Track Tailor

Beta

Track Tailor is live on the App Store. A new version is currently in testing on TestFlight with up to 100 tester slots — try the latest improvements before they ship to the public release.

What's new in this beta

Version 1.1.1 · Build 88

Better genre searches

• Fusion genres find the right artists again. Genres with two parents (e.g. Country Rock, Folk Rock) were collapsing to almost zero artists. They now resolve correctly — Country Rock went from 1 artist back to ~40 artists / 5,000+ tracks.
• Curated genre list always counts. The bundled list of artists per genre is now merged with the online sources instead of only being used when the online sources return nothing. Hundreds of curated artists (Hardcore family, Country Rock, …) that were previously invisible are now included in every sync.
• Fewer false positives in niche genres. Layered filtering against Apple Music's own genre families keeps unrelated artists (e.g. mainstream pop in a Hardcore Techno search) out of the results.

Sync is more reliable

• Long syncs resume where they left off. If iOS closes the app mid-sync or you force-quit, the next launch continues from the artist you stopped at instead of starting over.
• Resume survives multiple interruptions. A sync that's been suspended by iOS more than once no longer gets discarded.
• Honest sync duration. The reported duration now sums all resumed segments — not just the last one — and excludes the time the app was closed.
• Cancel stops immediately. Tapping Cancel halts the visible progress right away instead of letting in-flight searches keep updating the row for several seconds.

Smaller fixes

• Album release date is used for "Last N days" filters instead of the original master-recording date, so newly released remixes and re-releases now appear in Release-Radar-style playlists.
• Tracks from the same album stay grouped together in the resulting playlist.
• The Sync Complete alert no longer dismisses an open sheet (Wizard, Settings, Subscription). Your in-progress edit stays where it is.
• Share button opens the system share sheet directly — no more intermediate sheet with a single "Share…" link.
• Live Activity for an actively running sync is preserved when you tap it open, instead of disappearing while the sync continues silently.
• Playlist overview shows track counts instantly from cache instead of waiting 20–60 s on cold start for large libraries.

Localization

• Full German, Spanish, and French translations for date ranges ("Last 7 Days"), progress strings ("Searching 12 of 40 artists…"), filter summary chips, genre source captions, mail templates, and the track count — previously many of these stayed English even when the rest of the UI was translated.
• Correct singular/plural ("1 track" vs "12 tracks") across all four languages.

What's in Track Tailor

• Dynamic Apple Music playlists that update themselves based on your filter rules
• Filter by artists, genres, title keywords, and date ranges (last N days, specific year, all-time)
• Genre resolution via Spotify, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, and Discogs — type a genre, get the matching artists
• Background sync keeps playlists fresh even when the app isn't open
• iCloud sync so playlist configurations follow you across iPhone and iPad
• Optional Remove Ads subscription

Requirements

Track Tailor requires iOS 17 or later and an active Apple Music subscription.

Feedback

The fastest way to send feedback is the TestFlight feedback button (long-press the app icon or use the TestFlight app). You can also email gourd_pulp.9b@icloud.com — include your iOS version, the app build number (Settings → About), and steps to reproduce.