Hype Machine
By The Hype Machine, Inc
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Description
Discover the most talked-about music from publications around the world. This is Hype Machine in your pocket.
Every day, thousands of people write about music they love — and it all ends up on Hype Machine. We track new posts across hundreds of sites and bring them all together for an endless stream of new music.
Each week, we also premiere an album and publish a newsletter of notable tracks, which you can explore in the app as well.
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Hype Machine lets you navigate the vibrant world of blogs in a few ways:
• LATEST: Music being discussed right now, constantly updated
• POPULAR: Tracks that are getting the most love on the Hype Machine
• FAVORITES: Your favorite tracks on the Hype Machine.
• FEED: Customized new posts from your favorite blogs, and friends
• FRIENDS: Music your friends are loving right now
• GENRES: Newest tracks posted on blogs organized by genre
• BLOG DIRECTORY: Every blog we track at http://hypem.com/blogs
• STACK: Weekly newsletter with five good tracks and one good read
• ALBUM PREMIERE: Preview a new album, in full, every week
Oh yeah, and the app scrobbles to Last.fm. Just enable it in your Hype Machine settings at http://hypem.com
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We’ve been introducing people to breaking new artists and influential music blogs since 2005 (before there were iPhones :Þ), and have been featured in Wired, The Guardian, Washington Post, Billboard, Popular Science, Rolling Stone, Esquire and more.
"No other app I’ve tested recently introduced me to as much new music that I’ve liked yet never heard before as Hype Radio — and I’ve been looking."
-Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired, Evolver.fm)
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Any questions? Write iphone@hypem.com and we will write back!
What's New in Version 2.7.3
* The app is now ad-supported to enable continued development. See http://blog.hypem.com for more info.
* Playback fixes to support the new Chromecast firmware.
* Revised player design to showcase the publications discussing each track.
* Offline mode has been removed to comply with the SoundCloud Terms of Service.
* You can now link your Hype Machine and SoundCloud accounts to import favorites into a private playlist.
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Customer Reviews
Removal of offline mode means I won't use this app as much
I started using hype machine for all my music after I found myself listening to music on it more than the music app. The layout is excellent and it's easy to find great music. But with the latest update removing offline mode, I won't be using the app as much. I work in areas with bad cell reception and I used offline mode all the time to prevent roaming data charges and listen to music with no reception. I understand if there's legal reasons to remove it, but it's still very disappointing and takes a couple stars off for me since that was a huge draw of this app.
Removed features, added Ads
I purchased this app quite some time ago because it was a good mix of features and stood out from the crowd of other streaming apps. This latest patch reverses that.
Offline playback has now been removed. This was a defining feature for the app. While I understand the reason for the removal, it doesn't go well with the next patch update--ads.
The app now has ads. Why did I pay for this app only to have ads included later on? That seems a bit greedy. While I am happy to pay for an app, I am not happy with the idea of mandatory ad revenue. I've already paid you once, why are you now making money off me again? And there's no option to remove ads for customers who previously paid? That's just blatant opportunism.
So that's the gist of this one star rating. Removed features and implemented ads. That's a definite step backwards...which deserves a bad review and an uninstall.
Unfortunate
I have been using this app for years now, and even bought a poster from their website. To hear that I am expected to see ads now (because the app is now free so no ads means zero monetization on newbies) for an app I paid for and have been loyal to is disappointing. I realize it may be tough to cover costs, but putting the burden on the users who have previously paid for the app when it is now free for the above stated reason is bad business. I saw on their website that they are working on backpedaling to no ads again but before they do that I'll stick to apple music.
- Free
- Category: Music
- Updated: Dec 14, 2016
- Version: 2.7.3
- Size: 27.9 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
- Seller: The Hype Machine, Inc
- © The Hype Machine, Inc.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.