iOS stock music appk: thoughts and questions

By mcox, 20 September, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all,
I like the stock music app, it plays music, majic tap works and I can go through albums, artist, playlist, ETC and pick what I want.
But, a fiew gripes,
1. I know it's not an app designed to load podcasts or audiobooks, but there isn't a way to mark where you want to pause in what ever your listening to so If you want to come back to it later, you can't. I listen to long (1 hour or more) soundscapes and sometimes I might only want to come back to it at night, the same can be said for radioplays I recorded or downloaded, there's also no way to go through chaptered audio either.
2. scrubbing/seaking. I can only seem to go a couple of seconds forward, I think in some previous iOS version it was in 10% incriments of what ever you were listening to but that's even worse. You can't go to a time, which would be useful if you can't mark your place.
3. Android devices don't have a problem with media being dragged or plain copy-paste but iOS has always had this thing. I know everyone's streaming now and I do, but some of my stuff has been recorded personally or been recorded by my friends ETc, I like the choice.
To be clear, this isn't me hating on apple, I love my iPhone and it enables me to lead as independent a life as possible, I'm just asking questions.
Does anyone know if any apps are around that might have any workarounds for my ramblings?
Also anyone no any decent radio streaming apps for if I get board? I think someone mentioned broadcast? maybe? a long time ago?
Also what's the deal with iTunes for windows? It's not a fantastic app, but as mentioned above it does get the stuff I don't want to, or can't stream on my device. I also no there's a seperat apple music app for windows? Does that require an iTunes library? What about if you set up a new phone?
Thank You all in advance.
Regards,
Melissa.
PS:
I second all of the people that are saying stop complaining about apple products. I get it, and I agree negitivity does noone any good, but constructive crititism is what makes people think.

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By jim pickens on Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 16:28

You might wanna remove that swear from your message body, I wouldn’t consider it one, but the guidelines are very clear.