Audium
£0.69T3 Rating
2We can get behind hiding the Music app's clutter, but Audium could do with settings to personalise its appearance and behaviour.
Audium Review
by on February 25, 2012
Audium strips back the clutter of the Music app’s buttons in favour of gestures. It shows a swipable row of album covers, with artwork above for whatever’s playing. Double-tapping plays and pauses, horizontal swipes skip tracks, and vertical swipes adjust volume, but only one level at a time – prolonged contact isn’t interpreted as wanting a bigger change.
Gestures require diverting less attention from another task, but Audium’s emphasis on the album format has shortcomings. Flat album covers are easier to spot than in Apple’s Cover Flow view, but with only three visible at once, it’s a chore with a large library.
Albums are always sorted by name, and there’s no way to jump to a specific letter. Audium works best for rediscovering things you haven’t heard in ages, but it could do with an iTunes DJ-style shuffle mode to fit that circumstance.
Download this app: Adium for iPhone
Best iPhone apps | Apple iPhone 4S review
Review courtesy of Tap!
Latest Apps
- StreamZoo 4
- National Rail Enquiries 3
- Red Bull Augmented Racing Reloaded 4
- Zen Pinball 4
- Zigguarat 4
- ZonkOut Timer 4
- Azkend 2 HD 2
- AirDisk Pro 3
- Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe 4
- Battlefoot Adventure 4
Android
StreamZoo
Insta, who? Instagram has sold out so is StreamZoo its replacement?
Android
National Rail Enquiries
It’s training day, at last
Android
Red Bull Augmented Racing Reloaded
Will this app give you wings?
iPad
Zen Pinball
You don’t get much better pinball for free, and the paid tables are worth a look too.
iPad
Zigguarat
An elegantly simple arcade-style alien blaster that’s all meat and no fat.
iPhone
ZonkOut Timer
Taps into the sleep sweet spot in your iTunes library.
iPad
Azkend 2 HD
You know when people bang on in a tiresome way that sequels are never as good as the originals? Well, um, that.
iPhone
AirDisk Pro
A potentially handy app, currently held back by some stability problems.
iPad
Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe
The twitchiness of the app technology used to present the material began to irritate – but the content is out of this world.
iPad
Battlefoot Adventure
Simple and fun cartoon battles with an adventurous twist, and yours for a bargain price – get your swag on.
By submitting a comment you agree to our terms and conditions and will be legally responsible for anything you submit. DO NOT submit anything which infringes copyright or is offensive or may otherwise violate the terms and conditions.