Download Simplify Media from the Apple App Store
View video demo from your iPhone
In December, we released the first version of Simplify Media mobile. Today, we are pleased to announce that Simplify Media is available for for the iPhone and iPod Touch through the Apple App Store. The app is live in Europe and it should be in all stores within the next few hours.
Key features
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Access all of your home music and playlists Install our small application on your home computer and connect to your entire collection over WiFi, EDGE and 3G with Simplify Media for the iPhone. |
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Browse by artist, album, song or genre
Speed through long lists with A-Z jump navigation — or Shuffle any selection. |
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Enjoy music from up to 30 friends
On the desktop, friends’ music appears in iTunes, Winamp or Rhythmbox. On the iPhone, their libraries are accessible whenever their computers are online |
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View cover art during playback
and stop worrying about music format. Simplify Media supports MP3, AAC, WMA and Apple Lossless files and Mac, PC and Linux computers. |
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Review artist bios from last.fm
You can also go back and browse without interrupting the music and, unlike web solutions, when one song ends the next one start automatically. |
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Sing along with lyrics from lyrics wiki
Simplify Media is safe, secure and easy to install. |
Pricing
To thank everyone who has supported us over the past year, the App Store application is free for the first 100,000 people who download it. After the first 100,000, the price for new iPhone and iPod Touch users will be $3.99. However, the current desktop versions for Mac, PC and Linux will remain free for everyone.
More information
Main Simplify Media iPhone page
Step-by-step iPhone screenshots
Instructions for Mac, PC and Linux
As always, if you have any questions or problems, please contact us at support@simplifymedia.com.
Colin said,
August 14, 2008 @ 8:42 am
Paul thank you so much for the heads up, and for this great application. I have downloaded the iphone app, and have it installed and running.
It’s a great interface on the iphone, and very easy to use, and makes accessing my itunes music library which is over 130 gig not only possible but practical, now i can access it all from my 16 gig iphone.
The album artwork displays even when its not in my itunes, lyrics, bio’s all very impressive.
One feature I would love to see added is the ability to run the iphone app in the background so I can continue to listen to music while accessing other functions on my iphone, in the same way I can when using the ipod functions of the iphone.
Again thank you very much.
Colin.
Tyler said,
August 14, 2008 @ 9:01 am
Congratulations, guys!
Brian said,
August 14, 2008 @ 9:17 am
Fan-f’ing-Tastic!!! You guys have continually given me exactly what I’m looking for. Keep up the good work.
Nat said,
August 14, 2008 @ 9:26 am
Just downloaded the final version, works great ! I am so happy this is available on the iPhone. I considered buying an iPhone when I learned that Simplify Media would be available for it. In the past, I made a similar system for myself involving complicated things like Python scripts, ASX/M3U playlists and an http server. While the system worked, it was nowhere as easy as Simplify Media, with the added bonus that I can stream music from my friends !
Thanks a lot for making a great product that does exactly what I need it to do !
Nat
Jeremy Bogdan said,
August 14, 2008 @ 10:08 am
I’ve been waiting for this app for quite a while now! Glad to see it’s finally working as promised (which seems to be rare on the app store). My only gripe is that with a library of over 10k songs, and playlists of hundreds, it takes forever to get to the bottom of a list. Some sort of “contacts app” like search is completely necessary, as well as a scroll bar in replacement of the “skip to letter A-Z” would be very helpful to quickly navigate large lists.
Kevin Lathrop said,
August 14, 2008 @ 10:21 am
Is it a dirty little secret that SimplifyMedia only streams tunes in 160kbps?
I understand it from a bandwidth perspective but most of my iTunes library is Apple Lossless and they vary from 800-1,000kbps so this is essentially lossy streaming.
Anyone know for sure?
Kevin
paul said,
August 14, 2008 @ 10:40 am
@kevin, compression is adaptive. it is not possible to deliver a lossless file up a typiccal dsl pipe and down via GRPS/EDGE. what we try to do is deliver the best sound under the circumstances.
Peter Lee said,
August 14, 2008 @ 10:50 am
Amazing! Great launch.
chakrapani said,
August 14, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
This is the best app ever. Thx a lot and good job….
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James said,
August 14, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
I’m assuming this only works when the app is running (unlike the iPod App which will run in the background).
steve lam said,
August 14, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
amazing. thank you!
Douglas said,
August 14, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
Simplify Media appears to have vanished from the App store. The search still causes the name to pop up, but I can not download the application.
-d
justin said,
August 14, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Great job. Feels like it even works better than the beta. Best app i’ve download so far.
Kevin said,
August 14, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
Sweet Jesus this is the greatest thing to happen to my iPhone. Absolutely phenomenal. Thank you thank you thank you. I will spread the gospel of Simplify to my friends.
Andy said,
August 14, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
Paul,
What is the maximum bit rate possible? Is there an increase in bit rate when streaming to an iPod on the same network as the host computer?
Thanks for a great application.
Andy
Matthew said,
August 14, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
This app is excellent! I can hit the road or my bike and take all of my tunes. I agree with the commenter above, the ability to play in the background would be very nice. Keep up the good work!
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Juston Western said,
August 14, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
How does the application get the album art? If your MP3 file has album art embedded, will it use that image, or does it pull from an external source like last.fm?
Sounds like a phenomenal application. I’m looking forward to putting it through it paces!
- JW
Ken Walker said,
August 14, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
I’ve downloaded Simplify Media from the App Store to my iPod touch (firmware 2.0.1), but I’m unable to see playlists from my iTunes library. Near as I can tell, I’ve configured everything correctly (selected “iTunes library and playlists” under Sharing in Preferences). Is this a known issue? Am I just looking in the wrong place?
Michael Cohen said,
August 14, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
Amazing application and a great way to share your library with close family and friends. Fantastic job, developers!
josh said,
August 14, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
This app is AMAZING. I’ve been waiting for somone to make something like this. What would be great is if we could scrobble the tracks we listen to to our last.fm accounts.
Hair said,
August 14, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
This is incredible. Well done!!!
Now how do I explain to my first born why his name is Simplify Media?
Count me as one of those people with a large iTunes collection (over 400GB of music). It works, but would be mind blowingly awesome if there was a live dynamic search field.
Marco Papa said,
August 14, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
Just installed the server component on a Mac Pro with OS X Server 10.5.2 without glitch, sharing my entire iTunes “losseless’ library which is actually located on a “networked” NAS drive. Downloaded the iPhone version from the App Store. Run immediatey over 3G also without a glitch. The quality is amazing and not one skip. You guys are great!
This is THE ‘killer’ App!
Marco Papa said,
August 14, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
May I suggest one option: allow the selection on when to “rescan”. Right now it seems to keep wanting to rescan continuously, (I see the “scanning libraries… come up way to often), and when it is scanning the iPhone client is back to “connecting to libraries…”
I would want to have it scan daily or weekly, for example.
Lee said,
August 14, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
This app is incredible. One feature request would be “streaming quality” control for those of us in bandwidth capped countries like Canada.
I would love to stream at lower bitrates to save 3G bandwidth.
Thanks.
Urkman said,
August 14, 2008 @ 11:52 pm
Hello,
whats about playing Movies? Will it be supported in future Version?
Greetings,
Urkman
cws said,
August 15, 2008 @ 12:47 am
It seems if you organize iTunes playlists into folders, the playlists INSIDE the folder come up empty on the iPhone app. Is this occurring for anyone else?
Horatio said,
August 15, 2008 @ 1:17 am
Anyone else losing connection after a certain amount of time? My connection is perfect as I have been streaming between my two desktops for awhile now using SM but my ipod touch keeps losing connection the library alot.
paul said,
August 15, 2008 @ 1:20 am
@horatio, we are investigating a problem related to one of our servers. it looks like folks have been getting intermittment connections over the past few hours. sorry about that.
Horatio said,
August 15, 2008 @ 1:54 am
@paul, Thanks for the speedy response! Great customer service and great software; who could want more?
Rene said,
August 15, 2008 @ 3:38 am
First off, this app is amazing! It makes my iPhone purchase so much more worthwhile.
And now, the problem: I have 28k items in my iTunes Music Library, but the files available status in the Simply Media box always tell me I have less. It actually went lower earlier, from 20k to 10k, but it’s now back to 23k.
Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
Scott Ott said,
August 15, 2008 @ 5:31 am
Love this concept. As of now, the app has been Scanning my libraries for more than an hour. I don’t have a whole lot of music. Is there a problem, or is this normal? Can I stop the scan and restart? Would that even make a difference?
Thanks,
Scott
B² said,
August 15, 2008 @ 6:25 am
This is really terrific. Loving this app so far. I have the same question as a previous commenter, though — my playlists are not showing up, and I’m not sure why. Also, is there no support currently for podcasts?
dan said,
August 15, 2008 @ 6:26 am
I have the same problem.
Derek said,
August 15, 2008 @ 6:34 am
Same “Scanning Libraries…” here. Was scanning all night, still scanning right now! iPhone just say “Connecting to Libraries. Only have about 20GB of music. What is wrong?
Tom said,
August 15, 2008 @ 7:02 am
I’m getting the same issue. Everything was working fine last night, then my Iphone stopped connecting. I tried resetting the app on my pc and now it wont stopp scanning my libraries. I cant even connect pc to pc anymore. Is this all a server load issue? Could you guys give us a situation/status update.
Yonghwee said,
August 15, 2008 @ 7:25 am
Just downloaded the app off iTunes. Shall play with it a bit later.
Horatio said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:00 am
Ya apparently there are server issues
Kevin said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:00 am
Wanted to chime in as well – I am having the same issues. My PC is continuously stuck in “Scanning Libraries,” and my iPhone hangs on “Connecting to libraries…”
What’s the deal? Did the traffic load break it?
jonas svensson said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:02 am
Same here, don´t work ATM, just scanning libraries and saying connecting to libraries
SMuser said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:03 am
having problems this morning. Was looking forward to having more of the fun that I had on launch-day, but there are issues. Has there been any official reply from SM about this?
Web Designer said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:13 am
Same problem. Just downloaded everything for the first time. “Scanning libraries….”
SkullShank said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:14 am
same issue here.
seems as though they are aware of the issue and are working to resolve it.
i look forward to having the app up and running again. it;s a fantastic app and these guys are fantastic developers.
great job guys!
Tom said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:22 am
Yeah, it does seem they are on it, but no official response that I can tell. It was working briefly for me a few hours ago, but went back out again. Hope they get it running again soon, dont want to recruit my friends until its running smooth.
SMuser said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:30 am
@SkullShank
thank you. it is reassuring to know that something is being worked on. i also need to remember to remain positive and not get down on SM for this issue. I mean, how many companies could honestly predict the amount of traffic/issues there might be with such a new platform & bandwidth demand?
Brooks said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:31 am
I’m having the same problems as the rest, my iPhone has been connecting to libraries for over an hour and a half….I’m assuming it’s server issues. Glad to see I’m not the only one.
SkullShank said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:38 am
i do have to wonder, however, as a realist…
i suppose it;s possible that ATT could say that the ability to stream content from home is a violation of services, and put the nix on this app. though that brings up the issue of pandora, and why that seems to be ok to do.
im REALLY crossing my fingers that this program is deemed ok by att and that the great minds over at SM continue their great support.
@SMuser,
do try to remain positive, and have confidence in the people at SM. they are offering a wonderful tool here, and im sure are doing their best to provide top notch service for its users.
i was a lucky free downloader, so im certainly not going to complain about something i was able to grab for free.
let;s hope for the best, people.
SMuser said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:43 am
@SkullShank
Makes me wonder about the Apple app-approval process…i would think they might allow AT&T to review such apps and get the approval before uploading and charging. Seems kinda backwards if they (Apple) approve, posts & charges only to be pulled back at the advisement of AT&T. But, I guess anything is possible!
I agree about the great tool SM has created. I can’t believe how much I was anticipating downloading this….you’d think Hannah Montana was going to be doing a free concert in my backyard!
SkullShank said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:51 am
lol…not a hannah fan, but i understand the sentiment.
regarding the approval process, “tether” is a good example of this…apple approved and offered a program called tether (i think) that allowed users to use the iphone as a modem for a laptop.
ATT decided that this was against policy, as the ability to tether was a service that ATT offered as an additional service with a monthly fee. so they pulled it. people had already been using it.
hopefully this is more a server issue than an approval issue.
orb is another option if this doesnt pan out, but requires a jailbreak, and i just dont want to do that to my device.
Kevin said,
August 15, 2008 @ 8:54 am
I assume (hope?) that the SimplifyMedia people are following these comments, so wanted to give a quick update here again – my libraries have re-appeared in my iTunes and the Simplify dock icon now says “Connected,” but it still won’t play any of my music from my other computers (when I click on a song in iTunes it says “Opening URL/Connecting” and then stops), and the iPhone app still sits at “connecting to libraries…” forever.
paul said,
August 15, 2008 @ 9:00 am
@kevin, yes. we expect things to stabilize over the next few hours.
for everyone who is experiencing a problem, please accept our aplogies. I’ll write a main post on this soon and keep it updated until the problem is resolved.
jonas svensson said,
August 15, 2008 @ 9:11 am
Feels good to know that you are aware of the probs and are working on it.
Yhanks again for all your work.
jonas svensson said,
August 15, 2008 @ 9:26 am
I can connect now but don´t see all files yet.
SMuser said,
August 15, 2008 @ 10:25 am
All better….yes, the day just got brighter. Thank you SM. Good work.
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Scott Ott said,
August 15, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
I left the house for most of the day, and when I returned the scanning has stopped, and the status says 1,359 files available. Good.
However, when I open the app on my iPhone, it says “Connecting to libraries” … and makes no progress.
I’m not complaining, just providing feedback that I hope proves useful. Thanks for all of your hard work.
Scott Ott
Scott Ott said,
August 15, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
I am now listening on my iPhone to a podcast of Scott Bourne’s Apple Phone Show which is streaming from my iMac, which is downstairs. I just switched to shuffle an album of Christian music. It buffered for about 3 seconds, and then started to play. Then five seconds later, the album art displayed.
I have shutoff my wireless, so I’m doing this over Edge and it sounds great.
I don’t know what changed, but I did accidentally shut down Simplify Media on my iMac, which I was controlling from my MacBook via Screen Sharing. When I rebooted it, the started the app on the phone, my music list appeared.
I’m quite grateful, and will now delete all of the music from my iPhone to free up space for cool apps like this one.
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Brooks said,
August 15, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
I’m getting Count not connect to Simplify Media server on my iPhone.
Butch Hauke said,
August 15, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
Great application! It’s almost worth buying an iPhone for this alone, but I’ll stick with my iPod touch for now.
I’m having an issue where SimplifyMedia isn’t picking up all my tracks. For instance, I have a good portion of The Complete Led Zeppelin, all purchased from Amazon in DRM-free MP3 format. SimpifyMedia just doesn’t catalog them all. There are probably others also, but that’s the first one I’ve noticed. What could be causing a problem like that?
onionpalac said,
August 16, 2008 @ 3:09 am
I am with the majority here when voicing my excitement of this earth-shattering program.
I wish the staff at Simplify Media the best of luck in continuing to change how we listen to music now and into the future.
I understand that it’s a difficult problem to get past but I would hope that the lousy quality issue can be dealt with.
Also, would it be possible to group compilations together the way iTunes does?
Keeping “The” such as “The Shaggs” out of the artists alphabetical list would also be helpful.
One more, being able to view album artwork from our music files would be wonderful for people who have a lot of more obscure music and compilations that are not detected.
Thanks for such a great app, especially for the iPhone, and lets hope you get hired by Apple to make this thing even more huge!
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Jet said,
August 16, 2008 @ 6:40 am
Great app! Although are there server problems? Everytime I try to connect I get an error code 1 returned. Thanks!
Sascha said,
August 17, 2008 @ 1:44 am
This is nice. Would be even more handy if it ciould be installed on my NAS http://en.nas-4220.org/ Than i would not have to leave my PC on all day
All the best Sascha
Joe said,
August 17, 2008 @ 7:07 am
I just downloaded the app on the app store the app is simply amazing. It is going to give a whole new look on my iphone and my itunes library. I have one problem. I can see my playlist while on my Mac but on the iphone I don’t have access to them. How do I see and use my playlist on the iphone. Please respond via email & THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A USEFUL APP
!!!!!
James said,
August 18, 2008 @ 8:13 am
great potential app: cannot test it yet as its been scanning libraries for ages…
is this a bug? or are my settings incorrect:
nas support and last.fm scrobbling would be killer…
Phil said,
August 19, 2008 @ 7:03 am
Same thing, can’t connect on iPhone, get error code 1 on desktop.
Steve said,
August 21, 2008 @ 6:55 am
Hi
Great app. Using with Ipod touch and Mac. Same prob as others in this blog. All working but cannot see playlists.
Still great though.
Tyson said,
August 22, 2008 @ 8:14 am
Hello all Simplify Media users and admins I got this rad software up and running last night and I think the concept is brilliant.
I have a question that maybe someone can answer. My self and the other iphone users here at my work place have Simplify media running and installed on our media machines at home and all of us are getting a
Login Failure
Could not connect to Simplify Media Server
error. Is this a common error and what from our end can we check?
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August 23, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
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August 24, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
This looks great! Do you a version planned for BlackBerry devices? Would love to have it!
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August 29, 2008 @ 10:49 am
I have an intel mac and an ipod touch and play my
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the iphone app is a real wonder best thing
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chineseman said,
August 30, 2008 @ 11:14 pm
greatings
Ugh, I liked!
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September 16, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
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Cam said,
September 25, 2008 @ 7:15 am
Great app! But it should allow you to group compilations – going through my library takes forever because there are hundreds of artists listed that only have one song
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