire when those artists release new music. The "Notifications" toggle in settings exists, the "New Releases" tab in the Browse section exists, but in practice neither catches releases consistently. There are threads going back years here and elsewhere about it. Across my own ~20 followed artists I was missing roughly 4 out of 5 releases through Apple Music itself — including one full album I didn't see until almost two months after it dropped.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music as usual.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I will add an auto-import feature that reads from your apple music (or iTunes purchases) library, for those of you wondering, in the upcoming v1.3 update.
If you find anything unexpected in UI, UX or overall app usage — that's the most useful feedback I can get right now.
Thanks to everyone!
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing Apple Music issue.
The problem
If you follow artists on Apple Music, you've probably noticed the built-in notifications don't reliably fire when those artists release new music. The "Notifications" toggle in settings exists, the "New Releases" tab in the Browse section exists, but in practice neither catches releases consistently. There are threads going back years here and elsewhere about it. Across my own ~20 followed artists I was missing roughly 4 out of 5 releases through Apple Music itself — including one full album I didn't see until almost two months after it dropped.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music as usual.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I will add an auto-import feature that reads from your apple music (or iTunes purchases) library, for those of you wondering, in the upcoming v1.3 update.
Please check out the app store page, and also the app if you like.
Thanks to everyone!
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing Apple Music issue.
The problem
If you follow artists on Apple Music, you've probably noticed the built-in notifications don't reliably fire when those artists release new music. The "Notifications" toggle in settings exists, the "New Releases" tab in the Browse section exists, but in practice neither catches releases consistently. There are threads going back years here and elsewhere about it. Across my own ~20 followed artists I was missing roughly 4 out of 5 releases through Apple Music itself — including one full album I didn't see until almost two months after it dropped.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music as usual.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I will add an auto-import feature that reads from your apple music (or iTunes purchases) library, for those of you wondering, in the upcoming v1.3 update.
If you find anything unexpected in UI, UX or overall app usage — that's the most useful feedback I can get right now.
Thanks to everyone!
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing iTunes and Apple Music issue.
The problem
I have so many artists I am waiting to finally drop new music again.. But no reliable, easy-to-use, cheap and well designed way of staying up to date with all that's coming.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music or go to the iTunes store page directly.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I will add an auto-import feature that reads from your apple music (or iTunes purchases) library, for those of you wondering, in the upcoming v1.3 update.
If you find anything unexpected in UI, UX or overall app usage — that's the most useful feedback I can get right now.
Thanks to everyone!
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing iTunes and Apple Music issue.
The problem
I have so many artists I am waiting to finally drop new music again.. But no reliable, easy-to-use, cheap and well designed way of staying up to date with all that's coming.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music or go to the iTunes store page directly.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I will add an auto-import feature that reads from your apple music (or iTunes purchases) library, for those of you wondering, in the upcoming v1.3 update.
If you find anything unexpected in UI, UX or overall app usage — that's the most useful feedback I can get right now.
Thanks to everyone!
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing Apple Music issue.
The problem
If you follow artists on Apple Music, you've probably noticed the built-in notifications don't reliably fire when those artists release new music. The "Notifications" toggle in settings exists, the "New Releases" tab in the Browse section exists, but in practice neither catches releases consistently. There are threads going back years here and elsewhere about it. Across my own ~20 followed artists I was missing roughly 4 out of 5 releases through Apple Music itself — including one full album I didn't see until almost two months after it dropped.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music as usual.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I will add an auto-import feature that reads from your apple music (or iTunes purchases) library, for those of you wondering, in the upcoming v1.3 update.
If you find anything unexpected in UI, UX or overall app usage — that's the most useful feedback I can get right now.
Thanks to everyone!
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I'm the developer of MusicDrops — sharing it because it's specifically built to solve a long-standing Apple Music issue.
The problem
If you follow artists on Apple Music, you've probably noticed the built-in notifications don't reliably fire when those artists release new music. The "Notifications" toggle in settings exists, the "New Releases" tab in the Browse section exists, but in practice neither catches releases consistently. There are threads going back years here and elsewhere about it. Across my own ~20 followed artists I was missing roughly 4 out of 5 releases through Apple Music itself — including one full album I didn't see until almost two months after it dropped.
What MusicDrops does
iOS app. Uses Apple's official MusicKit framework to do what Apple Music's built-in feature claims to. No separate login, no third-party music service involved, no analytics on your listening. It watches artists' catalogs, and notifies you on changes:
Tapping a notification opens the release in the app, where you can play via Apple Music as usual.
Pricing
Free for up to 10 followed artists.
Beyond that: monthly €1.99, yearly €14.99, or a one-time lifetime unlock at €44.99. No ads. This is to fund the ongoing development and future feature additions, e.g. an iPad version.
Feedback wanted
I shipped a notification reliability fix earlier this week (covered some edge cases where the release-day notification was getting dropped). If you try the app and a notification doesn't fire when it should, please tell me in the thread or via the in-app feedback — that's the most useful bug report I can get right now.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759535792
I just shipped Music Drops, a tracker that lets you follow artists and get notified when they drop new music, and see a timeline of what matters to you.
The concept isn’t new, apps like MusicHarbour exist and are genuinely good, but after trying the alternatives I kept running into the same friction:
- not all features i want
- UI that, to me, feels off
- prices too high
Nothing addressed my specific pain points, so three months ago I just started building my own.
My focus:
- Clean, native iOS UI
- Notifications for release and track drops
- Reviews and ratings
In development I struggled most on deciding what features I should add, and which ones would be nice to have but an unfit use-case for a tracker app. Some of these were:
- showing iTunes prices, and maybe price drops (pun intended)
- marking releases as purchased or collected
It’s free to try, with the full feature set for up to ten followed artists.
Unlimited in-app purchase or subscriptions are available to unlock that, for 1.99€ monthly, 14.99€ yearly or 44.99€ one/time purchase.
I’d genuinely love to hear what you like about the app, and also what’s missing from your workflow.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/music-drops/id6759535792?l=en-GB
I just shipped Music Drops, a tracker that lets you follow artists and get notified when they drop new music, and see a timeline of what matters to you.
The concept isn’t new, apps like MusicHarbour exist and are genuinely good, but after trying the alternatives I kept running into the same friction:
- not all features i want
- UI that, to me, feels off
- prices too high
Nothing addressed my specific pain points, so three months ago I just started building my own.
My focus:
- Clean, native iOS UI
- Notifications for release and track drops
- Reviews and ratings
In development I struggled most on deciding what features I should add, and which ones would be nice to have but an unfit use-case for a tracker app. Some of these were:
- showing iTunes prices, and maybe price drops (pun intended)
- marking releases as purchased or collected
It’s free to try, with the full feature set for up to ten followed artists.
Unlimited in-app purchase or subscriptions are available to unlock that, for 1.99€ monthly, 14.99€ yearly or 44.99€ one/time purchase.
I’d genuinely love to hear what you like about the app, and also what’s missing from your workflow.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/music-drops/id6759535792?l=en-GB
I just shipped Music Drops, a tracker that lets you follow artists and get notified when they drop new music.
The concept isn’t new, apps like MusicHarbour exist and are genuinely good, but after trying the alternatives I kept running into the same friction:
- feature sets that didn’t match how I actually use the app
- UI that, to me, felt a bit foreign on iOS
- prices too high
Nothing addressed my specific pain points, so three months ago I just started building my own.
My focus:
- Clean, native iOS UI
- Reliable tracking and notifications
- Reviews and ratings
In development I struggled most on deciding what features I should add, and which ones would be nice to have but an unfit use-case for a tracker app. Some of these were:
- showing iTunes prices, and maybe price drops (pun intended)
- marking releases as purchased or collected
Technically it’s straight forward. CloudKit sync, persistent caches for metadata, artist and release images to limit api calls, and pure SwiftUI.
It’s free to try.
I’d genuinely love to hear what you like about the app, what you don’t and what’s missing for you.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/music-drops/id6759535792?l=en-GB