And it works fantastically well! I can finally live with iOS 10 now....Cesium now has a star rating widget.
Still no and I expect they will never bring star rating back.Still no sight of stars in 10.0.2?
Marvis integrates star rating as well. It uses iOS 9 music app way to rate.Cesium now has a star rating widget.
Whoa! Does this work when playing the song through Music?Cesium now has a star rating widget.
Whoa! Does this work when playing the song through Music?
Thanks for the suggestion. Didn't realize these won't work with iCloud music library. I assume it's the same for cesium?Yeah, it does.
But if you're going to do that, you could just get the "Music Rating Widget" instead. http://appshopper.com/music/music-rating-widget
Cesium now has a star rating widget.
Yeah, it does.
But if you're going to do that, you could just get the "Music Rating Widget" instead.
Thanks for the suggestion. Didn't realize these won't work with iCloud music library. I assume it's the same for cesium?
Keep in mind that all these alternatives would become totally useless if Apple decides to nuke the star rating system from both iTunes and iOS which unfortunately sounds like the logical next step...
So it's more than ever the time to send them feedback / sign the petition if you didn't do it already!
Only us consumers can make them change their mind!
Send feedback but not iPhone feedback. Should be Apple Music feedback, as clearly they're in charge of the vision and future of the Music app on iOS.Keep in mind that all these alternatives would become totally useless if Apple decides to nuke the star rating system from both iTunes and iOS which unfortunately sounds like the logical next step...
So it's more than ever the time to send them feedback / sign the petition if you didn't do it already!
Only us consumers can make them change their mind!
I've sent to both and encourage others to, as well.Send feedback but not iPhone feedback. Should be Apple Music feedback, as clearly they're in charge of the vision and future of the Music app on iOS.
Oh well, at least we can hide stock apps now in iOS 10 ... almost as an admission that "yeah, they suck".Confirmed - Still no star ratings in iOS 10.1 Beta 3. Ugh.
Not sure it really means anything like that as much as simply going in to appease people who keep on asking about this kind of thing.Oh well, at least we can hide stock apps now in iOS 10 ... almost as an admission that "yeah, they suck".
First, I want to acknowledge that star ratings are not for everyone. If you are okay with two indicators for music tracks (Loved, Disliked) then this topic is not for you.
I have spent many years building my music library (15+ years, 15,326 songs, 9,382 rated). Star ratings have been the key way to differentiate between how well I like different tracks. At a simple level, 3+ indicates that I like a track, two or less means I don't like it. This level of thinking works well for the loved/disliked.
However I prefer to go further to track what I "like" and "don’t like"….
1 Star is reserved for short intros or songs I absolutely hate (1%)
2 Stars are songs I don't really like (but may be okay for a general artist/genre shuffle) (36%)
3 Stars means I generally like a song (37%)
4 Stars means the song is among the best on a given album (22%)
5 Stars means the song is among my favorite of all time (3%)
Unrated - never got to or didn't form an opinion and okay with not including in playlists
The most important aspect of these ratings is their use in iTunes Smart Playlists. Smart Playlists are invaluable for someone with lots of songs to manage. By simply adjusting a star rating, I can affect which playlist a song fits into. Genres and star ratings help me build great playlists for whatever my mood.
So, with iOS 10, I have lost the ability to use star ratings to automatically affect my playlists from my iOS devices.
Workarounds/Alternatives:
I have submitted my feedback to Apple but hoping to hear more from the fans on this board.
- Use Siri to change ratings. Siri recognizes rating commands. For example I will say "Siri, rate this song three stars." This works for now, but only in private situations (in car on the way to work).
- Use iTunes to change ratings. Requires my Macbook, so only practical while at work or home.
- Change my smart playlists to use two settings (loved/disliked) plus "not set". I would have to give up the ability to differentiate between "pretty good", "great" and "all time fav" status.
- Manually move tracks in and out of playlists. This would be a ton of work on an ongoing basis and is not practical at all.
- Find another music library system for iOS devices that works like iTunes used to. Seems unlikely but something could be out there.
- Explore alternatives such as Google Music, Spotify, Amazon. None have the star ratings feature last I checked. But maybe I'll save money, be more platform agnostic, or I'll find new features (ex. Amazon Echo integration).
Do you use star ratings? Are your use cases similar to mine? What are you going to do without the ratings capabilities? Any ideas for workarounds or alternatives?
1 Star is reserved for short intros or songs I absolutely hate
Albums that have intros/short sound bytes in between tend to sound better when it's all present when listening straight through but are not so great when out of context (hope that makes sense).Just curious why you would keep these around then. Not trolling, just naturally curious.
Albums that have intros/short sound bytes in between tend to sound better when it's all present when listening straight through but are not so great when out of context (hope that makes sense).
If so, I'll be finally content with iOS 10Seems like there's talk that star ratings are back in Music settings in iOS 10.2 beta 1.
Seems like there's talk that star ratings are back in Music settings in iOS 10.2 beta 1.