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AlgoRythm Fact Sheet

Quick Facts

App Name: AlgoRythm
Developer: Paddles and Pixels
Platform: iOS 26+ (Apple Music active subscription required)
Pricing: Free Core Features / $5.99 One-Time Purchase
Latest Release: Version 1.4.0 (October 2026)
Website: algorythm.paddlesandpixels.com
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The Problem

Apple Music doesn't think in playlists, it thinks in libraries. The algorithm uses your collection as the primary signal to shape your Discovery Station and 'Made For You' mixes. But when your library gets noisy with tracks you only half-like, the engine starts guessing. Passive listening isn't a strong enough signal to fix it.

The Solution

AlgoRythm is a high-precision dashboard for Apple Music. It acts as a tuner for your algorithm, not a manager for your collection. By pushing ratings directly to the core of your profile, it sends a powerful signal to Siri and your Discovery Station, without ever altering or deleting items from your sacred library.

The Tech: Proprietary RF-Index

Standard apps treat a play from years ago the same as a play from today. AlgoRythm doesn't. We measure Momentum through our proprietary RF-Index, balancing Recency (Freshness) and Frequency (Velocity).

Weekly Rotation: 85% Recency / 15% Frequency
Monthly Rotation: 60% Recency / 40% Frequency
Yearly Rotation: 20% Recency / 80% Frequency

No guesswork. Just pure, waterproof logic for the serious collector.

Key Features

Track-Level Algorithm Tuning

Use "Love" and "Suggest Less" as surgical tools. This teaches Apple exactly what to amplify and what to avoid, keeping your curated mixes clean from unwanted genres. This core feature is free for life.

Release Tracker: Never Miss a Drop

Your library, watching the release calendar. AlgoRythm scans every artist you own against the Apple Music catalog and surfaces their new albums and singles in a dedicated feed, sortable by how much each artist actually dominates your rotation. Announced titles sit in a "Coming soon" section up to a year ahead of release day, with one-tap links to pre-add them on Apple Music, and you can rate or hide releases right in the list. Free for everyone.

The Kids 'Firewall'

Entertaining the kids shouldn't ruin your profile. AlgoRythm's dashboard makes it incredibly fast to identify and aggressively tag children's music (or party playlists) with "Suggest Less". Instead of hunting through Apple Music's menus, you can efficiently quarantine unwanted genres before they contaminate your 'Made For You' mixes.

Deep Last.fm Integration

For power users, seamlessly connect Last.fm to integrate your scrobble history, restoring years of taste that the native app has forgotten.

The Liner Notes

Track your actual Rotation Weight and Skip Velocity to see which artists are truly dominating your airtime, going far beyond simple play counts.

Visualize Your Taste (The Grid)

Turn your rotation into a visual archive. Generate high-fidelity grids of your album art for those who care about the aesthetic.

What's New in 1.4.0 (October 2026)

New Releases from your artists. A built-in release tracker scans every artist in your library and surfaces fresh albums and singles in a dedicated feed. Free for everyone.
Coming soon. Announced albums appear up to a year ahead of release day; tap through to pre-add them on Apple Music.
Rate and curate the list. Love or Suggest Less right on each release row, swipe to hide what you skip, sort by Rotation Weight and flip between Albums and Singles.
Smart Shuffle, rebuilt. Now a full page with live generation phases, plus a saved queue that restores instantly at launch.
Grids with real dates. Exported album grids can carry the actual from-to date range in Last.fm collage style.
Faster and more accessible. Queue rows, artwork and dashboard stats no longer stall, and every dense row adapts cleanly to large Dynamic Type sizes.

Privacy by Design

No accounts. No cloud. No selling out. Your music data stays encrypted on your device. Period.

Short Copy for Editors

Elevator Pitch (1 sentence)

"AlgoRythm is a curator’s toolkit for Apple Music, designed to bypass passive streaming algorithms and give music purists complete control over their digital library."

Short Summary (1 paragraph)

"Tired of generic streaming recommendations? AlgoRythm puts you back in control of your Apple Music experience. Through Signal Control, the app acts as an Algorithm Firewall, allowing you to actively train your profile, amplify hidden gems, and quickly mark children's music as 'Suggest Less' before it alters your recommendations. A built-in Release Tracker scans every artist in your library and flags new albums and singles, including announced titles up to a year ahead. Track your true listening momentum via The Liner Notes, which uses a specialized Rotation Weight metric to show which albums dominate your actual attention, or sync your historical data with Last.fm. Built by an indie developer with strict GDPR-compliant privacy and absolutely no ad-tracking, it’s a clean, efficient utility for serious music collectors."